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KINSTON, N. O, THURSDAY MAEOH 31, 1004.
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GENERAL NEWS ITEHS
Matters of Interest Condense! Into'
Brief Paragrapns.
I LITTLE ABOUT HDMEEODS THUGS
l"he Pith of the World't News That
' Might In Merest Our Readers. An
Item Here and There.
Burton Norville Harrison, a lawyer
of New York, and' husband of Mrs.
Burton Harrison, tbe authoress, and
father of Congressman Harrison, of
New York city, died in Washington,
D. C, last night, aged 65.
New York. March 29. The story of
an alleged plot to assassinate Presi
dent Rooseelt, which upon investtga-1
tion proved to be entirely without
foundation, was made public today by
Police Commissioner McAdoo.
Elijah W. Campbell, division supsr
intendent of the Texas and Pacific
railroad, was accidentally killed la
the railroad yards at Marshal, Texas,
being caught between tro movingcars
and crushed to death.
Of the twenty-four delegates to the
New York Democratic state conven
tion chosen at the .Erie county pri
maries yesterday, twenty-one are in
structed to vote for Judge Alton B
presidential
the
notmna-
Parker for
tion.
Rome, March 29. The "Agenzia
Libera" reports that a portion of the
Russian Vladivostok squadron, the
location of which has long been in
doubt, has arrived at Nikolaievak,
fciDeria, at the mouth of the Amur
river, 700 miles north of Vladivostok.
Little Rock, Ark., March 29. Six
persons were killed, two fatally Injur
ed and twenty seriously injured in a
tornado which, devastated Gainesville,
Ark., Saturday, Fifty houses were
destroyed and a number of horsed and
cattle were 'ka-the'.path6t the
storm was half a mile wide by five
miles long.
Washington, March 28. Reprosen-
n
i rrvjs r easing.
Carmval preparations are now very
nearly completed, and the entire affair
promises to be a grand success
A great amount of labor and hust
ling is attached to the promotion of a
successful carnival, and. the gentle
men in charge at Kinston have not
been id!?.
, The affair has been advertised la
all the surrounding counties, and rain
is the only thing that will prevent this
city from being, crowded- ail next week.
The merchants have'showh their ap
proval of the affair by taking hold and
aiding it in every manner possible,
their ads will be found in the souv
nir program that is being issued for
the occasion; they will also make some
special preparation for decorating
their business places and be represen
ted in the floral parade.
The popular voting contest opened
today, by which some young lady will
be elected as Queen of the Military
Carnival. Voting precincts have been
established at the drug stores of Hun
ter, Woodleys.Temple-Marston, Har
risons and Denmark's jewelry store,
where any one may obtain ballots at
five cents each and write thereon the
lady's name for whom they desire to
vote and deposit in the ballot boxes
at the above named places; a daily
count will be made of the ballots cast
and results announced in the columns
of The Free Press every evening.
The entire Carnival Company is ex
pected to arrive in this city Saturday
and will be very busy Monday mak
ing ready for the opening, as every
thing will open in full Monday even
ing at 7:30 p. m., as this company
have a record of always being ready
to entertain on time.
A host of high class attractions and
amusement devices w.ili serve to enter
tain and amuse every one. Bad tem
per will not be known all week; all
will be in good spirits.
Miss A. Goodtime will be in the city
all the week. In fact the lady has good
aatured people announcing the arri
val by passing out her personal cards
in advance. Have a card.
The by-word during next week will
COMFORT ITEMS.
March 30, KOk .
The farmers are making good use Of
the pretty days we are having of late.
Miss Mary Gill, cf Raleigh, letlsi
ting her sister, Mrs. S." Busbee, this
week. . v i
Mr. Manly Hatoh, who wen to Ar
kansas with his father about for years
ago, has returned to his former home
at Comfort. - f
it .'
Mr. Ike Kboncq and Mrs. JL. Har
dy visited at Hon. F. D. Koonce's
Saturday and Sunday. ? i . 1
The public school taught by Miss
Annie Rhodes, closed last Friday.
