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D. J. WHICH Editor and Owner TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year in Advance.
VOL. XVI.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1397.
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people read
paper.
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Shoes Years Old
Miss Chatham, who
lives the head waters of
Hunting Creek, was lust
week She was wearing a pair of
shoes see Las bad for
years. She bus them for
important
for these years
is m or bole
th. ii, yet. a record the
shoe lite be brat. The
shoes cost
Chronicle.
baseless
of William which
mounts the City Hall tower
bad by lightning
Tuesday nigh last has developed
the interesting that
s a casualty is a physical
possibility, as the Mala on
continuous mass of iron work
d aw n lo the sub-basement
and is practical
piece of a great rod-
William like another
nay therefore, defy the lightning.
It remains to be seen, though,
whether the statue can withstand
the cyclone's fury the earth-
shock.
to statistics, the
number of yearly telephone
conversations in the United Slates
is of
messages, of lights
of la,
several hundred thousand
electric There are
railway s- It is estimated
to persons
electricity contributes
of livelihood.
A bushel of makes four
gallons of whiskey, which retails
for Out of this the Govern-
gels the railroads
gets -ii. the
the farmer forty cents the
the
a-e now in the
States hundred cities with
a population of over eight thous-
and, the number having
the past fourteen yearn,
hundred years ago were
only with that population.
Lumber Mid railroad ties are
being shipped from the Pacific
eons for building the Siberian
way-
While in the of
his wife with a knife at
Gas Timer was shot and
kill by his son.
Salve.
The best salve in the rid for Cut
Bruise-, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Sores, Chapped Ha
Corns, and all Skin
Mil cures Tiles Or on
It is to give
perfect Or money
price cents per box. For sale
Professional Cards
W. M. Bond. J. L.
FLEMING,
a a e i at-l a w,
Greenville. X. C
la all the courts.
N. C
in all the courts. Collections
a specially.
Harry Skinner. H. W. Whedbee
SKINNER
to Latham skinner,
Greenville, N. C
Swift Galloway,
N.
F. Tyson,
Greenville, N. C
TYSON,
K V-AT- LAW,
Greenville, N. C
Practice in all the Courts.
V. L. Jambs,
S. O
over J. G
John E. T. C. Harding,
Wilson, N, C. Greenville, N. C
A HARDING,
N.
special attention given to collection
and settlement of claims.
made on abort time.
John n. Small, i. H. Long,
W R. C. Greenville, N. C,
A Brave Woman
Tuesday D- B.
of this t , started or
driving his sister Mrs
who is visiting here
While ascending just this
side of Wilkesboro, the be-
came wheeled an
at, I started back d
hill Mr. Stafford
was out of the buggy
his hold of
Hues, and was a con-
distance, wheel
HE USED THE STAMPS TWICE.
Deputy Stales Marshal
A. A. I returned from a five
day's trip through Moore and
counties by
; conveyance-
a be said
I he had a case be-
fore a United States
at after-
The defendants name was
J. a well to do
farmer ex-post master at
passim over him several times,
Attorneys and Counselors at Law
X.
In the j
when one of the hues
This left Mrs. Dunbar in a
buggy horse
with her little son. She realize
her perilous condition She j
screamed nor attempted to;
jump out of the as most
ladies with less would have j
done, but carefully crawled over
the steadied herself by
hold of the harness, reached i
over and got the that wasn't
broken, talking gently to the
horse all the while. She
he seat in safety had
succeeded in the horse
when bridge was reached,
Here they met a man who caught
animal. Mr- soon
. , ; probably have to pay bun
arrived took charge of it. It , . ., . , . .
, ,,. i of dollars lie gets o
was truly a thrilling scene,
to sty, no one was ii
ed to any extent.
All who the scene ex-
to see it end in a horrible
manner, say that Mrs.
bar is truly a brave lady-North
Hustler.
been
his was for
postage stamps.
Officer said man
was good and
stood well in but
he bad caught
postage stamps letters eight
times at Fall Creek and
Advance post offices.
At the healing Thursday the
; commissioner bound
i over to a
i which be readily gave and
released. The total Lo
has defrauded Saw out of,
so far as known, is sixteen
yet for that he will
of
the scrape. It is a unusual
j case tho out; of the
kind perhaps has come up in
in
PEOPLE'S STORE
be pleased to I
Machine for Transplanting
Strawberries
of the Cotton Crop.
this of progress it looks
like everything will done soon-
or later by machinery. The
latest labor saving machine
farm is out for transplanting
Messrs- G- W. West-
brook and W. A- Wright are using
this week on their farm just
outside of on the
ton Seacoast It is
pulled two mules, is
operated by a man and two boys
It plants, waters and fertilizes
the plants as it puts them
will plant three six
The crop and everything
relating to it is of interest to the
people of State,
and industrial life the
fleecy staple cuts so large a
of the
cotton crop has increase so
largely in the past few years, with
a corresponding decrease in
price of product, it has
it thought proper at planting
time each year to caution
farmers against an increased
acreage.
The seems not to
have been headed, and in
to an in the acreage.
To the People of
Pitt County.
Our energies have never relaxed,
forts have
selected stock
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
Teachers will
learn that Department
i Pedagogy at the University
Carolina will offer
I correspondence the
coming season. The instruction
will all departments of
school work, ard a syllabus of the
c of lee will be
ed applying to C W.
Toms, cf Pedagogy,
Chapel Bill, X. C. Students at
University will bi- offend
the History
Educational Psychology
I central underlying
OUT of
ii I a Di OFF BY
of I .
I Here's lip to the Modern Young
Man Who Has a Rival.
my
ed one of most eligible
j as he threw a
couch end looked daggers at h s
closest as though be wen
the of fat.,
Detroit Free Press. a f, lion
wants to get and f
his proper in life,
up makes a fool cl
him. You that I've popped
tent to or four in
Ive been just too late. You
have never ceased to give the ,,, .
and a woman she will do
the study of childhood Iran i and make all tut
forming modern methods
teaching education-
The course prepare
to till position of
teacher, principal or superintend-
another failure
. v. to purchase
to buy your goods for the goods, and that
Goods arc sold on time at close
lost by an eyebrow, as
usual. Yen that
I out to you
from the club window the other
clay. That little
On
IV i S t P. i l J would say
; and low freight rates attract T i I
to New week roomer- f, M
. , , i early last evening to my fate
chants various parts of n, ., ,,. ,
CO i , ,, test. While was screwing
to purchase fall ,.,,,. , ., , . K
up to the
bey i t
A. from other people there
she
clay, according to I mop is, in almost every
acres a
of the land. It will do
the work of a or more
A Novel
Watermelon
Florida.
Contest in
Aimed are guarding two
enormous melons on which most
of spare as well as
much other property belonging
to farmers Middlesex county,
has been staked.
State except Texas, an exception-
ally good one,
Ana Mr. Henry M. of the
New Cotton Exchange,
whose of the of
former cotton crops have been
more usually correct, comes
forward with the statement that
the crop will be greatest ever
known, reaching
Ibis is largest estimate
vet put forward, and whether it is
correct remains to be seen.
One of the melons is being the agree
grown by John Henry Marsh, will probably exceed of
who recently came from previous year. Charlotte
May county, importing melon I News,
seed with like
from which to select your purchases.
confidently believe unhesitatingly
that ours is the store of all stores our
from which
coining year.
credit prices to customers approved win come south, which
Goods sold for cash at figures that tell of
wonderful influence of gold, silver or greens-
bi ii i Is . , WU all the gush
When they enter into our possession iD w of some
they are again converted into the best bar- I bow l
i r ii i en. i e could not bar. She
we can buy for the benefit our many, contained than now, and then
friends and customers. Do not hesitate or be M of be me how r, she
ii ii i i i i i i earnings at home.; i i,,,.
led away but cone straight back to your
friends who will take care your jato talk with
and work tho tn of i b,, had by
int CO maKe a when he said, I the hat rack and oat
Stronger CUStOmer and better friend referring to some of the house I went the best I
straight honest dealing between
and man. We are the friend of the
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated t-r it ins.
and all form of
to the cheap brands,
York
man. We are the friend of the poor of toe killing of the
man, we are the friend of the rich man, we
n , , ft one is not
are menu you all. Lome to see us, we to the sentiment of
Will Serve yOU tO the best O four ability. PO- City propose by telephone. If an y girl
this she knows
The
cal ; be knew I was going there,
for I told him myself,
early for the purpose of
tiff -No other man
would hive had the cold nerve to
PEOPLE ALL ABOUT.
Mrs. J. P. Miller, of Chicago,
bus in her possession the
Lord carried in mu
for co-
A has been unveiled
at France, to the
of the Jeanne of Pica
Marie otherwise
as de
Key. Frederick Howe
wood, who died about two weeks
Dublin, Ireland
was one of the best known Irish
educators. For nearly half a
he had been headmaster
the school.
gold
the fact that
in America, began her career
an performer among th
rough miners of California.
In her days Queen Vic-
was a sketcher. her
the duchess of Kent
her tutor. A collection of
her drawings, dated 1833, each
bearing her autograph, will soon,
be offered for sale.
lite attention, best of service and honest
forts shall be yours to command at the
Store.
Mail
I.
statistics show that
of the foreign commerce of the
States, per cent
of the exports per ct
the imports are carried in Amer-
vessels. This ought to make
me
where to find
Skinner is in Disfavor.
Will Butler bury
the hatchet No. But Butler
will bury if he can,
its owner, Abner Cornwall, is a
native.
Large wagers have been made
each side as which melon
will be the bigger. Each man
fears some will destroy bis
melon in order to win the bet
against it, and each has hired men
with shotguns to prevent such an
Dis-
patch.
Dying from Cigarettes.
With apologies to stricken
family we also regret to state that
Charlie is now at bis home
in this place in a very critical con-
caused by smoking cigar-
to excess. is one
among many cases where a
once bright and hopeful life has
been wrecked by those deadly
poisonous things. Charlie is an
An Apple in .
correspondent of the
Charlotte Merchant
John Smith today purchased a lot
of from Mr.
of No. township,
one was cut in his store on
inside of which was an apple
of nary well developed
and slightly decayed. Of curs.
the apple had no sleek on it,
bat when the melon was halved
two puces of fruit fell out.
