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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30

Wilson. n. c.. June 24.-Much to the
surprise of ali. the defendants IN the Jones
murder case We're put on the stand tins
afternoon.
Rich was the first one to give an &C
count of his movements on the night OF
the homicide. He says that he came from
a house OF i'll fame on the night OF the Kill
ing and came up town about L O'Clock to
find Policeman S~nakenburg. When near
Corbett's corner he heard firing in the di-
rectlon of the Frlar building and on gong
up Goldsboro street met Allen, who had
been wounded near the building and car
ried him to the sanitarlum.
Whitley says he went to Jones room
at the request of one of his own friends
to warn him to leave town. He stated
further that he was so drunk on the day
and night before the killing he did not
remember having made any threats
against Jones.
Gil Ward explained his whereabouts on
the night of the killing by saying he was
not up street on the night OF the killing
between the hours of one and daybreak.
He explained his whereabouts during the
entire night.
When court adjourned for the day John
Allen was on the stand. He had gone
over a part Of his testimony. He ex-
planned that he got his wound near Jones
room in the Friar building. He said he
saw no one up there and did not know
who shot him.
VIM. w. Barnes, the defendant, who
turned States evidence on Monday, left
to-day for Florida. 1t is the general i'm
preston that he was advised to leave by
his relatives, who feared that bodily harm
tession.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30
Wednesday Afternoons Session.,

At the recommending of the court
W. II. Rich, one of the defendants on
trlal was sworn. He said: 4 an 50
years old. | I'M one of the defendants in
this case. Came here from Dunapolis.
Alabama. Came to Wilson to work for
the Southern Cotton Oil Company. / did
not know Percy Jones and did not hear
OF HIM until the day after he was killed.
Never have seen him. / did not know of
any conspiracy to do Jones any harm. I
room at the Imperial Hotel. | worked
IN the mill the day previous to the killing:
was there all day; stayed there until six
O'Clock. I came by Aliens bar and we
came up town to Green's hardware store
to get some fishing tackle. We then
went to Barnes bar. Allen wanted to see
Mr.. Bats and we went to his bar to see
him. | tnen went to the hotel for supper.
After supper | went to my room and took
a bath and dressed again. l put on the
best suit Of clothes ! had. I came down
stairs about nine O'Clock and went to
Garris' store to buy tobacco. l Their
went to Aliens bar. | had told a news
boy that l wanted him to bring me a
black jack and | stayed there until the
newsboy came in. / work a lot of hands
and | wanted the black jack to defend
myself. Pete Nichols was in Aliens bar.
:" 49, "to ~ liz
the neWsboy came in with the black Jacks.
They did not suit because they were toe
large. | stayed around Aliens bar for
an hour. l went from there to the depot
and found the train was late and so de
clded to go to Cora Duty's. Stayed there
nearly an hour and came back the same
way I went. On my way back l went tc
see Mr.. Snakenburg about a trip to New
Orleans. I had often talked to Mr.
S~nakenburg about New Orleans, he hay
ing come from there. l passed Shaken
burg and he was with some one, seemed tt
be talking business and I passed him will
Hello, Chief" When l passed Mr.
Snakenburg l saw a crowd STANDING
around. / then went up Barnes street tt
the corner where | turned back. Whe,
| got to the corner of Goldsboro street
heard a racket up the street and so wall,
ed in that direction. met John
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30

Then Piver came up. | lost almost entire
consciousness at tins time ana was al
rted 10 the sanitarlum. He was SHOWN >
hat tthe WIZ hat found IN sanItaTiuns 3
and said: This i my hat. Lawrence 21@l
gan gave II To NE directly after the 'o"I'
election. After leaving the Sanltarlum /
was carried To my room. Mr.. RIch re-
manned with me. Mr.. Herring came IN
and asked. John, who shot you an
swered. Il don't know" stated that |
thought I was shot with a Winchester. a
the ball went through me. Mr.. Herring
then said. The same man who shet
Tones shot YOU He asked me II /
shot Jones. and l replied; 4 certainly
did not" It was somewhere between
=. 40 and one O'Clock when | was shot
| did not see a single person IN the haii or
room a. went up TO MIR. Morgan
rooms"
-Crossexamined by Mr.. Uzzell:
IF | told MIR. Herring ! was the second
man in the room. | don't know Why
told him j,
Court adjourned at 6: 80 with Allen sIii
on the stand. being crossed examined by
Mr.. Uzzell for the State.
In the testimony of George Mumtord ~
1.-The Jones murder trial published IN sun
DAYS paper, the name OF r. -. Alley ap
feared where it should have been John Al
len. This was Il mistake. Mr. Alleys on
" connection with the trial has been a q
witness for the State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-06-30

