JOB PRINTING
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pared to do all work
of this line
NEATLY,
and
IN BEST STYLE.
Plenty of new mate-
rial and the best
of Stationery.
I.-
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TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance.
VOL. XIV.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1895.
NO.
Wants or should
an Education,
And The Eastern Reflector is
Going to help one Boy in
that direction-
We will give absolutely free of charge
a ship entitling the holder to
tuition in the branches
tor the entire spring term,
of
Greenville Mile Academy-
Tin, i the best school for boys in
Eastern North Carolina, and the boy
Will be who wins this prize.
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given to the boy who will get the
of yearly subscriber for
The Eastern Reflector
between now and o'clock P. M. on Jan
Two for
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will count the same as one yearly sub-
scriber This is no catch penny
but a offer, and if only one
-u brought During the
time tin boy who brings it
will get the scholarship Of course
more than one subscriber to be
in. for this is a prise worth win
and many boys will work for it
n order that there may be an
for WHO wishes to
this contest, we offer a cash commission
per cent on all subscribers, BO
that tho-e who to get the
will be paid for their work, hut
the one who wins the scholarship will
not the Now boys get
to work with the to win
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copies of the as you need
by applying to the office. If you decide
to enter this contest send us your name
as we to know how many a. e
working for the prize. We will publish
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of winner in the of the
tor of Jan. 15th, giving the
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Jan,
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Principal Academy.
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ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office under Opera House. Third
GREENVILLE. N C.
Pia in ion
F. TYSON,
Attorney and Counselor at-Law
Greenville, County.
Practices in all the Courts.
Civil end Criminal Business
II a special of fraud
ages, actions to recover land, and col-
Prompt and careful attention given
all business.
Money to loan on approved security.
Terns easy.
WILCOX,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
N. C.
Practices in Lenoir and Pitt counties
II. LONG,
Attorney- A
Greenville, N.
w,
Practices in all the Court.
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Blount Fleming;
Attorneys-at-Law,
keen vi n. c.
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
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Special attention given to collections
and settlement of claims.
R. D. L.
DENTIST,
GREENVILLE, N- C.
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DENTIST,
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up stairs over E, render Cos
Hardware store.
The Philadelphia Times reports an
official of the Railroad,
Speaking recently of the difference in
railroad traffic since one year as
saying that the 1st of December,
1894, that company had cars
stowed away in sheds because not want-
ed, while to-day they are not only using
every car own, but could use over
more cars than they have at
their command. When
whether it was not possible to obtain
cars from other railways to bridge over
the emergency, the answer was that
every other railroad the country has
use for more cars than it now
The business of the railroads is
sally regarded as an infallible
of the general business of a country.
If be true and if the
is a type of the oilier railroad lines,
then the country's business must be
righting itself indeed,
have reached already a of pros-
Observer.
FIFTH DAY.
Minutes of Saturday and Sunday
afternoon sessions were read and ii-
proved.
Revs. T. Page and J. C.
were placed on the min-
list.
The hour of o'clock having
rived the special order relating to the
conference organ, the North Carolina
Advocate, came up. Rev. W. L. Gris-
half owner of the paper, offered
through Rev. F. D. Swindell to sell
his Mods at one thousand dollars less
than cost. Referred to committee on
Hooks and
The statistical secretaries made their
reports which showed considerable in-
crease in church membership
erection of new churches.
The total white membership is
colored total In-
adults Sun-
day-schools teachers
scholars 38,303- Amount paid confer-
claimants members of
societies church edifices val-
of church property
The committee on Books and
brought in their report, reject-
the offer of Rev. L. W. Grissom
to sell his interest in the to
the conference. A lively discussion
look place, participated in by Revs. F.
D. Swindell and R. John. Rev.
J. T. Gibbs moved the previous
and the ottered by Rev.
R. John to not adopt the North
Carolina Advocate as the organ of the
conference, was adopted by a vote of
to A consisting W.
S. Black, R. A. Willis, II. B. John,
T. J. Jarvis, T. II. and Q. II.
were appointed to confer with
the Western Conference to take charge
the paper question.
Question Where are the preach-
stationed this year The following
arc those best known Inn
Washington R. Hall,
Presiding Elder
J. Moor-
man.
Washington circuit. W. Martin.
Wilson N. Ivey.
James-, T.
Swan A. Watkins.
Fremont II.
and L.
Warlick.
Aurora C.
P. Jerome.
Nashville C. Davis.
Ryder.
Bethel Barnes.
Spring Hope F Taylor.
Tarboro
Tarboro circuitS A Gotten.
Rocky Mount E Under-
wood.
Greenville II D Wilson.
South M Jackson.
Greenville II Joyner.
Norman.
II
Louisburg F Smith.
It B John continues its
Elder of Elizabeth City district.
Plymouth L
Trinity College C
street
L Nash.
street station
R A Willis.
Hill It Raven.
Scotland Neck B Saw-
M Sham-
berger.
A Bishop.
Mount Olive circuit M N
J O
Grifton S
Carteret T
Morehead City C
B Anderson.
THE LITTLE PATCHED
Suppose that war between ti United
How dear to my heart arc the pants of states and Great shot I occur.
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THE REFLECTOR
for 1896.
Brim full of fresh, crisp
news,, both foreign
and domestic
Only a year.
my childhood,
When fond recollection presents
th to view,
The pants that I wore in the deep
tangled wild wood.
And likewise the groves where the
crab apple grew,
The wide spreading seat with its little
square patches.
The pockets that bulged with
luncheon for noon.
And also with marbles and fish-worms
matches
And and kite strings from
March until June,
The little patched trousers, the made
over trousers,
The high water trousers that fit me
too soon.
No pantaloons ever performed great-
service
In filling the hearts of us
with joy ;
They made the descent from Adolphus
to Jarvis,
Right down through a family of ten
little boys,
Through no fault of mine, known to
or to others,
I'm the tenderest branch on our big
family tree;
And having done service for nine older
brothers,
They came down to me slightly bag-
at the knee,
The little patched trousers, the second-
hand trousers,
The old family trousers that bagged at
the knee.
Hex. Z. Vance.
IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Matters of Interest Over the State.
The Plymouth military company has
been added to the State Guards.
T. J. Jr., one of Winston's
tobacco manufactures, hag brought suit
against the
Street Company for killing
his little son on September 10th.
A Rocky Mount who is gifted
with supernatural vision, can sec in the
dark well enough to read a
Citizens of Mt. Airy will vote on the
first Monday in March on a proposition
of bonds to pay for a
system of water works.
In the ten years Dr. pas-
at the Wilmington First
church, has been
collected for all purposes. Of this
amount about half, has
been expended for its own expenses.
We learn that a strange disease is
prevalent among the hogs in
Some of the farmers have
about all their fattening
They are attacked with fits and in a
short time they lie down and
ford Express.
The faculty of the Agricultural and
Mechanical College has expelled
students, two of them for making a
lire out of materials owned by a
contractor. The fire was made as a
mark of disapproval of the action of the
faculty in prohibiting games of football
off the college grounds
Mrs. J. II. county,
is peculiarly afflicted. It is stated
that blood will suddenly break through
the pores of the skin just like
and stand in great beads on the
face. She is able to be up most of the
time and tend to her domestic affairs.
This sweating of blood comes on once
or twice a day and lasts only a short
time, when she will bathe her face and
no sign is left, until it suddenly breaks
out again.
The Wrought Iron Range folks, who
took in this country about a year ago,
sold a range to Major W. A- Graham,
of Lincoln county. after the
range was set up Major Graham's
house was burned and he sued the range
folks for damages, claiming that the fire
was caused by the range being
put up. The case was tried in the
Federal Court in Charlotte last week
and the major was awarded
The company
Landmark.
A preacher addressed his
flock with great earnestness on the sub-
of as
beloved friends, de greatest of all
was the loaves and fishes.
was five thousand loaves and two
thousand fishes, and de twelve
had to eat all. De miracle is,
didn't Constitution.
A man is a creature of cast-iron
its ; woman adapts herself to
this is the foundation of the moral
difference between them.
or between this country and any other
great in what would
it find this vast country Are the
United States prepared for war on laud
or sea There is but one answer.
Gen. Miles says that the entire
tic coast cities south of New York arc
in a condition. It is then
an excellent time to improve I he tie-
fences. There is no sounder adage
applicable to our country than time
of peace prepare for war. We must
maintain the Monroe Doctrine, and yet
our seacoast cities will be tit the
of the great navies. In ten or fifteen
days after war was declared with Eng-
land, her great armored vessels could
be battering down the cities that lit; at
their mercy. Is this a pleasant thing
to have, or a desirable condition tin-
great Republic to be in How.-in it
enforce the Monroe Doctrine with such
a navy Senator of Illinois,
voiced public sentiment on the 10th
n addressing the Senate when he
have reached the time when it
becomes our bounden duty to to
the world with dignity and firmness,
that thus far. but no farther, shall
foreign systems of government p
in it to approach. Our policy i.- the
American policy, our doctrine is the
protection of American interests, and
our motto is America for -ins.
We do not claim that the world is oars,
but we insist on our right to be in-
upon affairs pertaining to the
American continents. Let us bull I
strongly and speak so plainly that th
way of the future Executives, Prime
Ministers and Ambassadors of our
country shall be
The Congress should take -as t
protect the cities and seaports on the
long Atlantic coast and speedily. Th
leading Powers in Europe have larger,
more powerful navies than our country
has. There is, therefore no Jingoism
or patriotic gush in insisting upon th
demanded. It is a ease of
While we have no idea
war will occur between Great
and the United States soon, either
growing out of the Venezuelan
or Behring Straits or any -r
question to the front now, it is not an
impossible thing. In fact, war with
some other European Power might
cur in any year. While this country
can take care of itself, so far as an
is concerned, it is very different in
so far as the navy is involved. If war
does occur the injuries inflicted will not
be all on one side. England may
vessels and even bombard or de-
our cities and towns near tin-
coast, but she cannot invade with any
safety to her armies. On the other
hand, it would be Ireland's
to off the British yoke, or assure
her full rights, and Canada might too
fall a prey to our invading armies. A
million of men in Canada would make
quick work of the
Messenger.
HE'D DONE DONE IT.
The brilliant Performance of a Fool
Finding- Fault.
