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The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Hiram lodge, No. 10, f. & A. M.
conferred the F. c. degree on one can
dldate, Wednesday night. Following
the work an oyster supper was enjoyed,
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

The selectmen will meet on Friday,
February q, from to $50 p. M, Sat-
urday being legal holiday.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Selectman and Mrs L. G. Morris
passed Sunday in Bridgeport, guests of
DR. and Mrs Edwards NJ. Smith.
Miss Mabel Morris is visiting in
BROOKLYN
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Representative Edward Taylor was
in New York, last week, and attende
one of the great Fassig-Tipton sales.
He saw the famous trOtting stallion,
Oakland Boron, sold under the hammer
for $l5, 700.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

DR. J. w. Gordon, Undertaken Keat-
ing, Martin Lillis and Julius Tilson
went to Waterbury, Monday, to take
in the sights at the great fire.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Aaron Sanford, who had a very poor
night, Wednesday, was more comforta.
BILE. yesterday afternoon.
The children of w. A. Garfield are
on the sick list.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Mrs Emily A. Bennett is slowly re-
covering from the second attack of the
grip, this winter, which has handled
her very severely. Although not able
to go out evenings, she hopes soon to
recover her usual health.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Charles Jackson of Bridgeport has
entered the employ of the E. G. Plat
Co. at Hawleyville.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

At the session of the Hawleyville
whist club, Tuesday night, the gentle
mems prize was won by J. A. James,
the ladies' by Mrs Asa Hawley and the
cOnSOlatiOn bV William HaWlev
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Mrs D. X. Colepaugh Of Sandy HOOK
is recovering from one of the prevalent
grip colds.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07
The TOWN And PEOPLE.

A book of Woodbury.. Connecticut. Edited
by Julia Minor Strong. Historical and Kemi-
niscent. over so half tone illustrations. Price
per COPY, 81 rs; postage. 15c. Address, Mrs N
n. Strong. North Woodbury., Conn.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Taylor, Curtis & Co. are Offering a
great value in lot of ladies and chill
dren's dress goods, various colors and
basket weave. Regular price 35c.
They go on sale at zoe. These goods
must be seen to be appreciated.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

An audience of about 40 enjoyed Rev
G. T. Linsley's able and instructive
lecture on "The State of Connecticut, -
at Sandy Hook on Tuesday evening.
Rev 0. 0. Wright presided and intro
duced the speaker.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

The last quarterly conference for
the year will be held next Monday af-
ternoon, the 10th, at Mapleton. DR.
Buck has been appointed to fill the
place of the late lamented presiding
elder, DR. Pullman. Will all the
members of this quarterly conference,
at home and abroad, note this and
endeavor to make arrangements to be
present?
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Mr. and Mrs Robert Richardson re
turned on Monday from visit at War
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

w. B. Terrill was on duty on the
rural free delivery route Of Carrier
| TOmlinSon, Tuesday and Wednesday.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

&c., Soc. $1.00
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Representative Edward Taylor en-
tertained few friends very pleasantly
at dinner on Wednesday evening, the
occasion being his birthday
Barber Colepaugh bagged another
fox on Saturday.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

NJ. J. Cassidy and a Mr. Hard of Ok
ford were in town on Wednesday, look
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

The Waterbury American will have
the sympathy of all the newspaper
men in the state in the loss of it's
beautiful new building. With COM
mendable enterprise the publishers
did not skip an issue, publishing it in
an abbreviated form from a job print
ing establishment. The owners, for
tunately, are rich men and doubtless
had their property we'll insured.
The Newtown bee. (Newtown, Conn.) 1877-current, 1902-02-07

Mr. and Mrs NJ. J. Lynch of Walling
ford have been guests, this week, o
Mr. and Mrs M. W. COrbett.
Joseph Quackenbush of Warwick
Hill has been on the sick list and un
der the care of DR. j. w. Gordon.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
GOOD CHRISTMAS TRADE
Durham Elks Have Made Special Pre-
para'ions for the Children.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)


Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
DURHAM, N. c.. December 22.-All
Durham is King for big Christmas. The
streets have been thronged with people
from the surrounding territory, and the
merchants have been compelled to call
in extra help to wait on the trade.
The Ladies' Society will give Christ
mas dinner to forty INDECENT families.
The Ellls will give the poor children a
Christmas tree In the Opera. House. and
besides a good meal, will present them
with shoes, stockings and clothing.
The different churches are also making
arrangements to help the poor GA that
day.
After a, special sermon by Rev. N. c.
Arrowwod yesterday morning, at 8 P.
NJ. yesterday. the Pearl Presbyterian Mis-
sion was organized into the Second Pres
byterian Church. by the committee sp-
pointed by the Orange Presbytery. Revs.
NJ c. Arrowwood. Of Burlington: E. R.
Leyburn and r. G. Matheson, OF Dur
ham. Mr.. Matheson was elected pastor.
Tobacco sales have shut down here till
January 9Th. Many Durham buyers who
have been on the Eastern and South
Carolina markets, where trade is over.
have returned home for the season. It Is
estimated that about twenty per cent
OF the crop in this section remains In the
farmers hands.
Complaint is made here on account Of
the delay in freights. Passenger ara
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Potatoes Will Be Brought to a
Sunday School Celebration.
MARKET DEALERSL0CKED0UT
They Are at War in Greensboro With
the Board Of Aldermen, and as Re-
suit the Central Market of City
Has Been Closed by Police.
Especial Dispatch to The rflnesA

L
GREENSBORO. n. c.. Dec PIN
stead of having Christmas trees for them
selves, the children Of all the Sunday
schools in this city will have entertain
n7ents or Christmas trees for others.
st. Earnabas Episcopal will give it's
Christmas tree at ST Cuthbert's Mission
Church at Proximity Cotton Mills for
the Sunday school children there. Others
will be devoted to different orphanagas.
Westminster and the First Presbyterian
Church will send their Christmas tree to
the church orphanage at Barium Springs.
Tho celebration at the First Presby-
terrain to take place the night of January
lst will be something out of the usual
order. Each class will ascend the plat
form and with appropriate recitations
Will present its combined offerings. The
admission fee will be as follows: Teachers
and pupils one potato each; parents, two
potatoes: visitors and parents with no
children, three potates.
A MARKET CLOSED.
The city market embroglfo reached an
acute stage Saturday night, when Chief
Of Police Scott. under orders from the
City Council Market Committee. locked
up every stall. put the keys in his
pocket. and turned the lights out. The
market is still closed and the dealers are
gathering in groups to-day talking about
it, There are four other markets IN diff
ferent sections Of the city and the pub
lie will not suffer.
The present trouble grows out Of the
failure Of tenants Of the City Hall Market
to pay the rent and conform to other
requirements agreed upon ten days ago,
In what was thought to be an amic7i't
and satisfactory adjustment Of differ
ences betweent the City Hall and outside
dealers and the Board Of Aldermen.
The situation at noon to-day remains
unchanged. except there is a we'll ground
ed rumor afleat that bid for the whole
market has been put in by man of
strong financial ability, who will assume
the entire supervision and responsibility
for the business, subject to the city re-
gulations.
MARRIED YESTERDAY.
afr. Charles Haltzinger, of Hamburg,
Ohio. and Miss LEILA F. West were united
in marriage yesterday by the Rev. ". L.
Grissom at the residence of the BRIDES
parents.
John w Densy and Mis-. Pearl
Pearce, Of Proximity, were married yes
terday by Justice Pritchett
Yesterday a we'll wresed, gentlemanly
stranger giving his name as Ed. Nor
gan, of Knoxville, applied for lodging to
the police. and was Accommodated He said
he was making his way to Danville. This
morning it was found that he was
paralyZed.
Mr. Jack Hardin, formerly chief train
dispatcher for the Southern here, has
been appointed to and assumed the man
agement of the Western Union Telegraph
Office at FL Paso, Tex.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
THE NEWS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
by disinterested Judges and that We will

by disinterested Judges and that we VIII
be corrected If we are wrong.
when asked what course would be
purused. Chairman MciNeill said. all
county officers have instructions to pro-
Geo with the collection OF income Ia
from all, including judicial officers. and
that will be done until some test case
is properly disposed of.
ne says the unsolicited decree OF the
Supreme Court in their own behalf can
NOT be effective. Some expect the mat
ter to go to the Supreme Court of the
United States in a test case. and others
that the Legislature will be asked to
settle II. However. the question really
at issue is the right of the Legislature
to impose an income tax on salaries OF
judicial officers under the constitutional
provision that the departments are CO.
ordinate and the Legislature shall not
diminish the salaries during terms OF Of
fee.
Chairman Mcneil says If judicial and
other state officers are not forced to
pay the income tax it will be practical
~ impossible 10 enforce it as to private
ctiZens.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
df}t the Theatres.


