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per Year, in Advance.
VOL. XVI.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY MAY
NO
If You g
to r let
told through
Tl e people read this S
paper. I
S and words ii
Aid we parted. Ike
S lain i mi-a l gray
A chill h II in. the summer day.
Lilt's and happiest hour- w. IV
dune ;
was made.
How n ii mi huh our s. panic
f e -tor Butler a
The t
People's party of ii
Arcade Hal tonight w attended
really
of
Stale committee,
Sinai, r Hull.-., North I
Carolina, made the r of
id lb.- evening.
political
to
D. C. M iv 1897.
ii, May
sitting in trout
of ill-, when J
c oat h a rear room and
t .- man on tin-
I I is a be.
TUe an ml in v; r
did not startle Ii He
bail l.
tinned ii on .-i. a
short m pipe. The baby
in -y do in the
line bite, it was born a
u d is the multiple of seventh ion.
Mis has given birth lo
She the wife
l. Th
j to bless their union.
Thirty buys.
is a .-mall roan, a
by trade. He is year
he I
re forty Then
medal and
And n i Word and
m; .
She up bar Bowing hair,
That had always called so lair,
Although sac
My word
And hr i her n
act
bald with all my In ail,
chanced u e day ;
She lamed her pretty head away ,
I pretty start,
Lo love was
Some lo d word I mid,
She i n.-w.-re only a sigh j
I h--i in
A radiant glory, bail e,
j no bow gr at
i are and all and
I r-i . sum.-is, f
be said
ton , who are
I wort ill Ion acids of South
j and id the must
with 5-. poi. e.-1 pauper la-
bar, ii., a la-
I borers who am -.-d in
t ring. This be done, or yon
will larva no customer roar
h- . a true
j aH Am. Mean A
1- the
I ii. s
Hi-. Tl, -v i. rim I
The standard
go
I hind In h ml.
To the People
Pitt County.
cf for
nice. Let young n en
e- together, decide
and do to
-The one time has arrived on n,.,
the I Let
H ad
to j modern methods ; s. t
that
riches. bop, d , stud,
the -d
ii t in
th
retell and When
the
In
Our energies have
have
selected stock of
never relaxed.
torts have never ceased to you
U Hell,
our cities
ever, I op
. every o . r of day.
Our
. I- f-r ma
the bet lb
I anywhere on the fa e of ;,.
man
this
be la o
i and filled
Now We are Wed.
few i to do to
1.1 a
Darius the pact
interest which I live,
promote my own persona
IT L- country .-In uh join in
least great economic questions,
bey I n-
and
system will
Ii cl Aim man industry and
re is d labor. This is position the
of
. , only American position.
her manage Las to mule I Dispatch.
her carry an cluck
sleep
s on M,.
broke ; v, . Mon nit
Ulick yon really in any part
me of my only s a farmer in that State
Mr. no It. ard
air; you're
a quart or so tobacco
I He stated be and try his
; me -1 j ,. ., n,,,. A,
MERCHANDISE
it
S into .
i and, as they believed then, bread-
I or fields for Ibo employ men of , of the country
and j
. meat of advised that Ibis
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated ,
the
ilium and form- of
to the brands.
York
If IS NOW NEW
I would a
was one
by one lather ard
a pen-
Si-
assets this year in
; As a
t. will
enough lo -it out an entire
about spoonful were lent.
Toward fall man a
Utter of in which he said
the s, mu-t have n
in sonic for . one it stalks
bad a plug on
A North Carolina tobacco farm r
Mr. . tell- a good one on a 111.111 who
was with
j weed. The man elected
I hid bind and
madam, tobacco cop well. During
to was in
boy, what did you kick
that dog
he isn't mad,
Will, if one should kick
me Vim be
Mis. do yon
the chicken soap
Mr. have no
in
but I am
May 8th. Now, to go to th s
I the chicken will be able to and amateur
; Dispatch.
convention, and
Style and
inner him inspect his crop,
it was equal, he
Mi a. -It's p dis- j
. . ii , . b.-u arrived at th
is only i
I in
nod line from Sooth and
to and
is Seaboard Air Line,
the finest and fastest trues in South
makes lie- lowest of any
the or
Southwest. Don't be into
your you have
one of the Air Line
who it a pleasure
you,
Agent J t Kim-
bull Atlanta be
o write you or call j u, or can
apply to my the j
Seaboard Air Lin. any town r
This is the route. Do
want to go
A Smile
She smiled upon
lip was
a dinner.
He playfully touched hi to
b-f drink a health to ha; pi-
And sin-she smiled upon
Thai is to ll e cocktail
she had raised was precipitated upon his
waistcoat.
She,
that he bad her elbow.
again his
Mr. dear,
you wrong; Blank.
know that bis wife cremated
from which to select your purchases
confidently believe and unhesitatingly claim
that ours is the store of stores in our
from which your goods f-r the
coming year. Got. are gold on time at close
credit prices customers approved credit.
Goods sold for cash at figures that tell of the
wonderful influence of silver or greens-
backs When they enter into our possession
they are again converted into the best bar-
gains can buy for the benefit our many
friends and customers. Do not hesitate or be
led away but straight back to your
friends who will take care of your
and work the harder to make of you a
stronger customer and better friend
straight, honest dealing between man
and man. We are the friend of the poor
man, we are the friend of the h man, we
are friend of you all- us, we
serve you to the best of our ability. Po-
lite attention, best of service and el-
a as has a welfare
So mere is the that the
of the people along
to
. sending people to aid
the
e a full people
ion of the fact that the a prosperous
possesses t
over other sections for -immunity.
utilization of native J The Land De-
as that of other j
We not only room for nil of I a for the
o ii people, but several to advance
mil
lion of
men of S
cities and towns are
awakening I bell and
privilege, and are
for some avenue
assist develop-
of their respective
ate
ed officered by
enter prises I
being by
men, opened by
men, located man-l
aged by men,
men of Booth I
the interests of
along h, hues. Tint lea
thy men, and the under-
will to
easting about J us consistent
through which building up the
We wish the young; men of the
South success in ail their laudable
Laud and Industrial Agent,
Southern
Ste.-l Freight Cart
, . j n at the i l
ii id,, the forts shall be yours to command at the
i.; n see .
j that the
I, m.
v paper notes a
order to a
near that city for steel
car-. same
I was
i I
Ii 1.- t in
I happen wane; tor there but
had a
trip to
-How
tall bloom, IS,
I hen- w
Mr. John A. Sims, Chad Clerk in
, says
tree leaves host
--lo BO , , , , , ,
. i . . ; a sail in
t nun that she, . . . ., , . , ,,
the loot. In Winter balk of the
professional Cards
. A O KN K i- Al-L t IT,
X. G
Practice in all courts. Collections
a specially.
Harry Skinner. H. W.
to i skinner
N. C.
Swift Galloway, B. F. Ty-on,
fill. N- C. N.
GALLOWAY A TYSON,
AT F. Y -AT- LAW,
X. C
Practice in all the
N. C
over J. C.
More.
K. F. C.
Wilson, X, C. Greenville, i.
u A,
Greenville, X.
attention given to
an I settlement of i .
de on i time.
N. C.
MALL LONG-
Attorneys Counselors t Law
Practices in all Courts.
asked a looking man
lo for it, he was so
dreadfully that be
got so close that his big;
d her nose in
not to right in his fare
she burst four off her new
Plain
Dealer.
Current Topics.
In a little
is a doctor who is
proprietor of the store,
of the Peace and Constable.
He sells the boys liquor,
arrests and fines for
day recently
he had t of tie voters of
the town his Court at the same
dine.
The of peppermint has
become a industry
Southwestern where
a large acreage is do to its
cultivation- The English or
mint baa been the chief
crop for j but
prices are offered for the
can that is to be the
leader this year. Greater areas
are to be planted this year
heretofore.
A farmer of Clare county.
Mich,, Says the Son,
h is found that he increase the
abilities u bis hens
by feeding to them
torn to bits and soaked
milk until whole be-
ponies a pulp it is
said, like the new food and the
inventor to see almost any
day one the freak papers come
out with the picture a hen that
sets type
A New England woman Las
bad the temerity to declare in
Bo that self satisfied
of advanced ideas, that the New
the tree lint-
will answer the same purpose, lie
says he has never known serious results
to when this remedy used
I a liberal
put ones on a day
the wound heals. A snip cloth
must be bound a keep the
in place,
Air. sons stepped on a
nail a few days ago, which penetrated
his shoe a i foot to a
Pea. tree were applied
and wound i. healing up nicely.
wound from a rusty nail is very
often causing lockjaw
i Hence it i; will lo
ibis remedy and use ii promptly
Progressive
for is
Slate its physic ii I
are in the a- ,
bring prosperity sloe will sup-
to J
i men, with t e young
Will Beat on Honors.