We have had occasions from time to
time to give instances showing the utter
incompetence of many of those fools
whom the late Fred Douglass Memorial
Association created magistrates. One
of the most ridiculous occurrences that
we have yet heard of, comes to our
ears this week.
It seems that some days ago, a
couple bearing a license to marry, is-
sued by the register of deeds of
Rutherford county, went before a
magistrate in county
and invoked his services. The
mus read over the marriage service
and pronounced them man end wife.
After wrestling with the blank for
several days and being too ignorant to
make the proper return, the
upon a Democratic magistrate o
this county and asked him to help
make a return the license. Upon
investigation, the learned
that the license was issued in
ford county and that there were no
witnesses to the marriage.
said he to the
can't marry these
by Gd, I've done done it
exclaimed the
The democrat gravely advised him
to summon the pair before him and
undo his illegal work by reading the
marriage ceremony
The took the advice,
married the couple he had married a
week or ten days before, then escorted
them to the Democratic magistrate who
married them legally.
If Jesse Holmes, the fool killer,
should visit North Carolina about this
time, there would be many vacancies
on the bench magisterial to be tilled.
Democrat.
The winds refused to blow ;
said they, try.
north, or south, or east, or west.
These folks to
The north wind, too
The west wind, and
The east is chilly, they complain ;
The south, cool
And so the windmills stopped.
The ships lay idly by,
The sun beat down from morn till night
Because no clouds could fly.
The people sighed for wind ;
hot or said they,
north, or south, or east, or west,
be the wisest way
Youth's Companion.
Don't Do It.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Cotton manufacturing interests are
interesting reading just now. In
brief, they show the following
The spindles of the world increased
from nearly in 1888 to a
little over in
Britain gaining less than 1-12th on
; Europe a little over
on the Northern States a
little more than on nearly
India nearly doubling its
and the Southern States
gaining nearly per cent, on
spindles. The same rate of gain
continued for years would give the
South more than double as many
spindles as India ; per cent, more
than the Northern Slate's j over pa r
cent, of the number in Europe, and
within per cent, of the number in
Great The handwriting on
the wall clearly foretells the destiny of
the South as the great manufacturing
section of the world and that in the
next half
It Is nearly Christmas and the
Congressmen haven't given the
people free coinage yet. is
too busy with John Sher-
man, and Butler Jim Young that
he was too getting to house-keep-
to think of politics. Harry Skinner
a Biblical excuse, Linney wants to
limit it to the product of American
mines, Pearson is too busy playing lead-
of society, Strowd and Shuford have
not learned the ropes yet, and Settle
hasn't finished fixing up Tom Reed's
committees. It begins to look like
these new Congressmen will have to
postpone free coinage till New Year's
News and Observer.
The letter sounds odd for a
name, but there is a distinguished
in Belgium whose name is O, no
more and no less.
A collection of over Saxon and
coins found at
in Hampshire, in 1828, was recently
-Id in London in one block for
Sarah Bernhardt's last gown cost
It is decorated with diamonds
and turquoises and the. skins of
ermines were required to line the
rain.
Tramps in Holland are put in a
cistern which has a in the bot-
t Water is turned on in sufficient
volume to keep them pumping briskly
to keep from drowning. One dose is
generally sufficient.
The length of the day varies in
places. In London the longest
day has sixteen and a half hours ; at
St Petersburg, nineteen, and in SpitS-
the longest day lasts throe
months a half.
A bow load for deep-sea sounding
s a cartridge which on
t in the bottom. A submerged
microphone receives sound and the
depth is estimated from the time
by the lead in sinking to the
butt
The Great Light.
Though the endeavor to construct a
light-house at Diamond shoals, seven
miles beyond Hatteras, has been a fail-
thus far, it is believed the new plan
reported by the engineers will be a
success. An account of it says that
the plan contemplates a
resting on eight great iron tubes,
which are to be driven to a depth of
thirty feet. They are to form a circle
sixty feet in diameter, and to be of such
a length that the floor resting upon
then will he about fifty feet above high
water. On this floor a structure of
east steel will be raised to provide
quarters for the three keepers, and
above will be the light and the steam
siren. The lens is to be the most pow-
in existence, the light,
which is to be electric, to a distance of
twenty-three miles.
The engineers believe that the plan
of having the light rest on pillars, be-
tween which the winds and waves can
play, promises better success than one
for a solid structure would offer
more resistance to the elements. The
cost of the light house is to be a million
of dollars.
If you wont to succeed in this world
you must make your own o; port unities
as you go on. The man who writs for
some seventh wave to toss him on the
day laud will find that the seventh
wave is a long time coming. You can
commit no greater folly than to sit by
the roadside until some one comes
along and invites you to ride with him
to wealth or Sun- office more than a year ago.
Don't leave the Christmas shopping
until the day before Christmas.
Don't worry and fret when you find
such a crowd about the Christmas
counters, that it is impossible to
make the desired purchases.
Don't neglect the little tots in tho
home, nor any of the home duties in
your anxiety to finish some elaborate
Christmas finery.
Don't plan some gorgeous Christmas
entertainment with extravagant re-
at the expense of the com-
fort of the home loved ones.
Don't forget that it is an insult to an
acquaintance to send him a gift which
is not accompanied by friendly
Don't let your Christmas be spoiled
through selfishness, envy, resentment
or any bitter feelings; but hold fast to
the love and simple sacredness belong-
to the day.
Don't belong to that class who arc
trying to make it a day for the ex-
change of gifts by which the giver's so-
standing is t J be determined.
Don't forget that it is wrong to give
mote than one can well afford simply
for the sake of making a costly present,
or to give to anyone simply because it
is customary to give gifts on that day.
Don't discard the dainty white table
linen for more elaborate dining table
display. However fashionable
materials may lie for table use
they certainly are not in good taste.
Don't fail to leave the plush and
satin and ribbons to their proper places
keep them off of the dining table,
and use instead, dainty floral
and fresh green ferns.
Don't forget that in striving to make
the Christmas season beautiful
we will find that we have
made it perfect to ourselves.
Benefit of Thorough Business
Active Boards of Trade and similar
organizations arc by no means useless
in any city. When each business man
is content to it and take
what conies to him, there can never be
the same results as when the business
men unite, consult together as to plans
for advancing the general interests of
the community and act according to
their combined wisdom.
The Durham Sun in speaking of
this, well says that no city has ever
become actively progressive unless she
and united her strength.
M e all remember the old story of how
the giant laughed at the single string in
a cord, snatching it asunder in an in-
and defying his persecutors.
But the cords were combined and inter-
woven, and when placed around his
neck, was irresistible and caused his
death. This but illustrates the old
adage, that unity there is
Let our merchants study this fact that
in unity of action there is power, and
as a unit all work together for the com-
good of town
born Journal.
Pitt County Stock.
For many years under a Democrat-
official Mr. A. W. a Pitt
county boy, held the position of chief
clerk in the Superior Court C
office of Wake count-. In the election
last year Wake county, like many
on, got caught in the slump and went
down under the fusion landslide. D.
II. Young was elected but not-
withstanding Mr. Move was a
Young could not run the office
without him, and though Republicans
kept throwing it up at Young it was
not until last week that a successor to
Mr. was named. Speaking of
him the Press-Visitor
the gentleman who re-
tires, the best testimonial that
could be him, from the fact that
he has continuously held his office
Mr. Young since that gentleman
Highest of all in Leavening U. S. Report
Absolutely pure
Death of a Most Estimable Young
Kan.
THE JOKE HE NEVER SPOKE.
Several weeks ago Robert Wilson,
the oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. T-
Wilson, of was stricken
with pneumonia. He was a student at
the Greenville Male Academy here
and many were the in
respect to his condition. The disease
proved to be very severe, and his
friends soon became alarmed as to his
condition. About ten days ago there
was some improvement, and hopes wore
entertained that he might recover.
The sad news, however, reached here
List night that he died on Monday
night at ten minutes to nine o'clock.
He was just budding into young man-
hood and no young man in the writer's
acquaintance had seemingly brighter
prospects. He had been for several
years past a student at Chocowinity
school but came here last September
to pursue his studies. He was studious,
intelligent, honest, truthful upright and
persevering, and his Instructor has had
no boy in his fifteen years in the school
room for whom he had more respect
than Robert This confidence
and respect had already ripened into
affection, and no one outside of his rel-
mourns more sorrowfully his
seeming untimely death. It ought to
be also that there was not a single
of his fellow students that he did
not number among his friends in truth
and in deed.
Robert was just sixteen years old
and was the ideal of father, mother, sis-
and brother all whom are grieved
beyond expression that one so young
and so promising should be taken away
from them. He was a member of the
Episcopal and every act of his
known to the writer was that of a con-
Christian young man. lie
was buried Wednesday at Trinity
church in Beaufort county. To the
sorrowing father, mother, sister and
brother can conic only consolation
Lord gave and the Lord hath
taken may the Holy Spirit
enable them to see His hand in this
ore bereavement and say will
be The sympathy of many
friends in town and in the country go
out to the bereaved his teacher
especially would assure them that their
sorrow is his, and that as long as life
lasts he shall remember Robert as one
well Worthy to be loved.
Transplanted from earth to Haven
our loss is his gain. To us it is left to
so live that we shall meet him again in
Sweet May the
great comforter give to the aged parents
grace to bare this sore trial and see in
it the hand of Him who loved us and
are himself for us. W. II. It.
Breathes there a man with so dead,
Who never to himself hath said.
At night before he went to ed
I, swear, I'll crack n joke
Whose heart has ne'er within him
As o'er an o'er his thoughts he turned
Till mad. then from his mind has
spurned
The joke he never spoke.
Danville
HOW THEY DIFFER.
The Roanoke Union.
The Roanoke union of the Tar River
Baptist Association will be held in
Washington, Dee. 27-29. Fol-
lowing is the
Friday a.
J. A.
p.
p. from the
Churches.
p. Work, within
our Bounds. What has been done and
what remains to be J. R.
Pace, J. W. Powell and R. T. Vann.
p. in-----Sermon.
Saturday a. and
E. J. Edwards.
a. Fundamental
of J. K.
W. V. Savage and J. W. Carter.
a. Nature and Office of
the Holy C. M. Billings,
J. A. and J. A.
p. Attitude of Baptists
Toward Education, Secular and
J. W. Powell, J. W. Car-
and R. T. Vann.
p. m. Our Duty to Orphans
Rev. E. J. Edwards, E. E. Hilliard
and Rev. J. A.