The Bijou Comedy Company came into
its own last night.
For weeks a traveller in such foreign
lands as Birmingham, Ala. it collected
favorable press notices, and received the
homage of the uncouth, but the thoughts
of the members travelled Richmondwards.
Last night they reached Richmond. and
in Richmond, the Bijou. And at ten min
utes past a typical first night audience
burst into a spontaneous ripple OF
whistled appreciation
In this new effort Of the Bijou Com
pony, called by the Sad Sea Waves"
thougll-the title need not worry any
one-there is SO much OF everything that
no one need take any notice OF what he
doesn't particularly care for, and there
vii still remain plenty to make him feel
he has had all to which he is entitled.
"By the Sad Sea Waves" is a feast for
the eyes, and in a musical sense for the
ears 1t is not the slightest stretch of
truth to say that it is the most mas
sive and Kaleidoscope presentation that
has been seen at the Bijou.
There are dainty costumes Of parti-col-
ored silks and Haunting ribbons, gorgeous
scenery breezy songs and catchy airs.
a dash OF wit, graceful dancing and the
pretty bevy of Bijou girls-that's by the
Sad Sea Waves"
The production is a really sparkling
success. There is just enough OF plot
to let one know that one was at G. play
And the music? 1t was tIoffmanesque,
and everyone must have taken some of
the week is out they will be heard
whistled on the streets. It is some of
the best work that the clever director
has yet done
It is all life and light and color. and
the large audience evinced its delight last
night In every way possible.
There are many clever specialties, and
all the old favorites are much in evil
dence. AS a production. by the Sad Sea
Waves" is the most ambitious under
taking OF the. Bijou management The
scenery is really superb and the effects
excellent There is no doubt after last
nights performance that the Bijou Com
pany has made wonderful strides forward
since it left here. It was always welcome,
and it always entertained and delighted.
but it comes back in a performance that
is ambitious indeed, and adds immeasu-
rably to the laure!s of the organiza ton.
.'way Down East with its pretty
story and quaint characters of New
England life, will be seen at the Acad-
envy Christmas Day. The play has be-
come so we'll known through successive
performances that any reference to its
character seems superhuous. In the
parlance Of theatrical folk 1t is the best
repeater OF any play Of modern times.
Judging from reports of performances
In other cities where Mr.. James O'Neil
has presented his new play recently, our
theatre-goers have rare treat in store
for them on December 26th and 27th at
the Academy. 81 he Manxman'' is
spoken of as yiri1e and unusually
strong romantic story. present with
an elaborate scenic equipment and most
capable company. Nothing need be said
OF Mr.. O'Neil's good qualities, as he Is
too frmly established in the hearts Of
lovers OF dram n AZ, to need any en-
bellishment1.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
KILLED A.NECRO
Reported That Coast Line Section Mas
tiers Will Ask Increased Pay.
fSnac,a1 r,sna+ch to The Times !

teTS VIII ASK u VI CoScd Vdy.
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
GCLDSBORO, n. c.. December 22.-Silas
Pike, a, prominent farmer, living a. mile
distant from Pikeville. this county, shot
and killed a negro farm hand at his home
last evening. Particulars are meagre, but
it seems that the negro was entering the
home of Mr.. Pike. after being forbidden
by that gentleman. and this so angered
Mr. Pike that he picked up his gun. which
was near,1and fired, the whole load. In
GLIDING the wadding. entering the breast
of the negro. killing him instantly.
On Saturday evening. near Fremont,
this county, Perry Barnes was accident
ally but seriously shot by negro. Mr..
Barnes had called the negro into his
house, and while in the room the negro
picked up pistol which in re handling
went off, the ball altering between the
ribs in the right side and lodging in the
left side Whether this shot will prove
fatal. a nephew of Mr.. Barnes is unable
to say.
1t is quietly rumored here the Atlantic
Coast Line section masters will make a
demand to-day for increased wages. A
gentleman prominent in Atlantic Coast
Line circles gays he knows of no such
demand
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
CONv|CTS SPEND
XMAS At HOME
Six Pardoned and Three Have
Their Sentences COMMITTED
by Governor Aycock.
Special Dispatch to The Times,