L;
of won from
round
fight at the Olympic A lib lie lo-
night. It was a hurricane light
the The men at each
rough and tumble, with hub re
gel ring, punching
other in clinches a id
the referee lo them by main
at least a times the first
round. They threw each oilier on
ropes and in the air. foul
aroused the house against him.
n the s.-Mi I round he tried bis old
pick ducking lo catch his opponent's
on the shoulder; but Strauss
Caught With an uppercut which
lid him out, or at least he lay still
counted out. Then he pot up
unite rush, rail to corn i
and him in the face
Just a
arrived in this from
burg today. He immediately set aside
all chances a match between
and Joe by that
potting of by
with Al to farther encounter
for the tea time next , .
was added i r
that he not intend. light any body pied lo us m the we m
An soldier of South
Carolina id's ibis
bud a who chaplain
j our army a wood as such
men should be. Several of bis
members were in the
en to c
South from the North, are the
future of that sec-
of youth
is being shaped by these people
the activity manifested
grand and experience gained by the
men cf today fonts no
minor in tho success of tie
South They are
abilities to take up and
will
compare favorably with any
Stale union. If lier
ale coveted
with the beautiful snow, they the hoy must
a gorgeous drapery
which, pleases the eye
the Her rivers are
deep and abound
in every species of from the
mountain trout to the low laud
pike The mount in
sides of ii are fail
gold other met-
so essential to prosperity
happiness of The
soil of North Carolina is adapted
ii cultivation of all of
grains vegetables, and cotton
and tobacco can raised here
with the greatest degree of sue
The old State lies
the very heart the great
and therefore we
have cf the finest climates on
he face of the globe.
is pure, sweet, soft
balmy, the wandering Italian,
with bit and violin, can
almost imagine tho gentle
of Italy are blowing
him as he wends his way over the
hills Tales of fair Carolina
called upon to occupy.
It is th., duty i each and every
man of the South to have
proper position in this matter
and unfalteringly take bold
Hie opportunity, using ail honor
to better his
He is entitled a position
the commercial as well as so
avenues of the and
position Is what he him
salt makes it. The stranger, the
of freight that
life, of ordinary wooden
o is about tau years, while it is
that the steel ones will
last a lifetime. The weight of
cars is pounds and
their carrying capacity
The cost will be each, and
the cars be fitted with air
brakes and many now and
able The
of wooden cars up a
vast quantity of lumber and the
general substitution of steel
would afford much relief to the
forest.
A Narrow
for a whiff, and ll- does make up bis should , And we wire ratter
mind to go into the once more, for some of the boys
bis next j,, ,,, .
Joe wants to Ii said n , , . ,
. i i .; S he.
to a w must an .
As tho passenger
was crossing tho Catawba
river, pear Catawba station, on
a poor old deaf man
came a foot or a few
of being over. He was
the is hut not hear the
d to a section by activity of the
people in placing thorn the ho likely felt the jar
special advantages of section I of train looking around
the young mm are Capable. dropped down on the edge of the
of engaging in an important P
work in that stopped the train within a few
West was largely settled
by young men from the T
Tho Booth's will the passengers,
greatly advanced b; the for old
men of South- This era
push progress
all lines betterment requires
constant and effort,;
our young men are rapidly
the river
I M
below.
adjusting to the
lick Jim and Pee
he
I don't will do with
may fight again, and . may
simply
and dies lo the who,
never forget to throw their . ;
and into tho us of the
way-faring who as
You ought not to p
Important if True.
act past by the last
HAre you the celebrated Mine.
be after he had climbed
four flights of stairs and was admitted
into mysterious interior.
personage who had motived
great clairvoyant
you foretell the future
is
you read the mind
past
said the visitor eagerly, a-.
he took a wad out his pocket,
Woman is a freak, and ought tall me it was my wile
be ridiculed of existence. asked me to or-
our consciences don't trouble
us, and yours trouble when
we get this meat cooked. You will
want
I won't eat it. I'd us soon
eat stolen
we divided, it up the
boys, and prop Cook a ham in
the best The smell of
it fairly made our teeth water, and
when it was cooked were more than
it.
There's a line Cut
oil for said one.
thank said be.
said I wouldn't eat it, and I won't, hut
passing up his take a
little el the
around, and as filthy as
key who smokes the pipe and
collects tho fare. North Carolina
is. just developing a great
manufacturing
pie c, r financial passes
an a thick cloud, modem
looms and more ponderous
will tell the whole
civilized world that the old North
Stale is pace with the
advancing civilization and
of the
their quick per- Congress a person defacing a
of the necessities of the or silver coin of the United
advanced period in which Stales is liable to a line of
are This
; stops the bangle fad along with
The young man of today with- other forms of coin
William had his
arm in by the machinery
out capital Or influence should
that there is store for
him, provided he manipulates
his carter properly, a prominent
place social, commercial
financial connections of the
South.
It is hoped this circular will be
of some Berries stimulating
men the Bomb,
them on to prosper-
and tit d citizenship ;
they will weigh the subject
matter, talk k over with then
i her borne
and associates, act
at the g mill, upon these There
is erecting a tobacco complete- is not a community in tho South
e feet.
b It has filled is
with nervous dyspeptics Y
that lakes oil their bones,
vitality from their blood, and make.-
them feeble, and Y
No. It is bad overeating of
stuff, and oilier
habits.
The remedy is an artificially digested
food snob as Beaker Digestive
dial. Instead of irritating the already
Inflamed stomach the Cordial a
rest system
itself and digesting other food liken
with It. Bo Mb return.
Is not the idea cordial
is palatable and relieves
No risked lo decide on its value.
A id trial bottle does that.
is the bent . for
cut off. be a In Abraham Lincoln's cut
fracture of the do Herald.
nor Black signed the
HOW York charter today. The
following i a brief synopsis of
the provisions of the new
The municipality i
divided into five boroughs. Man-
Bronx. Brooklyn. Queens
which are
each tub divided into en council
The mayor will
elected for four years, at a Balmy
of per instead of
for two years at as at
present. Will, the exception of
comptroller, who will be
by popular j, all municipal
will be appoint d the
mayor, who may remove at will
the first sis mouths of his
There will be only one
police force, a bi-partisan
of four, as at present. The
of public works is
abolished, water supply,
bridge street
will replace heads to be
appointed by the mayor. There
will be a legislature of
two the council of
members elected from designated
districts, end the assembly of five
members from each of tho sen-
districts in the Greater
New
Brooklyn Long Island City
ate names no longer on the map.
Greater New York covers a
of square miles,
miles long- an It; miles wide, with
an estimated about
3,400.000, second in both respects
only in London, Tho first mayor
will be elected November next.
Th. Blue Back in
Writing to the North Carolina
Presbyterian, Miss Claude
of this who is now a
missionary to China, says
may amused to hear
that we use Webster's Blue Back
Speller. It serves the purpose
well, as the Chinese wish to be
taught
especially the latter, and
require much drill the vowel
The Landmark has always been
weak on the foreign
mission question, but this state-
of Miss Grier's increases
our faith. If the Mongolian
heathen is taught Webster's
Back along with the Bible, then
we have some hope for him.
Wanted
Five young men from the
went into the
Main Saturday to get
dinner. After they had come out
tho street again, tho
tor of tho house was seen
to follow them talk earnestly
with them. One by one they
drew napkins from their
pockets and them to the
owner, saying as they did so that
they thought the handkerchiefs
were thrown with the dinner
Winston Journal.
She Grant.
A very distinguished person,
age died in New York the other
day in the person of a woman
whose boast it was
had spanked General Grant, and
that, too, not once
that she is it will be
interesting to bear from the lady
who mixed Grover Cleveland's
pap, the h who helped
Harrison to paregoric,
who

REFLECTOR
Greenville, N. C.
D. J,
THE BAPTIST CONVENTION.
at the post office at
N. C, M second class mail matter.
Wednesday, Mai 1807.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
Our Regular
Washington, May,
Killed by an overdose
may be the epitaph on the the
party, if the bill
was tins week -be
Senate is not radically
many the schedules. It h- started
a light among the K that
in killing the tut ll a
veil as the l
ct course, the arc
will be patched i
way and a bill so no
through at this session
That the fight is now is
the open threats of K
England Senators to slay in
Ion all summer rather than see
on hides, which the Senate Finance
Committee has put in the bill, remain
in bill, and these Senators are
already trying to get Democratic
Senators to promise to rote with them-
strike out the duty on hides when
the bill is rated upon by sections in the
Senate. The western Senators who
forced the duty on hides into the bill,
have the New England
Senators that they were not going to
stand idly by and see that on
hides struck out the bill, when they
get even by combining with the
Democrats and an
providing tor a horizontal
in all cotton, woolen and steel
manufactures.
o Ohio, says the new bill,
that is what it practically is S far
as relates to the wool schedule, tin-
bill is and be
panned. do not believe it can pass
the Senate; and know ii
the House. She sugar
be very gratifying to the Americas
Co., and
to the best sugar producers in the
country. The New England
are fully provided for. Tie bill
will not reach the House- in
the reported to the Senate, and
it it should it would in et with very
strong opposition. The duty on hen
will be very Ha-
representing districts having
large brewing interests arc much
worked up over the increase of
cents a barrel in the tax beer and
will it.
