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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

. The lectures of Rev. K. H.
Basmajian, from Armenia,
given at the Kings Daughters
Hall this week, were we'll at
tended, They consisted OF
ceremonies, marrying, bury>
ing and other customs in his
native country, with appro>
pirate manifestations, and the
massacre of the Armenians by
the Turks. He also spoke OF
the great work done by. Clara
Barton, and gave some sflne
exhibitions of stereopticon
views.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

Next Monday, May %, there
will be~offered for sale a nice lot
Of second hand household and
Kitchen furniture on the front
porch Of the H. H, Powell & Sons
furniture store. A good chance
to buy. Remember the day, next
Monday.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

Rev. N. J, Bakke, sof Chars
lotte, spent several days here
ehis week in the interest Of
.e lutheran Colored Mission
has arranged for a Chapel
above Jimtown, which
erected this summer,
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

Green Fruit Time. Keep a
bottle of Neutralizing Cordial for
summer complaint in the house
for thesselIildren. Johnson's Phar-
macy. W
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

sss3s IL Ia.ss AfN ga I've an ice
" Z II 1! I \. II
last Tuesday. ftefnooHs md \ n hFele NJ ,llls
ing, taking in about 81 46tDl lD.
also realized $500 from tlNaasE sEI|
ceeds of a lecture. . giten atRhAa
Kings Daughters Hall Wednesd 4
evening by Rev, K, H. BasmajiaE'
v - Sfo R5T1.la y - -
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

Judd, our Dentist, is
lakS reparation to 60 North
aSaon of several moNhss,
ksut June lst. Those
\ \ l|l.I professional services
aE |I5QpesteEsb call early and ofs
'ia Eteh ySsk NJ cen ssows ard the date
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

\ MIS- Will Heyef sgit eF
Maid and III u tle N stsf l'a'
Russell left this
Week fol- a visit To Bnop ysfa 'I|l,,
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

The Junior Endeavors will sell
ice cream at the Hotel Ozone. next
Tuesday evening, beginning
sat Z O'Clock, 10:. for cream,
Sc. for cake.
The game Of base. ball at. Aber-
'deen yesterday resulted In a score
of "a to IS. in favor Southern Pines
/ G. M. Chace, of the Vermont
Union, Lyndon, vt, il. stopping
with US again, after making a tour
South.
Call and see T. c. sHufines If you
want some nice dry goods, notions,
shoes and hats, He is anxions to
see you and show you what good
goods he has.
Al.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20
ROSELAND ITEMS.
Office over Powell's Furniture S ore.

ROSELAND ITEMS, ]
The McAslan brothers FRONT
Omaha, Nebss are guestse at
Roseland. Inn. They are !
here looking over the laailds
with the intention. @.c settle, B
ment and engaging in stle, n,
raising.
There has btel large sale
of Roseland property recently u
reported at a coed advance /,
over former prices. LIE site:
50 level and attractive III we'll
liked by all comers. II n V !:
On Tuesday May l6th at
thigh noon, the water gate,
|the L LakesDann was closed, and
| the lake which has heretofore
appeared on the RSseland
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The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

ss#s DC ClSsrrTf fbts as DedflU n g5s
Mrs j. T.sW ilson left Mis-,
week for Coriatfl II, WhefV
she will spend the summer er
She will return, in September,
Quick Thought Headache
Powders .calie dache quick as.
D. ,.s 4 v n y : y a ) n. sIl y ~
Those who did not go to
Sanford last Wednesday stay>
edalpder their own shingles
4 y vas a ). hot day.
DIED. Miss Kate Mcqueen
at Carthage, "Wednesday,
May 18th, after a lingering
illness Of several months.
@ Rev. G. M. Emory and wife
III have gone North and Miss
Barnard has returned to,
q. Vermont to xspsnd The Sums
mer.
Neutralizing Cordial /. is the.
surest and safest remedy for all
bowel troubles, 25. cts. for 3 or.
bottle. JQhnson's Pharmacy i
Mrs. L g Huffines and daughter,
Miss Lily have gone to Monroeton,
!. near Greensboro, for visit Of four
Il orsfye, weeks, I'VE wish them a
pleasant visit ass, IL, l
Mr. Fred Weaver Isst Thursday
for a visit Of several months at his
old home in Culpepper, va. He
will stop in Washington, D. g., for
short stay.
NoTlcE. you want Cream tor
y your Strawberries, order it from
the Deer Greek Farm, Rure Cream
t4 order every day.
FRED "A, DnlMIcK.
! ~ 3fs s4 len 81 s#
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