Sunday a. School
Mass Meeting.
a.
p.
A can cut a book only with a
paper cutter ; a woman deftly inserts a
hairpin, and the book is cut.
Shaving is the only use to which a
man puts a razor; a woman employs it
for a chiropodist's purposes.
A man storms if the ting-paper
is not conveniently near ; a woman dries
the ink by blowing on it, waving the
paper in the air, or it near a
lamp or fire.
A man does not attempt lo drive a
nail unless he has a hammer ; a woman
does not hesitate to utilize anything,
from the heel of n boot to the back of a
brush.
A man drops a letter unhesitatingly
in the box; I woman rereads the ad-
dress, assures herself that the envelope
is sealed, the stamp secure, and then
throws it violently into the box.
A woman ransacks her brain trying
to mend a broken object; a man puts it
aside forgets that for which there is
no remedy. Which is the superior
Minnie Conrad, in
A man consider corkscrew absolute-
necessary lo open a bottle ; a woman
attempts to extract the cork with the
scissors; if she does not succeed readily,
she pushes the cork in the bottle since
the essential thing is to get at the
fluid.
For a man signifies the
end of a conversation and the moment
of his departure ; for a woman it is the
beginning of a new chapter, for it is
just when they arc taking leave of each
other that women think of the most
important topics of conversation.
When a man must
be in apple-pie order; pen, paper, and
ink must be just so, a profound silence
must reign while he accomplishes this
important function. A woman gets any
sheet of paper, tears it perhaps from a
book or portfolio, sharpens a pencil
with the scissors, puts the paper on an
old Atlas, crosses her feel, balances
herself on the chair, and confides her
thoughts lo paper, changing from pencil
to pen and vice versa from time to
time, nor does she care if the children
romp or the cook comes to speak to
her.
England Take
The President's message on the
boundary dispute ween
Great Britain is uncompromising in
tone in regard to the maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine. He recommend
that a committee be sent to
the dispute and locate the
This he says is made
by the failure of the effort of the
United States to secure arbitration.
The President's message is among
the ablest he has ever written. In so
many words he virtually tells Groat
that sooner than permit the
rape of Venezuela, a weak sinter Re-
public, the United States is ready to
go to war to enforce the sacred Monroe
doctrine.
There is nothing of the jingo in the
message. It is a statesman-like
ration of the policy that has always
characterized this
News and Observer.
Ode to the Calamity Howler.
Bury the calamity howler out in the
woods, in a beautiful hole in the
ground, wood-pecker pecks
and the straddle bug straddles around.
He is no good in tho city of push ; too
impractical, stingy dead; but he
wants the whole earth and the crust,
and the stars that shine overhead.
Then hustle him off to the bumble bee's
roost, and bury him deep in the ground;
he's no use to us here; get him out of
the way, and make room for a man
that is Times.
State op Ohio, City or
Lucas County j
Frank J. makes oath that
he the senior partner of the firm of If.
Co., doing business In
the City of Toledo, County State
Aforesaid and that said will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED
LARS for each and every ease of Ca-
that cannot be cured by the use
of i Cure.
Sworn to before me and In
my presence, this day of December
A, . 1896.
Notary Public
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is take intern-
acts directly on the blood and
surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free,
F. J. Toledo, O.
by Druggists,

rt v-.
THE REFLECTOR
Greenville. N. C.
I J, mi
Entered at the it
C, as second-class tn matter.
December 1895.
EX MINISTER J.
INTERVIEWED.
JAB VIS
His Approval of the Pres-
Firm Support-
of the Monroe Doctrine
What He Advised the Eng-
Consul General.
CH LETTER.
A few ago there was n terrible
explosion at a mine in Chatham
county in which forty three people lost
their lives. It is most dis-
aster that ever in Heath
Carolina.
Senator Hill has introduced a bill in
the Senate to repeal the law which pro-
those who served in the
army and navy from eon.
missions in the S. army
he will push it when Congress
January ltd, after the holiday re-
Last Thursday was a memorable
day in Washington City. It was a
day of excitement and The
Senate panel the Venezuelan Com-
mission bill just as it came from the
House. The President sent a special
message to Congress urging them not to
adjourn for the holidays. There were
two meetings of the cabinet and the
announcement made that the country
is threatened with another financial
panic.
Humors have already reached Wash-
of the intention of English
to frighten the administration by
attempting to bring on a money panic
unloading American securities held
by them. Those rumors cause no
easiness here; such action would be
more costly to the British than than a
war would be. The silver men in Con-
would welcome such a move on
the part of the British, as they
it would result in the States sit-
ting up an financial policy
of its own. This country has too many-
resources which its patriotic citizens
would at the of the gov
eminent to be frightened by such
Wax Preferable to a Surrender of One
Iota of the Monroe Doctrine.
The recent message of President
Cleveland bearing upon the dispute
between Venezuela and Great Britain
being the chief topic of conversation
just now, and that no
within our knowledge is better
pared to give an opinion on foreign
fairs than our ex-Minister
J. Jarvis, and that whatever
he might say would be read with more
than ordinary interest, the
had an interview with him and his
views are given in the conversation
that
you spent four years
in South America, it may be of inter-
est to readers to have an
expression of your views on the Pres-
recent message on Venezuelan
affairs, mid we will be glad to publish
them if you have no objection.
have no objection to giving them.
I have read the message with great
pleasure and hearty approval. am
delighted to see the President take so
bold a stand in and support
of the Monroe
you give any special
to the Monroe doctrine while you
were a Minister of the United States in
South America
immediately after my appoint-
I devoted myself to the study of
International Law and especially to
the Monroe doctrine in its
to European relations with the
South American
you have any occasion to
assert the Monroe doctrine while you
were representing this country at the
government of Brazil
The English government
Cleveland's
our Regular
Washington, D. C, Dec 20-
Such a wave of enthusiastic patriot-
ism as has greeted President Cleveland's
message notifying Great Britain that
the Monroe doctrine is not a historical
myth, but a tangible policy that the
United States is to maintain
by force of has not been seen by
the present generation. The White
House has been flooded with messages
by wire and mail from all sections of
the country, containing not only con-
but offers of volunteers by
thousands from organizations of veter.
ans, both and Confederate.
ORIGINAL OBSERVATIONS.
Congress forgot its past antagonism to-
wards the President and gave him the
authority to appoint a commission to in-
and report the true
between Venezuela and British Guiana
and appropriated the pay its ex-
and to show Great that
no bluff was being made a bill has been
introduced hi branches of Congress
appropriating to
mediately available, for strengthening
the military armament on our sea-coast
and the Canadian frontier. Congress,
like the President, fully recognizes the
tendency of European governments to
make light of the Munroe doctrine, and
is determined to let them learn differ-
if it takes a war to teach them
the lesson.
Whatever may be the opinion of
as to President Cleveland's past
acts it is universally believed that his
Monroe doctrine message will be known
in history as the second Declaration of
Secretary is also getting high
commendation from all quarters. His
masterly communication to Lord
bury is justly regarded as the best inter-
of the Monroe doctrine ever
printed, one which should be used as a
text book in every school in the
States. It has placed him at one
bound in the front rank of American
Statesmen, and was never excelled by
was pressing the collection of a claim .
against the government of I lie
Let's fight England and twist the.
lion's tail off.
Sliding down hill is great .-port, bu
it has its drawbacks.
As the twig is bent so is the gift in-
the Christmas tree.
He who worships a dollar worships a
very small and changeable god.
He who puts his thoughts on getting
well will soonest have no need of a
physician.
It is more; pleasant to receive pres-
than to give them, and not so ex-
pensive, either.
Searching for happiness be
so unsuccessful if you were not
finding fault.
If conscience is what makes cowards
of us all, there ought to be a great
many brave men now-a-times.
Your presents will be more
appreciated than your Christmas ah-
The happiest man is who prevents
himself doing things he finds objection-
able in others.
Congress is determined to it
this session, as chaplains of
both houses are men.
Nearly every family observed
ground-hog day during the past two
have been making
age.
Evergreens are popular at this sea-
son of the year. They are favorites
with us at any the form of
and bills.
The big turkey struts proudly by,
his coat is sleek and trim; this week
he gobbles as we week we'll
gobble we get an
out to dine.
If in providing our gifts for those
who do not need them, we remember
those down whose chimney no Santa
Claus ever comes, wouldn't our own
hearts beat more joyful music to the
measure of the Christmas bells
CHRISTMAS IS
PL
to
In Purchasing; a Suit or Overcoat
We don't confine you to a few prices. Starting as low as you can buy a good garment for, we
lead you gradually through more than a
One but notice the difference in
the verdicts of the juries of Jones
Carteret county in the
of the insurance cases
now being tried in the former county.
Last fall every ease tried at Beaufort
resulted in a verdict of acquittal
Every case so far tried at Trenton ha.
in a verdict of guilty. If ones
half of the evidence introduced is true
it could only be expected that all of
the parties will be convicted. At last
three of the parties have turned state's
evidence and the state of facts narrated
by them show that Col. Hinsdale was
not far wrong when he said at Beau-
fort last propose if your
ship will permit me to unearth and ex
pose lo the people of this state MM o
the vilest conspiracies ever concocted
in North
Not there is much talk
about war when there is little prospect
of one. For some months there has
been much discussion war clouds
in the old country but talk is about all.
Now it has shifted and we have the
discussion on our own soil and not
without cause. For the only thing
which prevent war now is that
England back down. The
Sates has and there is no back-
ward step she take. President
Cleveland's message to Congress com-
unreservedly this country to war
if its demands are acceded to. Con-
a dissenting vote
you are right, we are with you
Now what will England This is
the question. We have spoken and done
n no uncertain sound. It is now Eng-
land's time to respond. We have
ready commenced preparations for war.
The session of the Senate Wednesday
was devoted entirely to the matter of
arranging for these preparations. The
passed a resolution appropriating
to defray the of a
, to be appointed by the
President to proceed at once to
to establish the line it
British Guiana and when this is
done the States has already
audio England, you come this tar and mi
farther, and we mean what we I
remains to Is seen what she will say.
She already refused positively to
have the dispute settled in this way.