Senator Jones, of Ark., who is
regarded as a tariff expert as wall as
one of th most political ob-
servers of the said the present
bill means the
of the party.
The taxes by it will be resent-
ed by the people. New England will
certainly go Democratic on the
of a duty on but the
that will be by this one
might applied to every Other
of Ike The next House
i pi will be Democratic by
a very large major Senator
Jonas, in reply to a question, said be
thought the on the hill,
which is to on the 18th inst.
would last about
July.
It is the general disposition in Con-
to regard the trip to Europe span
which Senator ex-Vice
President and General
Paine will this with ere
them to negotiate
with in
of international as
more than a summer junket
for those three gentlemen. arc
not a dozen men in C who
think international bimetallism
more than a dream, concocted to stave
off an independent settlement the
financial MM this country.
The Southern
delegates to which, laymen
and clergy, from fourteen States
are now assembling in this city,
no ordinary event, and would
be no ordinary
cities where great events are of
frequent occurrence. This
represents the largest church
organization in the and
embraces within it some of the
best intellects of living
cans. There are some whose
hairs have silvered or whitened
In the service of the Marten
whose names have spread beyond
the continent, and others not so
long in the service but highly
gifted and zealous,
masters of the oratory which
captivates and the logic that con-
Bright men, aide, men,
brilliant men, deep, scholarly men
are here, men that any
nation, any section or any
try might be justly propel to call
its own.
With these are writers of books
a id gifted editors, who through
their books, papers And other
periodical expound the doctrines
of their denomination, defend
-hem when assailed, and carry on
to day the of
cation so essential to the best
development and to the success
of any great church or ether
organization. There are also,
though not of the clergy but with
them in spirit, men in
other walks life who have loft
their impress for good on the
generation in which they live.
Of such will composed this
largo convention, of a large and
mighty denomination of Chris-
workers.
The ocean that, but a few miles
distant, in grandeur is not
WHICH ITEMS.
N. C , May 1897.
The dry is causing crops to
be very in coming up in this
section.
A crowd attended church at
Sirs. J. L. is very sick.
C. K. y O. James, of
spent Sunday here.
Capt. J. W. and W. A.
Sunday in Greenville.
J. H. spent lay and
Sunday in W
Mr. Whitley and daughter,
Washington, who have been visiting
the family of A. B. re-
turned n
D. K. House, was here
Sat day in the interest the
line to
D. S. Pa
today here.
ITEMS.
more the blue sky that
bends in azure beauty above is
is not more beautiful; genial
sun that paints tints
flowers tint bloom is more
genial this Christian fellow-
ship of the sons and of
God, whatever be their
nation, when assembled His
name and doing his work. As
such greet and mingle with
these Christian workers, and as
such Wilmington welcomes them
within her gates to her
Star.
BETHEL ITEMS.
Bethel, X. C Hay
Sallie Davenport, Hamilton,
spent last eek with Misses Ada and
Manning.
Mrs. W. C. Nelson is visiting her
mother at tins week.
Mrs- J. A. Tarboro went to Tarboro
Sunday.
O. W. Would, of spent
Sunday here.
Fred Gardner, of was here
Sunday.
J. Dupree, of Greenville, was
bare two days last
L. II. Fender, km here
last Thursday
W. F. Harding, Greenville, was
here on legal business last Tuesday.
J. at. who has charge of the
A. C. L. painting spent
day night and Sunday home here.
J. U. left this morning
to attend the meeting of the
Lodge I. O O. F., which
meets in that city Tn
Walter , of Hamilton,
spent Saturday night and Sunday
town.
W. M. and W. E. Page
of came down Friday
evening to visit relatives they
home Sunday.
The protracted meeting closed the
Baptist church Thursday live
persons were baptized.
Be. J. W. Baas who ha l been
B-v, D. B. in conduct-
the meeting at the church
morning.
D. Kit
In lace the tariff to attend the Southern
Ike Dinghy bill the
of the Senate Finance have
inserted a clause July 1st the
date upon which the duties will go
I e fleet, and unless all the
prophets am away oH the data
will have to be changed again.
The was made very plain by the
assignments to the earn.
vacancies made by the
caucus that isn't
whole thing in the Senate whatever he
may been the campaign or may
be with the administration. He didn't
eve-n a The only
r left without chair-
are of Pa.; and
of Ky., who took his scat this
Boss Flatt also got turned
doom the He warned
a place on Finance Committee,
and is doing a lot kicking because he
get it.
The Senate rejected the
treaty this week by a r to, of to
Everybody is glad it is tut the way.
also passed the lice home-
stead bill.
Instead ; the issue of pie,
Mr. is it, much to
the the hungry horde. II
U keeping it back because he thinks it
will be needed to get the bill
through, and for the same reason h
baa not mad- the in tin
cavil service he baa
o make.
at M N. C.
l the meeting
cir. fol-
lowing officers were elected the next
three months,
J. L. White; Vies
dents, W. J. B. B.
Secretary, Leon
Si-c. and J C. Carson.
W. A. K our express agent
been all smiles since last
its a line
S. B Boss and W. H. Williams,
Esq , of Oakley, were here last Wed-
N. C , May
Miss Mary is i
at
H. and J. S. Taylor went I
Saturday.
Miss Thigpen, hi been
visiting at Palmyra, returned home
Saturday.
S. II. Taylor, who has been
sick for the past week, is improving.
Kid J. N. and S. It. Boss
left to visit church a I
We were glad to have a visit a few
days ago from W. B, and
wife, of The old is
badly afflicted and our sympathy gees
out to him. He has to be carried
about in ones arms. Come old
Br. we are always glad to have a
visit from you.
A. Cigar.
A rather expensive smoke, and yet
that is the price one thoughtless young
paid. In centered the hopes
a man made his money by econ-
and hard work. The young man
was walking with his would be
factor had in his pocket
and the agreement which place
that at the command his
companion. The youth ask d him to
a moment and then entered a
gar and lit a
resumed his place, when he
much did you pay tor that
was the
The benefactor never burnt
up smoke cents when I s
for a position and a eon
A man who does not regard
and self-denial in little thing
, not a safe custodian for my
that he tore to bits his per,
the impecunious youth o could
up money to his own way in
the world.
This story, true a New Yorker,
conveys a moral to every struggling
that economy, industry,
the practice means
are essentials to sac-
The
and Void.
Section Revenue Act of
provides that person,
company or corporation who shall
engage in business of selling or
offering for sale by a drummer, or
drummers, with or without
goods, wares or
of description, in this Stale,
shall, before so selling or offering
for sale any such wares
merchandise, pay to the
Treasurer a las of fifty dollars
a license,
which shall operate one year from
its
It is evident that General
Assembly, by saying per- j
sou, firm, company or corporation An exchange a beautiful
that this tax should apply as having Face a pain
to all drummers alike, both for- r might dwell upon.
and resident. But as the
Original Observations.
of an the follows
can't write.
It is plow lime that makes
the farrows care upon the human
face.
A ken carpenter never
bis spirit level, is a plane
truth.
The champion weight in ll is
country is not a prize fighter but a
ton of real.
The ages faring chickens and
men are Hie most els on
this little earth.
mother, Sunday and
a trunk strap have he-en the
of many a the trunk
A New Law for a
Another of the last
Legislature was made known to
the citizens of this
county during the present term
of our Superior Court. was
the new method of drawing jurors
in the trial of capital cases.
Heretofore, unless otherwise
by the the
special the extra jurors,
in capital capital cases, were sum-
by the sheriff
from among the freehold-
But the last Legislature
changed this by compelling all
these extra jurors, or special
to be drawn from jury
in open court. Accordingly,
on last Tuesday the special
or extra jurors, in two
capital eases were drawn in this
jurors each case.
alter the names of
these jurors wore drawn the
to his deputies
all over the county to n
the jurors to be bare the next day,
the deputies had a lively
time of it.
While this may be
proper even
where the sheriff is
most cases it is
k .- expense puts too many
to a great
unnecessary
Advertising
The following paragraphs are taken
from Profitable Advertising, Boston,
Continuous advertising compels at-
The courtship of always fol-
lows a divorce from publicity.
When failure comes to tempt the
advertiser, it wears the cloak of econ-
Yes can't reap a harvest ed
trade when the teed of publicity is
town.