It was left at Mr. Smith's store
and the and almost
growth has been
seen by several hundred people
who will substantiate I
have said. It is the most won-
freak that bas turned
in Cabarrus in many days.
One As Sensible As the Other
People laugh at cranks who sag.
the faith cure as a cure for
disease. But don't at
the fellows who suggest tariff
taxation as a remedy for business
depression, and a booster of pros-
is as sensible
and reasonable as the other
Wilmington Messenger.
Forty three streets in New
York have been torn by con-
tractors, ostensibly to re paved,
bat it is said, to furnish
work for laborers whose votes are
to be controlled at the election this
fall.
The demand for bells this summer
is said to I e only middling.
Grapes Gone to Fusing
B. B. Proctor has a
grape vine at his
and this year it prom-
a very prolific yield. The
are coming in
bunches, from eight to fifteen in
a when this grape usually
grows very scattering. Near this
vine is growing a very prolific
grape and from present
appearances it as it
the
bas fused are about to pro-
duce a new variety of grapes. If
that be case we suggest they
be called or the
Sun,
says
the Fitzgerald colonists seem to
have caught to watermelon
all right. shipped a
melon from Fitzgerald to J.
Bryan weighing over eighty one
pounds. They likewise tabled
For next President of the
United
THE SAME OLD FOX.
Senator
speech Thursday, was entirely
characteristic He needs rest
he cannot rest, while be sees
the dangers that threaten
p. until he warns them of
them If it not for him
would soon be ruined and
never know it. Others have
been faithless but he has been
faithful always. lie has never
deceived not even
Outline or Pritchard. In fact,
he is the only time. If be
said anything about free silver,
the Observer's reporter of bis
speech failed to catch it, for it
dots not appear in the report.
Last year everything was free
silver. Now it is monopolies and
trusts. railroads, we are
told, have captured the State-
Yet, two of three railroad
commissioners were elected by
Mr. Butler's
haven't done their duty
The yes The one
that touches people of
Carolina most closely is the
trust. Where Mr-
Butler and what was ho saying
about it Mr. C B Watson
was fighting it in the Legible
a few ears ago and some of the
balance of were holding up
hands The trusts They
dictated the tariff bill which bas
just passed Congress. That the
sugar trust and all the balance of
them, and all the great
list manufacturers got in that bill
they wanted, is a
matter of common knowledge and
public and yet Mr-
Butler, sitting in the Senate, did
not even record hi j vote
he says,
not it enunciation by
their agents, like and
What, then shall be
thought of a United Slates Sen-
who denounces them but re-
fuses to against them when
they are preparing to fix their
own tariff law upon the country
tor years to come Talk at borne
is cheap, in a clone
Sonic of the of Fusion.
The Treasury has been emptied
so than special appropriations
made by cannot
be paid
A gold hug Senator was elected
by men whom their own party
leaders were bribed with
promises of Hire.
N th Carolina
that W. P. Fife, the drum-
mer evangelist, was in
the at chard,
, Saturday, August He says
; bis mind has been unsettled all
of his Christian life and Le
number of mag-,
and constables been
elected in eastern counties. N r-
have been appointed
school committees and vested
with fail authority to visit I. . ,
oversee public schools of the n of our of
whites.
Halifax
control, is and tin
treasury has ceased to pay county-
orders.
The Legislature has
ed Government to appoint
aldermen in the several towns
and of the State, thus
scandalously violating every
principle of home rule.
A justice of the in
county has been con-
of compounding a
A member of board of
county commissioners of Warren
county has fled justice,
under a charge of seduction.
The chairman of the board of
county commissioners of Vance
county has been bound over to
court on an indictment for
office.
Gentlemen, how do you like
fusion rule far as tried
Times.
REWARD,
The readers this paper will be
pleased to learn that there Is at least
one dreaded disease that science hug
been able t cure in all its stages
hat is Catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is
the only positive cure now Known to
the medical Catarrh being
a disease, requires a co-
treatment. Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, directly
upon the blood and surfaces of
system, destroying the
foundation of the disease, and
the patient strength by building up
and nature
ha work. proprietors have so
faith In curative powers
On
ease H to cute, Bend for list
of
F. 4- , Props
Toledo. O
our American bosoms swell re false, and State
with pride now, oughtn't it of is
the inter-
A delegate from Al-
is authority for the slate-
that Butler and have
formed an alliance whereby
is to be a candidate for Congress
in the First district and have
support of Butler and the minor-
Populists generally.
Further, some of Senator But-
and beat are
swearing they are done with
Skinner and all other minority
They say if
comes into their conventions
tries to participate in the pro-
they will either Lave
him pat out go themselves.
If these decisions are adhered
to will add much to
A Michigan woman pricked a the next
finger with a rusty pin, and died News and
from the effects of the wound
A Cleveland man cut his throat
and jumped from a third story
window, is alive. thing
of life and death k a
problem. Mansfield News
Post hints its
belief the gold fever
fools, bur a result is. we fear
too good to be expected- And,
upon second thought, could we
spare all our Oily
Mail.
Seventy-live e grad
a railway from the Seaboard
Air Line near Weldon to the
mills.
A new directory just out in
Charlotte gives that hustling
city a population
all told.
The as year showed the
smallest immigration of
any year the past fifteen
fears, only a decrease of
112,4-35 the previous year.
Senate
Family Pills an the bet.
THE TRUE REMEDY.
W. M. Repine, editor
wont keep house
without D-. King's Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs Ex-
with many others, but
got the true remedy until we used
Dr. New Discovery. No other
remedy can take its place in home,
as In It we have n certain and sure cure
tor Cough, Colds Cough,
It U Idle to experiment with
other remedies, even It they urged
on you as as good as Dr. Kings
New Discovery. There arc not as good
became this remedy has a of
cures and besides is guaranteed. It
fails to satisfy. Trial free at Klondike-
John L. drugstore.
editor
usually opposes lynching for a
when be writes
bat when he talks he
necessity that etc.
The truth is at, under existing
conditions, a of the
white people of South do not
oppose lynching in extreme
The best evidence of this is the
that a Southern jury that
would convict a man charged
lynching a who had
committed the most horrible
crime known to civilization would
be a living
ton Star.
Girls Their Mothers
When a girl is she deserts
mother; but when she is
and has discovered that the flat
tery of sweethearts and friends is
all dead she goes back to
her mother, and the two are firm
friends until separates
hen yon see a youth who will
do sort of work, no matter
how menial it my be, rather
than be you can make up
mind he amounts to
The young man who
starve before he would do
anything beneath what he con-
to be his dignity is not
of right kind stuff to
cut much of a figure in life.
Ail honest toil is honorable.
Them is nothing so morally de-
grading as that aversion to man-
tabor which is usually a com
of and conceit.
Hear More, Say Lea.
Emerson once remarked
nature had given to men one
tongue but two ears we
bear from others twice as much
as we speak The man who re-
verses this rule rule and speaks
twice as much as he hears, will
soon find his excite
pleasure or interest in his
auditors, for no man can give
than ho gets without soon-
or later reducing himself to
poverty Cumberland
The attempt of the Office
to compel
to put a legible date stamp
mailed letters will be great-
appreciated by business men.
The time of mailing a letter is
often a matter of importance.
The use of envelopes has some-
what diminished the value of the
postmark as positive evidence in
business transactions involving
a question of dates ; but there is
none the less great necessity for
a reform in post office practice for
many sufficient
a said happy
young dad.
As he prattled about first heir.
An the cynic
think you'd he glad
Of the fact that it a
Fevers ordinarily follow chills,
but gold fever strikes its
first; the chill will meat them
It overwork has tilled the
with nervous d
that takes the flesh off their bones,
vitality from their blood, and make
feeble, emaciated and
No. It is had overeating
stuff, and other
habits.
The remedy Is an artificially digested
food such as the Shaker Digestive
dial. Instead of irritating the already
inflamed Cordial a
chance to rest by nourishing the system
itself digesting other taken
with It. So and return.
Is not the Idea ration Cordial
is palatable and relieves
No money j to K value.
A cent trial bottle does that.
,, ,
1.1
I, is beat medicine for
R In
Oil.
. Bo . j
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in life an with Walter Newborn, of
n e r u co i w n j and they
Greenville, N. C.
P. Editor u
at the at Greenville,
as second class mail matter.
August
Republican newspapers are
in their demonstrations
the price of wheat rod attribute
the advance to tariff.
But not a word do you her
them about the war the price of
is going; down.
Judge of Federal
Court, has graded an injunction
against the Railroad
restraining put-
ting into effect that the
Western Union Telegraph
reduce charges on to
point in the State o
The case will L Lea id
at Wilmington September
ORIGINAL OBSERVATIONS
The object of writing this is
lo to you fathers and
mothers in Pitt county that yon
avail yourself of the opportunity
offered by the present good crops
and send to school.
It will soon be tine for the
schools to begin- There should
be a large increase of
for the schools of the
Yen not think the time will
ever come when all things will be
ready for you to spare your boys
and girls. You must make
sacrifices if you would give them
the opportunities which yon owe
them- Now is a good true to
begin. The best time you have
bad for five years itself-
Don't it.
will Pager Ions.
The is woven l
in the loom forbearance.
The poor we have
risk can go to the
the
a general merchandise under the The life in which there is no hug.-
name of Waller Co.
There is a near here at the
borne of Wilson in the shape of
a which is to be
of the chicken and the
ordinary chicken, both and
nearly as large as a turkey. W hen
frightened the a
noise
L- J. Chapman, the enter rising
of L. J. Chapman Co., left on
the h the nor markets to
pure rise a fall and winter stock
for their mammoth store at this
place. I. n; Dav son, an enterprising
young merchant of Maple Cypress ac-
aided him.
The Market is HART
The Treasury Department has
concluded that it cannot legally
enforce the provision of the
tariff law forbidding the
insertion of prize coupons and
other gift devices in packages of
cigarettes and smoking tobacco.
Why certainly provision
operated the tobacco
trust, and if the trust tells the
Department it must not be
enforced that is the end of it-
Trusts are this
The Sun says that hereafter in
Durham all boys will be banished
from the sessions of the Mayor's
court such as may be sum-
as witnesses or def en
This is a good rule and
one that ought to be put into
operation everywhere. Around
rooms trials of
characters are in
is not a fit place for boys.
there is evidence of such
mature not fit kl men to
listen at. much less boys whole
characters are forming.