Will she stand by this or will she find
some excuse to say, well, this is is all
we demanded Let the answer be
it may course of the United Stales
is already marked out. We mean to
enforce the Monroe doctrine peaceably
if possible, if not by force and arms.
The near future will decide which we
will nave to do.
English Minister addressed a very tart
note to the Brazilian Minister of For-
Affairs which created intense ex-
in the Brazilian Parliament
which was then in session. The
became so acute that it looked for
some days as if the English Minister's
would he sent to him and
diplomatic relations broken off. It
was at this stage of the proceedings
that the English Consul General, who
was a man of long experience and fine
ability, had an interview with me in
which these laconic and pointed pies-
and answers were asked and given
English Consul
your people in earnest about the Mon-
roe doctrine
American Minister-I think
English Consul w
were to take of two of the
Brazilian Provinces and hold them
our claims an paid, do you think your
in the of the
Monroe doctrine, would
America Minister------Yes. My
government will not permit it. and if
TOOT country does not desire to come
in conflict with mine you had better
not attempt
a few days the English Min-
modified his attitude and the mat-
was amicably settled. I do not
say my position on the Monroe doc-
had anything to do with the
amicable adjustment of the
but I will say that I heard no
more of seizing Brazilian
you thing a
this country and England
do not. If the President main-
his firm attitude and Congress
stands up to him, I think England will
find some way to adjust her difficulties
with Venezuela without involving the
States in the matter. If, how-
ever, war should come, as much
as it is to be deplored, it will not be as
calamitous to us as a Nation as a
render of one iota of the Monroe doc-
as Americans interpret
in the office of Secretary of State,
Daniel Webster. It has also caused
his same to be very frequently mention-
ed as the democratic candidate for Pres-
next year.
President Cleveland has followed up
his message on the Venezuelan
with another startling one upon
the present apparently financial crisis
which seems now to threaten this
try. He urges Congress not to ad-
for any thing until they have
given some financial relief which they
can give, lie says that there is only one
way left for him to sustain the credit of
this great nation and that is by issuing
bonds, that as long as he is
dent this credit shall lie maintained at
all He says our entire
system must be changed. The
President very timely puts upon Con-
the responsibility of giving relief.
It remains to lie seen what they will do.
Are they equal to the occasion
Of Interest to Hunters.
It is said that when the sun is vis-
a watch may take the place of a
compass. This information will be of
value to anglers and other sportsmen
ill emergency. Point the hour hand of
a watch to the sun, and south is ex-
half way between the hour and
figure on the watch. For example,
if it be o'clock point the hand in-
to the sun, and the on the
watch indicates due south. If it
o'clock in the morning point the hand
indicating to the sun, and the on
the watch indicates due south. If it
be in the morning point the
hand indicating to the sun and the
figure on the watch is due south. If
the hour hand be at due south will
be exactly half-way between and
and so on.
THE SITUATION SERIOUS.
England Will Remain Firm in the
Position She Has Taken.
CANADA TAKES UP THE
CHORUS.
it is an Attempt to Fasten a
Quarrel on Great
St. JOCKS, N. B. Dec.
Daily Telegraph says one.
reads the Venezuelan
can come to any other conclusion than
that a attempt is being made
the Government of the United
Slates to fasten a quarrel upon Great
The dispatch of Mr. is
in tone and manner as insulting as if it
had been written by the late James G.
and we may say, as illogical
and
The Montreal Herald says of the
Presidents message the discus-
of the application of the Monroe
doctrine to the Venezuelan quest ion.
Lord Salisbury a signal
victory over Cleveland and his cabinet.
The matter will be amicably
adjusted on the basis originally laid
down by Great Mr. Cleveland
has not often yielded to the demands
of American politics. It is regrettable
that he should done so on the
present
The Toronto Mail concludes a long
article on the President's message as
follows. commission is a very
good device from Mr. Cleveland's point
of view, which is evidently that of the
politician who is out of votes. It
would probably be long before the com-
mission could report, but in the mean-
time Mr. firm vindication
of the doctrine would be winning votes
for his third term election. We may
be however, that whoever wins or
loses in that election, not a foot of M.
territory be transferred to
London, Dec. commenting
today upon the Venezuelan question
the newspapers generally agree that the
situation is much more serious than
they thought it U lie yesterday. In
the public mind also there is a
feeling of disappointment at the action
of Congress in supporting the stand
taken by the President in his message
to that body.
The exchange here and the
exchanges throughout the country con-
under the influence of the-
which has arisen between Great
Britain and the United States. At the
same time there is no excitement.
declined j, foreign funds were
weak and Canadian stocks were lower
on continued selling. The Pall Mall
Gazette's money article says
course, Amer-
will lose credit over the affair. It
is particularly inopportune when many
of her railways need
The afternoon papers all contain
long editorial articles on the
question, the general tenor of their
utterances being the same as yesterday,
though all agree that the matter is he-
coining much graver.
The Globe, a high conservative or-
and a newspaper which may be
supposed to be on terms of intimacy
with the government, gives warning
that Great Britain will remain firm,
Cleveland may
point a dozen commissions, but Eng-
land will remain firm in her refusal to
recognize them and jurisdiction of this
sort. This is our unalterable position,
lie the what they may.
We will never submit to such
The Globe is also irate at the recent
utterances of Dr. Chauncey M.
especially his references to the easy
manner in which the States
could conquer Canada,
overwhelming naval strength of
England would enable her to pour
troops into Canada any sign of
small warships could be sent to
the lakes and Chicago. Detroit and
Buffalo would be utterly at their mer-
What use in there In eating food when
does you no fact, when it does
yen harm than good, for such is
the case If it is not digested.
If you have a for food there
is no use of forcing it down, tor It will
list be digested. Yon must restore the
digestive organ to natural strength
cause the to be digested when
an appetite will come, and with it a rel-
for food.
The tired, languid will give
to vigor and energy, then you will
put flesh on your bones and become
strong. The Shaker Digestive Cordial
as made the Mount Lebanon Shakers
food already digested and is a
digester of food its well. Its n is
prompt and its effects
It is easy to buy from such a large easy to select to pay for, too.
Pick out Your Suit and we will Astonish. You in Price,
Too Tired to Smile
Weak, and Worn
Dizziness, Impure Blood-Cured by
Hood's.
Many weak and worn-out women
know just what this means. In totally
unfit condition
for work, they
force themselves
through the daily
routine of duties,
almost too dis-
to even
look for relief.
But it is to be
found in Hood's
la,
S which makes the
blood pure, builds
up the nerves,
Km win. Smith makes the weak
New York strong and gives
a cheerful spirit. Read
I have suffered more than tongue can
tell from dizziness and severe pains in my
head. I felt BO low spirited, that I
often said I wished I was dead. A friend
suggested I try Hood's
I gave it a trial and was more than
prised to see what a great change came
over me after I had taken the first bottle.
I felt better right away. I have now taken
nearly five bottles
and am happy M
all
I am entirely car
I would all
suffering on account of impure blood to
try Hood's It will
Ta E. 88th St., N. Y. City.
Hood's become the favorite
with everyone who trios them. per
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will be a change in our business next year and
these goods must go. Remember everything
goes at New York cost. Parties owing us must
make immediate payment so we can settle up
the business.
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GRIMESLAND, N. C.
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Our lice are the
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cit your
WHITE
GREENVILLE, N. C-
Office on Main
r in
thought with the nun just now la j
in hi-, while
the ladle are thinking the
LATEST STYLE IN
t Lowest Prices.
If I hey will call at I lie store
MIS.
They will a fall line of
Fancy
Hair
and Monroe doctrine.
to look nays an
exchange. Not always. Remember
foreign flag by any ruling of their bias Lot's wife. Hut perhaps Lot thought
A It I Would
it sweet. Lot's of men would.
HOUSE.
MUSICALE
Friday
Miss lone May, as-
by Mr. and Miss Swan, of
New York, and several of Green-
best local talent.
The will consist of
Vocal and Instrumental Solos and
Cornet Solos, Mandolin,
Guitar and Flute Trio,
Ac.
Proceeds for the benefit of
Disciples church at Farmville.
Reserved
General Admission Children
ESTABLISHED
PORK SIDES
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BU
their supplies will and
their interest prices before
chasing elsewhere. Our stock
n all its branches.
FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGAR
RICK, TEA, Ac.
TOBACCO SNUFF CIGARS
we direct from Manufacturers, ens
you to buy at one profit. A
stock
FURNITURE
always and sold prices to sun
the times. Out goods bought
sold for having no
to sell at a close margin.
S. M. C
NOTIONS
CLOTHING.
If you do it will you to buy
them of------
CLARK.
He keeps nothing but the best at
lowest prices. Try him for bar-
gains.
H. B. CLARK,
Greenville, N.
GREENVILLE
N WORKS,
am -t II at my -I mil with Com-
workmen ready
TO DO MY REPAIR
on machinery of any kind. Guns.
Locks, Sewing Bicycles or
other repair work. All my work Is
guaranteed. New Home Sewing Ma-
chines sale.
JAMES BROWN.
m n
For sale at reduced rates. We have in
to rive a large lot of
and Wagon, put up to
order according to
i by u.
These buggies are
manufactured
Material
and the workmanship is guaranteed to j
us to be The are i
made of North Carolina Oak Hick-1
and made in the State by North
Carolina workmen. We a
nil of
eras m OUTFITS,
Side Combs, Belt and at.
other latest style good-;.
for Standard Fitter.
Mrs. Anna Gage, wife of
Deputy U. S. Marshal,
Columbus, Kan., .
of TWINS
less than
and with
scarcely any
after using
two bottles of
DID HOT SUFFER
or Mall, on
per Boot
fr.
CO.,
SOLD
YES YES
D- W.
Is ready to offer to the
on goods. handle as
MEAT, FLOOR,
Meal, Sugar, Crackers. Candy,
Cheese, Paper and Paper
Lime, Hotter Dishes Ac., In job
ties. Also I handle
AND TIES.
I have a nice line of
FINE SHOES
which we offer at low rates. Call and
examine our stock before purchasing exchange for
elsewhere.
Harding
GREENVILLE N C.
to suit everybody-
Remember I take Country
good-. Al-o I
n car sell as cheap as
body times.

THE REFLECTOR
Local Reflections.
gift.
The schools close Friday for the
days.
From this day oar Children,
Youths and
be sold per ct- Its-.-,
New York cat at
Work the vaults iii the Court
House progresses
The wishes every nil I
a merry Christmas.