There was quite a disturbanceamong
the colored race yesterday. A young
cegrogirl, Mary Morgan, ran away
with a negro man named Nelson Davis
Monday night with the intention of
getting married that night, but the one
that was to bring the license dl3 not
come, so the man took her to his
brother's house, near by, until loom
ing. The parents of the girl were very
niurh upset about her, and last 'iilght
they found the girl and took her home.
Although the colored man fought for
all he .was worth, he had to: give
up his girl. Guess there will pe no
wedding soon. C
Mr. James Leary
Cox and little niece
visited at Mr. C.
week.
CONSPIRACY CHARGED
Wake Const Grand Jury Finds Trne
Bill Against Finch and HcBee
BILL OF INDICTMENT IN FOUR COUNTS
and Miss Sallie
Eula, ofTrenton,
A. RhodesH.last
Motion Will be Made Today to Set
Date for Trial, Which will Probably
Be During This Term.
News and Observer. 31st.
The jury of the Wake county supe
rior court yesterday returned a true
bill for conspiracy against K. S.
Finch and V. E. McBoe, who contriv
ed to have the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad thrown into the
hands of a receiver by Judge Thomas
R. Purnell, of the federal court here,
and to have V. E. McBee appointed
receiver. The State, supported by a
majority of the private stockholders
of the road, appealed to Judge Chas.
H. Simonton, of the United States
circuit court of appeals, to have the
order appointing a receiver vacated.
While this appeal was pending, the
State brought a charge of conspiracy
agalnst.McBee and Finch, and Chief
Justice Walter Clark issued bench
warrants for them. They were tried
ueiore juage uiarK, ana eacn was
bound over to court under a $2,000
To Cotton Growers.
The undersigned has received a note
from the editor of a drug trade jour
nal asking if any cotton root bark Is
to be obtained In this State. The
present wholesale price of cotton root
bark in New York is from 15 to 20cts
per pound.
ii is very strange tnat cotton grow
ers with idle hands during the winter
months will permit this most valuable
part of the crop to waste in the fields
and remain as an encumbrance to the
succeeding crop.
It is likely that in most cotton sec
tlons the roots now in the field are still
salable and a very good thing can be
made out of them while waiting for the
soil to dry. Those who wish to gather
the root bark should first send to the
undersigned a sample of one pound of
fresh root bark in order to have its
quality tsstd. For all the good bark
offei-ed,the undersigned will agree to
find a sale.
As the present high price mav not
continue long those who wish to sell
should act promptly.
Samples may be sent bv mail at
eight cents per pound for postage.
Garland McCarthy,
N. C. Dep. Agriculture,
Raleigh, N. C
bond. When the case was reached bv
The school at Brady Branch, taught Judge Simonton in the federal court,
by Mr. I. B. Koonce, will close
Friday with an entertainment
text
Call For Cong. Convention.
At a meeting of the Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee of the second con.
gressional district held in WilsonN.
C, on the 29th day of March, 1901, a
convention to be composed of dele
gates from the various counties of ihc
second congressional district of North
Carolina was called to meet fn the
day of June", 1904, at the hour of three
tative Glllett, of California, has pre
pared and sumbitted for the minorltv
- i - I .MWUgUAUg J
a. Mnnpt nominal th. McnlnttAn I .t . . .
r - mviuiiuu auuui- i rnis section. WMpr mil Ian ah at, trnnr,
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to a luajuiijr Vi me committee on self. And when the old savins in
o
made effective, "see yourself as others
see you" in the meantime havea laugh
at your friend's expense. Fun and a
plenty of it will be found under this
tent, and fail to pay it a visit you will
regret It. In fact all attractions that
will be presented are new to this sec
tion, and are all guaranteed to beeHrst
o'clock p. m. for the purpose of nomi
nating a candidate for congress and a
candidate for presidential elector; and
be "have you laughed," and will re-! for tho PurPse of selecting .delegate
ferto the attraction known as the P tM nalloai convention and trans-
"Laughing Parlor" absolutely new in i actlD sucn business as may pro-
the judiciary , to impeach Judge
awayne, of the northern district of
Florida, for high misdemeanors
Every ground urged by the committee
for impeachment is attacked in this re
port.