The Sunday School
for this State was at the Red
Springs meeting last week placed
a permanent by the
of a board of fifteen
managers, who, with the officers,
will have oversight of the
and make all
for the annual meetings.
The following are the officers
and
B- Broughton-
Vice Presidents I. W. Durham,
T. M- Pittman and J. W- Bryan.
C Birdsong.
Board cf B.
Broughton, J. Q. Adams, J- B.
Carlyle, J. B- Bailey, W. H.
J- E. White, A. W.
Early, Livingston Johnson, Nab
Biggs, A. M- U. B- Duffy,
N. L. Shaw, John A- Oates, T. H.
Streets and H- B- Par
Hare is a question we went to
to the Charlotte Observer,
i Statesville Landmark and the
Citizen, as those papers
are pretty good at keeping up
with wrong words that sometimes
find their way in print. The Phil-
add phi a Record of Thursday
used the word in an
editorial, we would like to
know if it is
Reflector.
Our contemporary does The
Landmark too much honor- It is
guilty of using wrong words it-
self and knowing its own weak-
it doesn't claim to be
authority nor make a habit cf
pointing out other folk's errors.
However, as we are included in
the list we make bold to say that
while there may be authority for
the word have
never seen it and we do not think
a good word. It is likely,
that in the dim and
distant past the plural cf attorney
was just as the plural
of money was Some
of the older lawyers yet write the
word in legal
but it has nearly fallen into
Landmark
Charlotte Observer turned
the question over to the Gastonia
Gazette-
On account of the high
thermometers have gone up.
The cyclone everything
the except
Smiles are I lie sunshine of the soul
l that all is blight
It is hard tor anybody else lo please
the man who is well with
himself.
The t conic
wealthy, while many rascal roll in
riches.
How paradoxical it seems that
are delivered by
young men
lie lost tows of summer those
ITEMS.
N. C, Aug.
Cotton has begun to open the
tanners have commenced to
their cotton houses and gins.
Much of the polled last ., on t,
was damaged by rain, though the mi i .
did good than I ., . , ,
I railroad though he
We are sorry of the fact S. j iV s
Irwin lost a tobacco barn and its c j given t railing.
tents by lire Thursday , . .
no ever such
bay just before
was nearly lull
C. C. Case was showing us
leaves of very bright H
days and said it was not a good
sample of bis We would like
to see some air. best to-
Cobb, I and two little sons,
of Ayden, were in our town visiting
hist week.
Rev. Mr. at
Sunday en his regular
Misses and Mollie
from near and Miss
Newell, of Mere visiting the
of T. A. Nichols, Sunday.
ITEMS.
ever such terror of
the law as does a man whose
how lit
Sorrow is the shadow that
ever hovers about the soul, seeking to
stain its
Many a young a who falls in
love ii raised from that condition by
tin. foot f the girls father.
It is said that every failure is u
step to success. This why
some men fail the richer
they Va. Observer.
Open, Open all
the
Parties having tobacco
which they wish to sell, can
get accommodated at head-
quarters for high prices
the Eastern Warehouse.
EVANS, JOYNER CO.,
Owners and
Tinware,
L- P. EVANS.
A- H.
H- S.
Spot es, Hubs, Building Paints,
Oils and Stoves.
Fair Dealings and Rock
Bottom Prices.
GREENVILLE, X.
at J. S.
Have you seen the Stoves,
Heaters at it's, tie
nicest lot ever to
N. C, Aug. 1897.
II. L. Williams and Th.-o. Latham,
of right here pale, thin
visiting the of II. eek bow the pure, rich
from taking Hood's
The present crops in Pitt
mean to the
classes. For several
years short crops and low prices
have cramped the farmers to
an extent that they
to deny themselves and their
families things which they
have enjoyed. This crop
will not make them easy, but it
will aid very materially toward
this result. The cramped
of the agricultural
generally effects every other, and
none probably more than the ed-
interests. Many a boy
and girl missed an
because father and mother
t they could cut off
f his is a mistaken
idea. Tie last place a man s
to tint is in the education
his children. They are grow-
and their are
fast slipping away, what you
do fur them must done quick-
It is a mistaken idea lo t-v
to property for them
to the neglect of mental
training, it be much better
for them to start in life a
penny, fully equipped to make a
living, than to start with property
and not even an ordinary
present conditions in
the South imperatively demand
a man shall educate as far
possible his children- If this is
not he soon rind that
his on has fewer op-
WEEKLY BULLETIN.
The wees Monday, August
10th, was warm and very dry. Some
local showers especially in
the extreme west of the State,
and he ivy dews some
The drought has been injurious
to nearly all crops, which, without rain
s are in danger cut shirt.
There h-s been considerable shedding
cotton and rust is reported,
bulk of the crop is still
line. k of the
southern corn needs
rain badly. In a where
the drought is most severe crops are
drying up.
The conditions in this bare
been very diversified. In some
ties, as Gates, Craven,
Nash, and rain
curred, generally on the 10th, to keep
crops in flourishing condition, but
greater portion the district the
was very day, warn and
j all crops. Crops seem to be
failing on account the most
rapidly in some northern
ties, Halifax, Northampton, Edgecombe,
as well as some central and southern
ones. Cotton needs rain, but is holding
it own fairly well; shedding bells
and leaves is reported to be pretty had
in some counties, with rust in several;
it binning to open in the south. The
weather has been too dry for late corn.
Fodder pulling is beginning almost
everywhere. Tobacco cures are s ill
good; is nearly over. Cabbages,
field peas and need rain.
has heaved out well.
ITEMS.
r, N. C, Aug.
Miss Lissa Smith, a very charming
young lady of Trenton, is visiting
We regret lo record the death of
Mrs. John last
Thursday.
Brook, feat a tin
I P which is an
M I Maggie and Bessie
who bx. visiting at
J. L. Tucker's returned home this
week.
We bad no election on t. e 10th.
The people of tins township
took no interest whatever in it.
considering it a farce.
We were shown by Ben Skinner a
few days ago the finest sample of bright
cutters we have seen this season. Ben
says he has quite a lot of it just us good
as the sample.
Two little colored boys n Mr her
had some powder in a box a few
ago. One them applied h match to
it and when n it
the eyesight and bait the
skin on the others lace with it
Ed. Cox has entered
Carson and wife,
Bethel, was visiting their daughter
Mrs. T. F. Nelson Sunday.
Our are about through cur-
tobacco and are now very busy
saving their fodder.
Mrs. who has very
sick some time arc glad to know-
is much improved.
Miss Little, who has
sick with typhoid we are glad to
is convalescent.
There bes been quite a
among some our people made by a
man giving his name as B. F. Thomas.
who has been through
gathering up small
pictures to have each person
h id to pay cents advance
and he has made quite a
day we lie an i A i
II. Bullock, who has been taking
Ladies wishing to the
best Fashion Magazine on the market,
are invited to examine sample copies
; t Mrs. L. Griffin's
Accumulates in of
a Compulsory School Law.
the evidence accumulates almost
daily that a law that will parents
to see their children attend
a number of months every year
must the very starting point of the
fight against illiteracy in North Caro-
Without f law that will compel
the attendance of the children how arc
we to fill even the schools we have
The evidence is ample that we do mot
lid tin m. That it is children with
at c a thirst fin e that
are needed more than additional
around, came to Parmele from buildings teach, is. i here is but
where his headquarters ha been and
there he gave Bullock slip, leaving
Bullock to the tune of eight or
ten Mm. The fellow arrived
at o'clock M. and look the
evening train to Washington. Parties
at Bethel sent a warrant to Washing-
ton Friday but the bird had flown.
He no doubt had gone to pasture new-
He represented to mat be is
engaged in teaching tn Art -I m
Wilmington, N. C-, and to other
he was Norfolk, Va.
BETHEL ITEMS.
N. C, Aug. 23rd,
Miss Battle I of is
spending this week in town.
M. O. went to Greenville
business last Wednesday.
J. O. Gray went to Washington
Friday and returned Saturday morn-
J. K. Jenkins lo
list Thursday.
s. T. who went . to
purchase goods
home Sunday evening.
J. K. Hunting, and
T. T. Cherry the firm of
Staten, Cherry Hunting Bethel
and left for re
New York last Thursday lo purchase
their fall and winter stock. Air. Sta-
ten's son. John also
lb m
J. D. for New
morning to purchase full
winter stock for Blount Bros.
C. spent Saturday
Sunday hire. He bag host
here who are always glad to see bin.
Messrs. Bruce Bureau
aid Col. A. Sugg, of Greenville,
Friday to appear in a suit
the railroad It. Jen
kins, J. for to Stock.
Samuel of Plymouth,
ed here Saturday morning and will
run a livery here again this
tall,
T. M. Manning, Bethel township,
and S. E. and S. C.
of Carolin; last week
by lire.
Mr. Crews, of the Jeffreys Crews
warehouse at Mount, last
week in the community in the interest
his warehouse.
one way to get tin in. We set
school in every and a
e. liege on hill and be
years to come the illiterate state
in the Hut the
nine a law that compels the attend-
of every child above, y, seven
years and under, sixteen or
teen we dull earned first
citadel entrenched ignorance
Iliad.- broad and clear the w lo
victory.
A law is, we ad-
the nature a choice cf evils.
It is true is on
personal liberty. But what kind el
liberty The liberty that attacks the
very foundations the republic, the
liberty to condemn children to
and a narrow view life. Is not
kind u akin to lo
o And is it to be preferred
to n law the terms of which Would be
fell as and only till
the present generation had felt
st-u i h Then there would
lie acquiescence in the spirit
of the law and tor the
rigid letter would
. Citizen.
Shredded Cod Fish and
toes at J. S.
Public School known
as White District No will be
opened ti; Sept. 6th,
Competent teachers have been em-
ployed which will this school on
an fooling with any private
taught in county.
J. Chairman.
D.
secretary of e.
There was a heavy Sunday
morning.
Ladies stationery can
find it at Book Store.
latest styles.
to Take
ac j Operate
Are features to Hood's Pills, small tn
Size, thorough. As one mar
Hood's
Von never know you
hare taken spin till It Is all I. A
I I S
Hass.
aim to
PROPRIETORS OF
Greenville Mm.