:A1uninum Top Fruit Jars, the
latest and best thing out. See
them before buying.
A S & L P RUeGLEs
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

Mr.. Eugene Addor, after spend
ing fourteen years here has decid-
cd to close his Jewelry business
on account Of i'll health and return
to his home at Keyser in this coun-
ty. He has been a good citizen
and by honest dealings has made
many friends. He goes reluctant
ly, and the Free Press wishes him
success.
For SALE.-Fitty bushels mixed
COW peas for seed.
A S &.L.P RUGGLEs
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1899-05-20

N Sout Iifles il, il |, gs fam
1 ''|farnses iaha dne M llgs Ile
d daS cs ,HIlail
,sMpnleht Z of isladiss boif n ]
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The age-herald., 1899-08-09

ment of the association MT Willett will proceed to Saratoga, where he will meet all the national leaders of the democratic par ty and conference of far-reaching impor- tance will be held MT Willett is now national figure. and he cannot escape the burdens incumbent upon his high position. Probably he has no wish to escape such burdens. The white light beats upon him. and he faces the light resolutely. MT. Wilett is the president of the Ala bama state Bar association. and is the youngest man who ever held that position. There Is talk of making him president of the American Bar association. Whether he desires the place Is not known but the Alabama bar will hold that none is moro worthy than he The Hon. Alex Troy, of Montgomery, father of the Alabama Bar association" is in the city. His visit may have something to do with the presenta- ton of MT. Willett as candidate for the presidency of the national association. Af- ter the meeting at Buffalo Mir. Willett and MT. Troy will go to Saratoga, where MT. Willett will confer with the democratic national leaders. It would be silly to guess what will occur at Saratoga.
 
 Alderman Roman. of Montgomery was in town yesterday. MT. Roman is a mem- Der of the firm of Lehman, Durr & Co.,, probably the largest cotton merchants in the United States, and for twenty years he has been one of the most substantial citizens of Montgomery.
 
 Hon. Alex Troy, of Montgomery, is ac- companied to Birmingham by his gifted young son. Master Golston Troy.
 
 Circuit Judge Sprott, of Livingston, was in town yesterday on his way to the mountains for rest and recreation.
 
 Colonel Wiley c. Tunstall was in town yesterday returning to his Hale county home after spending a month at Tate Springs.
 Hon. Walter S. White, the auditor of the state. is in town.
 State Senator G. B. Deans, of Shelby, was in town yesterday.
 President Powers, of the State university, spent yesterday in Birmingham.
 
 The Age-Herald yesterday related some thing of the wonderful story of Emma Samson. It is of interest to note that the legislature at it's last session voted her GAO acres of land
 The venerated Colonel Martin Luther Stansel, of Pickens, continues to improve in health.
The age-herald., 1899-08-09