A present opportunity is often lost
through using advertising space to
brag about success.
Doing this year on last
year's advertising is warming at
the reflection of a lire in a mirror.
tin
s it I
up his
hat you want when you are
is a medicine that ill ears you.
Hood i and o convinced
its merit.
Under new revenue act, s
who make a business of tr
arc taxed
ally.
The N. C. State Dental Society will
meet in Charlotte Wednesday,
day and Friday of week. The
State Hoard of Dental will
meet on Tuesday.
With the State. De. Association,
the of Fellows, th
and A
all um week,
certainly ought to be
Air at
Tenn., May
Arthur Bernard, physical
tor of the Y H. O. A., of Nashville,
made a today in
an air ship by
himself- He started the
Centennial exposition
The ship oil in
perfect order and passed out of
sight in a few Mr.
Bernard returned with bis air
ship tonight, He he ha
perfected a which
fly ordinary conditions-
He stated that it not
perfect, nor could it be
controlled, but he believed he
could perfect it so that its course
could be controlled- After dis-
appearing from the ship
circled around, the navigator
hoping to meet with a favorable
current. At last the ship began
to pail When it reached
Watkins, a village miles we.;
of the city, it turned. When four
from Nashville, the
balloon attached began to give
out. Mr- Bernard sought a
place and
came d easily. He was
one hour a half.
Thai Brave Girl.
is
name of a seventeen-year-old
that carries the Hag in a
Greek She is called a
Joan of Arc. She wears
the same uniform of the other
and seems not to fear
death nun her
to in the lank.
She said to be a good shot
and evidently is in
point of chivalry.
Points.
The an animal's
one needs to fear it.
Tin-devil is satisfied with his
hut the corporation
When a man develops
a sure in that he I as given
Vine, woman and may ruin a
man. but it is song annoys the
neighbors
When a woman lets note- her
go to prates there is bound lo be
lots
A is bettor protect n
from rain than an umbrella. The rain
cat will not fit all your friends.
a.
Johnson T. and his
wife, formerly of
met in the streets of
one day last week after having
lot sever, yens.
Tiny last caw each other the day
of the terrible flood at Johnstown,
Pa. Etch supposed the t tie
dead and drifted back to
vicinity of their old home.
bed as ouch bad
money in the years
of ion, they
to return to their native county,
which they had left
only a month before the great
flood occurred. Thy left Roan-
to begin life together again,
and a happier couple than they
has been Been that city for
Observer
Highly
Recommended
Care.
Diphtheria
Cheap Baby Carriage
at S. If
The following cure for
appeared in
American, which high
authority vouches for it a
cure for this terrible disease
if the treatment is in
its early stages
At the first indication of
in the throat of a child
make room close, take a
i in pour into it a quantity
of tar turpentine, equal park.-
Then hold the cup over a fire,
so as to fill room with fumes.
The little patient on inhaling
the fumes will up spit
out all the membranous matter,
the diphtheria will pass out
The fumes of tho tar
tine loosen the matter the
throat thus afford
Supreme courts, both national
and State, have decided that a
State can not tax foreign drum-
mere, this Section is in-
operative and void applied to
foreign drummers. It is farther
evident that as the was
intended to apply to all drum-
alike, and can not apply to
foreign drummers, it should not,
cannot justly apply
It is, also,
dent that Legislature intended
to put this tax upon a class. If
their power fails as to a part of
the class is no to
believe it was intended to be in
force as to the rest. It is not
to to tho
a purpose lo impose a bur-
pen upon a portion of that class
resident within its borders,
exempt that portion of tho same
class who are resident.
I held, therefore that Section
SI, Revenue Act of 1897, inasmuch
as it to all
alike as clearly intended, it
cannot apply to drummers
is therefore inoperative and
Void.
II. Worth,
State Treasurer.
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
Tho week Monday, May
was generally favorable
for farm work, but crops made
comparatively slow growth on ac-
count of the drought which was.
however, broken throughout the
Slate by generous rams April
Mill on May a few
ties the rainfall was heavy,
but averaged for the State about
1.60 The week was fairly
bright warm until Sunday,
when it turned Tho cold
weather following the
check a little, but the
prospects are now bet-
made
law growth this week on account
of the dry weather, but farm
progressed favorably, as is
not ye troublesome. he early
tho week was cool the
Northern portion, with light frosts
doing no damage, but over the
greater portion of the district the
weather was and warm
Sunday after the rain was very
cool. The was broken
by fine Friday Sat
which thoroughly soaked
rue ground, so that prospects for
next week are much bettor. Cot-
ton is pretty well all planted ex-
north portion, and a
stand is now insured. Corn
about all planted some being
plowed; generally a poor stand
reported ; some damage by cut-
worms. Irish potatoes are com
cut again. Gardens look
bettor. Very largo shipments of
berries truck took place this
week. Transplanting tobacco
progressing. Some water melons
up and looking well.
n delightful
mail who kicks against pa-
always mad enough is
the fellow who knows nothing win n
yon go to for an item Orange
Oh-
Cotton
low are Norfolk price., and for yesterday,
by
Good a
Low
7-
no
you take Pins. hi
i .
; not R I
and to
fills, i an
data every n-; 1-
sure.
C. I. Ci. l.-.
es, Hubs, Building Materials, Taints
Oils and Stoves.
Fair Dealings
Bottom Prices.
MAIN
and Honest Goods at Hock,
GREENVILLE,
Ill mill I
We have a plan farmers can get
FREE
II V- -T i I . . .
PUB to take sat
Hi re.
night tho
Briggs Fleming,
KM destroyed fire. The building
contained
worth of tobacco, only ally covered
They told in
and we will
good times once ; Cuba will be
stop be to tho
slaughter of Armenians
in fact, tho States
the balance of the world, will
the coming of tho Mi-.
If of these
have come to pass, the news
thereof has failed to reach this
office either by the through,
freight or private
Care Kills.
It is that One who
deliberately cultivates a
to throw to the winds
soon becomes an indispensable
person to friends. Care is
pure tuple. The
that causes us to worry is
heavy enough to boar, all
probability, without adding to it
that all engrossing which
lets the mind rest for in
slant. you do
troubles of your Can you
cure them by worrying One's
beat effort to overcome the trials
and tribulations of this life is all
that is demanded- If that effort
surmounts the well
rood. it fret that
wears wrinkles in one's soul, the
worry that makes us hated by our
fr the cure that wears deep
furrows on tho brow, do not help
one out of tho of despond,
but rather bury us the do- per.
he world gets very tired of men
who placard their
woes their faces it
in their voices in hourly
But world dearly
those people who n-o merry
companionable, n when
f is deep. We
to society, to the
SAVED
yo-i c t the
e i It M i ii g
wheel
trade. The hand-
model i
i is n y
make this
most attractive
i on the mar-
FOR
S. E CO.,
N. O-
to Creditors.
Clerk of the Superior Court of
Pitt issued letter
to me. the on
the 8th day of May, 1397, estate
it h II- notice i;
hereby given to all to
the estate to immediate
in i . and to all creditors
of I estate to present their claims,
to I. to the
signed, within twelve lifter the
date of of this will
be plead In bar of their recovery,
the day Hay,
ma of J. Blount.
ti. i tty.
-----DEALER IN-----
N. C.
I will best goods obtainable and
will sell them at the lowest prices possible. I
will do all i can to obtain and hold your pat-
Come and see me.
M. H.
tee Jeweler. LIVE
J W. HIGGS,
i. S.
THE GREENVILLE BANK
s .
a Capital More Than a
Win. T. Dixon, President National
Exchange Ban;. Baltimore, Mil.
The Scotland Keck Bank. Scotland
Neck, N. C. ,
Noah Scotland Neck, A.
R. R. Fleming, N, C.
D. W.
N. C.
We solicit the
of firms, individuals and the general
Curls and Account furnish
rd on application.
Notice
On Monday the 7th D.
I will roll at Court House
door In town f Greenville to
highest bidder for cash tract of
land in county containing about
acres and bounded ii-
in belong-
to A.
hind- of Mai hew Hart, Mrs. Kate
Survey. B. E. Dull, J. If.
Henry Mrs. Becky Stocks,
Hardy and e inters With the
homestead of tho said L. A.
ton, thirty and one
third more less all woods
land and the of the hone-
steal L. A. an
via x my hands
T and which has seen
levied on land as he property l
said I. A.
This -2 April
II
S. M, Daniel, i.
Notice
Monday the day of Jane
I will I the Court House or
in the town of to the highest
bidder for cash J. A.
iii one of land in Pitt county
Containing about acres and
as Situated In Carolina town.
snip and known th Carney
satisfy an execution In my
for collection against J.
and has been levied on said
land p of said J, A. White-
II.
Notice
Os the June A
I will Mil at the e
lathe town of
one of land In it
containing about .-,.