The pioneer of the Greenville market and the best lighted
house in State-
fee have plenty of money,
Experienced Force, Ample Room,
and will the leaders in high prices
As boob us your tobacco is bring it to us-
EVANS CO.,
Greenville
iN-
PAT.
That is the way all -ell
TON
for Chills, Fever and all forms
Malaria. It i simply Iron
In a hum Children love II
COLLEGES.
NORTH
d Railway, in
Adults it to bitter, I on Railway, in
Tonic- Price, very best water;
j lest locality, property of Chris-
We fan
BEEN APPOINTED and
as Receiver of the
Lumber for the purpose
of settling the said
oiler for sale the real estate in
inn in Spirit and
moral tone,
halls laboratories, etc.,
co-educational,
test male college, three
e courses, terms, best
on
J. . ATKINSON, Chairman.
N. c.
HEAVY AND FANCY GROCERIES,
N. C.
I will the best goods obtainable and
; will sell them at the lowest price possible. I
, will do all can to obtain and hold your pa t-
and see
M. H.
Nest don-to Jeweler. THE LIVE
H. R. FLEMING. Pres. E. B. Ca
A. G. COX, i HARDING.
G. I. CHERRY, Cashier
Minimum ;
Organized June 1st, 1897.
The Bank of Pitt County,
C.
Bank wants your and a share
J. if not all, of your business, and will grant
every favor consistent with safe and sound
banking. We invite correspondence or a per-
interview to that end
Kit error, i.
and adjoining e town of Greenville firth
to This p op- , tn
will he sold on reasonable In College Agriculture
lots to suit pin chasers. , . .
i-o.- see or and Mechanic Arts,
LOVIT HINES,
null scientific and tech-
C. courses,
ins in every department.
Expenses per session, Including board,
I for County Students s
J all other Students
y for to ;
ALEXANDER Q
N.
COLLEGE.
Heavy and Fancy
GROCERIES,
GREENViLLE, N
Fresh goods constantly on
Country
sold. A trial will
you-
FOB
Having bought out
the Interest of Silas Lucas A Moore in
the brick business, I sell all
on very I can liver
then at short notice at any
the Atlantic Coast within one
miles of the el Wilson
and X. C. all com
in future to
L. F. LUCAS, Lucama. N. C
Next Session Opens September H.
full course of I.-ire
of elective, full chairs
i Women admitted to all classes
One Hundred and one Thousand
added to the endowment during the
I present year. Only male literary college
I in North Carolina that is located in a
city
The business course offered in
. the Send album and
s C.
Durham. N. C-
Stove Dealers, Tobacco Flue Makers
and Bicycle Dealers and
THE GENERAL
REDUCTION IN
BICYCLE PRICES
Excel cut buildings and beautiful
grounds in a Healthful
climate. Stands the very
in female Education. Thorough
Its Courses. in Its
I l'S INTELLECTUAL
AND SOCIAL
officers teachers.
Very iv i Send for cat-
.-. o JaS. M. A.
The State
and Industrial School,
N. C
Offers the women of the Slate
prof literary,
cal. and education
Annual expenses to Faculty
of members. More than regular
school of pupils
for leathers. 1,903
h presenting every
pt three. in-
from those desiring competent
i rained teachers. To secure board in
dormitories all free applications
made b fore A 1st.
and
dent D.
Respectfully offer their are
Tobacco Flues
assure you we will as Flat s
the least price. All our work is gnat an teed we are lead lo
our Hue a cook store to a We will
Lank you to and see us.
8.1 RENDER I CO.
BACK AGAIN
from the North where I have purchased a
stock of
the Standard
of the
the highest priced,
v heel, on market.
Rambler buyers who
arc now i t
free.
U point.
Jeffery Mfg. Co.,
for
S. PENDER CO.
N-
-x of the ill
open
MONDAY
and continue for
The terms are MS
Primary t per
Intermediate
Higher
The work and will be as .
We I,.,, n i.-,
T H
Fall and Goods
These will soon be coming in, and want all
Spring and Summer Goods still on hand out of
the way. To remove these I will tor the next
few have a special
SACRIFICE BALE.
If you want bargains a tare bargains don't
miss this chance.
H, M.

MARKET
OPEN.
And the price of our
Summer Clothing has
declined with the ad-
of summer. We'd
rather sell Summer
Clothes at a loss than
to keep them over.
Whatever you want
we have probably got
it for less than cost. A
loss at this time is
most as good as a profit
earlier.
MY LINE OF
Dress Shoes.
HI
IT
Gents Furnishings
is superb and your is invited.
FRANK WILSON
The King Clothier,
THE reflector;
Local Reflections
A sin
The well
The e MUM
r.
afoul
and S. M. S.-lulu
Fit Carr Butter in
t. M.
Her friend will glad to know
that Mr. F.
S. C. arid F. E.
Nobles, Carolina
a lam lire on
Wheat and at keep right on . k awfully
u in price. his
u-i just become to a tor-
The will soon
in w.
Dr. Hyatt will be m Greenville at
A for -g a King House, August and
-el the purpose treat-
diseases the eye, ear, nos-i and
Ten in one lot were
here Wednesday.
he bald beaded in-in is a
l polish.
The of job work
run out by the presses
during the hist weeks shows that
know where to print-
We bin to th hum of rial.
in
what is a
You won't more
to Lot weather. is the bicycle
, p puts on his wheel so th it
A good s j,
lo t the Klondike.
She once was a
an anxious brow;
But times have and she is
It seems strange that strong d ink
should he considered a weakness.
The days have come enough shorter
the to be very marked.
The mi Ion crop is KM
but are slid many coming
is my fortune, she
raid. It was the bearded woman
was talking.
Fodder pulling going to the
before tiny get through
curing tobacco.
can't make a game ex
claimed the sparrow as be dodged the
reed hunter.
The young people bad a storm par-
Thursday night, at the residence
Mr. B. K.
We would like to see enough
in to lake all the
loafers on the street.
though; to the of
those on the but they
too us.
Mr. S. Bearer
township, lost a by tire
on Thursday
The Coal ain't so
The lee don't see
that you cut any
curing is almost in
this county and will probably wind up
by the the month.
The many boxes being unloaded in
front the stores bear evidence I hit
tall goods are cooling in.
he difference between a good and
bad Congressman is that one is a states-
man and the ether a
A.- an adept promoter now.
v. the Farm
Mutual Bern-tit fire Insurance
Co., recently paid small losses to Job
Moore, Jonas and Moses Ty
son.
A thought he heard
come rue hurrying down the alley the
other but lien he looked out
the window be didn't see anything
mining but the hydrant.
you say you like a
conceited woman who is c
talking about
because then s isn't
some other woman up the
MALE ACADEMY.
Fall Term Begins Monday, Sup.
1897.
It will be n from the advertise
in that the next session of this
school begins on Monday. Sept 6th.
has so long and
acceptable among us, and has attained
even a State wide reputation as a teach-
of ability, that it's necessary
us to say anything tins
We do not hesitate to say, however,
that those having b who wish a
thorough, practical, business education,
or who wish to prepare for a college
course can have no better opportunities
offered m any where than here.
This is a favorable to put your
is it beys in school and we commend this
you watch going institution to you when you are con-
exactly; it's , nation of shall
As the Slate is now through with the boy Your patronage helps
tax election, it ii ready tor make the town and
uncovering of the next piece of den be.
fusion foolishness.
PERSONAL.
Some Coming, Some Going.
Mm. II. f. sick.
has his
Allen Warren is
tick.
It is thought
the has lever.
Prof. B. F. Bethel,
Sunday here.
N. S. Jr., Washington,
Sunday bare.
J. A. from Norfolk
Stu evening.
came in Friday
Norfolk.
P. Smith r turned Thursday
evening from
Miss Annie Mon-
day evening W n.
K Friday
Mrs. C. arrived In m
Danville evening.
Agent J. K.
i veiling
Hiss Lillie Jones, Neck,
s visiting B. K.
Miss L Sb left Monday
fining tor a to Kinston.
J. C. evening
p .
Prof. W. II. Mon-
day evening lied Springs.
Mis. W, Hr
Monday evening
J. K. arrived
Wednesday evening to visit his moth-
Mrs.
are family S. b.
son.
Mrs. T. and son,
Willie, have home
A. L. blow and two children
have gone to to visit
Miss Tyson came home Mon-
day evening from a to
ere.
Airs. b. B, King and children,
visiting Mrs. U W,
King
Miss May Dull, of Snow Hill, is vis-
her sister, Mrs. Dr. Laughing-
house.
II. Hooker returned Saturday
from his trip after new
A. B. Saturday even-
from a lo in
J. C. of Becky Mount,
Sunday here and returned home-
today.
Mrs S. B. Wilson and
Miss Myrtle, have
Carr, Snow Hill,
been spending a few days here with
relatives.
Mi- Bessie Patrick and Daisy
Tucker M evening from
Conetoe.
T. F. a of
mi is g with a view
of locating.
Robert Connor, Wilson, is spend-
a few days with his mate,
Harding.
J. N. Gorman, is here
looking at the improvements in the
Gorman factory.
Miss Lela Cherry returned home
tit a visit lo her
sister in
It. Lang returned Friday even-
ii t the north he had been
alter new goods.
J. L. Harris, of Scotland Neck, came
down evening to visit his moth-
h ho i.- quite sick.
Miss Fannie Ormond
i i visiting her brother, D. S.
Smith, in South Greenville.
Miss Kate Harvey, Kinston, who
has been visiting Mrs. K. W. King,
returned home Saturday evening.
Sheriff Harrington and B. j. Pulley,
who got on the ex-
came in Thursday evening.
Mrs. W. D. of
mouth, arrived Thursday to be with
Mis. F. brown, who is very
Miss Pittman, of Kinston,
who was visiting Miss Kate
returned home i due-day evening.
Mrs. S. W.
is visiting her niece, Mrs. J.
S. C. iii South Greenville.
C. B. late Wilson, has
moved here to engage in business. He
will occupy in the build-
Mrs. M. K bowen and son Charlie,
Baltimore, came in Thursday even-
on a visit to son, Willie
Bowen.
Miss Bagwell, Raleigh,
arrived Saturday evening to visit the
family of ct her brother, Dr. W. H.
Bagwell.
J. A. Parham, of Oxford, came in
evening tram Oxford and
is again with the tobacco boys. The
girls ire glad to gee back, too.