Washington, March 29. The secre
tary of the Interior today sent to the
perly come before the convention.
Tbe county executive committees of
he vacated the order and discharged
the receiver, Judge Purnell concurring
with him aft?r he had learned the evi
ldence adduced in the trial before
Chief Justice Clark.
Now the grand jury returns a "true
bill," the bill of indictment, drawn by
Solicitor Armistead Jones. The bill
was brought Into court yesterday just
before the adjournment for dinner, by
Foreman's. W. Brewer, of the grand
jury-v; . ,: . , - ,
.amo wu vi iatucmieo is in lour
counts for conspiracy to injure and
Impoverish the'property of the road,
and to injure, embarrass and obstruct
the president and officers of the road;
conspiracy to fraudulently deprive the
president and board of directors of
their offices and the property of the
company; conspiracy to have a re
ceiver appoiniea xor tne road, in or-
Mr. W. G. Lang Dead.
Vr. u . G. Lang, a prominent and
wealthy citizen of Farmville. Pitt
county, died this morning at 4 o'clock,
at his home in Farmville. He fell on
the sleet some time ago and broke his
leg, but recovered from it and was
getting along very well when an at
tack of acute indigestion threwbim into
bed again and death resulted tod ay.
Mr. Lang was one of the wealthiest
and most prominent citizens of his
section. He was the father of Mrs
vv. E. Mewborn and Mrs. J. F. Joy
rier, of this city; Mr. W. M. Lang, of
Farmville; -Mr. Jim Lang, of Green
ville, and Mrs. Frank Joyner, of i Va.
The f uneraHrtll-taka "tflacr 'at4 the
family burying ground at Corinth
church, near Farmville.
the various counties of the district Ider that they might reap the benefits
will call county conventions prior to thereof, and finally conspiracy to force
the 21st of June for the purpose of a lease of the railroad.
naming delegates to said congressron- : The case will come up today on a
ai convention in accordance with the motion to set a date for the trial. It
plan of organization of the Democratic will be impossible to reach it this
W. T. KENNEDY SENTENCED.
noun. a communication m response class in every respect. The carnival
to Senator Overman's resolution di- (company challenges any one to find
reeling the secretary to furnish to the one feature la the entire exhibition
oenaw a copy oi tne order Issued by that would not be approved by the
ura oepariment enlarging the pension best people In the city. Their motto
act of June 27, 1900, and amendments,' is good, clean amusement for the
as to tne disabilities of applicants for masses. Wild men, dancing girls, eat
pensions, and report what amount the 'em-alive and this sort of exhibitions
oraer win increase the pensions an- will be consnicuous bv their ahAn
t . -1
party. .
This 29th da?bf March, 1904. ,
J. W. Grainger,
Chairman.
L. V. Morrill, Sec'y.
PRELIMINARY HEARING.
Dually.
MONTH'S TBIAL FREE.
Jlreathe Hyomef Three or Four Times
; Daily and Be Cured of Catarrh.
..;? T . 7 rr a l. i
noon x w., one or ue most
rcuuie business nrms in ttlnston have
aeen many instances of the remarkable
power oi xiyomei k cure catarrhal
troubles and othr disorders of the
rcsHrKry organs,
j this class of shows have been retired
i back to the woods with the Jones Car
nival Company.
Get ready for the big show all next
Week " vr ' .. f :.. - ." v.,'r .-J .,-. '
The Surgeon's Daring Skill.
New York World. . "
Early la this month a surgeon stood
Witnesses Examined Concerning the
Murder of Jonah lewborn.