who owned the house in front of which the accident occurred The suit against the city was dropped, but the other was press ed and Miss Jewett was awarded damages.
 Early in June of this year Miss Jewett was living at 526 Massachusetts avenue, and while there claimed that she was as- sauDted by Joseph Kelley, an inmate of the house, by an outside door, She said that she was sitting on the front steps when Kelley kicked the door to and her arm was caught in it and seriously injured. The case was tried before Judge Forsaith. Kel- ley was fined $2o but appealed. He was held in s30O for the July term of the su- perior court, and at that session the case was indefinitely continued.
 Miss Jewett's book, "Life's Passionate Guest,'' which first brought her into public notice, has for it's heroine a woman who is a marverous singer, but who seems to have been born without spark of moral sensi- bility-a woman whose lovers succeed each other in rapid succession, who makes pretence of conformity to the code of mor- als as taught in nineteenth century ethics. but who is made to appear the most beau- tiful and saintly person on earth.
 All who have met Miss Jewett speak of her charm of manner and her evident TO- finement and education She herself has said that 1t was her great ambition when she was a girl to graduate at Radcliffe, but her health failing in the north, she went south to the Rollins college in Virginia. There she remained few months, and her health giving way again, she came north.
 It is understood that Miss Jewett has three other novels which are to be publish ed soon. One of these deals with lynching in the south. The first that will appear is called "The Lizards Eye" and the scene is laid in the Argentine republic.
The age-herald., 1899-08-09
From Duluth 10 the Sea.

When our Warrior improvement, which would open the vast coal and iron ore de- posits of Alabama to the world asks for three, four. even eight, millions, the country is astonished. Il is much more astonished than it is when the Deep Waterways commission, in the pay of the government, asks for S250. 600. 900 with which to open a deep channel from Duluth to the sea. There is already a depth of nine feet from Duluth to the sea, or will be when the Erie canal improvement is completed. But nine feet does not satisfy the people ill the northeast they want twenty feet more or less. Chicago and Duluth propose to load alike for New York and London, to be- come in other words ocean ports
 The work is gorgeous one and of course the national taxpayers, including those of Alabama, are expected to build it. The men behind the scheme do not know whether it is best to ask this government to enlarge the WeHand canal, or to build a new canal on the New York side of the Niagara river. Nor have they quite de- termined whether the proposed ship-canal shall be laid from the St. Lawrence via Richelieu river, Lake Champaign and Lake George to the Hudson river, or from os- wego via the Erie canal to Albany on the Hudson. Either route to the Hudson in- wolves locks that would cost immense sums. The divide between LaIsc George and the Hldson Is short, but it is ex- trenleiy difficult The deepening of the channel from oswego would be scarcely less expensive. both on account of the greater distance and the neural difficulties. The Nicaragua canal i5 q small work in comparison. Tho oswcgo plan Is widely favored, because 1t admits. of an alliance. .can route is q new ship-eanal be built along tho Niagara river. If America is tc build the canal, 1t should certainly be all. American, although for that matter Can ada will some day be that way itself.
The age-herald., 1899-08-09
GEN. PAGAN COMING HOME

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 Brigadier-G General Charles P. Eagan, the deposed commissary-gene of the United States army, whose connection with the embalmed beef scandal caused his fall from grace, passed through New Orleans yesterday to the east. Mrs. Eagan accom- panies him. The general came in yester- day morning over the Southern Pacific rail- road from San Francisco, having just re- turned to this country from Honolulu. It was his intention to make close connection and proceed on to Washington without delay. but he missed his train and had to await the next one. General Eagans home is in Washington. He declined to discuss any matters connected with the war department and would not express an opinion as to what effect, if any, the ap- pointment of MT. Root as secretary of war would have on his case.
 General Eagan held the commission of a lieutenant-colonel in the commissary de- partment when the war with Spain broke out. his commission dating back to Jan- uary 26, 1887. He is a native of Ireland and first became connected with the army in 1862, when he was made lieutenant in the Washington Territory infantry. In 1866 he entered the regular army as a second lieutenant. 10.
 A few days ago the newspaper dispatches from Honolulu announced that General Eagan expected to be reinstated at an early date. sr'
The age-herald., 1899-08-09
BIG ADVANCE DIaMoNns