J. It. returned Friday evening
He says that Mrs
who has been sick there for
some new much improved
Her many Ii lends are glad to learn
this.
W. L- Walker, J. G.
Roney, of Wilson, Louis Gregory,
Rocky and John Riley,
Durham, all connected with the Amer-
Tobacco Company, are here to
witness the working of the automatic
machine being completed in
the Gorman and occupied by
Greenville brunch A. T.
Op.
No Eggs.
K-nm Tunstall sys the hens have
gone on n strike sympathy with
the miners, consequently no eggs are
to Ii.- had now
Another Conviction.
charged with
rape on a young lady at Henderson,
was in Vance Superior Court
and to be hung
1st.
State Fair.
The is in receipt
he list next State lair
to be held m Raleigh Oct. to 23rd.
The premiums
Looks Well.
Col. Baker and Cat log have
g painting the House
far done to show that the
building is going to look well in Us new
dress.
Rates to State Sunday School Con-
A hall hare Mile has been by
i in the State lo arsons
Side Sunday
to held at Winston
August
Lot ton Five Years Old.
. day o- two ago Mr. Ben Stocks,
a well to-do sold
gotten he bad had on hand I
five years. Be d he money on
it by holding it.
Former Resident Married.
Miss Daily, R. v.
J. Dailey, was married last week to
Mr. A. G. Egerton, of Warren
Miss Dailey at one time lived in
and is well remembered
Kinston Fighting.
are two tobacco warehouses
in Kinston, and there is such
between them and proprietors say stub
hard things about each other, the pro
one made an on the
proprietor the other,
quite badly, as we barn
Free
New Paper.
North Journal Ed-
is the name a new
at Greensboro, edited by
P. P and L. D. Howell. ll
is issued at M cents a year.
As the name implies it is published in
the interest of education. The initial
is a one.
hurling
him
th
He Likes the Little Folks and They
Like Him.
II making happy besets
Jo Evans ought to have a large
supply. Most every when he go s
cut to his lain he brings back a load
and gives them to the
little along bis way. He has
riven several loads.
Read the Ads.
you want a dollar to g- a
ways and exercise its lull
chasing power the advertising
of the
where to spend it to best
The men who advertise bare
the you want and do net mind
letting you know that they arc anxious
tor trade.
Here are the Figures. COMPLETED.
Friday the Green-ill i War. house sold
for John lob of A Plant For Handling To-
aid
a total pounds at an
average It want prices
jest as good as this take tobacco
to Greenville Warehouse.
Evans, Co.
Three Sets of Twins.
Rye, N.
a stalwart
place, is the father three sets
twins, all healthy, a
George are years old, and
Lawrence one old, and
and Mary I hue s old. Mi;.
Donald weighs founds Mr. and
Mrs. have three older
than the oldest twins.
A Sight Worth Seeing.
The of on
the F i
the attention of
the breaks. This row contained
just s, weight
which The heaviest
pile was pounds.
this row on sale you
could hardly s e i-j- over
the Ion lb. big s, bill he
threw bis voice over s
thing to listen at. He made male
those lots bring as high a
Au.
for
With The Tied.
Register D--eds Perkins had a
small record of marriage licenses to re-
port last week, only lour applications
coming in. three wen
white couples and one for colored.
WRITS.
Mary Helen.
J. W. Davis aid Susan
II. II. Coward and Jones.
William
Field,
Freeman
Alia i a
A Roy Killed.
The little son of Mr. James Davie,
who is at
mill near while playing be-
the Saturday last,
became caught in the pulleys and
killed. He was a bright little
and our sympathy is extended to the
hi paved Meg.
r.
Big Corn.
Friday Mr. B. F. Sessoms, who lives
Mr. William laud, two
miles from town, brought a very large
stalk corn The
stalk lacked only one inch of being
bet tall and hi two Urge corn
on ii. Mr. Sessoms says be has nine
acres as fine corn as he believes can
be in the county.
Glad to See Him.
Cox, as we all love
to call him. came in Wednesday from
his home in to spend a day
and night with in town. He has
many warm here who delight
to sit around and with him, and
all regret to see that he is now quite
feeble in health. There are not y
better men than he.
Splendid Paper.
Today's of the Kinston Free
Press was an illustrated pa.
per, containing ill prom
people and buildings and columns
of interesting matter setting forth the
advantages the town and community.
Editor Herbert shows creditable enter-
prise in issuing such an excellent
bis paper and it will do Kinston
vast good.
Talk About Sales,
The Planters Warehouse Friday led
the Slate in price and quantity. They
first sale and before the auctioneer
got over the floor part of it had to be
cleared away so that more rows could
be put on, making it equal to a double
sale. Auctioneer Lipscomb was
y at Ills best and rattled oil the entire
sale without a hitch. He made
music for the boys. As to Ola Forbes,
be was just wild with joy. He wag so
over the bi break tint be want
ed to make everybody else tel good
and kept singing out him
a quarter, a half more Out the
large number of tanner with
us not one went away d. We
invite yon all to come again, and all
others wanting the highest prices for
their tobacco should cone to the
Planters Warehouse.
School Meeting.
Saturday was the appointed time
the Board of and school
to hold a meeting lo
discuss plans improving the public
schools. There WM one member of c
Board E about fifteen con
and a outsiders present,
and these had some discussions
different points to the schools.
There is not the general interest in
public Is that should exist, but
mo-e could be expected under
th. pres law. the last
another at them and
ruin the schools entirely.
Be to
Think deliberately of the house u
live body. Make up your
mind firm not to abuse it.
that distorts or pains it. Do
overload it with victuals or drink
work. Give yourself,
abundant Keep your body
clad. Do not cold; guard
against it. If you the
first symptoms, give yourself
treatment. Get into a glow heat
exercise. This is the only body th. t
you will have in this world. Study
deeply and diligently the structure f
it, the that govern it, the g
aid penally that will surely follow a
violation every law life
We Lead. Others Attempt to lo-
low.
There are clocks and but
when a mm wants correct be
lo consult a regulator. Just
are warehouses and warehouses,
but the farmer who wants best treat-
and best prices his
take it lo the old reliable Eastern
You would not continue
to see from to per more
tobacco on our floor than can be
h if farmers were
not that the Fasten Ware-
is best place to sell. Did you
notice our break today So much
tobacco on our floor that the
annex was full. do not raise
for fun or to away, but for
what feet out it, hence they
bring it to the Eastern Warehouse
where Old Man Gus and Joy-
it bring the best prices
time. To be convinced of this bring
us your tobacco.
Evans, Co.
Is an age of
says the I Even
the rising generation is slow in get
up the m
In Feeble Health
Unable to do Her Work Nervous
and Tired-AM Troubles
Cured by Hood's
For the past tour years I have bean in
feeble health, two years past,
owing to change of climate, I not
been able to do my work, I was nervous
and had a tin-it feeling and was under the
treatment of but I continually
grew worse. My husband insisted on ray
trying Hood's and I finally
consented, and began taking It the first of
June, 1896. The first bottle did me so
much good that I continued with it, and
bottles and one bottle of
Hood's Pills I am able to do my work,
and the tired, nervous feeling Is entirely
G. N. Hosea, Bu wane, Ga.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
The m ii, i f
A Co. has e and steam
was turned on Monday the
This is lilted with the very
latest improved automatic drying
the best invention known to
trade. The machine is
feet in length, and is to constructed as
to do mil in minutes the
that required many
hands several hours to perform At
end of the machine are huge c; I-
around which a bread
wire licit, and all the handling
s is to place the tobacco in one
the machine take it out Hie
The belt carries the
th the machine is
divided in for
drying, cooling and or
the tobacco, so that when i,
come ii is in p- for
packing and shipping.
The i occupied by the Amer-
Tobacco Company under the
Mr. J. Mo.-
The
i-j such
an There is a
in the State and t
will add to tin- mar-
k l.
WORK THAT COUNTS.
No Man Does More to Advance
The mantel and
th; tobacco growing territory adjacent
thereto, are better known than
any other tobacco of
North Carolina. This due largely lo
the splendid work by Mr. O.
Joyner through tho columns of
in the interest this sec-
In scanning our exchanges we
notice that the prominent tobacco
throughout the country copy Mr.
Joyner's article and
thereon. His reports on crop
are always conservative and are
recognized authority by the trade. His
every energy is exerted in
his section and his work has its i
as is evidenced by the growing interest
in the
Postponed.
Owing to the bad Thu-.-day
was not a m attend-
a on the library meeting
i iv. v fur anything lo
be accomplished. Another mg
will be held a an early dale. In the
meantime we hope there will be in-
creased interest in the
Enjoyable Services.
Bee. B. of Bethel,
pied pulpit the Baptist
here Sunday morning and night and
bed two sweet gospel sermons.
The at h vices was
the at night enjoy.-
the solo Sweetly
Solemn which was
fully by Mr. II. W.
It You want a Nice
SUIT OF CLOTHES
C. T.
Where the prettiest line of Spring Clothing
can be found.
A beautiful line of-
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes
Furnishings,
to select
C. T.
NEW
WE ARE BACK FROM THE
FASHION AND
LIBERAL, Y. NEW
ARK DAILY
AND THEY ABE AND
THE LADIES ARE
INVITED TO CALL.
LANG'S CASH HOUSE.
Sells
MANY THINK
when the Creator said to woman,
sorrow shalt thou bring forth
that a curse was pro-
against the 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, and should be avoided,
that she may reach the hour when
the hope of her heart is to be real-
in full vigor and strength.
MOTHER'S FRIEND
so relaxes the
system and as-
Nature,
that the
change
takes place
without
sea, Headache,
Nervous or
Gloomy Fore-
boding of
trying hour is robbed of its pain
and suffering, as so many happy
mothers have experienced.
Nothing but docs J
this. Don't be deceived
persuaded to use anything else.
not on the market, and all our customers it
H. A Co., Tex.
IN THE SWIM.
If you want anything in
Merchandise
call and e me. I can save you on
FINES SHOES of the celebrate Eagle brand
S. T. WHITE.
NEW GROCERY STORE
Opened to S. T- have a full
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
to select from. Everything- low down price
err
dial invitation to all. Come see me, will mike it par
JAMES B. WHITE.