bASS ON 1HE STAND.
Thos. Bass, one of the defendants in
the Jones killing. being sworn, said: 4
I'VE IN Wayne county; | stayed
with Ward the night of the killing; met
HIM about II o'clock at night and stayed
with him until day. Ward did not go in the
Frlar building between II o'clock and
day"
On cross-examination by Solicitor Dan
lels witness said he had given up his crop
III Wayne county and had left his wife
and children. Witness said he was on
the jury which acquitted Ward when he
was tried IN Wayne county for murder.
Q. which one of you. Gill Ward. or
yourself, carried that gun down street? %
A. I did not see a gun on that night"
Witness said further: II did not know
Jones was killed until next morning.
Heard 1t IN Wards bar. Do not know
who told me. I came up street that
night about II O'Clock with Ward. We
went to Wards bar and stayed there until
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
BUILT OVER.
Food That Rebuilt Mans Body and
Built II Right.


Built 1t Right.
By food alone, with a knowledge Of
what food to use, disease can be
warded of and health maintained,
also many even chronic diseases can
be cured. 1t is manifestly best and
safest to depend upon food to cure
rather than too much drugging.
A case in point will illustrate. A
well known man of Reading, Pa,
Treas. of a certain club there says:
Il have never written testimonial
letter, but 1 have been using Grape
Nuts about year and have recovered
my health, and feel that l would like
to write you about it for the case is
extraordinary.
For five years I was a sufferer
from a dreadful condition of the bow
els; the trouble was most obscure"
Here follows a detailed description
and the condition certainly was dis
tressing enough "details can be given
by mail).
Nothing in the way of treatment
of drugs benefited me in the least
and an operation was seriously con-
sidered. In May, 1901, commenced
using Grape-Nuts as a food and with
no idea that it would in any way help
my condition. In two or three weeks
time 1 noticed an Improvement and
there was steady gain from that
time on until now am practically
well. / don't know how to explain
the healing value of the food but for
some reason, although it has taken
I
health and the change is entirely at
tributab1e to GrapeNuts food. for
long ago quit medicine. / eat only
Grape Nuts for breakfast and lunch
con, but at my night dinner / have
an assorted meal" Name furnished
by Postum Co. Battle Greek. Mich.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
Drunkards of the Animal World,
Many Beasts VIII Lntoxicae Themselves with Tempting
Juices of Trees-Elephant After Drinking
Excess, Is Creature Be Dreaded

Although it has often been said,
when speaking of drunkenness, that
even the beasts of the field do not get
a great many animals do get intoxi-
Gated
Take the elephant, for instance. He
is particularly fond of the fruit of the
Unganu tree, and although he ap-
pears to have some idea that it is not
good for him. he will go on eating,
when he has once begun until he is
wildly excited and so intoxicated that
he will stagger from side to SIDE
Every now and then he will pull
himself up, shake his huge head, and
tear madly through the forest trum-
peting at the top of his voice and
terrifying every living creature. 1t is
said that he will even dare and defy
his most dreaded enemy, the tiger.
when in this condition. but we have
no means of verifying this.
1t is we'll known, however, that an
elephant is in a most dangerous con-
dition when suffering from the effects
of eating this beautiful fruit, and all
who can take care to keep out of his
way as much as possible.
The sloth bear is another animal
given to this failing. The natives of
little vessels on the palm trees for
the purpose of catching the juice.
This juice is so attractive to the
sloth bear that, although a poor
climber. he viii scramble up and go
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
whx MANY YOUNG Men EaiI.