For an easy and comfortable
to please your .
motlier.
Call see our stock
at J- B- Cherry
Co.
Mr. Reflector
Store a good lead
C. T. is making some
to hi residence near Five Points.
For and call
J. ii.
Mrs. F. is having some
around her home in
Buy your Macintosh and Rub
Ct at J. B. Co's
save money.
Master Hal Sugg sent the
a live rabbit Thursday and we had
a rare-bit stew.
Buy your Macintosh and Rub
Coats at J. B. Cherry Co's
and save money.
Friday the warehouses had their last
sale until alter the holidays. They
bad big breaks.
Toys, Rabies, Wage us, Horns, Can-
dies, Nuts, Raisins, Dates,
at S. M.
A large line the celebrated
R G Corsets at J. B. Cherry
Cos. The ladies specially invited
to inspect them.
On Friday the Star Warehouse sold
some tobacco at per hundred.
There was a large pile that brought
that price.
Mr. S. R. Ross showed us a turnip
Thursday that weighed
could get it in a peek
Wire Buckle Suspenders
all Buckles and fastening's war-
ranted for two years, at J. B-
Cherry Cos.
Tom Christman suggested to a young
man that a good present for
his girl would be a jar chewing
gum.
best Flour is Proctor
Knott sold by S. M. Schultz. Try a
lb bag.
Granulated sugar cent per
pound at J. B- k Co's.
President Cleveland's special
to Tuesday raises a war
smell, and the British lion had better
be in his den.
Greenville is now full if smiles.
The boy smiles his best girl is
home from school, and the girl smiles
because her best fellow has come too.
Just received a Car-load Flour
none cheaper and better than that
offered by J. B. Cherry k Co.
Some of colored laborers who
have been working on the turpentine
farm- in South Carolina and Georgia
re returning home to spend Christmas.
Several came in this morning.
For best Carts and Wagons go
to A. G. Cox, Manufacturing Co.,
S- C-
Gov. Carr has ordered a special
term of Beaufort county Superior
Court to January 6th, Judge
to preside, to try the four white
men charged with J. Ii.
Beautiful stylish and cheap
Goods and Trimmings at
J. B. Cherry Co's-
North Carolina has had no more
elaborate wedding than was witnessed
in Durham, on Wednesday evening,
when Miss Carr, of Col
J. Carr, was married to Mr. II. C
Flower, of Kansas City.
good
wear for the Yon can't go
with them, they are rights
and left. For by Ii.
Co.
Granulated sugar cents per
pound at J. B. Cherry Go's.
FURNITURE cheaper than
ever before at J. B. Cherry Co.
Chamois Lining
and new styles of Dress Goods
at J. B. Cherry Co's.
Doctors because it
has all the virtues of Castor Oil and
is palatable.
There will be a tournament
ball at next Tues-
day, -list. The successful knights will
be awarded handsome prizes.
Information reached Mr. J. W.
Wiggins on Saturday that Ids father
was critically ill at Rocky Mount and
he left Sunday morning by private con-
to his bedside.
Leslie Billie Saturday
-If his maternal relatives knew
of his illegal absence from his parental
Billie told him he didn't care
if England did light the United States,
that he had a place picked out in the
and he was going to crawl in it
and pull it in after him.
The road to success is paved with th e
skulls of misfortune and the hones of
contention.
CHRISTMAS COMERS.
And Some Going the Other Way.
Miss Margie Langley is sick.
L. E. Cleve, of is here.
Rev. G. left Friday morning
for Louisburg.
L. II. Render returned from Tarboro
Saturday night.
W. T. has gone to Oxford
to spend Christmas.
II. P. Harding came home Saturday
evening from Hill.
lira. W. Brown returned from
Thursday morning.
Mrs. S. W. Coates arrived Friday
to spend a few here.
Mis. Warren, of Penny Hill,
is visiting her parents here.
Fine Tobacco.
The lot of tobacco pounds, that
sold on the Star Warehouse floor on
Friday at cents a pound,
on the second sale brought a
pound. There has never been any
finer tobacco on the market.
Maj. W. S. came
from Saturday.
horn
Miss
is rusting
W,
Pate, of
Mrs. II.
C. Mines to
county to spend the holidays.
Miss Katie Haskett, of is
visiting her uncle, D. D. Haskett.
S. C. Hamilton left Wednesday
evening on a business trip to
Miss Joyner is visiting the
family of her brother, Andrew Joyner.
L. D. Ames is able to be out after a
confinement several days with sickness.
Miss Jennie Tucker is visiting her
aunt, Mrs. A. Forbes, for the holidays.
Mrs. Ellen Lee, of Raleigh, arrived
Friday evening to visit Mrs. R. W.
King.
J. C. Greene came home from Nor-
folk, Saturday evening, to spend Christ.
mas.
Congressman Harry Skinner came
home from Washington City Saturday
evening.
Miss Ella Smith came home
day evening from Tarboro to spend
Christmas.
W. C. Jackson came home from
Raleigh. evening, to spend
the holidays.
C. C. Joyner and Johnson Nichols
have returned home from Chapel Hill
for the holidays.
Agent J. U. Moore and little
Myra, returned Friday evening
from the Atlanta Exposition.
Mi. R. J. of Washington
came up on Friday's boat and went to
Kin.-ton on the evening train.
Mrs. Nannie Anderson has moved to
town and occupies one of the Elliot
buildings on street.
Rev. J. W. of Washing-
hi, was here Friday afternoon and
went south on the evening train.
Mrs. G. W. who was vis-
Mrs. A. B. Ellington, returned to
her home in Petersburg
Mrs. II. L. Coward, of Greene
is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. L.
Mr. Coward spent Sunday
here.
Miss Mary Alice returned
from Kinsey school Saturday morning.
Miss Dean, of accompanied
her home for a visit.
George Hawks, of the
train, has been taking a few days
vacation in Richmond. Capt. W. L.
Jones was on the run in his stead.
F. M. of
burg. retaining from conference, spent
a short while here Wednesday after-
noon, and left on the evening train for
Kinston.
An Invitation.
The degree team of Covenant Lodge,
No. I. O. O. F. of Greenville, re-
a very cordial invitation from
the Kinston Lodge, to attend a banquet
to be given at that place on Friday
evening. December 27th. 189.3. They
may attend. A number of noted
speakers will lie
Good Man For The Place.
Mn. is currently
lated from the authority that
our townsman, Hon. G. B. King, is in
Washington City conferring with
dent Cleveland and expects to be
pointed one of the commission to
the Venezuela boundary. Pitt
county is proud of her sons and she can
men capable for any position in
the gift of the country. We
Mr. Kins. . X.
This is About Pencils.
When a business man uses a lead
pencil he wants a good one. The Re-
Book Store offers the largest
variety in town to select from, all the
way from cents a dozen to cents
each. Try a or
and you have something good.
Advertising Bella the Goods.
A gentleman who just d for
an article Le saw advertised remarked
yesterday, that people look
to of the newspaper to learn
where such articles as -y wish to
purchase are kept, he is right.
The day of walking from store to store
in search of an article Wanted is a thing
of the past, and the wise man
j is the one who keeps his advertisement
in the paper.
Off for the Holidays.
Several of the tobacco boys left
to spend the holidays at home,
or at the home of their best girl.
K. M. Pace went to
to Santa Clans for the children.
X. II. went to Oxford.
Andrews, D. J.
Walker and K. R. Aiken went to Dur-
ham.
The wishes all tin
a merry Christmas.
The Benefit Bale.
At Friday's tobacco sales two of the
warehouses devoted a part of the pro-
for benevolent purposes. The
Star gave one-half its net commissions
to the Oxford Orphan Asylum, and
the amount is The Eastern gave
its gross commissions to the
King's Daughters, amounting to about
These are good contributions
and make nice offerings to
the objects for which they go. The
proceeds at the Star Warehouse would
have been much larger but they had
the last sale on Friday.
Mighty True.
We overheard an old colored man
lecturing his son a few days ago. It
seemed as if his son wanted to get mar-
It was in this wise
is a fool nigger. De of
getting married and settling down.
Why it is nil an expense.
About three months ago I married U
pretty a gal as ever broke into a chick-
en coop, about two weeks ago she laid
right down and died and I never felt so
shame in all my life. Now look here
boy , if got an of getting mar-
and settling down, take my advice,
single and settle up
Home From School.
There was a large, jolly crowd
around the Friday evening, many
having gone up to meet the boys and
girls who were coming home from
school to spend the holidays, and when
the train rolled in there were many
joyous greetings exchanged.
who returned were Misses Ty-
son and Myra Skinner, from Salem;
Misses and Rosa
Hooker, from Richmond ; Misses Bessie
Harding, Maud Blow and Ada Tyson,
from Greensboro; Miss Hearne,
from Littleton ; Charlie Pres-
ton Gotten and Julius Fleming, from
Oxford; J. B. Jar vis and J. F. Daven-
port, from Chapel Hill; E. F. Mum-
ford. J. B. Jackson and Fountain Cox,
from Wake Forest; S. W. Erwin, from
Trinity; J. M. Moore, from Raleigh.
The Musicale.
There is a rare treat in store for
those who attend the musical under the
management of Miss lone May, in the
Opera House Friday evening, 27th.
She be assisted by Mr. and Miss
Swan, of New York, as well as by the
best home talent. Miss Swan has par-
in a number of entertainments
at the north, and the press spoke in
highest terms of her. The Jefferson
County Journal
Swan has a rich, powerful voice of
sympathetic quality to which is added
thorough cultivation and perfect
The Times,
speaking of an entertainment, says
crowning delight of the evening
was a fine rendering of the solo,
ear, O by Miss Marietta
Swan, which she sang with such lower
and gave us a
of the possibilities of her glorious
voice. For the closing
piece Miss Swan surprised the audience
by appearing in a new role, that of
elocutionist. In this also she surpassed
herself. Miss Swan has surely the
elements of success in her make up in
that she odds to natural gifts of a high
order, intense and
to her studies, and a determination
to reach the highest point of excellence
i in she
College
The entertainment Friday evening
by the pupil- of the Collegiate
was a very interesting and enjoyable
occasion. All the pieces were so well
rendered that we do not make Special
mention of any but give the full pro-
gramme. Some of the participants
who were only beginners did
well.