SUMMER GOODS
In remedy ever
t on the market, and all
H. ft Co.
Of by mall
of Write tor book containing
Information tor all mailed tree.
The Co., Hints, G.
J. R. COREY
Purifier. Sold by all
Mote. Hood'S S.
the One
True Blood
six
in
IN.
-AND COLLARS
A Horse
Millinery.
Also a nice line
Groceries.
I now be found in
the brick store for-
occupied
Brown,
to see
Al OF OUR
Summer Stock
Reduced
A a Life Time.
RICKS TAFT.
Emporium of Spring Fabrics.
GREENVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA

Lt
therefore i e
Galveston, Texas,
To Hon. J.
of the cotton growers association
tie
g f
of all the facts before us, that
U. solved, that th people
. f tut cotton
the ill- all
Instates i Insist
upon secure in
t-rm t prevent the existing
to cur cotton trade produced by
in
We commend as and
e I cotton
and. to end we ask the co operation
ct all people in securing such state and
federal legislation as shall come with n
cotton domain Ma
-ambling of the most vicious nature ; We urge to
withdrawing at least per bale from
during the deal, which in
nearly every case by forwarding
the option put up Ly the victim in the
with a constant to he-
our principal crop, by this
sale a-puce less
of
our tanners of gut f
venting
supplies to produce a at a
bringing much our 1- r-
forcing our worn i i
to labor in the field
suppress the operation of any
of dealing in what is correctly know.,
as it may Be mad-
for any corporation or lbs
agents of any to deal in the sale
or purchase cotton
It should hi mads unlawful tor a
bank or banking institution telegraph,
telephone, express or other
or officers or agents, f
take receive or tr any message-
mousy, bid or deposit tor
cotton in our respective
or to be transmitted by
frees such States ; it be made
TASTELESS
CHILL
TONIC
IS JUST AS FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED.
Gt NOV.
Si. Louis. M.
last
GROVE'S TASTELESS TONIC
-a already this In r oar .
m n la wag bar-
never an am-ti universal
ac roar truly.
to join lot any firm, o-
ramps; adding to or print or
by a ten-
to in
contagion in the our
class, from which are a
large majority men to till
avocation in life, W ti-id there can
be no real unless the
classes are We
find a condition
producer today not one
but many of ti m cramped debts,
covered with, mortgages, unable to
the fruits of their labor and
their families, largely, we
the of option gamblers
a dang our products below the cost
this reason -e ask
your
Whereas, the cotton industry of the
south is a most t
product the United States, and in
volume more than tent the
product and the con-
ct this great industry, being now
depressed who control
and reduce the price, in their own in-
by the methods.
menu ; i sale
cotton called at
than the current
jacket, sale of
w deliver
a Ht lower prices
than the actual spot prices, and
in which speculators not
and arc not compelled to deliver actual
pay or receive the
. in the pike
at tho
cl the contract of delivery.
These contracts cheaper,
mill men mid the raw
who competed in
by any the p-ices bid or
any the pi sale or r-
chase in the States
We urge that other
measures for toe relict
people be up by political
pi party lines,
in their platforms and made
into laws for the good lie
it further
that national is
necessary in the complete sup-
market gambling, and we
our fellow citizens of every Stale
to use I'll means to s-cure
such legislation as shall comply with
the limitations our
federal pow r; that urge upon
in congress to
such legislation as will prevent
any firm, or or
their agents Item
one State another t r
the sale or purchase from
one State to the ;
that all express, telegraph, telephone
or in an
interstate should be prevented
t.-om promoting future gambling be-
tween the States ; that the
o in message, or any com-
regarding sate or
futures be from
the United States mails, to the end
that this public evil be suppressed and
the people be from the ruinous
ii-w upon them by the
manipulation of
tors and gamblers in trade.
We recommend to the
producing classes that earnestly
Congress their
respective State to enact
I I J I . J J
In a Had Fix
SuM a
a trip in
. .
J sorry for the p
section. The was at the
largest in a good sized town when
a lady came in id to
I tor store i be bad
in in her to
it he could at
the i, r he
sell anything be hi-d on a
Ions time as .-ht lit
not scrip, for not a
was in the treasury, be did
not know there would b-.
i lady said she was a leather and
just been paid. She did not know
what to do, for she -i i bad to
live and link after her in and
bad no means if
I find Call
ties just such a stale
Things in control the
politicians of the.
can and
h. tilings a
pretty
bi is bad, but ill I ID
brought it
the to their
tiny Hie
v Hoy reaping their
up can -land it if
Record.
dial
In
In
and
MM to withdraw such I sens as will protect the
the market, thus fostering a condition
the cotton market
a legit i-
mate market demands and
j leaves the cotton product
K ct prices
reports of actual
sales of soot cotton with five ten
limes the volume of Sales at
If thus a con-
decrease in the price of real cot-
ton. By a en-
York
fictitious
is tor in the market
at prices reduced below
snot cotton prices to invite investment,
wherein the said investments are
confiscated by
in said quotations whereby the
of enormous sums of
cotton
for to tie
g.-eat detriment of legitimate trade,
thus the decline in tie
as in our
r markets since the of
J New cotton exchange and its
-1 and
of -labor
and a given
in comparison with
the price of labor to
and mark t the quantity
cotton, is of the ratio two to three,
and legitimate conditions
trade, and most favorable to
. for not less t par the
is the
. by
manufactured
Irvin Ibis gnat growing evil
known as gambling in
A True Copy.
J. K. W ALT
I. of
I. A. Secretary.
article, yet the
cotton has
been by and
market J
Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Bilious and Intermittent Fevers
which prevail in dis-
are invariably
by derangements of the
Stomach Liver and Bowels.
The Secret of Health.
The liver is the great
in the mechanism of
man, and when it is out of order,
the whole system becomes de-
ranged and disease is the result
Liver Pills
Cure all Liver Troubles.
timid One on
I was day at the --c,
centennial and Dr. i. B. Ia ,
was asked to deliver lb- a
In doing so be said
manly man i the work
In his response i
Atkinson will, him
in they believe
woman is the noblest -l
The audience th
vigorously. Dr.
rose and remarked thought I SM
that the men embrace Hie
It was little time bis-
fore Governor Atkinson ha an op-
to owing to the violent
laughter of the When
did, he said, Thai be rue, but I
did not expect a to
edge it The papers Stated
that it was minutes before, he .
proceed with US speech.
OLD
who require
regulate bowels and kidneys
the true remedy in
This medicine not
no nor other
but acts as . tonic and alb
It acts mildly on the and bowels
adding and tone to
organ-, Nature in t e i
of the functions. I
is an excellent appetizer and
Old People it
exactly and
John I.
of Negro Blood Vassar,
The graduates and students
Vassar College are on i
a report that one of the
the senior class is of
parentage. The st try is repeated by
responsible per-ons, who give tin
name student. The
in ha intelligence,
and
she had a lo in sh-
the wealth parent i and
who in turn r.--
the lo her
a man of extensive business
II- made lines and found
the only man the place aimed
bearing the name she was a
This he
to his and. acting
his i he. under
secured another
A before this
her history to one
I hat is a little
he was deter and bright beyond
average of her race, and fen
lo her. A
wealth and position saw ill her
s of a w maul d
pr trained and took her into
own boost hold and her a
ii and
nu in could command. the
Va-raj
completed prescribed
of
SEE THAT
fit f . ,
I I
L LI I
What Is It
It is a picture celebrated
Best in use The outfit no business man is
complete without one.
The Reflector Book Store
has a nice assortment these Fountain Pens
also a beautiful line of Pearl Handle Gold Pens,
You will be astonished when you see them and
earn how very cheap are.
You may never.
But should you ever
Want Job Printing
Come to see us.
In Chicago.
Says a writer in a
Rood corsets, good
shoes and good gloves no lady
need consider herself ill
That's a funny way to advertise
Chicago. Here in Now York just
a few mote would be
Advertiser-
goods sell t per cent
more than the material tint compose
h goods, and a vast wealth that
its pro
by the
greed c-t speculators; and
Whereas, the history of cotton pr
that the world's
bas increased at greater ratio the
world's supply, and by tho
o baud at the end of each
be ha, grown
less rears,
proving the falsity or Over
production as proclaimed by
tors and under , ,
proper hate All Untied
price, steady and improve during that are made by women
at the nary Yard.
other conditions great room
make it necessary b, f
contrived enacted to relieve cotton to work On the
these oppressive
To the young man who
to kn bow to fit himself
going lo the Acquire
habits of industry and self-
control; be prepared to meet with
firmness discourage-
may arise; scrape together
two or three as much money
for journey as the best
estimate render
don't
Reflector Job Printing
Anything from
-TO A-
Sheet Poser
The Daily Reflector.
Gives the home news
every afternoon at the
of cents a
month. Are you a sub-
scriber It not
lo be.
The Eastern Reflector.
only a year,
contains the news every
gives
t the farmer, es-
those.
w worth
many, than
SWARMING THE BEES.
How Are to
When I a child living on a
southern plantation Before the
war,
a little,
Among duties he took of
the Just a long trellis
of honeysuckle and
a long add this
the bench and
hives were all handiwork.
Occasionally ho would from
the a section of a hollow
log it u hive,
called oil of hives
In the early before the
time for swarming, always
provided several new hives for prob-
able swarms. Then came the. time
for pleasurable Waiting for and
the children, white and black, with
oil of whom he was in friend-
ship.
Some bright day there would come
from tho a quick and loud tat-
too, beating an old brass
that he kept for the It
was a signal lo the children that the
were swarming. Books were
dashed aside, and there was a wild
for tin pans, shovels, wait-
pokers, tongs, anything in the
world that would make a noise.
The brown cloud of bees hovered
overhead. kept close watch,
at each detour it made toward
tho wood called to his willing co-
for
do
Close at his heels we followed,
beating with all our might. At last
the cloud grew denser and small-r
about the limb of a sweet
with Which yard was
The queen had settled, and a
thick brown mass of Quivering bees
hung in a long pendant from tho
limb.
At a wave of hand the
noise we all stood
watching till the la.-t bee had
settled into How we pitied
the inside bees and wondered how
they breathed.
Then came the supreme moment
with Having captured the
be-s, he had to imprison them. He
worked like a magician ax his
Telling OS to be silent and
watch the bees, for sometime- they
swarmed again after settling, he
went to the Spring, branch out-
side the and gathered willow
twigs, then Into the garden and
brought back of mint.