I as at M
lie on at
B slake, thence the said
Wilson's south west th line to James
lend, with James
lire t the main I lie swamp
Wit., the main run -f the
lite Road, said
road to the SO
acres, NM
LooM Cox laud that he deeded t. hie
son, U. Cox. and on the
load Iron, ll X Roads to
to satisfy so execution In my tor
world of
no fight to
public
obscure our
Star.
ox.
M.
Stove Dealers. Tobacco Hue Makers
and Bicycle Dealers and
Respectfully offer their to public for
Tobacco Flues
make best of s
guaranteed and we are
a cook stove to a
repair anything in our line a cook stove ,
to come and see us.
Them.
Organdies, Swisses,
Lawns.
Checks,
Percales, Suitings,
Cheviots
Waists and Drosses.
Ta He Chin a
and Grenadine Silks
in all colon,
Satins.
Ribbons and
A new line Collars culls and Belts just re-
Latest
don't forge our
H. M.
The Low Trice Merchant.

Where in the
Civilized World
fan a dollar buy more
PR
that are
ion able and
neat mixed
C o
quality,
and lit
teed. We ask
you to
and let us show you en-
tire new if we
don't surprise you.
Seen the Shirts
Straw are here, too.
than it does of full
worth of quality.
sack and cutaway suit
of fine tweeds and
many plaids
THE AIR SHIP.
Get Tickets Captain's
Office.
Mrs II. L. lo
I Ins morning.
H. R returned Thursday
evening from
Mrs. n
day evening from Tarboro.
J. Congleton, Washington,
evening.
Mrs. Attrition, it
Mr. T. K. Hooker.
A. M. Mi ore
day nine
J. A. Dupree returned homo Friday
evening ii commercial
C. in even-
in; a week's on e
A. went to
Wednesday court
II. L Coward wile r. i ii in,
Enough.
The misfortune
this is tin yea
teen year locusts to come around. We
hope none of will this way,
as bugs and tobacco
of lies, at County.
by
old Two
Parties to the
Crime. . .
ion.
event
Annie Bond,
the family W. S. Leggett.
T. has charge
passenger train while Cap. Hank
is away.
Mi.-s t Salisbury,
arrived to
Mrs,
he
A Mrs. Hopkins
MY OF
Dress Goods, Shoes
Furnishing
is and your inspection is invited.
FRANK WILSON
The King Clothier,
Airs. Be lie is her
daughter Mis. J. Brown. Master
M came over
. M. i-ah, who has been
on be isl month--,
tor bis home in Durban,
to n vacation. The
will i. y.
C. and X. it,
us from Covenant Lodge, have
gone, lo lo attend the
Lodge Fellows.
To Raise the Tax.
The new bill reported lo lb
makes some changes in
regard to The revenue
tobacco and raised
from lo cents per pound and
cigarette from
thousand.
the .-tailed for B
K.
ville tobacco market I two well
Ac C. has already hem
doing work in this line,
and with in
next season the x of the
will be largely eased.
Good
Talking shoes, we know a
pair from J. B. Cherry A
Co. about the October,
just beau put aside by
wearer, in this time the shoes in
question gave It
It lakes a good shoe hist
long, mis is evidence
Cherry iV Co. sell that
An
S. T. Hooker us
tobacco
Town
old of
j Ii their last regular monthly
night and the us-
business.
changes were made in the
lax list as levied a ago. The
., . , I Six ail sales from
that . .
lo o i dogs gnats ;
restaurants lo
t. T. White and II. C, were
appointed a lo with
occupied by
T. i-;. Co., will he Ii with U
am and converted a
b-lore the opening
order
placed. This makes in-.-e in-
in for the next son and
mi inure tobacco on
the market and the
larger number j soon be i
Mr. W. R, of
i told us a day ago, that
N. C.
fort again been the scene
another time
killed in blood by his son, just
old.
Monday afternoon about
the received here that a
had been committed Hunter's
Bridge Messrs Irvin
Ode , well mil Cami, lieu
we. i down the scene.
had the
When these
ed the home of found nearly
people gathered and lie children hi
the house sitting by the lire. They
were immediately placed under arrest
and held until the r
there. Hie protested their
and they knew n. thing
about it.
prior lo the bearing this merit-
before the
ed the and said he shot him
abort t
door; that his told him to shoot
then they take the wheels
the wagon, make an ox cart and
then they go where
pleased,
The younger sister id
what brother did.
The oldest girl claimed her
was shot in the wools did
not know whether by her brother or
not.
shot ii i. ii in tin
Mn shot entering
ii and his Mi lung was . i. i ; t
pieces.
cause el
Malinger Atkins tells us that the
.-
the w the
ill- i K.-i , church
THE
Is make the most knots
may
d still bloc
with envy
It is dry i gain.
is iii order.
Bows are in
The days are now
broke.
nearly
he i rack is
The side robber usually in bis
mom y.
ha-.- are re overing f i m e
of the frost.
Dull times or o dull limes, house
Timi- for snakes. some
can sue them any time yen-
has . i why not nave a
bicycle race here. Well, why n t
This most the co
spell in May. on that way.
The leaves the trees are said t
full growth by May
Mi. S. Abbot baa started work
at yard Ike depot.
Th Goldsboro will appear
as a morning edition next
is in one respect
ii In re has seen the airship.
The man who is shortest in his ac-
counts usually wears loudest face.
During cool out worms
are playing have with and
plants-
Ex T. I. -vi deliver
my,
be was is
, ii. tied with both Green
The to
. I y i . , ,. . , ,
,., I ill will i be
church, . , ,
long, a likelihood
i i e-all I he week Mas ,, , , .,
. . lo
large night I
on ,
King
Sunday on The lies
and Sunday
before
i in x
will be in
night on
Were all excellent
We hear I some I . hive
in the not Car from the
Hi me.
The freight train north now
reaches he about hall an hour sooner
than formerly, arriving at a. m.
the warm sets ii
would a good time to see that
i. .;. Ties.
scrim s. in-.- morning be
the best he has delivered
there Sat-
bight and Sunday u
The
morning in a or two a hi;
would be purchased which t
build a House of worship hire for tie
.;. He also stat-
ed the meeting would continue at
least until night week.
longer.
His Course Not approved.
C, May 1897.
of the Second Ward
very indignant that the man whom
they on last ejected lo
Mew
The recently elected
town held a meeting in the Maya's
office Wednesday and were in
by Justice J A. Ling.
A U matte
the and upon a -Mayor
lour voles were W
and two for K.
The new Mayor was then in
end the officers i hi
i of Police Fred l.-x.
L.
K. Starkey.
other offices were left
U another
murder was
Tut boy away la , week. When
he returned lather told h was
going ;, I His told
ii- their all
lo mil his threat I
command to the letter, and
Our county gazes upon another crime
too
In. c roller's jury's I was
Lewis to his at the
hands of his children, Marietta,
and Tiny were
to tho city this mm I
Our neighboring town, .
i, gala day at the bicycle races an Ti es-
day and a large crowd was iii
mice. the was u
bicycle parade in were
i bis was followed by a
in by boys.
The races took place in tie after-
1st woo
Hedges in ids.
gold in
2nd miles, Mar
Cherry, of Bethel, in 2-0.
handsome bicycle.
MEET I KG
The Board of county Commission-
era held regular monthly meeting
on Monday.
The amounts paid om of the gem nil
i-. wen as For
tor the County
Home, 9108.01; for Jail, for
poses, making a total
the month
Amount paid out in Swift Creek and
law territory,
in law territory,
I-.
W. A. H inning, Swift k, was
released on acres of land,
the same listed aid paid
by I
ii released
p lax charge in Beaver Dam
township, same having hen listed
and paid in
J. ii. relented
from one the taxes
him, the same being listed twice,
was re-
leased taxes the land upon
resides, same being listed
and paid Harry Skinner.
The el J. W. All n an
a new road from
roan near the race track, through the
lands Mrs. Martha Smith, I.
and Higgs Brothers, to the
Flank toad mar Greenville, w grant
d.
The Elks were ordered
from the the same having
been listed and pant by II. I. Owens.
II I,, ii to re-
the across Will
run, tow a cost
per hundred lit
Mr. Tyson was refund d
paid by her the pod lax J.
, ceased.
airs. was
tax her husband, H. A.
d I.
Mrs. K. was
i i-1 her d.
Isaac Frizzle a Tyson Were
1- I-. Ill
M. King and A. I,. Blew were
appointed a committee to settle with
tux i tor.
II You want a Nice
SUIT OF CLOTHES
C. T.
Where the prettiest line of Spring
can be found.
A beau tit u I line of-
Dry Shoes,
Furnishings,
to select
C. T.
W hell sweet acres th hills
Sets the prisoned
When the babbling of the rills
Joins with song symphony
u seems to us, we
II
urn our thoughts to soda-water.