N. Y. Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch
 A Maiden Lane jeweler told me yesterday that diamonds have advanced in price from 30 to 40 per cent. since January. Cecil Rhodes and the Rothschilds are said to be at the head of syndicate which controls large portion of the output of diamonds in South Africa and it is declared that their manipulations are responsible for the ad- vance in the cost of stones. Already the jewellers in the Bowery and neighborhood as an inducement to customers asserting in large placards in their windows, that their di3monds are as cheap as ever, and that they will not advance the price for a month or two. One can buy diamonds very cheap in these stores. It is true that there is al- ways a flaw somewhere in these cut-rate stones, but they are not to be seen by the unaccustomed eye, and the people who buy them are satisfied that they get diamonds, and that is all they care about. You can buy a good-sized diamond in the Bowery for $25 or so, and, if 1t is a little off color what then? You would have to pay great deal more for it on Broadway; or, at least so the Bowery merchants will persuade you. The quantity of diamonds worn by the denizens of the Bowery, often on ex- f1nnel shirt fronts, is one of the peeuliari- ties of that region that always strikes the stranger with mild surprise.
The age-herald., 1899-08-09
LILLIAN JEwETT CARRIES
 THE BAKERS TO BOSTON

Frazer B. Baker. the negro postmaster at Lake City, s. C.. was killed by mob. to- gether with one child, which was a mere baby, and his wife was wounded. The moth- CT recovered, and it is she and her five children that Miss Jewett has carried to Boston with view of arousing q race, or at least an anti-lynehing, agitation She has arrived in Boston accompanied by the entire Baker family.
 Miss Jewett, if information received about her is true. has had a life of very varied experiences. Her childhood was spent in Brockton. Mass. and she still has sister living there, a dressmaker, who is highly respected. She has also two brothers, who some years ago were bootblacks end lived in Boston. Miss Jewett lives with her mother. and has little colored maid to wait on her.
 Notwithstanding numerous reports to the contrary, it is understood that Miss Jewett is not an heiress nor woman of wealth. She has a small income aecruing to her un- der the will of an aunt. and she has un- doubtedly netted quite sum of money from the sale of her novel and other writ ings. For this reason, colored people who are acquainted with the facts regard with some scepticism the lady's offer to contrib ute any large amount to the Baker fund
 In 1893, from June to August 31,, Miss Jewett was an inmate of the Mclean in- sane asylum, then in Somerville. She en- tered it voluntarily, but left it against ad- vice. Shortly after this, while she was liv- ing in Newton street, she fell on the side walk and injured her spine. The cause of her fall was claimed to be a loose coal seuttle cover. Suits were instituted against the city of Boston and against Mrs. Oliver.
The age-herald., 1899-08-09
NATIONAL CHARACTER IN SHOES

From the Chicago Times-Herald.
 Booker T. Washington, who has just re- turned from Europe is reported to have been disgusted with his inability to find a pair of shoes in Paris large enough to be comfortable. The storekeeper explained to large shoes in Paris"
 Professor Washington is not the first American who has run against the fash ionable tyranny of French footgear. In early days the republican simplicity and feet of the American people were in danger of being crippled by French frivolity and French slippers. Probably it is tempera- mental, but the French or, more strictly speaking, the Parsians, have always run to small shoes with high heels. The French-Canadans have inherited the custom.
 It is a question for physiologists whether the small French slipper and the high French heel is cause or an effect of the vanity of the French race and the insta- biity of the average French character The contrast between a big footed, low heeled British or German boot and a mar rowlasted, high French slipper is no greater than that between the races that wear them.
 It is difficult to reconcile broad national characteristics tripping or teetering along in French shoes or Chinese slippers. There is something mineing about the gait of the wearer of one and tottering about that of the almond-eyed wearer of the other.
The age-herald., 1899-08-09
Give the People a Chance.