Selecting a new hive. it
thoroughly with the mint.
Then, with the bop removed, he
placed it on a table immediately be-
low the clustered bees. Taking in
hand a small soft brush, he climbed
the tree, while his assistants
withdrew to a safe distance.
If the limb were and low,
he cut it off, and ending over,
shook the it into the open
hive. If it were large, be shook it
till the bees dislodged, brush-
off with hie broom any that Con-
to cling. The bees never
stung him, to our unbounded amaze-
admiration.
Having twined the willow twigs
the to keep away the
bugs, worms and other foragers, he
left it standing upon the until
the little cob was well established
in its new Then ho removed
it to a place beside the old hives on
tho bench under tho honeysuckles
and
Times.
Narrow
In Its Windpipe
Bessie, Mil- Mrs. SI U lire ed i.-moved j
i . . Ir. Sunday
,. i i . I lit- ill .
gel A- , en.-; ft In
did .-. th- lie r m, d -lie. . ,
h. d i
Sirs. Nail I ., nil the
Ii -I I I ill -i. j cl ill was l old. --I i life j
i W V
lip, .-Inn. i .
and ii.-- -.- ,
. . J i ;
which go will do
The modern stand-
ard Family
Cures the
ills of humanity.
If Win
y v-ll make v
. k
ibis to j j
If liven why n proton I
C country it
ii n out; to o
each ism. V i- catch lock up.
K dial do their devilment
f r ft
e a on tins
in Ma
Ara
Ike tr in i j i
m a
p-
c.
cm t than a
We heard en mm
of
him. He ,
all Fat-J
k- l.-i. t
rein-lie Ir m
dewing or
n. a or I o
; . if
A aV
r -i S.
tree. f
D. C.
x g don n
a i- B
r, fire lo any SI I
i b
. . v . t
W s
. -r, i i;.
cured , ,
J him. ii Tl A I .
Ins their ye
; I
by
A ,
. t
modest
. .
i i . met
. i
ca. r I i
Ire
the privacy of a
c r load
. i I i I
r s I
I. ll Mien. It
i. . . .
.
, . . .
I g
. .-.
j st .-.
F-i-
c .
T T . C.
. .-.
in
n-. ; i r.
j- . mi e- .
r inn b., plies will ii-
their out .
; u-
I -ill if
ii Mil
Snuff
Iron v i. .
; v i r a c i. A to u
t B
fro ;
1.1
r . ran I
S V V.
In to .
i a on tho
wall,
In in
i through the win.
of
Diane
While the abbess of
still by stress of battle,
went stolen her still orthodox
way there lived just
on tho manor of a sinner of
a gayer do
castle of Star dates from the
fifteenth century, when Louis
dwelt there as governor of
and was Riven lessons in how to be
a king. tho
most as I cab
called
fortress into n bower gave to
for the appropriate-
airy of the do
There she lived long aft-
her butterfly days were over.
There, she received tho visits
of Henry II, her dead lover's son.
And in a way. although tho Castle
of tho Butterfly is n silk factory
now, she live, still, an-
other lie-lit beautiful, Queen
cf Naples, lives on in nearby
Provence, for Diane's legend still is
vital in countryside, and tho old
people still talk about her as though
were alive thorn call
her always, not by her formal title
of the do
by her love of hello dams
do A. Id
Century.
Merritt,
vs.
id Merritt. J
Pitt
the Superior Court
Summons tor Relief
VI
I wood
State of
The above I will take
untie.- that an entitled as
keen in Superior
Court for the i.
to the Judge of
our at a Court to be
the of Pitt at. court
muse In on the
after the Hi t of
next, it being the 28th day of
and answer the w be
In the of the
the Superior court of -aid county.
lies three of said term,
Mt the IsM lake
he fail to answer or demur
the time real
law, the will to the
for relief hi the
under my baud of said
court, this day July
E. a. Clerk
F U JAMES, for
-m
ED Props.
late store
GREENVILLE, N. C
UNDERTAKER
DIRECTORS H
in all
kinds of
VEHICLES
Ail of done
I We good
material are prepared to give
We v.- t j
v CO
lie and ever brought
We a-.
in its
to
Mid .-l
to oar
every of respect-
puces are lower eves,
do not want but
and Iron Fencing
can be found a M and all , . , .
Sold. WOrK
building. prices reasonable.
BOB GREENE CO.
a; .
1- n
M.
Ir V,;. .
V W
Ar
GREENVILLE, N. C
Kit IX--------
MARBLE
THE OLD RELIABLE.
------IS AT WITH a LINE---------
bas the beat i cheap
laxative.
soar
, , ,.,.,,,
at
GREEN N C.
J. L. SUGG
GREENVILLE, N. C
COURTHOUSE.
All placed in strictly
FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES
current
u fob first-la
on
p.
f. m., arrives Seek ,,
m., 1.65
. leaves . o
s. m., 8.52 a. m.
-x at in.,
daily except
Washington 8.2 a, in., p . m
a. m. and i p
m., M a. in.,
p. s. id.
p. m arrives
11.10 a. m., and p. m. Daily ex-
Connects on
Meek
Train leaves i S C, via
K i K. R. daily except Min-
at p. m. M m ;
Plymouth M., 0.00 p. in.
Plymouth except
7.50 a. m. a m.,
10.16 and ll.
Train Midland C.
daily, except a
n. arriving a. in. Re-
leaves a. in.,
rives ii. a. m.
Trains on Latta branch, Florence K
, leave 8.10 p m, I
p m, Clio 8.05 p m.
leave am, Dunbar a m,
arrive Latta 7.50 a in. daily except Sun-
Train Branch leaves
for Clinton except
a. m. 8.50 p, m-
at 7.00 a. m. m.
Train makes connection
Weldon all point- daily, all rail via
alas at
Norfolk and Carolina R R for
all North via Norfolk.
JOHN F. DIVINE.
General
I.
Oh I
RIVER SERVICE
re leave Wash on ha Green
Vile and at land-
on Tar River We day
an I Friday at A. M.
R nine leave Tarboro at A. SI.
Tuesdays, and Saturdays
Greenville days.
Th lures are subject to stage
of on Tar River.
Connecting at with
steamers fir , Baltimore
Philadelphia. New York and
Shippers should order
market via Dominion h-as
New York.
Nor-
folk A Baltimore
--Merchants
Boston.
JNO. Agent.
. . . . i
t J. .
N Q

1897.
To Hon. J.
the cotton grower association
Op
R I
lion of all the farts us, that
in cotton
gambling of the most Vicious nature ;
at least per hale from
during the deal, which in
nearly every case cuds by
the option put up the victim in the
south with a constant tendency to
our principal crop, by this
sale ill a.
V of i
our farmers of X
venting
supplies to a it -p Bl n lA.
bringing much distress our be i-
forcing our worn -i J
to labor in the field
ard
army of ramps ; adding to our
.-spreading by a ten-
to g in
contagion the morals of our
cultural class, from which are drawn a
large majority of men to till
avocation life, We find there can
be no real prosperity unless the
classes are We
find a the cotton
producer today not one prosperity,
but many of cramped with debts,
covered with, mortgages, unable to
the of their labor and
their families, largely, we thin,
the of option gamblers
a our products below the cost
For this reason ask
your
Whereas, the cotton industry of the
south is a most imports- t agricultural
product the United Stales, and in
volume more than per lent of the
product and the con-
of great industry, being now
depressed who control
and reduce the price, in their own in-
by the following methods.
sale
cotton called at
than the current
which, sales of
M to deliver
cotton lime -it lower prices
the actual spot cotton and
in which speculators lo not intend,
and are not to deliver actual
pay or receive the
in the price of
the
cf the contract of delivery.
TheM contracts cheaper, induce
mill men consumers of the raw
material, who heretofore in
it
It, solved, that w in
if the
I be all
upon secure in every
prevent the existing
to our cotton trade produced by
and gambling in our mar-
We commend as jut and
of
ant to that end we ask the CO operation
cf ell people in securing such state
federal legislation as shall come
legitimate domain Federal and
state We urge to
suppress the operation of any system
of dealing in what is known
as it may
for any firm, corporation or
agents of any to in the sale
or purchase cotton
It should unlawful for a
bank or banking institution telegraph,
telephone, express or other
or officers or agents, f
lake receive or any message
bid or deposit tor
cotton m our respective
Slates, to be transmitted by
frost such States ; that it be made
any firm, o-
i lo or print or
by any the bid or
any the o sale or r-
of futures in the Slates
We urge that these and other
measures the the
people be up by political
o party lines,
in their platforms and made
into laws the good Be
it further
Resolved, that national legislation is
necessary in the inert complete sup-
market gambling, and we
our fellow of every Slate
to use I'll means to s-cure
such legislation as shall comply with
the constitutional limitations of our
federal pow r; tint they urge upon
their in congress to
cruet such legislation as will
any person, firm, or in, or
their agents from
one State another propositions
the sale or purchase futures from
one Slate to the citizens another ;
all express, telegraph, telephone
or oilier comp persons in an
capacity should be- prevented
t.-om promoting future gambling be-
tween the States ; that the
of message, or any com-
regarding sale or
of futures be excluded from
the Slates mails, to the end
public evil be suppressed and
the people be from the ruinous
conduit n upon them by the
concentrated manipulation
tors and gamblers in trade.
We respectfully it-commend to the
producing classes that earnestly
Congress through their
State to
TASTELESS
CHILI
JUST AS FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED.
II is. Not.
Paris Co., St. Louis, Mo.
sold List year. TOO
GROVE'S TASTELESS TONIC and III-
this Id .
tit In b-.-. t
u Neb universal
roar truly,
. V
i mill II ml J . J
In a Bad Fix
i i
a re
i in tho eastern pail
the
I sorry the p I he. I
section. The other day I was at the
largest in a good sized town when
a lady in aid to
tor store I he
in scrip in her to
if the could buy at
the tub h r he
sell her he on as
Ions time as she lint be
not the scrip, not a
dollar was in the treasury, be did
know when there would The
j lady said she was a teacher and
just been paid. She did not know
lo do, for sin; to
j live and after her m and
she had no means if support.
find in many
ties just such a stale
Things re in control the worst
of politician of the.
can and illiterate
have tilings a
I pretty
hi- is bad, hut lb people in
In
the came to their In
they out the
v are reaping
e up ibis way ran stand it if they
ii.