For the balmy April
Tells sultry nays are
hen we linger at, the trees,
And our throats are In i and
up his bank account.
mile, won b
i lap, won by
j and Joe Savage
not lake part in the
be
doing some
the track objected to hi., entering
lied
bes and hack are cleaned up and .; .
limed.
A colored boy who playing about
the Nottingham mill, at
a ago, caught in
the machinery and
An editor refers to our navy
as our The
polls Times thinks ii may better be
called our
The arc that a large cot-
ton crop bus been planted. arc
A shad rind their way that means a very disappointing
market, the season is nearly ,,.
Even the man The Home Visitor tells
a ease of big . lo
the the Board
his vole for ii Clerk, giving as
it was and
with him,
lie was voted for by
h the id a that they were electing a
Democrat to represent Ilium, and not
tor a in in who at very
for the sake of getting the
to him as Town
would betray the
placed in mid cast vote for a
As he has done this, and by
his own on and assertion proven
. , , ,, ,. ,, and says that the nix noted very orderly, I Ids u in mm
Vi has need on IS. far- ,,., , . , is use tin,
s better than
ham A Co's Steam out in to
bacon row.
Mr. Ed. Hoyt, an and
Bent citizen Washington, died
Turkey in Europe, Turkey in n,
as the geographies hive it, now
Wilmington report the city
fill of attending the
The roB thanks J.
for an .-l
June 4th.
. . One of the of young
U. J t
much baseball lever will in , Mu .
Ore. season. .,, s., m. Ti. Wm
CO. old I eggs and oft Monday with
That was -i healthy Mr. broke
Mr. J. S. Jenkins is carrying one
band in a sling. He went to hitch up
Ins horse catching his index linger
the bridle snap almost lore th; linger ;
Off.
Will he set a hep
i eight days she hatched a chick,
lie the chick the lieu and
let her keep on petting.
Mr. Allied s is having lumber
placed the lot opposite the
to ling a w
Mrs. Dr. K. A.
trade I r one day.
is gluing In look
the town, so much
pain id houses going on over there,
caught two new at the
same time looking at at
tin; store of S. M. Schultz not many
days
In the other matters
our people should not over
look the hut Greenville needs a
steam fire engine.
the egg, thinking it
and found it live will de-
He it would
have broken the and come out it
under the lieu hours longer.
Moll
Fire at
Between midnight and o'clock on
Sunday morning the store of E. L.
at was destroyed
by lire. When the lire was discovered
the building about hall consumed.
is IO folks
sick they hear that all bow the lire originated
towns the Stale went Democrat- Mr. had but recently
at Monday's opened at
The Observer sys a there a
well-to-do has a friend weeks ago. We learn that he had a
in that city induce some pretty stock upon which there
woman to become his wile. f
for the and
he can get out it, to
represent those who elected
he could now best please the
voters of said ward by tendering his
resignation.
SECOND WARD VOTES EN-
Mu. want to endorse
every won Ward
had to Thursday's
to the action their
Iron that ward, bis
vole as he did tor Clerk. think
when the Demo-
his vote us he did, as
have a light to his
and we want it, and want
ii at I that tins
Councilman has approached several
the voters of the town and naked
opinion us what he should do, and a
good not all them, have told
him in uncertain terms he
ought to resign. If ho will do so all
well hut he will not let us
get up mi indignation meeting force
his resignation.
Ii is better to have no lotion
at all on Board than lo have a
who so misrepresents us who else
rant a who is
in a
man who II any thing the dollars
and stall there is in the
A Democrat.
Licenses,
The Deeds was e
I it six marriage last week, two
while an., lour Kr
John B. a-d Harris.
Augustus Evans and
Darden and
Taylor and Olivia
and Lena Jones.
Gay and Hines,
on Street.
Cant. A Griffin, our skilled jeweler,
lives He his store
about o'clock Wednesday to go
home. Just before he reached the
covered ditch in Academy grove
some one struck him a blow the
Caps. Griffin felt for his assail-
ant with his fist and knocked him down
then tried to stamp him with his
foot when man slipped away
darkness, lie not tell who th
Capt. Griffin thinks h
the in M the
back of his hand was cut delivering
the knockout blow.
be race.
HI a . . .
when the Creator said to woman,
sorrow shall bring forth
that a curse was pro-
against human race,
but the joy felt by every Mother
when she first presses to her heart
her babe, proves the contrary.
Danger and suffering lurk in
the pathway of the Expectant
Mother, should be avoided,
that she may reach the when
the hope of her heart to be real-
in full vigor and strength.
MOTHER'S FRIEND
so relaxes the
system and as-
Nature,
that the
change
takes
without
sea. Headache,
Nervous or
Gloomy Fore-
boding of
and the
trying hour is robbed of its pain
and suffering, as so many happy
mothers have experienced.
Nothing but does
this. Don't be deceived or
persuaded to use anything else.
he buildings as law office
h- V. II. Long. f. Tyson, I. I.
Moore, Jarvis Blow and James
being give a new dress of paint.
Ii improves tie appearance things on
row.
Troublesome
ii
II. King A CO., Tux.
by
book
all Mothers,
Co.
J. R. COREY,
Kit IS
Tar Error Lodge K. of P.
In Masonic hall, Tuesday night, was
a Knights Pythias lodge
under the name of Tar Lodge.
Visiting were here
son, Mount,
The officers were elected
and
I W
Vine Moore.
It L.
Muster of J. Woodward.
Keeper Record
Blaster Finance. Williams.
of C. Hard-
Master K.
Inner
M.
C.
Wilson and J.
Hugh Pat ham.
Fourteen members were initiated and
it took until A. M. to complete
the work.
Buffered for Years and Could Find
Dune Until Hood's
ilia Cured.
with on one of my
limbs lost tried a
-die.-, nothing did me
any good. The disease was very trouble-
some or years. Ia Um
taking Hood's
and taking several of this
was completely eared. Hood's
also my
F. P.
my was months
ha broke out with eruptions. He s
treated by r and the
would heal but out
We to give him Hood's
and when he taken two bottles
he was cured. Ho has had no trouble
with scrofula since, hut is perfectly
K. Smith, Beady Spring, W. Va.
If you have decided to try
do not be induced to buy any other.
Hood's Sarsaparilla is the best, in fact,
the Ono True Blood I'm-iii r. by
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At my store you can always And fresh Bread-
ad Cakes, also Candies, Fruits, Nuts
all kinds. Materials, and a nice line
b and Call and
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AN ENEMY OF YANKEES.
A. Southern Woman Who
Feminine Oddity.
General Horace Porter gives many
amusing picture of army life in his
series of papers on
With in The Century. Ha
tells the following story of the cam-
on the North Anna in the Feb-
When I
the river and returned to
in the evening, found General
Grant sitting in front of his tent
smoking a cigar and anxious to hear
the report as to the extent of the
damage to the railroad. About the
time I finished relating to him what
had been accomplished an old
an who occupied a small house near
by strolled over to headquarters,
apparently bent upon having a
friendly chat with the commander
of the Yankee armies. The number
of questions she asked .-bowed that
was not lacking in the quality
of curiosity which is supposed to be
common to her sex. Hie wore an
old fashioned calico dress about six
inches too short, with the sleeves
rolled up to the elbows. She had a
nose so that it looked as if it
had been caught in the crack of a
door and small gray eyes that
twinkled and snapped she spoke.
She by nodding a familiar
do you to the general
and saying in a voice which squeak-
ed like the high notes of an
clarinet with a soft reed, believe
you command all these
that are down and
round over this whole sec-
of The general
bowed an assent, and the continued,
powerful glad General Lee has
been you all from
dab down and that now
got you he wants
Then she drew up a chair
alongside the general, seated herself
on it and, finding that her remarks
seemed to received good
grew still more familiar and
went on to and long
be you all up through
Was you up
in when he got
you all last The
general had great difficulty in keep
his face straight as be
no; I wasn't there myself.
had some business in another
He did Dot explain to her
that was at that time
commanding something of his
Said notice our boys
got away lots of ConestOga
bosses and they brought
lots of back with We've
got a pretty good show of round
this section of country, and they're
the best draft horses you ever
see. Hope the get up
soon and bring back some
more of
The general kept on smoking his
dear and was greatly amused by
the conversation. After a little
while the woman went back to her
house, but returned later and
I'm all alone in my
house, and I am kinder I
expect them Yankee soldiers of
steal everything I have and
murder me morning if you
don't give me some
replied the general,
see that you not and,
turning to Lieutenant Dunn of the
staff, he you had bet-
go and stay in the old lady's
house tonight. You can probably
make yourself more comfortable
there than in camp anyhow, and I
don't want her to be
Dunn followed the old woman
rather reluctantly to her house and
played guardian angel to her till the
next
THE COSTLIEST THINGS.