1t is the fault and the cause of the
failure of SO many bright, capable
young men that, being put into GER
tain workday rut, they make no effort
to climb or even crawl out of it; they
do not seek the work that is not rou-
tine and go beyond the terms of the
bond in search of additional labor in
order to attract the approving notice
of their employers. They do not &c
to their posts before nor remain at
them after the fixed hour. They are
content to do enough, and no more
than enough, to earn their hire. The
life OF the average clerk is generally
genteel, easy, Clearly; ne need not
soil his hands nor his clothes, and his
ambition is satisfied with these pleas
ant conditions.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
RatfIe on the Red Sea,
British Gutter ard Gun>Runnine DhoW IN Collision Victory
Rests With The DLscf2LIned Crew of The European
Boat After Fierce Engagement
eeseesss

The story Of a thrilling fight in the
Red sea between a British gunboat
and a large gun-running dhoY with
supplies for the mullah is told by a
Reuter- correspondent.
The Kitty, which had been patrOll-
ing the littoral for some three weeks,
cspied the dhow bearing on a course
which would make the two boats
pass within hailing distance. She
promptly assumed the appearance of
a helpless cripple, signals of distress
were hung out and a Somali in her
rigging waved his loin cloth to at
tract attention.
The stranger came on, decreasing
the distance which separated the two
boats until suddenly, when the dhow
was some 200 yards away the Kitty
broke out her flag and fired a blank
shot across the bows of the dhow.
The heads of twenty men could be
counted upon the big dhow and as
the sun glinted upon the barrels OF
their rifles the Kitty became aware
ttat it was not improbable that she
had tackled an ugly customer and a
valuable prize.
Lieut.. Bevan and Petty Officer Hal.
stead were standing together when
an answering shower Of bullets rain
ed upon them.
The big dhow drew off little and,
having both the wind and heels of the
Kitty, slowly circled around her little
antagonist, drenching with Yolleys,
shredding her sail and piercing the
frail timbers of her side. But the
Kitty returned the salutations of her
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25

on drinking the juice until he Is so
drunk that he can only slip helpless
ly to the ground and lie there in a
drunken stupor until the effects have
passed of.
But the sloth bear is not the only
animal who is so partial to this juice
of the palm tree. The curious fruit,
or fox, bats (family Pteropodidae)
are particularly fond of it. This Pc
culiar little combination of beast and
bird, with it's fox-like face, reddish
furry body, and black, uncanny-loOk-
ing wings, the delicate membrane Of
which is always quivering down to
the very tips, will fly to these vessels
in company with some hundreds of
his companions and they will suck
the juice until the ground below the
tree will be dark with the bodies of
these bats. who will lie there too help
lessly intoxicated to move or defend
themselves no matter what may turn
up. The biggest drunkard of all is,
perhaps, the palm civet. So addicted
is this animal to the drinking habit
that he has been termed the teddy
cat. And a more helpless, foolish
looking creature than he is when he
T is thoroughly intoxicated with the
palm juice it would be difficult to
find. There are many other animals
given to this failing, but all those
have spoken of live in India, and 1t
may be that the heat which induces
extreme thirst-a frequent excuse
among mems the direct cause of it.
-o~~-o-~~~-~-~-o---~-~ ~--~-o-~--1~-"No-~-~S@0o-
Even if both men should be overpow-
cred before they could give a signal,
no robbery could be effected; for
whenever they should cease to send
test-signal reports at regular inter
walls an armed force would soon ar
rive on the ground and Illustrate any
attempted burglary.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25

enemy with signal emphasis, striking
her again and again.
Lieut.. Bevan was soon master of
the situation and in spite of the odds
against her the Kitty made desperate
efforts to board the enemy and end the
fight.
A couple of dead hung across the
strangers gunwale and a wounded
man lay by the tiller. She wore an
air of submission and an Arab stand.
ing at the poop waved his hand and
waited patiently for her arrival. An
end of the fight seemed to have arriV-
ed when hostilities began afresh at
close range, the Arab on the poop
firing at Halstead. Lieut.. Bevan
bowled him over with bullet
through the arm and chest from his
revolver. Further opposition was
now useless and the Kitty came
abreast, the men from the dhow
throwing themselves into the sea to
escape capture.
The prize was found to possess
French papers and to have come
from Jibutil. She contained some
eighty modern French rifles, 10000
rounds of ammunition tWentY-fnnr
barrels of powder and four tons OF
lead, all Of which was confiscated by
the British authorities, while the
dhow herself was burned.
Lieut. Beyan and his crew of six
have been informed by my lords" OF
the admiralty that their splendid ser.
vices have not been overlooked and
e400 prize money has been divided
between them
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
California Prunes.