The preliminary hearing and Inves
ligation of the case against Robert
Thompson, t charged with " shooting
Jonah Mewborn on the night of the
28th Inst, was begun last evening be
fore Justice W. F. Dibble and at 11
o'clock last night was continued till
today; when it was taken up again,
Quite a number of witnesses are to
be examined In the case. '.The evidence
with the beating heart of a live man
hfllrt in hl h&tlrf. R tnnlr atr 4toh
Results in this
them so much confided . ur' " m
that they will give a month's trial u, piace "a - "yea 0IU V
the positive understanding th.t tr leration was one of a series of surcical
the end of that time a cure Is not ef- operations of the last two or three
fected or enongh relief gained to war
rant continued use of tbe treatment
ior wnui longer, tne money will be
uyomei is tne only treatment for
oirrn tnat nas ever been sold under
a "no cure, no pay" plan, and the
urn j una w .ere a montn's trial treat
ment is free unles It cures. -..
Kyomel Is not a pill or liquid. Just wbich restore Its beating,
that"" P"ons who
", nu oene-
V' W1" seen irom the.OMt day's use.
years through which the heart has
ceased to be the one part of the body
sacred from the daring knife and nee-1
die. ". ,
And now there Is news of the heart
massage. The vital organ ia exposed
and subjected to gentle manipulations
So life re-
have seemed to
die. - , .
is entirely circumstantial, but It la
said a strong chain Is forming against
Thompson. ; It la known that feeling
irtatAd hatnan tha twn mil atmim.
stances directly connected wlthvthe J? 0 Welerk la the office of
guilty man- i
week,because two capital cases are
set, one for today and one for tomor
row. So, if it is reached at all this
term, it will be next week.
Messrs. Argo & Shaffer, and F. H.
Busbee have already been retained bv
the defendants.
Solicitor Armistead Jones was inter
viewed yesterday concerning the time
of the trial of Finch and McBee on
the four counts in the bill of indict
ment.
Doyou.thlBk the trial will take
place at this term?" he was asked.
I think so," was the reply. "I see
no reason now why the case can not
be reached." Yes, I think It can be
reached at this term." j
' Both Captain Finch" and Captain
McBee are In the city, and both are
under a t2,000 bond. The bondsmen
of Captain McBee are Messrs. M. T.
Leach and J. R. Chamberlain while
captain finch's bondsman Is Mr. W.
NORTH STATE HEWS
r ''r,V-; ';
Clipped and Called From Oar lortt
Carolina Exchanges.
ODD AID IJTERESTIIG HAPPEIHGS
To 1 8 Months on the County Roads.
No Appeal be taken.
Judge Ferguson passed sentence on
"VV. T. Kennedy late yesterday evening
for assaulting Ed Hughes with a dead
ly weapon, sentencing Kennedy to the
county roads for a term of 18 months.
Notice of appeal was given, but it was
a A 1 . .1 - ... a
learnea toaay tnat mere will be no
appeal taken.
Commencement at Littleton.
The comencement exercises of Little
ton Female Colege will begin on Sun
day May the 22d, with a sermon be
fore the faculty and students of the
college, by Rev. G. F. Smith, presid-
ing elder of the Warrenton district
On Wednesday, the 25th, Dr. C. W.
r j . . , , . ... . ..
xyra, or Atlanta, win preacn tne an
nual sermon In the college Chanel.
The : commencement nririraaa aril! Va
delivered on Thursday, the 26th, by I Mating Of Dem. Ex. Com. Called
isev. a. u. smart, u. u., of Norfolk, I oe uemocrauc mecutlve Commlt
Va. , In place of the annual address 1 19 ' Lenoir county will meet at the
on missions before the Y. W. C A., I ari bouse on Saturday, April 2nd,
there will be, this year a series of o'clock p. m. All members of the
three addresses on missions. ' These I committee are specially requested to be
will be delivered by Bishop A. W. j present Time of calling the county
Wilson, of Baltimore, Md on the I convention and other Important mat
evenings or April 12th, 13th and Mr o be discussed.
14th.
Gossip Gathered from Murphy T.
Manteo of Importance to Our Ta
Heel Readers.
A wholesale hat'eompany has been
organized at Charlotte with f 100,000
capital.
The trouble In Republican ranks In.
the eighth congressional district may
result In two conventions today la
Greensboro.
Fire at Bfltmoie, Vanderbllt's es
tate in western North Carolina. Tues
day morning, destroyed 810,000 to 112,
000 worth of property.