Final I Article That Worth
in of
A buff Leghorn pullet, exhibited
at the chicken fair in M Square
Garden, in January, was val-
at
The costliest paintings of modern
times have proved to be
Millet's
M. gave
for and
Cranes for
Mr. Henry Hilton in 1887 paid
for
and presented it to the Met-
Museum of Art. That was
the highest price ever paid for a
modem picture until
was sold at the sale for
francs. Of course the after
sales of the two great pictures men
broke even this record.
The shah of Persia has
pipe worth
The moat costly hook in
is declared to he a row
now in the Vatican. In
1512 it is that Pope Julius H re
fused to sell this Hebrew Bible tea
its weight in which
amount to This is tin
greatest price ever offered for a
book.
In the year a tulip was
ill in Holland It weigh
ed grains.
The ever served, a
far as history shows, was a
given by one of the
most wish of all the Romans of
the latter iv to a dozen guests.
The o-r sapper was
w i would amount
or A
feast given by a
Roman those degenerate
days, to his brother Lucius, cost a
little over
that this banquet consisted of
different dishes of and
different tow 1.-. besides other courses
in prop
fortunately for his ex
did not v. very long.
would hare been
e l, as well as the game serves of
Libya, Spain and Britain and the
waters of tho Carpathian
seas. One dish alone at table
of the Emperor cost
The largest sum ever asked or
offered for n single diamond is
which
agreed to give to Mr. Jacobs, tho
jeweler of Simla, for tho
This is con-
the finest stone in the world.
The costliest toy on record was a
broken Dosed wooden horse which
belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte,
and was sold a few years ago for
francs.
The costliest cigars ever brought
to this country were a box of the I
. i I
ON TIE CASE.
our
SI, don't
i is In tho
iV t .;. a t
s Si. you
s i I'll
to j-.-u an ma tin
too.
make Bosses
I to know-
Is be r bis Wen
like big An
coma
Is ho kin turn to in oar
A to mi or j. a y rood
p roll an
in.
Er be kn the woman
die like
An n do. s preach
n God
n point Kr i mortal., t. pasha the
Ii ad above
DOM to him a rule fer manly,
life
Lr
Good dead is doctrine far me. By gum,
It me tired
To days on end them
ail tired
Small tali-r i
bat
an blood an
Jones.
J. L. in
MUSIC
All old cob woman who
for an acquaintance of mine said to
her the other
me, but could y .
let me have a dollar in
Bent's due, my man's out
of work Why, Caroline. I
thought your husband o
well as ii
got put out of it v. . . mis-
Music's been ruin hint
an it has
end his
Why, did be one to Sea and to
and concert tick- another small town four
i miles away. A or two from
is way. .
i got his now job , on tortuous route to
Music;
money for
d,
hotel where h
has a band music all mother ocean, and several times in
through dinner, an settled memory of tho present inhabit-
ants the hanks of tho river have
don't understand you. Cam I teen searched for relics of Captain
Kidd, while many persons have
stand it, honey; be permission from tho toners
couldn't Bland it. man was and armed with charts and maps
marked music. Nobody knows for miles around the
bow love a tone missing buried treasure. Ev
HOUSE. , .
I be Observer says a Charlotte
Near N. J, and I . , . . . . , .
an of to a flail before
Between the quaint little hamlet went borne to pin-
of N. J., and tho village n note on door telling
of Son Girt, made famous through bias where be could the key A
the annual encampment of I, ,,,,, ,,, . .,
Jersey state militia, stands an old , , , .
fashioned shingle which ante- Ir P i
dates the of oven the ; i be
oldest resident and has tho
place of tho country. Not j
only does tho great of tho old j
make it to visit-
ors, but also the story that body
of the Into lamented Captain Kidd,
whoso treasure is buried somewhere i
along and has
ed for from Florida to Maine, lies
in its and mikes
visits to the cans
pied by that wealthy but
erratic gentleman.
Tho is a two story
conspicuous chiefly for tho fact that
instead of having only a shingle
roof, as was customary in days
when tho was built, it is con
altogether of shingles and
presents tho appearance of having
been built with the idea to repel on
attack should any such emergency
Tho old men of
say that tho house was built years
before Washington assumed the
of president of the United
and that of the early set-
in that part of tho country,
Morris by name, cut each and every
by hand and with only the
assistance given by a strong pocket
knife.
Tho house is at tho junction of
three roads, leading to Allen-
This is strange exclaimed young
M'S. Till ins.
what do you ashed her
husband.
Turkish army Greek
and
I see sot it nut for it
have .- articles ard
it.
S.
an
Gregg, of count.-,
arrested Will Bay
county. After the
rest all the patties got A
dispute arose, Hay, oho was
called Gregg a liar
struck Ray the bead
him
Gregg escaped.
A Peculiar Accident
Tuesday Mr.
ton who lives
Cason Old Field, town-
ship, suffered a peculiar to
He had
both of in-
loaded and in his field
crows, Be carried
his left arm cocked m a-
he was in the net of throwing it to
his shoulder to shoot a both
barrels were
When
it was discharge the the
opposite Mr
broth's and h him
the nose, breaking
, that member and a revere
in one of his cheeks.
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The
ard
colored
couldn't hoop his feet still
when anything lively,
it was nil be could do to keep
from l when
be was an order.
head waiter to him half
a dozen tunes, an be tried hi- host
to keep
night before last, when
was a special party of la-
dies an gentlemen was
on, done
struck lot glory
camp hymns, jest's tool
mine was in de
a big soap.
don't mu-in
but
brand for the PrinceLy he gm
of Wales in Havana, the
feet went up. an he commenced ca-
price for Which 1.7 j,, ,.,. ;, ,,., ,
apiece. Quite a do la,,,
was pot out,
Thomas on and Sucre
In this God's world, with its
wild whirling eddies and mad foam
oceans, where men and nations per-
if without laws and Judgment
for an unjust thing is sternly de-
dost thou think that there is
therefore no justice It is what
fool hath said in his heart. It is
what the wise in all times were wise
because they denied and know for-
ever not to be. I tell you again
there is nothing else but justice.
One strong thing I hero
tho thing, the true thing.
My friend, if thou hadst all the
of trundling at thy
back in support of an unjust thing
and Infinite bonfires visibly waiting
ahead of thee to blaze centuries Ions
for thy victory on behalf of it, I
would advise thee to call halt, to
Ding down thy baton and say in
God's name,
Thy Poor devil, what
will this success amount to If tho
thing is unjust, thou hast not
No, not though bonfires
blazed from north to south, and
bells rang, and editors leading
articles, and the just thing lay tram-
out of sight to all mortal eyes
an abolished and annihilated thing.
Success In a years thou wilt
be dead and cold, eyeless,
deaf, no of bonfires,
of bells, visible or to thee
again at all forever. What kind of
is Carlyle,
fie Did Rat Start.
A lazy man is seldom so very lazy
as not to be able to invent some ex-
for his inactivity. Harper's
Round Table tells a story in point.
Patrick was the captain of a
schooner that plied New
York and on the
son. One day his schooner was load-
ed with bricks, ready start for
New York, but Patrick no sign
of any intention to get under way.
Instead of that, he sat on deck
smoking a pipe.
owner of the brickyard, who
was also the owner of the schooner,
and who had reasons for wishing
the bricks landed in New York at
the earliest moment, came
hurrying on board and de of
the captain why be did not set sail.
your said Pat-
rick, no
wind Why. what's the mat-
with you There's Lawson's
sail, going down the
river
I've been her, but
It's no use my minor way.
Bat's got the wind now, and, faith,
isn't enough of it for
some of the rich men in New York
is a special Henry Clay which comes
in a handsome lox. wrapped in
foil, and retails for ;
The largest price ever paid for a
cane was bid at an auction in Lon-
don of the walking sticks which
were once tho property of George
III and George IV. It was or
and was given for a walking
stick of ebony, with a gold top, en-
graved with a crown,
and also containing the hair of the
Princesses Augusta Elizabeth, Mary
Sophia and Amelia, and inscribed,
Gift of the Princess Mary,
The costliest mats in the world
are owned by the shah of Persia and
the sultan of Turkey. The shah and
the sultan each possesses a mat made
of pearls and valued at
over largest mat
ever made is owned by the
club of London, and ts a work of
Magazine.
A Cm
An aged lady complained ton Lon-
don magistrate that was
a little behind in her rent her land-
lady followed her church and
asked for it shore. Tho landlady
came into a pew alongside of her
and when was joining in the re
was constantly whispering
to her about tho rent. When it came
to the our
tho would add, pay
our Tho magistrate said
it was very annoying, but there
nothing illegal in it.
A Opinion.
you advance further in your
said to a young poet,
will to think of tho great
poets of the pastas I now appreciate
tho great musicians of former limes.