Especial blSnaiCn IHe HINES
RALEIGH, n. C. December 22.-Gov-
ernor Aycock has made public six par
dons and three communications of sentence
granted by him, which will reach the
prisoners in time for them to spend
Christmas at home.
A pistol duel occurred between two
Wilmington negroes. Foster Williams and
Baalam Johnson. They had been quar-
reling at their work all day. and when
the lumber plant shut down at night
they went out in the yards and began
firing at one another. Both emp
tied their revolNers. Johnson was shot
in the stomach and may have a fatal
wound. Williams left arm, was shat
tered by bullet from his adversarys
weapon and a third negro, who had no
part in the difficulty, suffered a similar
wound.
Emmett Boyd of Kinston. tried tc COM
nit suicide by taking laudanum and
shooting himself. The shot attracted
neiehbors and stomach pump removed
the poison. Domestic trouble is TIE
J. c. Chestnut last year against her
fathers wish. and some time ago the
father got the young woman back and
refused communication between the two.
His wife went to him. He will proha-
bly, recover.
AT Hamlet the J. b. Cdudls company
store was broken into by burglars. slG0
worth Of clothing and shoes taken and
the building set on ire.
Cooleenee Cotton Mills will install
1000 porSe power engine to augment its
water power plant. This company has
plant of 5000 spindles and so looms
and is making extensive improvements.
1t operates several other industrial en-
terprises in connection with supplying
necessaries Of life to its mill town.
4 Wilmington special states that Mr..
Henry Walters. of Baltimore. now has
the Plant system private car that was
built foor the late II. B. Plant-No. 800.
X is one Of the finest private cars in the
South. Mr.. Walters, old car is No. 3o6
and has been given to General Superin-
tendent W. n. Royal.
The Offices of the Cone Export and
Commission Company, the Proximity
Manufacturing Company and the mill
Of Mr.. Clarence &. Cone. at Greensboro,
were closed yesterday as a tribute to the
memory OF Mrs. Hartman Cone. mother
of the Messrs. Cone. of Greensboro.
whose sudden death in Baltimore We'd
nesday was announced.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23

freight traffic IS heavy and the express
force worked to It's fullest capacity.
Rev. 20. j. Thompson took charge Of the
First Baptist Church yesterday and
preached his first sermon a It's pastor to
a large audience.
il,Juhna.w. Sykes and John "a. Sykes. OF
orange county, have filed suits against
the Durham Traction Company respec-
lively, for $1,000, and $500. on account OF
collision they had with a street car
several weeks ago. IN which they claim to
have sustained injuries Several suits
against the company had been previously
entered.
II. 3. Duke. Of New York. president
of the American Tobacco Company. Is
her to spend the holidays with his father,
Mr. Washington Duke.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
THOSE JUDGES SALARIES
Corporation Commission VIII F'gh'
Recert Stand of Supreme Court
Especial Dispatch 10 The Timeso

Especial DnSpatCn 10 Inc 1iiheS.'
RALEIGH, X. c., Dec. CA conflict
Is on between the Supreme Court of
North Carolina and the North Carolina
CORPORATION Commission. Chairman L ank-
lin MCNEIL. of the Corporation Commits
sion. issued a statement to-day critic sing
the SUPREME Court for their recent action
In adopting the opinion of the Attorney
General and decreeing that their salari s
and those Of superior Court judges are
not liable to the income tax. he char
acterlZes the proceeding as illegal, and
SAYS the liability OF THESE gentlemen to
the income tax or any other tax must
be passed on by other officers.
The maxim no one can be judge IN
hi. own cause is quoted, and the fol-
lowing significant para graph concludes
statement:
Our conclusions may be wrong, but
they mast stand until they arc orerruled
in a. legal way. We are glad to say that
these gentlemen the judges. can in
rhort time. have their rights passed upon
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Brakeman Killed at Winston.
Especial Dispatch to The Times,