Twelve freight cars went through a
bridge on the Durham and Northern
Railroad, near Henderson, Tuesday.
None of tho crew were hurt.
The Salvation Army, which for some
years has not been in the State, has
established a post at Charlotte and
will establish one in Greensboro.
The smallpox situation is so serious
in Durham and Durham county that
the board of aldermen of the city has
ordered compulsory vaccination of
everybody.
It is a certainty that Wallace will
be confirmed postmaster of Wilming
ton. The charges made against him
by Gore, an unsuccessful aspirant, are
considered spits work and are not re
garded seriously.
The dead body found In the river
near Elizabeth City, at first thought to
be that of a white lad, has turned out
to be tbe body of a negro man. ' Holes
had been eaten In the body by fl shea '
and it was a gruesome sight 1 - . '
The Schooner William Churchill.
Capt. Byrnes, loaded with lumber at
r i t . . .
countered a heavy gale, which shifted ;
the cargo ane part of the deck load
was lost. The vessel put into Cape
Lookout cove Tuesday and it Is leak
ing badly. It will have to be towed
to its destination and has wired for.
assistance. The crew are all safe.
A mortgage by the Raleigh and
Pamlico Sound Railroad Company to
the Knickerbocker Trust Company, of
ew york, for $1,320,000 was recordej
in the office of the Wake register of
deeds Tuesday. Of the amount, 145,000
is to be advanced to the railroad com
pany when five miles of road is com
pleted and ironed, 950,000 for each ad
dltlonal five miles until fifty miles Is
completed: then $55,000 every five
miles for the remainder of the distance
to Washington. A force of convicts
is working on the first five miles of .
road from Raleigh to the Neuse
river.
J. W. Grainger,
Chairman Com.
xnompson uvea in tnie city at one
time and was a helper to brick ma-
sons.
CRIMINAL DOCKET FINISHED.
Proper Treatment of Pneomonlft.
Pneumonia Is too dismroui . hi.
ease for anv one to attamnt tn Arwtn
uiuueir, aimougn ne may bave the
proper remedies at band. A physician
noma always oe called. It should
And the.Clvi. Docket Taken Op By
o f -. , r I . J - w wiu vj
ouP, iWr vwun. ovri ui vorces i irom an attack of tbe grip, and that
urantsa. I or giving vnamberlaln's Couirh Rnm.
The criminal docket for this term of edy threatened attack of pneumonia
uo wiraea
ii . UI" wTt "e neajth-glv-l "10 iurvws oi sur- tne superior cours was completed yes- ij-q used b nhwn. in thZTri.Z
SaSWtS?! upon therday and Solicitor Duffy left on the pneuffoffwl"
" wiiaia ween mere nas oeen afternoon tram lor ms borne In ons-lu'M- ur. wj, amlth. of Sanders.
low county.
The civil docket was
Smith, of SinHpn
Ala., who Is also a druggist, says of
i tne miracie oi spacing nerves. An In- The civil docket was taken uo lust H-Za :z a rr ::L.y,"m,limiu "
XlnedfSeol" -Pymei be terrupted telegraphic circuit of the ' before adjournment for dinner yester- t& tor,thTpaaU."Tto
Kemember that if Hrompl rinot h l ujcuju, ju mm a. w8wro:ay mna curing u aay sererai ai- vo vi pueumoni aa nT aiwajs
WA . a. ' I nlAn I in. let MatAMayf a I a.A j . KUIWQ inn DRBI T011 ICS " I a T
L " . wuxu mm-
tarrhal germs and
system.
The complete outfit
poisons from
costs .but
tne I annnnnnut at a Tkl1aAlnk: I 1 . -1
the miracle of splicing nerves. ' An In
curs vou after a month's trial J jg; I union line U restored to service by
Hood & Co., will refund your jnonevl 010 piecing of two wires. The world
and the treatment win k .1 .-,1 1 -
free. ubuummjiuiv cav, auu IU. UWHVI WlhQ it. x Xio
one point iuriner ior science to go is
a pleasant
queen will
You certainly will have
time at carnival ball, the
-antertaln, April gth. -r
If your lady friend Is not elected
Queen of carnival It's your fault, so
hustle up. -
to demonstrate life Itself.