The first prune tree was planted in
California in 1870 by a Frenchman,
who brought the tree to this country
from France. The first orchard-Of
ten acres-began to yield in 1875. In
1901 the state produced 10000, 900
pounds of prunes and the total crop
Of 1902 will be considerably larger.
The center of the industry is the San
ia Clara valley, which contains 1857.
140 bearing trees.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
GEMS ARE WELL GUARDED.
All Kinds of Safeguards to Protect De
Beers Diamonds


For the safekeeping of the gems in
the De Beers company's Office at Kim
berley, South Africa, there is
strong-room, or vault, built OF very
thick concrete walls, which are fire
and burglar proof The door of the
vault is secured by several bank
locks of the latest and best design
The keys fitting these locks are kept
by several officers in the secretary
department of the company, who must
all be present at the opening and
closing of the strong-room. Inside
the strong-room are burglar proof
safes, with doors also secured by sew
eraI locks, which can be opened only
by two or more persons having sep
arate keys. In addition to these
safeguards the strong-room is pro-
tected by the application of an cleo
tric-alarm system Two armed guards
are on duty at the Offices at night and
connections are made by which they
can signal for help should an attempt
be made to break into the building.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
Cures Drunkenness.

A traveller has made the observation
that coffee-drinking people are very
seldom given to drunkenness. In Bra
zil, for instance, where coffee is grown
extensively, and all the inhabitants
drink it many times a day, intoxica-
ton Is rarely seen. The foreigner
who settles there, though possessed
Of ever such a passion for strong
drink, gradually loses his liking for
alcohol as he acquires the coffee
drinking habit of the Brazilian.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
Trees Without Leaves.

There are great forests of leafless
trees in Australia They are acacias,
or wattles, as some people call them,
and their being leafiess is simply an
adaptation to the dry climate They
have leaves while growing, but when
their growth is complete they shed
the leaves and breathe through the
little stem that remains, because mois-
ture is too precious to them for the
free evaporation that leaves always
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They "wafted" and "saw.n

Warren's Corners. N. Y, April Goth.
WYATT and see-you're better now,
of course, but the cure won't last"
This was what the doctors said to
Mr.. A. B. Smith of this place. These
doctors had been treating him for
years and he got no better. They
thought that nothing could perma-
nently cure him. He says:
My kidneys seemed to be so large
that there wasn't room for them, and
at times it seemed as if ten thousand
needles were running through them
l could not sleep on my left side for
years, the pain was so great in that
position. had to get up many times
to urinate, and my urine was some
times clear and white as spring
water, and again it would be high
colored and would stain my linen
The pain across my back was awful
1 was ravenously hungry all the
time.
after I had taken Dodd's Kidney
Pills for four days my kidneys panied
me so bad I could hardly sit down.
On the morning of the fifth day I felt
some better, and the improvement
continued until l was completely
cured
This is months ago, and as / have
had no symptom of a return of my
old trouble l am sure am perma-
uently cured"
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
An Honored Servant.

Sho Masuda, female servant OF
Niwagori, Japan. has had a green
riband conferred upon her by the
Japanese Bureau of Decorations. for
remarkable fidelity to the family
who eEnployed her. She is said to
be the first domestic servant who has
ever been decorated by a govern
r1eOf
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
Women Now FOLLOW Trades.

Women have invaded many lines OF
employment hitherto thought exclu-
sively masculine. There are shown in
the last census report 126 women
plumbers, 45 plasterers, 167 bricklay-
ers and stonemasons. 241 paperhang-
ers. 1.759 painters, and 545 carpenters.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
HOUSE FIv a Ranid TraveI.-

The house fly is very rapid in flight,
its wings making 500 beats a second.
in which time it goes twenty-five feet.
When alarmed the rate is increased to
that of fifty feet second.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
Time to Destroy caterpiIIars.

The late fall and winter months
offer the best opportunity for fight
ing the tent caterpillar. The eggs
then form masses on the twigs that
can be easily detected and scraped
off. Every nest destroyed means
about 200 less caterpillars to prey
upon the trees next summer
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25

New Process Means Great Saving.
new process for extracting oil
from olives by a centrifugal machine,
such as is used in sugar refneries,
will effect an enormous saving to the
olive growers of California.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
RIue coIer Due 10 oxvuen.