When I was your age, I used to say
and
and I
soap
an
CO so,
bad ho feels about it.
be fays taint his fault,
ho was so,
ye, I'll work die
out you. Next job he gets it
won't be where a hand,
in New
York Be
Tin-
la many localities off the h
coasts and the coasts of Norway the
grounds lie at some distance
from the bore, and the start must
be made with the ebb title, some-
times in the middle of the night.
All the boats of a tingle locality
generally start together, and to one
unaccustomed to the sight tho spec-
of to fishing boats put-
ting from a harbor like
mouth is a sight never to be forgot-
ten,
Needle makers are more subject
to than men of any other
occupation. Next come
lithographers, grinders, tobacco-
watchmakers, stonecutters,
glass workers,
painters, printers, shoemakers,
glaziers, hatters, carpenters, ma-
sons, millers, brewers, tanners,
charcoal burners and,
last of all, minors.
n row
I a party is hard at work on tho Toms
i river, but ten miles from tho
; diligently working on tho old claim
j and believing that each new day
i will discoveries which will make
; work for tho hunters
necessary in the future. And still
I the glittering prospect is hold as r
j bait before their eyes, and when
patience of party of searchers
gives out another is ready and wait
to take up tho pick and shovel
and keep up tho good work.
Tho Morris house, as it is still
jailed, is now on tho farm,
Grandfather having
chased the farm from the
many years ago. Tho farmhouse
the Tilt or. family is but a stone's
throw from tho old house, which h
tenanted by several of the farm
helpers during tho busy season. The
room in which it. is alleged that
Kidd's ghost walks is at tho top
the house, and it is said that when
traveling through that part of the
country would always stop at
tho Morris house, where ho was sure
of a and a bod. I could
find nobody during a recent visit to
that part of county who
would confess to having seen
ghost, but it is a fable which has
been handed down from father to
son that on stated occasions he
would be beard moving about in bis
room until in the morning, as
he was wont to do in the early days
of the settling of New Jersey when
visiting at tho old house.
The house was built with but few
windows, and although several have
been added recently only
eight, and two doors on tho front,
while the sides have each. Cap
Kidd's room was under the
caves of tho roof, and only win
furnished him with light and
air when ho slept in it. Tho window
opened out on tho rear of the house,
and it is said that even now on
stormy nights the captain's head is
often thrust out, as though survey.
lug tho heavens and figuring
tho kind of weather a day would
bring York Herald.
Asking
Duller and the Pop. Con-
State have sent
a lilt, r the Pops -i
the bait Government
e ii. the effect tins will have i u
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In the mountain regions of this
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than by measure, ten medium sized
the gantlet as a military
punishment was, it is said, original
ed by Gustavus to
thieves in his army. It was
rowed by tho from the Ger-
mans, who copied it from Gustavus,
and being employed in the British
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tho upper halves being of a
power suited to and
halves to Sometimes
a is out of tho gloss and n
of a different power is put in
its place. Sometimes tho variation
is made contenting a wafer
glass over a part of tho spectacle
glasses, and sometimes by grinding
away a part of tho spectacle
are also spectacles with
crescent the upper
part of the glass being one wet en-
; the wearer reads through the
glasses and looks to st
at a distance. There spectacles
called clerical glasses, that mi-o like
glasses with the upper halves cut
off; tho looks down
tho glasses to read, and he can sec
over effort hi
looks at tho Mow
BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS
It a Sara
The Union losses in the battle of
the Wilderness were found to
Killed, wounded, miss-
total, Tho dam-
ago inflicted upon the enemy is not
known, but as he was tho assaulting
party as often as the Union army
there is to believe that the
losses on tho two sides about
equal. Taking U hours as the time
actually in fighting and
counting tho casualties in both
armies, it will be found that on that
bloody Held every minute recorded
tho loss of men.
As the staff officers threw them-
selves upon the ground that night
sloop came without
They had on the move since
dawn, galloping over bad roads,
struggling about through forest
openings, jumping rivulets, wad-
swamps, helping to rally troops,
dodging bullets and searching for
commanding officers in all sorts of
unknown places, Their horses had
been crippled, and they themselves
were exhausted. For the
small part I bad to per-
form in tho engagement the gen-
recommended me for the brevet
rank of major in the regular army
gallant and meritorious
His recommendation was
afterward approved by the
dent. This promotion was especially
gratifying, for tho reason that it was
conferred for conduct in tho first
battle in which I had served under
tho comma ml of the general in chief.
There wore features of tho battle
which have never been matched in
the annals of warfare. For two
nearly veteran troops
had straggled is a death grapple,
confronted with almost
every obstacle by which
bar their path and groping
a tangled forest
the gloom of which
only to tho shadow
of staid
their progress, the upper growth
shut out the light of
FOB STOCK BY
TOO.
is
for stock, well
man, that purpose is sold in tin
cans, holding pound of
cine certs.
Lambert, Franklin o., T. i n.,
; ii all binds bat
not one of Black
roil all the others I ever saw
for or In
e spring of year, will cure
every
care
cure
cure
. ears liver-
V V
UNDERTAKERS.
EMBALMERS.
have ., t received a new
i I line of Col-
I int their year h .- i I
i. i . i prices
I f I I . I
ii all it- bi inches.
ST
Snuff,
we buy i i
tin vi a. i
is -t- ck of
so a
a a
always n ii ind to t
the times. sin and
sum i here fore, ha at
t run we sell at a close margin
S.
brought to
Salve.
The beet salve in the w rid for
Bruises, Sores, Salt
Sous, Chapped Band s
hi Mains, form, and all skin K.-i-
cures Piles o
It to
. -it s or d
price per For sale
I.
The of this paper Li.
pleased to learn that there i at least
dreaded d
been able t are in all Its stages and
hat is Hall's Catarrh fare Is
the only cum now to
the medical f Catarrh being
a a
treatment.
Cure is n internally, g directly
the I and s surfaces or
the system, destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient by up the
nature in do-
he proprietors have
in powers that
they Her One for any
case that it foil to core. Bend for list
of
J. A CO . Props
Toledo. O
by
Hall's Family Pills are the
We map ;
in ah foil
Personal attention to con
ducting and bedim en-
to out Mill
mark of r.
Out than ever.
we do not monopoly but
invite
do embalm-
SMITH EDWARDS. Props.
late Williamston store
GREENVILLE, N. C.
can be a any and all
limes in the
Buggy
BOB
THE MORNING STAR
Id
The Daily
its Class in the State
D o
and in all
kinds of
mm
warns
SPECIALTY
Ail kinds if
W ate skilled labor and good
in rial aid prepared Io give
work.
k CO.
N. C
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May Mi.
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Wilson Rocky M. I M
Mi . a
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; to at
r. m
and Iron Fencing
sold work
TASTELESS
TONIC
is just as for Adults.
WARRANTED.
OLD RELIABLE.
-----IS STILL AT WITH A I--------
r has taught best is cheap
Hemp e. in-umber and ever
necessary for Millers, and general purposes, a- well
Hats. Shoes. Ladies Dress Goods have hand. Am
alters I Groceries, and for Clark's O. N. T. Spa
on
p. n ,
i. in., arrives Scotland at p
m. 7.65
i. in. leaves
. Gr a. m.
I ma
l lily
Branch leave
JO a, 1.00 p . m.
a.,
11- mi ii 10.20 a. in,
. p. in,, arrives Washington
a. in. p. m. Daily ex-
Sunday. Connects with trains on
cots- Neck
Train leave c, via
ft h. ii. daily except
at M p, i V. M;
7.41 P. M , p. mi
tot dally except
a. in., Sunday 0.00 a -a.,
Train on Midland N. C,
daily,
n. arriving a. in. Re.
h arr
-We at 1.30 a.
Trains on Latta R
t., leave Latta in p m, Dunbar
p Clio D
a m, a in,
m. dally except Sun-
lit.
War-
rally.
and p, mi,;
m. i
go. mates
it inn points dally, all rail via
also at It Mount
Norfolk and Carolina R It for
all via Norfolk.
r. DIVINE,
Supt.
f. l.
J. Y. -r
L. SUGG,
Life, Fire
a . Ilia., Not. hi,
rt.
Bold year,
and
in nil our
t H i,
n,. r-,, ,.,.,. -1 .
nu
Connecting t with
steamers for
Mew York and
Shippers
via Dominion fr m
New York. from
Nor-
foil. A Baltimore
from Miners
I AM FOB FIRE ,
N- G
N. C
courthouse.
All Risks planed in strictly
ASS COMPANIES
at lower-current
Steamers Ureas
and Tarboro stall ho
in r- on Tar River Monday, Wednesday
Friday at A. M.
Returning leave Tarboro M,
Tuesdays, Thursdays and
In
I we sic lo gists
of water on River,
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