If 'troubled "with weak digestion.
belching or sour stomach, use Cham
berlain's btomach and Liver Tablets
and you will get onick relief. For
sale at J. E. Hood & Co. 'a drug store.
vorces granted and , decrees signed.
No civil causes of special Interest to
the general public have come before
the court yet and there are no very Im-i
portant ones to come up.
E- Hood tt Co.'s drug store.
Ballots will be counted every day
and the results be published In these
columns. . '-
A Tavortte' "Remedy for iBablee. ,;
Its pleasant taste and prompt cures
h a ve made Cb amberlain's Cou sh Rem-
edy a favorila with the toothers of
small cniiJren. it quickly cures tnelr
coughs sni colds and prevents any
dTT cf f'-nmonia or other serious
c - 3. It not only cures croup,
t ' t ?a soon as tbe croupy
r 1 r-vr-t f-s avck.
; J. I', r "1 Ci.'s to
CASTORIA"
n:C:J n::a ::;::;: r::;:i
t' s
si
saaiat Cnatom It Uil Thin.
At Chingford, in Essex, England, an
nara is neia Dy a very curious condi
Mam TTTI- : . .
uvu. t uuTOr u passes into new
hands the owner, with Ida wife, man
servant ana nuudservant, . comes , on
noraeback to tne oarsonam end nara
LAWYERS BOYCOTT JUDGE,
Robeson Bar Continues Civil Docket
Rather Than Have Judge Peebles
Hear It.'
Lumberton. March 30. Th nnha.
um nomage oy wowing three blasts I son bar, at a meeting called to fix the
upuu a uuru. n carries a na'
u on servant nsa ! . .. t..j . .
hound in a sHn. both f- th t " "Ui"rwuiw' unanimously de-
rector tor nil h " VI ZZ'. 0Iln o et tbe calendar and
upon a horn. He carries a hawk unon ImTana- tK. k 11
isly de-
rector for that day. He receive. r"" cienuar ana agreed
chicken for the hawk, a peck of oats conunuo aocket. This action
for his horse and a loaf of bread for I WM taken y reason of reports re-
his greyhound. After dinner tbe owner 1 061764 from other counties In which
blows three more blasts and then. I this judge baa held court of bis dia.
wiui ms party, withdraws from the j courtesy to counsel, unfairness and
iw.iurj. Inartlalltv. a notahlA lnet..nM ti...
the Haywood ease. Lawvera hnr
Have you sent In your entries for the I unwillinff to annear hAfom htm in a-.
1are.ua u aoi 00 so ai once, ana 1 capacity, it u iikeiv that th Ufa
u-e a success. no expense. : term win also be continued unless an
exchange of Judges la ordered.
laoammatory Kheantatlaai Cared.
William Shaffer, a hralram&n ntl
Uennlson. ObiO. was confined tn him wnamjr.Harrey.KIaafc-a. X.C.
bed for several weeks with lnflamma-1 str: The late president oi tho
tary rnenmatism. "I used manv mm. I roion xuver liana, at Brewatora. N -
- -i aV lllni . ' . I V V..Ila a.1 M i a . .
eaies," ne says. J) in ally l sent to I DUUl 'nB unesi nonse 10 all tbat re-
Mccaw's drusr store for a bottle of I don, in ISO, and oalnted it with lead.
Chamberlain's Pain Balm, at wbich I nd-oil at a cost of $400 the house
time 1 was unable to use hand or foot, (cost iji.uuu.
and In one week's time was able to . ro I la 187 three years lie reoainted it
so worat as nannv as a clam." For 1 wisa uevoe at a cost 01 ajoa, in 1837
sale at J. . liood & Co.'s drusr atora. I ten paint was In rood condition.
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lewi-iwuu, ii laree years, ue-
vg .a years.
Trt 4 fill
L m e '
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Yours truly
P. YT. Tvc.&, Co.. ! Tort.
P. C D. C: - '7 I 1 r "