A German scientific periodical says
that, according to recent experiments
by Dr. Spring of Luttich, the blue
color Of the atmosphere is due to the
oxygen it contains, and not, as here
tofole believed. to the effect Of fine
particles of dust
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For Exnerimentaflon.

Two tables for experimentation
have been taken by the Carnegie In
stitute in the celebrated laboratory
OF DR.. Dohrn't at Naples. and one in &
station which. is to be established
in the Bermudas
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25

ARE YOUR CLOTHES FADED3
Use Red Cross Ball Blue and make them
white again. Large OF. package 5 cents
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
New. TroubIe for veniee.

Venice has a new source Of anxiety.
1t has happened repeatedly of late that
when the tide went out it left all the
canals empty; and as there are No
horses, all traffic was suspended for
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
v;sitors To Spain Must REGISTER.

The Spanish Government has re-
vived the regulation requiring all for
eigners resident in or visiting Spain
to register their names at their con-
sulates.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25

You never hear any one complain
about Defiance Starch There is
none to equal it in quality and guam
titv, 10 ounces. 10 cents. Try it now
and save YOUR money.
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25
Power of Niaoara EaIIs.

At Niagara Falls $4,000 horsepower
Is used in twenty different electrical
processes for producing metals and
chemicals.
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Roidness of Kite Hawks.

Kite hawks have become SO bold
about the garrison in Burma that
they swoop down on the mess tables
and seize food from the soldiers
MATES
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Even the burglar sometimes breaks
into society
Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1903-04-25

Some people have no more use for a
tramp than a tramp has for a bath
robe
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IHdC AuHrO usaO OSen given sentence
of eight years when the Oklahoma
laws provided for FIVE years as the max
imum.
A SOCIALIST CoLEEGE.-A socialist
college will be opened at Wichita on
May 6, bearing the name of American
Socialist college" 1t viii be the first
of its kind in the United States.
PERcHERoNs AND CI.YDEs Regent
j. $. Mcdowell of the state agricul-
tural college, has purchased three span
of Percheron mares from ]. w. Robi-
son & Son, of El Dorado. and one span
of bay Clyde mares from w. II. Sits,
of Mcpherson, for the college.
COURT HOUSE AT ERIE.-Neosho
county held an election To vote on the
proposition to build a new court house
at Erie. The vote was overwhelmingly
in favor of the proposition. The conn
ty outside of Chanute was practically
solid for the court house.
TAXING CAPITAL SFocK.-The SUI
preme court decides that the capital
stock of a corporation is subject to tax
alton only in the state of its domicilc
and it cannot be taxed in another state,
Notwithstanding the fact that its prin-
cipal business is conducted in the other
state. This case was of great import
ance TO Wyandotte county as an at
tempt was made to tax the live stock
commission companies, organized under
the laws of Missouri, which are doing
business at the Kansas City stoclxyards
wholly in the state of Kansas
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1903-02-06
THE SOUTHERN.
Important Changes Reported as Nov,
Pending,

Important Changes Reported as Now
Pending,
II is reported here that within a few
weeks Important changes ia the othca
personnel Of the Southern Railway will D,
announced President samuel Spencer
according 20 the report, is TO be chairman
OF the board Of finance; vice President W
W Finley is 20 succeed Mr. Spencer a.
president for vice president J. NJ Cuh
is 10 be Mr. Finleys successor, aud It &,
rumored General Manager c. x. Ackert will
be advanced to the fourth vice presidency
and stan remain at the head Of the oper
atSHg department.
All the officials named in connection
with the pending changes decline TO dis
cuss tho matter, although no one maker
deninl A prominent ofncial OF the lin,
confirmed the report today and said tn,
changes viii be made on the return HON,
OF Vice President Finley. He is now n
the Mediterranean for his health. Presi
dent spencer Is now In Washington look
ing after the administrative work and vii
as chairman Of the board. He will thel
return TO New York.
Colonel A. Il, Andrews, vice presidcn
pf the road will retain his present plac
and continue in charge Of the traftc de
partment The changes To be made. how
ever win cause a number OF promotions
The report that the passenger denartmcn
Va 20 he removed 10 Atlanta from thi
city has been deuled.