Mississippi is at peace again. general primary did 1t. Her hot senatorial canvass was settled, and satisfactorily settled, too, in primaries in the countless in which tens of thousands of citizens for the first time in their lives had a voice in the selection of United States senators, one for a short, and one for a long, term. The people of Mississippi are so much pleased with the method, 1t is safe to say that return to caucuses and conventions with their quar- sels and cliques and even bolts, and always deals, will never again be attempted. The people have come to their own in Mississippi.
 But the Mississippi plan is very imper- feet It aims to instruct members of the legislature, instead of aseertaining the will Of the voters of the state. South Carolina has the better plan. and Georgia is about to adopt that plan. In South Carolina every beat votes directly for state officers and an United States senator, as well as for county officers, and the vote is consoli- dated by the county executive committees, and afterwards by the state executive committee, and whoever receives a plu- rality of the vote becomes the sole and only choice and nominee of the democratic party. This is the plan that should be adopted in Alabama, because its chief ob- ject is the ascertainment of the will of the party as a whole.
 In the states that practically have but one party, and in which the selection of the nominees of that one party is practically the election in the state, it does require in politicians a good deal of gall when they undertake to say that they Qhe politicians) must be permitted to select the nominees of the one party leaving to the people the right of ratification only at the polls. But the Alabama politicians have got the requisite gall, and unless the demand for primaries becomes overwhelming, even threatening, they will again ride over the people, usurping rights and powers that are denied them in South Carolina, Geor- gia and Mississippi, and that belong to the people only. When the court house and state-house cliques claim to be representa- tive they are claiming some. hing that ex- ists in their own minds and desires onlv
The age-herald., 1899-08-09
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

From the New York Press.
 A woman talks about her bath tub with the same freedom a man talks about his shaving mug.
 When a ls0-pound woman loses a pound and quarter she tries to act like she was going into a decline.
 Maybe the reason some women talk SO much and so fast is because if they didn't they might have to think.
 When a woman meets man who is pale and slum from the night before she is sorry ne hasn't got happy family life.
 A man can take crooked facts and tell them straight; but there never was n woman who could take straight facts and tell them anything but crooked.
The age-herald., 1899-08-09
The Great Trial Progressing.

The opening day of the trial at Rennes, including the examination of the accused himself, did not as whole have an un- favorable look to Captain Dreyfus. In the main his testimony had favorable effect. It should be remembered that all questions president of the court The lawyers for the defense, Labori and Demange, will free ly ask questions, but the questions will be first suggested to President Jouaust, who will interrogate the witness. Nothing has been developed going to show that Colonel Jouaust or any other member of the court will act unfairly.
 It should be remembered, too. that the court of cessation thus defined the in- quiry:
 "Is Dreyfus guilty of having, in 1884, en- tered into relations with foreign power or its agents, in order to aid or abet that power to undertake a war against France, or in order to supply the means of betray- ing France by the notes and documents set 
 Practically he is being tried on the in- dictment of 1894, which is based on the bor- dereau, or memorandum, found by French spy in bits in the waistepaper bas- ket of the German embassy in Paris. This bordereau mentions five documents sent to Germany by a French officer. It is claim ed that Captain Dreyfus is that officer The bordereau has been declared to be a for gerry committed by Count Esterhazy. It is not before the courtmartial. But the five documents mentioned in 1t are. Who sent them?
 The first relates to a wonderful brake for heavy field guns known as '12o," when crossing rough sections of country. The gun "12O'' is a dynamite gun, and the brake is an essential part of it. The other four documents relate to frontier mobilization, artillery formation, the Madagascar cam paign, and the manual of field artillery fire The bordereau cannot now be used by the government, and new proof connecting Captain Dreyfus with the five documents must be furnished. Thus far 1t is not forthcoming, except so far as it may be contained in the secret dosser which Is now taking up the time of the court.
 If it can be proven that Captain Dreyfus sent any one of the five documents to the German embassy, he will be found guilty. If no proof af that kind is possible, he will be acquitted. He was one of 500 officers who had or could have had information covering the five points or counts of the in- dctment.
 The final decree of the courtmartial may be neither conviction nor acquital. It may consist in partial condemnation. or it may order new inquiry, thus leaving the case where it stood when the court of cessation ordered revision. Tn any event Captain Dreyfus may appeal He may claim that the courtmartial was irregularly organized; i; he may ask for a trial by the court of cessation, and he may ask for pardon at the hands of President Loubet, who desires to put an end to 'l'affaire Dreyfus' before the doors of the exposition are opened. Over eighty witnesses have been sum- nloned, and it is believed the trial will last 1 at least three weeks.