Bes-
Patrick.
Katie Moore
and Mamie I lines.
Daniel's
Maggie Bagley.
Lot-
tie Blow and Maggie Bagley.
Whistling
Bessie Patrick.
First Eva Allen
and Mamie Haskett.
Walter
Wilson and Bessie Patrick.
Bertha
Patrick.
Rawls and Maggie Bagley.
Piano Bessie
Patrick.
Bagley.
Piano Katie
Moore.
Wat-
Bessie and Bertha Patrick.
In all the pieces the pupils showed
that they hail been under excellent
Tried Friends Best.
Pills have
proven a blessing to the invalid.
Are truly the sick man's friend.
A Known Fact
For bilious headache, dyspepsia
sour stomach,
and all kindred diseases.
Liver PILLS
AN ABSOLUTE CURE.
Obstructs the Crossing.
We hear some complaint about the
length freight cars are allowed
to stand the Dickerson as cross-
near the o;. One
he win kept there fully
half an before he could get by.
The railroad people could en cm
this uncoupling the leaving
the crossing open when it is necessary
LETTER TO SANTA
Dear Santa Clans, if you could
A patent doll to dance and sing,
A five-pound box of caramels,
A set of reins with silver bells ;
An elephant that roars and walks,
A Brownie doll that laughs and talks
A humming top that I can spin,
A to keep my treasures in ,
A or two that I can
A dog to and wag his tail,
A pair of little bantam chicks.
A chest of tools, a box of ;
A scarlet suit of togs.
A net for catching frogs.
A bicycle and a silver watch.
A pound or two of butterscotch ;
A small toy farm with lots of
A gun to load with beam and peas;
An orange and a music box,
A double set of building blocks
If you will bring me these I say.
Before the Coning Christmas day,
I sort of think, perhaps, that I'd
Be pretty nearly satisfied.
Harper's Young People.
CHRISTMAS WEDDINGS.
A Long List For Last Week.
for the train to stand down the track.
Then could not complain.
T.
At I o'clock this morning t
home of Mr. John F. Boyd,
the bride, near Greenville, Mr.
Haydn, of Washington City, and Miss
Boyd were married by Rev.
A. The couple took the
morning train for a few days Nor-
folk and Old Point, and will reach
their home in Washington Saturday.
Mr. Haydn is a very popular d.-um-
mer and well known in mercantile
circles. The bride is one of Pitt's
handsomest young women.
His Skull Cracked
There was trouble between two
out in Carolina township, a
few days ago. that may cost one of
them his life. One went to the house
of the other on Sunday and
a suit of clothes to use
He went back later and started to put
the suit on again to wear it off. The
and his wife were both
home then and the latter him to
let the clothes alone. He threw a
brick at her, striking her in the face
when her husband picked up an
and cracked the assailant's skull with
it. The wounded man was still
critical condition at last accounts.
Paying the Pensioners.
Register of Deeds King has received
the warrants for pensions for the Con-
federate soldiers and widows in this
county, and is giving them out as fast
as called for. The list for Pitt county
contains the names of So soldiers and
widows. Of the soldiers one is in
the 1st class, three in the 2nd class,
three in the 3rd class and in the 4th
class. The total amount paid to both
soldiers and widows is
The whole sidewalk out by J. B.
Cherry Co's was lined Monday with
furniture just sold, and when we passed
two clerks were busy packing it away
in wagons.
Register of Deeds King broke the
record on license bat week,
the number issued running up to
twenty-seven. Of these sixteen wen
for white couples and eleven for
end couples.
WHITE.
II. P. Brown Agues Whitehurst.
J. K. Congleton and II
C. and M-ind L. Allen.
Arch and Stocks.
W. T. and Bessie Boyd.
Alex and Susan Keel.
Aug Taylor and Nannie Core.
Wm. Daniel and Susan Morgan.
Win. Pitt and Sallie Pitt.
I. II. Whitehurst and Pattie Pierce.
L. It. Ricks and t Langley.
J. D. Smith and Mary O. Forbes.
W. It. Nobles and Tripp.
Gray and Highsmith.
Cornelius Roebuck and A. K.
Eddie Tripp and K.
Warren Freeman and Susan
Sylvester Barrett and Rosa Vines.
Henry Tyson and Millie Faison.
Ransom Staten and Harriet Ran-
and Annie Biggs.
Lang and Tabby Ward.
Geo. Pitt and Sarah Cleve.
Jerry and Amanda Sugg.
I. A. Parker and Hardy.
Henry Williams and Allie Jordan.
Brown and Allie Edwards.
PRESENTS
There is a great deal of sameness in
our lives. We go through the regular
daily routine of work, we walk the
same streets, we see the same faces
we idle away time at the same stores,
we tell the same jokes, hear the same
funny stories, and such is the story o
life in a country
Observer.
AT COST.
Owing to a dissolution in our business we
offer our entire stock of
Bethel Items.
Dry N
Bethel, N. C, Dec. W.
A Forbes returned from the
dist conference at Elizabeth City yes-
J. L. Sugg and J. A. Dupree. of
Greenville and N. It. Dawson of
spent to-day in town.
P. J. White, of Richmond. Va. is
here adjusting the loss of S. T.
caused by the tire last week.
At the residence of Mr. M.
Whitehurst the bride's father, on Wed-
December 18th. Herbert
Brown was married to Miss Agnes
Whitehurst, Elder Samuel Moore of-
At the bride's father, S- J. Gore, on
Wednesday, December 13th,
Augustus Fay ton was married to Miss
Nannie Gore, F. C. Martin. Esq.,
officiating.
J. R. Bunting went to Tarboro to-
day.
Married.
Wednesday morning at the house of
the bride in Dunn, X. C, Mr.
Holliday, of Grimesland and Miss
Florence Harper were married by Rev.
J. J. Harper. The couple reached
Greenville on the evening train and
left at once by private conveyance for
the home of the groom.
At o'clock this morning at the
home of Mrs. M. V. Forbes, mother of
the bride, near Greenville, Mr. J. D.
Smith and Miss Mary O. Forbes
were married by Rev. G. F. Smith.
The couple took the morning train for
Oxford to spend the holidays at the
groom's old home.
Thursday afternoon at the home of
Mr. George in Carolina town-
ship, Mr. John E. Congleton Miss
Belcher were married by Rev.
J. L. Winfield. The attendants were
S. A. Congleton with Miss Nannie
Belcher, Sherrod Belcher with Miss
Leggett, Skinner
Miss Maggie J. L. Perkins
with Miss Mary Whitehurst.
the res-
of the bride's father, Mr. Wiley
Pierce, Dec 18th, 1895, Mr. Henry-
Whitehurst and Miss Pattie Fierce
were united in the bonds of matrimony,
R. Williams, Esq., officiating. The
ceremony was witnessed by a large
number of relatives and friends. The
attendants were M. H. Jackson and
Miss Mamie Pierce, J. T. Whitehurst
and Miss Parker, W. T. Pierce
and Miss Rosa Abrams, D. Smith and
Miss Bryan, R- A. Bryan and
Miss Sarah Rollins, W. J. Cook and
Miss Martha Abrams. After the mar-
the collide with their friends en.
joyed a nice Upper which had been
prepared for the occasion. We con-
Mr. on gaining
the affections of so nice a young lady
and trust that as the dark and dreary
clouds of life pass over earth, the wing
of their happiness may never loose a
feather. J.
CLOTHING,
At cost until the January 1st, 1896.
RICKS, TAFT CO.
AT
Next Rawls the Jeweler.
GREENVILLE, N. C
COST.
AT COST
There will be a change in
our business Jan. 1st, 1890
Now we offer our entire stock
Notions
Hats,
Caps,
CLOTHING,
Boots
Shoes
LADIES CLOAKS AND CAPES,
Everything without reserve at Cost for Cash
N, C
Holiday Display at Lang's.
New line of Dress and Shirt Waist Plaids.
New line of Ladies Wraps.
New line of Dress Goods and Trimmings.
New line of Mufflers and Handkerchief.
New line of Shoes to fit every foot.
New line of Notions and Capes.
New line of Trunks and Floor Oil Cloths.
New line of Furnishing Goods.
And lots of other nice goods at Lang's.
we sell Clothing at less than cost.
LANG'S.
FOR YOU.
A beautiful Xmas line of
Dry Goods, Shoe
Dress Goods, Clothing,
NOTIONS.
C. T.
NEXT DOOR OF BANK.
FOR THE-
FALL WINTER
BUSINESS I
and cordially invite you to inspect I ho largest
and neatest assortment of
con-
ever brought to Greenville. Our stock
all the newest and
DRESS GOODS,
Furnishing
Boots
and Shoes, Domestics,
Bleached and
ed Sheeting and Shirt-
Calicoes, Fancy
Cotton Dress Goods
everything you will
want or need in that
line. Hardware for far
and mechanics
use, Tinware, Hollow-
ware, Wood and
Whips, Buggy Rope,
Twine, Heavy Groceries always on hand,
Meat, Flour, Sugar, Salt and Molasses.
The best and largest assortment of Crock-
Lamps, Lanterns, Lamp Chimneys and
Shades, Fancy Glassware, to be found
in the county. And our stock of
FURNITURE
Matting. Carpets, Rugs and Foot Mats is by far
the best and cheapest ever offered to the people
of this section. Come look and see and buy.
Sole agents of Coats Spool Cotton for this town
for wholesale and retail trade. Reynold's Shoes
for and Boys. Shoes
for Ladies and Children. We buy Cotton and
Peanuts and pay the highest market price for
them. Your experience teaches you all to buy
and deal with men who will treat you fair and
do the square thing by you. and see us
and be convinced that what we claim is true.
Yours for business square dealings,
DON'T FORGET THE I
Hardware Store
When you want anything in the Hardware line.
Doors, Sash, Locks, Butts and Hinges, Saws,
Tools, Paints and Oils, Nails and Axes.
Corn Shelters from to Corn and
Cobb Mill for Axes to cents.
Stoves from to King Heaters
to and Stovepipe, Pumps
Pump-Pipe, Rope, Belting, Ac., Ac, always go
to the Hardware Store where you will get the
lowest prices. Yours,
D. D. HASKETT,

GREENVILLE
Male Academy.
The next session of this School will
begin
SEPT- I
and Tor ten months.