Especial Dispatch to The Times.}
WINSTON SALEM, n. c.. Dec, c.
II. r. Talley. white brakeman on the
Southern Railway yards in this city. was
killed tonight at Z o'clock. Talley was
in the act Of mounting a moving car
when he was struck by the railway
scales and thrown on the rail. The car
passed over his left side from the ear
to the stomach terribly mangling him.
He lived thirty minutes. and was con-
scious till death. The deceased was from
Roanoke. Va, where he has wife and
child. His age was about thirty years.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
FORTUNE TELLER'5 CHARITY
Madame Elrado to Retire and Establish
Home.
(s,ccj,1 D,snntcb to Tho Tin,

(srccial Dispatch to The Times,
GOLDSBORO. \. c.. December PA
professional fortune teller. who is well
known throughout the South. is to give up
her occupation Of palnistry and found an
oTnhanaSe.
This new pllilanthropist is Nine. Elrado.
who has been a palnist for number OF
years and has read MANY thousands OF
fortunes by the lines in the hands.
Her ornhanage is to be established at
Durham, n. c. She says her object Is to
provide in an humble way a comfortable
home for a limited number Of poor, parent
less little ones. On her property she will
undertake the cultivation Of fruits and
vegetables. and from the receipts from
these crops she hopes to be aided In her
undertaking.
Mime Eirado is widow and has one
child. boy in his teens, whom she has
comfortably provided for and who is do
ing well in New York.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Large Barn Burned.

Especial Dispatch to The Times)
ASHEvILLE. n. c., Dec. ga fire
at Dickson Creek destroyed large
barn together with three horses. sew
eral hundred bushels of corn, fodder,
harness and other articles
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Suicide at Winston-SaIem.


WINSTON n. c., Dec. o.
Rufus Stevenson, aged about thirty. was
found dead in his room late this after
noon. It is believed he committed sui
eide by taking an overdose of either
laudanur or morphine. Stevenson and
a man named John Miller were together
Yesterday. Inc latter has not been seen
since, and there is some fear on the
part of relatives that he has been either
killed or committed suicide. Both men
were unmarried.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Hear the PianoIa.
Music Cabinets.

They make an ideal Christmas
gift, because they're useful as well
as ornamental. Prices are wonder
fully reasonable, too. and you can
find them in every kind of wood or
in bamboo OF wicker.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
Victor is King.
Small Instruments.

There's wonderful assortment
here for. your choosing. Each one
represents hours and hours of enjoy
ment. A Either, Banjo. Guitar.
Every girl would like to play one.
Give her chance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-12-23
KILLED HIS BROTHER
The Dead Man, z b Wilson. Recently
Elected Senator from va cy County.
7. lEv Associated Press.l

= (By Associated Press.)
AsHEvILLE, N. c., December q
Information was received here tonight
that zeb Wilson. recently elected State
Senator from Yancy county, was killed
tonight at huntsville by his brother.
Hiram Wilson. 1t is reported that the
brothers quarrelled in connection with
the sale Of horse.
Bisbee daily review., 1902-05-21
PERSONAL MfNII0N

Ben Dunkley went to San Diego on a vacation.
 NIT. and Mrs. D. E. Heller are in the city from Douglas.
 J.C. Gyle. of San Francisco, was an arrival yesJeroay.
 Mrs T. L. Fenner arrived in this city yesterday from California.
 FL. May, who registered from Pits burg, is in the city for a ew days on business.
 II. 2. Green is here from Washing ton, D. c. He graduated recently from Yale college.
 Emil Marks took a little vacation yesterday in the direction of the Eas- ter Sunday mine.
 Mir. C. W. Bragg oI. Tucson was in Bisbee for few days He returned Saturday morning to his home.
 Professor Douglas, presidegt Of the Coppef queen company, arrived n his private ear yesterday aitenoo1.
 Mr. Folsom. of Quality hill. who has suffered a few days illness, is in his place in the Copper Queen store oln- ces again.
 F. R. Hutchison and Edward Spear CT. of New York, are registered at the Copper Queen. These gentlemn are here on mining business.
 Joe Norcross, who has been in San Francisco for the past three weeks. returned yesterday. He says times are much better on Bisbee than on the coast.
 James c. Rous, paymaster for the E. P. & s. w, came up from Doug las Monday afternoon He is ac- companied by Edgar Howard of Jeff ferson, Mo.