The course embraces all the brunches
usually in an Ac
Terms, both for and board
reasonable-
Boys well fitted and equipped for
business, taking the
course alone. Where they wish to
pursue a higher course, this
guarantees thorough preparation to
enter, with credit, any College in North
the State University. It
refers who have left
Its wall the truthfulness of this
statement.
Any young man with character
moderate ability taking a course with
us will be In arrange-
to continue in the higher schools.
The discipline will be at its
present standard.
Neither time nor attention nor
work will be spared to make- this school
all that parents could
For further particulars see or ad-
dress
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Greenville Collegiate
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N. S. D.
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Teachers. Next session will begin
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER All
the English Branches, Ancient and
Modern Languages. Music will
taught on the conservatory plan,
by a graduate in music. Instruction
borough Discipline firm, but kind.
reasonable. Art and Elocution
will be taught, if desired. Calisthenics
free. For particulars address the
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in whoa want good work.
Train on Neck Branch
weaves 3.55 p. in., Halifax 4.13
p. m-, arrives Neck at 4.55 p
n., Greenville p. m., Kinston 7.45
in. Returning. I 7.20
a. in., m.
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Trains on V leave
Washington a. m. Parmele
3.40 a. in. Tarboro V
1.30 p. . 6.20
y. arrives 7.45 p. m.
Daily except Sunday, with
trains on
Train C, via
Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun-
day, at p. m., Sunday P. M;
arrive Plymouth 9.00 P. 5.26 p. m.
Plymouth daily except
6.00 a. m., Sunday 9.30 a -m.,
Tarboro 10.26 and
Train on N. C. branch leaves
except Sunday. a
m. arriving 7-30 a. in. Re-
turning leave S a. m.,
rives at 9.30 a. m.
Trains in Nashville branch leave
Mount at 4.30 p. in., arrives
Nashville 5.06 p. in., Spring Hope 6.30
p. in. Returning leave Spring Hope
8.30 a. ii ., a in, at
Mount 9.05 a m. daily except
Sunday.
on Latta bunch, Florence R.
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Train Branch leaves War-
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TWO ABLE KICKERS.
n Warder How
Thin Try to
A reporter mot a prison warder
the other day, and the latter, be-
coming communicative, volunteered
information con-
attempted escapes from
their guardians made by prisoners
who are being conveyed from the
police station to the court or from
one prison to another. a few
days he said, was a
case of two prisoners trying to break
out of a prison van while being con
to the police court. But they
were not it is not in one
case out of ten that they do manage
to get away.
prisoner whom I was taking
from a county prison to an assize
offered mo if I would
help him to escape. Ho was a well
known and I believe
would have made good his promise
had I helped him. All I did,
was to tighten my grasp at the
of the handcuffs and threaten
to report him. Another man storm-
ed at me in the most revolting
ion when I refused to assist him. He
said tho only punishment I merited
for not lotting him go was to be
boiled in a pan of white hot lead
He was a cheerful man, he was.
of tho funniest offers I had
made to mo by a prisoner was that
of a man who had had an unequaled
career as a burglar. He promised
to send me the proceeds of the first
house he burgled after his escape.
had a curious experience when
traveling in Manchester with one
prisoner. His friends had got the
tip that he would by a certain
train. we arrived, lo and be-
hold, there were five or six flashily
dressed waiting for us.
One of them, apparently the
came up to me. do you do,
said he; might let
me see how tho handcuffs
Ho thought I was a green
looked young. thank
said I; next time the cuffs
go on anybody they'll go on you in
real and I thereupon called
up the station police officers to
me to guard my prisoner. And, sure
enough, at the very assizes, I
saw the swell himself
standing in the dock waiting to re-
is still doing
a time I've thought that
if I were a prisoner I could easily
make my escape traveling
with a warder. And especially easy
may this be done in towns
the prisoner and warder walk
from tho station to tho prison.
Sometimes I've had to walk through
low quarters, where nearly every
house contains a thief. But some-
how or nothing happens.
In time tho chances of escape will
be reduced to nil, for no prisoner
will be allowed to walk in the open
street from tho railway station to
the prison.
an experience of years I
have only known of attempts
made by prisoners to escape. One
only was successful, and then the
fellow was captured tho following
day. Sometimes a prisoner manages
to jump from a railway carriage
window, but he rarely i -capes. In-
stead, ho generally smashes a leg or
other limb and is speedily
London Telegraph.
or Snapper
Fishing in bay, Queens-
land, is scarcely sport; it is a
You are hauling up
from the bottom, fathoms down, a
burden which taxes all the strength
and makes the perspiration ooze
from yet it is grand fun
for awhile. The fish bite fast and
furious. As your line, after yielding
its captive, is recast, it throws out
coruscations of silver in its rapid
descent. Soon your eye discerns,
fathoms deep, an almost impalpable
flashing to and fro, as if a burnish-
ed plate wore gyrating in an eddy;
it assumes a lovely pink hue as you
bring it nearer the surface, and
then in a twinkling a burly
per of seven or eight pounds is flap-
ping vigorously and noisily on deck.
Sometimes it is a fish at every
haul, and under those circumstances
not the least amusing part of the
sport is the spectacle of a score of
excited men jumping round a score
of big fish, which are their
best to convoy their and
indignation to an unfading world.
Badminton Library Sea Fishing
A Shrewd Fruit
An ingenious device for attracting
custom was that of a fruiterer in a
midland town. Instead of ordinary
plate glass a large number of rough
magnifying glasses formed the win-
Seen through one of these
panes, an orange looked as large as
a pumpkin, and cherries as large as
apples. A great disadvantage attach-
to this novelty was the fact that
at the distance of a few yards from
the window it was quite impossible
to see into the shop. Everybody
knows that you must bold a
glass very close to the eyes to
Bee anything through it.
less, for Borne time, at all events,
the enterprising shopkeeper did a
splendid
Famed Brown Bind.
For one large loaf of bread use
three pints of cornmeal, three
pints of rye flour, one cup of good
bop yeast and one cup of molasses.
Mix very soft with warm water,
poor the mixture into a round
ding tin and allow it to stand until
light Bake with a steady fire for
three hours. Home Journal
A of
A gem of a memorial from the In-
education
am, during my fatality and
nation, I my employment and
my orbits me as a
shiftless and man here,
I have to admonish my legs to the
foreign countries for this ill fame.
I, therefore, most
you to excuse the
defying your
orders I was doing in your
schools. I thought that I might
permitted as your to tench
that class with an increased salary,
but my bad luck has driven me out
of employment. Ga-
Ob Was a and the a Jack.
am, Mas Won.
In the days of the San Gabriel
canyon mining boom in the seven-
ties a large boned and. gigantic
was known to his rough but
kindly associates as Kicking Tom.
He had won the nickname by reason
of the force with which he
could launch his great sinewy foot
against an opposing object. One day
a miner brought into a
can burro, which soon obtained a
wide celebrity as a vicious animal,
who, when would attack
man or beast with desperate fury.
Several mountain ponies had been
kicked to death by him and more
than man had nearly t his
life by tho heels of th I brute.
So exciting had become the record
of jack's that
they became tho subject of
conversation and inquiry among
tho minors. Sitting in their cabins
spun wonderful tales of what
he had done and was capable of do-
J is the liveliest
said one.
right, old man. That
beast can kick tho hair off a man's
head without touching the
replied one of his companions.
That was Tom in a ten-
place, and, after a moment's re-
he spoke up with the re-
mark
can't The ob-
was received with amazed
silence.
Tom Why, he'd make
mince meat of you in a
replied the athletic
Indianian. ho can have
chance. I'm ready to kick for
and may the host man
the boat interposed a
companion.
moan what I say, old man, so
don't be too spry with your
And Tom's brow lowered in gather-
anger. His friend apologized for
the jest, and the crowd dispersed.
next day the rumor went wild
through tho camp that Tom was
willing to kick burro for a
In the dusk of the evening the
miners gathered in from work
and discussed the subject in all its
bearings. Opinion as to the match
was about evenly divided. If any-
thing, Tom was the favorite. Under
these a mill for
a side was easily between
the boast and the man, and it was
decided that tho conflict should come
off Sunday afternoon.
Promptly at tho appointed hour
every inhabitant of tho canyon and
the villages that since grown
into Pomona and Pasadena was as-
in a little level spot just
outside tho limits of tho camp. The
preliminaries were quickly
and the The beast
scorned to take in situation at a
and, laying back his oars, he
watched his wary opponent with
angry eyes. Suddenly Tom leaped
forward and landed a kick
squarely on the junction of the neck
and head.
The brute reeled before the force
of the blow, but on the
instant he wheeled and launched
both heels at his antagonist. The
man leaped aside, and as as
lightning responded with another
fearful kick on the burro's neck.
And so the conflict raged. Some-
times the jack would get in a
age blow on his opponent,
the man had the best of it, and
at last, putting forth all of his won-
strength, ho landed a kick
with fury and irresistible force
of a pile driver on jack's
which bad his objective point
from the beginning. The beast reel-
ed back, and with a convulsive
fell over. Tom was terribly
bruised, but no bones were broken,
and in a few days he was as spry as
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Both Wondered.
They were a couple of
is to Bay, they rode
and believed in a woman's
to dress as she pleased and in
her right to vote. They were travel-
alone and in doing so.
From time to time, indeed, they
congratulated themselves their
freedom and independence and the
fact that there were no men around
to bother them. One day one of
them had her pocket picked. It is
not necessary to dilate upon
rowing details of affair. Suffice
to say that the thief was the porter
of the car, and the loss was largely
due to the woman's carelessness.
This, too, although there were no
men around to bother them. After
much planning what to do, and aft-
much of a futile and in-
effective sort, the two women sat to-
for some time in
They had plenty of other money
with them, It wasn't that that
was their impotence
to bring the thief to justice to
get anybody to do anything at all
to the occasion. Finally
one of the women
is other
woman.
Then the first woman
was wondering, yon
know, what a man would do under
these
The other woman
just what I was wonder-
Inter Ocean.
Life and
Dr. J. in a paper
on of the Influences of City
Life on the Nervous lays
great stress on the well known fact
that the average American treats
himself outrageously. The best
proof of this is the immense sale in
every large city of so called nerve
the trade done in the wines
of cocoa and kola and the
of phosphorus is almost in-
credible. This is all wrong. A tired
and nervous man does not want
but fresh air and exercise ac-
cording to bis strength. In this
the English are wiser than we
are. They up their habit of
physical exercise until far into old
age, and paresis is comparatively
little known in England. Dr. Hay-
cock says that American men will
have to turn over a new leaf and
draw, a sensible balance between
work and play.
BESIDE A GRAVE.
Out the gram that in over thy breast.
Heating my coming, n bird took her night.
she travel for holier rest,
dew on the robes of tho night
Was she thy soul for a moment returned
Out of hand to the temple of rust,
Torching the bosom of clay she has spurned,
tears on thy forehead of dust
of my heart, I was sad all tho day,
thee ask for mo, bearing thee sigh.
I am coming at the evening to pray
-r darkening dome of the sky,
and crying by I
Raw felt thee in lily and lark
All of tender. Imperatives heard,
Convert thee, comfort thee, friend In the
dark.
What shall I tell thee changes to morn.
Woodlands are sweet with the call of the
dove.
Motherly finches contented in thorn
Nurse for their husbands a of love.
What Is all beauty if thou have no part
Would that life's rule might be dead for
Sake,
Friend, as I moan from the turf on my heart.
Ob, to be sleeping and know thee awake I
Norman in Windsor Magazine.
GROVES
The Ideal Schoolboy.
The ideal schoolboy is an orderly
machine, always obedient, receptive,
submissive, ready in the cricket field
and with real or simulated
for football, despising all other
games, and conservative to the
backbone. He is tho darling of the
who sends him home with
glowing reports and arms full of
prize books. It seems never to
cur to any one that there may be
natures to which the
and history make no appeal,
who have not the gift of the
and who do not even care
to play at cricket or football. If
such appear in a public school, they
have a bad time of it, dragging out
their miserable days at the bottom
of the form, regarded as fools by the
masters and as muffs by the boys.
And yet among school failures
there may be or or
at any rate there may and com-
there is material out of
good and useful citizens
made if only had a chance to
show what they can
Rough on Chelsea.
A Chelsea man recently
died, says the Boston Budget, and
i a conversation him and
a friend at a Spiritualistic the
following colloquy
The friend, on being called for by
the departed one,
old chum, Jim
Jim, I suppose you are
partaking of celestial
a bit of it I the
Scott, that's awful
The spirit smiled. know that's
the popular it said, m
boy, it's a great sight better
The story would indicate that the
medium must have played to very
poor business in Chelsea.
Stage Realism.
One of my best in
was Benjamin Haydon. His
son, the artist of celebrity, at
that time a spirited and intelligent
little fellow about years of ago,
who used to listen to my songs and
laugh heartily at my jokes when-
ever I dined at his father's. One
evening I was playing Sharp in
Lying when he and my friend
Benjamin were in the stage box, and
on my repeating the words, have
had nothing to eat since last Monday
was a little Haydon ex-
claimed in a tone to the
whole a whopper
Why, you dined at my father's
house this afternoon.
of tho
Rotten Row.
It is a royal prerogative, belong-
exclusively to the reigning
to drive down tho middle
of Rotten row, London. Tho queen
has only availed herself or
twice of the right. From this an-
privilege came the name Rout
whence the corruption
Poverty Cottage.
If ever household affections and
loves are graceful things, they are
graceful in the poor. The ties that
bind the wealthy and the proud to
home may be forged on earth, but
those link the poor man to
his hearth of the true
metal, and bear the stamp of
North Carolina has a output
of pounds a New
Hampshire about
pounds, South Dakota pounds
and New Mexico pounds. The
mica of North Carolina is of the best
quality and brings the highest price.
The proverbial wisdom of the pop-
at gates, on roads and in mar-
instructs him who studies man
more fully than a thousand rules
ostentatiously
TASTELESS
HILL
JUST AS FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE
a . Ills., Nov.
Paris Co., St. Louts, Mo.
Bold last year, GOO bottles of
GROVE'S TONIC am
In all
of it years. In the drug bare
never sold an article i hat gave universal
as your Tonic truly,
a co-
Sold guaranteed J.
druggist.
J, C. LANIER CO.
GREENVILLE, N. C
--------DEALER IN--------
Amateur Postmaster.
A member of the government was
visiting the other day at a ball in
the neighborhood of
Having a pretty wide correspond-
and there not being any postal
delivery in the village, the lady at
the hall took a bundle of to
the church on the Sunday evening
and gave them to the
en, thinking he would be able to
get them sent to the post-
office.
He, not catching what she bad
said about them, came to con-
that they were something
for him to distribute in the church.
The lady took her seat at the organ.
Then churchwarden commenced
to take them from pew to pew as far
as they would go.
One young person, looking at hers,
aid to him that it was a stamped
letter and did not belong to He
noise and put it in
thee pocket and read it when thee
gets There's something in it
that will do thee
Weekly.
Cleaning Doll Gold.
Dull gold may be cleared by
in a bath of grains cal-
grains sodium
bicarbonate and grains table
salt, all of ingredients are
dissolved in throe quarts distilled
water. The fluid must be kept for
use in well corked bottles. Articles
to be cleaned are placed in a basin
and covered with liquor and taken
out after awhile, washed and rinsed
in alcohol and dried in sawdust The
then, looks like new.-
Wire and Iron Fencing
sold. First-class work
and prices reasonable.
Notice to Creditors.
Having duly qualified the
of the Court of
county as Executor of the estate of T.
C is hereby
Riven to all parties holding claim
against said estate to present
to the properly proven, on
or before the day Of November. 18-
or this notice Will lie plea I in bar
of their recovery, and nil persons
ed to the laid estate are requested to
make meat.
November
HARRY SKINNER,
Executor of f,. C. L ill am, deceased.
The modern stand-
ard Family
cine Cures the
common every-day
ills of humanity.
Poor
Health
means so much more than
you and
fatal diseases result from
trifling ailments neglected.
Don't play with Nature's
greatest
out of sorts, weak
and generally ex-
nervous,
have no appetite
and can't work,
begin at once
the most
strengthening
is
Brown's Iron Bit-
A bot-
comes from the
very first
won't it mt your
and It's
pleasant to
It Cures
Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver
Neuralgia, Troubles,
Constipation, Bad Blood
Malaria, Nervous ailments
Women's complaints.
Get only the has crossed red
lines on the wrapper. All others are sub-
On receipt of two ac. stamps we
will send set of Tan World s
Fair Views and
BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MO.
OLD DOMINION LINE.
Stoves, Stoves j
We are laying in a full line of
also Sheet
Iron
Stoves. Best quality, low prices. Call and
We also are agents for th- celebrated
Rambler and Bicycles;
and have on hand a few second-hand
for sale very cheap. You may need a
Machine, we have them in stock.
Opposite Drugstore.
ABLE.
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VB
YEARS has taught best if the i
Hem Rope, Building Pumps, Faming every-
tug necessary for -Millers. Mechanics and general n- will as
Clothing, Beta. Shoes. have on Am
quarters for Heavy Groceries, and Jobbing for Clark's O. N. T.
Cotton, and keep courteous and attentive clerk,.
FORBES,
GREENVILLE. N. C
J. L. SUGG.
GREENVILLE, N. C
OFFICE AT THE COURT HOUSE.
All Risks placed in strictly
FIRST-C ASS COMPANIES
At current rates
AGENT FOB. FIRST-CLASS FIRE PROOFS APE.
and Retail
O-
T. A- JONES.
1878.
P. H. SAVAGE
SAVAGE, SON CO,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants.
TUNIS WHARF, NORFOLK, VA.
Wholesale Retail Dealers in Bagging, Ties, Peanut Bigs.
Attention given lo Cotton, Grain, Peanuts a-.
Liberal Cash Advances on Consignments. Prompt and Highest
Market Guaranteed.
Norfolk National Bank, or any Reliable In t h
R. J. Cobb,
Pitt Co., N. C.
c, c.
Co., N. C.
Skinner.
Co., NO
COBB BROS CO.,
Vet.
and U arc room a near C. R.
COTTON
Ragging, Peanut Sacks Famished at Lowest Prices.
Code, edition used in Telegraphing.
and Solicited.
TAR RIVER SERVICE
Steamers
ville and Tarboro touching at all land
on Tar River Wednesday
and Friday at A. M.
Returning leave Tarboro at A. M.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Greenville A. M. same
These departures are subject to
of water on Tar River
at with steam-
of Th Norfolk, Wash-
direct line for Norfolk, Baltimore
Philadelphia. New York and Boston.
Shippers should order their goods
marked via Dominion torn
New York. from
Norfolk A Bait
more Steamboat from
more. Merchants
Boston.
JNO. SON.
N. t
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J N. C
HE PENN MUTUAL Lift
INS. CO. OF PHILADELPHIA,
ORGANIZED
25,000.000.
Surplus over
R. B. Rainey, State
C.
The Old Penn Mutual is best
managed Life Insurance Company in
America. It furnishes all kinds of pol-
at lowest possible rates
with absolute security. It may not pay
as commissions to agents as
other companies, but It low of ex-
low death rate, immense
plus safely and profitably invested,
large dividends and Indulgence to its
policy-holders, render i the Company
in which to insure. Its policies arc ab-
and alter three
years cannot be Money loan-
ed on policies, paid up
or policies carried by the Company fur
a number of
Greenville, N. C
OINTMENT
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This Preparation has been In use
years, and wherever know
been in steady demand. It has been en-
the leading physicians all over
country, and has effected cures where
all other remedies, with the attention of
the most experienced physicians, have
for years failed. This Ointment Is of
long standing the high reputation
which It has obtained is owing
a it own efficacy, as but little
ever made to bring it before the
One bottle of this Ointment will
be sent to any address on receipt of One
Dollar. All Cash promptly at-
tended to. Address all orders and
communications to
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Wood delivered to your door for
cents a load.
Terms cash.
Thanking you for past patronage, .
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PATENTS.
and Trade-Marks obtained all Pa
and we can patent
remote from Washing too.
Send model, drawing or with
We H c not, of
charge. Oar fee not due till patent b secured.
A lo Obtain with
cost same in the U. S. foreign
sent free. Address,
Ops. Washington, D. C.
HENRY
Real
Estate
and
Rental
Agent.
or for
terms Rents, Taxes,
and open accounts and any other twP
of debt placed in my hands for
have prompt attention
.-faction guaranteed. I solicit yo