One on Hawthorne
It was day the
centennial and Dr. J. B.
was asked to deliver the n
In doing so he said
of Negro Blood at
The graduates and students of
Vassar College are mack i
that one of the
i the senior class is of
A manly man i the noblest work st is repeated by
In his response Govern r persons, who give tin
Atkinson will, him and
in they believe in ha I
that woman is the cl tad
The audience applauded th had a sh-
Dr.
rose and thought I was u
understood that the men tin- the lo her father,
It was little of
fore Governor Atkinson bad mi made and found
to reply, owing to the violent
laughter of the When name she gave was .-,
did, he m be t rue, but I he
did not expect a mi. to to Ins and, acting
edge The papers elated h- -he. under some
that it was b.-lore he cured another roommate.
could proceed with his speech. A m this
I her one if tin
OLD faculty. Me- a that i's a little girl
Old people who require medicine was clever and bright beyond
regulate the bowels kidneys of her race, mid
were lo her. A of
lie
gnat
commercial
True
K.
the spot sale-, to withdraw from I such as will protect the
the market, thus fostering a
flora the cotton market
destroys
mate market demands and
the cotton
r prices By
jog. of actual
sales of soot cotton with five to ten
limes the volume of sales at
thus a con-
decrease in the price real cot-
ton. By a gambling en-
as the York
future- in which fictitious
is tor sale in the market
at prices reduced below
spot cotton prices to invite investment,
and wherein the said investments are
virtually
quotations whereby the
enormous sums of
cotton market
for gambling to tie
g.-eat detriment trade,
thus the decline in tie
cotton as observed in our
-t-
T markets since the the
cotton, exchange and its
J, Ne cotton
f l
.-1
labor
-a given
in comparison with
the price labor to
and mark the sine quantify
cotton, is of the ratio two to three,
and legitimate conditions cl
trade, and most favorable to
manufacturers, raw cotton sell
for not less par cent, the
manufactured article, yet the
the of cotton has
by and
until manufactured.
goods sell to MOO per cent
more than the material tint composes
Sf m- h and a vast wealth that
it pro
ft greed cf speculators ; and
. is such; the j
been
Whereas, the history
that the world's
bag increased at ratio the
world's supply, and by
pin- baud at the end of each
grown
fir years,
proving the falsify or
production as proclaimed by
tors and that under
proper have
prices steady and Improve during
other conditions
make it necessary that legislation be
and enacted lo relieve cotton
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The Secret of Health.
The liver is the great
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man, and when it is out of order,
the whole system becomes de-
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Liver Pills
Cure all Liver Troubles.
In Chicago.
Says a writer in a Chicago
good corsets,
shoes and good gloves no
need consider herself ill
That's a funny way to advertise
Here York
would be
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the true remedy In
This medicine d's hot stimulate and
no whiskey nor other her
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and took her into
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exactly what they need, and and completed
per bottle at John T. course of
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What Is It
It is a picture celebrated
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Best in use The outfit no business man is
complete without one.
The Reflector Book Store
has a nice assortment these Fountain Pens
also a beautiful line of Pearl Pens,
You will be astonished when you see them and
earn how very cheap are.
You may never,
But should you
Want Job Printing
Come to see us.
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To the young man who wants
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control; prepared to meet with
firmness whatever discourage-
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two or three time-1 as much
for th journey the best
estimates render and
Tribune-
producers these oppressive unjust
All flags id United
States navy are made women
at the Brooklyn Davy Yard. In
great cawing room from
twenty to thirty are as-
daily to work on the
The Daily Reflector.
Gives the home news
every afternoon at the
small price of cents a
month. Are you a sub-
scriber If not
lo be.
The Eastern Reflector.
only a
contains the news every
wilt, slid gives
to the es-
growing
is worth
many times
the
SWARMING THE BEES.
u Arr to
Bean Flight.
When I Was n living on a
southern plantation long the
war, there was the
a little, old African named
Among other duties lie of
the Just a long, trellis
of honeysuckle and
stood a long and this
Were the bench
hives were all handiwork.
he would bring from
the swamp a of a hollow
log and it a hive. II
called all of bis hives
In the early spring, before the
time for swarming, always
provided several new hives for prob-
able swarms. Then came the time
for pleasurable waiting for him and
the children, white and black, with
till of whom was firm
ship
Some bright day there would come
from the yard a quick and loud tat-
too, beating an old brass
that he kept the It
was signal lo the children that the
bees were KU arming. Books were
dashed aside, and there was a wild
scramble; for tin pans, shovels, wait-
pokers, tongs, anything the
world that would make a noise.
The brown cloud of bees hovered
overhead. kept close watch,
at each detour it made toward
wood he called to his willing co-
for
do
Close at his heels followed,
beating with all our might. At last
the cloud grew denser and r
about the limb of a sweet locust
with which yard was thick.
The queen had and soon a
thick brown mass of quivering bees
hung in a long pendant from the
limb.
At a wave of hand
noise we all stood
less, watching till the lat bee had
settled into How we pitied
the inside bees and wondered how
they breathed.
Then came the supreme moment
with Having captured the
bees, be had to imprison them. He
worked like a magician at his
Telling us to be silent and
watch the bees, fur sometimes they
swarmed again after settling, he
went to the spring branch out-
side the yard and gathered t
twigs, then into the garden and
brought back Landfills of mint.
Selecting a new hive, ho rubbed it
thoroughly inside with the mint.
Then, with the top removed, he
placed it on a table, immediately be-
low the clustered bees. Taking in
hand a small soft brush, he climbed
tree, while his assistants
withdrew to a safe distance.
If the limb wore small and low,
ho cut it off, and bending over,
shook the bees from it into the open
hive. If it wore large, be shook it
till the bow dislodged,
off with his broom any that con-
to cling. The bees never
stung him, to our unbounded amaze-
admiration.
Having twined the willow twigs
about to keep away the
bogs, worms other foragers, he
left it standing upon the table until
the little colony was well established
in its new home. Then ho removed
it to a place beside the old hives on
the bench under honeysuckles
and the
Times.
Narrow Escape.
Id-i-if.
. I
to
did mi. Hi.- led
I he
V; In Its Windpipe
A- .
down
; .-moved I
Sunday
hi d-
II
I r d
I Mr. S t t-d
I j I w
i,. i Ii r -i i, . I ill
Ii. d i
in- I I die iv I lie need
I it. I .-. mi. IS
-p, ,,. I I
and inutile.
If Wot,
hi i
chi-t lenders.
which go will do
they will
for ibis country- to
lie a tie
country driving its
RIP-AN-S.
The modern stand-
ard
cine Cures the
ills of humanity.
If pa why
is it that I he Youth's C
n year fur-a .-, to another They o
space How i- slid lock up,
it Ladies I send them to do their
gets f pate Win somewhere n
Bach lo. a pa-e ad on tho ,
back cover in Ma
Are
Ike or really
pay
W. P.
a t;
b-
cur
.-.
ii . .;
We of
-o
cured by
him. He
Ha
work on
dis-
which
he
t h a
bot.
r--, free to
; v
. .-i cur to
all Fat-J
it. Or.; is .
r less
. .
and t
Ho of hi
c . II
W;
end thawing or
i. or n-t, I ;
. r. t r duo i n d.
A with
feat . V. S.
free.
D. C.
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don K If.
RAINS
If.
Mi
.;
c I y be
.-
c -i f
. Di -ii
Such
I pi of
men
c. .-
Si ,.
of
Wine c ; h-j
trait that I all
not mention
at
ii
-to n
In in Durham,
there is a on
north will, V-- the is indicated
by Rio a through the
la-M of south
tie
While abbess of being
still untried by ho stress of battle,
went sinless her still orthodox
way just across
on tho manor of a sinner of
a gayer
Tho castle tho Star dates from the
fifteenth century, when Louis
there as governor of
and was given lessons in bow to be
a king. Diane
most as Francis I gal-
called the
fortress into a bower to
accented for the appropriate-
airy name of the
There she lived long aft-
her butterfly days over.
There, oven, received tho visits
of II, her dead lover's son.
And in n way, although tho Castle
of tho Butterfly is n silk factory
now, lives still, jest as an-
other lady beautiful,
Jeanne of Naples, lives on in
Provence, for Diane's legend still is
vital in the countryside, and tho old
people ill talk about her as though
were among them and call
bar always, not by her formal title
of tho
by love title of dame
de A.
Century.
Summons tor Relief
The State of
The will take
that an notion entitled its
ins been In
Court Defendant is
notified lo the Judge of
our a Court lobe
the of at
In on tho
after trio st Monday t .
next, it being the day of
and complaint which w to
in of the I
tho Superior of said
three of said and
tot said defendant, lake that
he fail to answer or
the time
law. the will to
omit for tin- relief In
my n
day
K. A. Clerk
Vi for .
the privacy t f a
c Ina-in-a quick relief
cure, need not
h .-. V i .-
Ires no in-t-
II i. ft cures any
disease t at coin-i n r 1-- head
of a r-J
men . t
. . ,
making -em
your.-; Ly
.-. .- . it healthy.
the J.
c-s . -r-
. .
th m
Ti Ch
Eel in
f-.
j-g---r
if
their will ii .
n our price- belt ill.
I -i ail
Al Pill. V.
Snuff
I buy V . j i i
v r u a f V. A e u
i t q of
FURNITURE
s on hand sad price-1
the are all
for fore, having
to run Roll Hi close mar--in
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v a,
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vs.
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4-1
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III
V. II.
A. M
A M
May 37th,
1897.
s.
SMITH Props.
into
GREENVILLE, N. Q
UNDERTAKER
We have t u
line
metal-
cloth ever brought
We t
t,.
i to con
dueling and
to care will
of respect-
puces are lower aver,
not, want bill
o can be and all
in John
Boggy Cora building-
BOB CO.
and dealer a I
kinds of
m mm
Ail of done
We labor
and are prepared to give
w .-k.
J-C. LA Nit R CO
GREENVILLE, N.
mi
MARBLE
A. M.
t a i
II lo
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v w
Mi
A. . M.
S no
Hi
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r. m,
P. M
Wire and Iron Fencing
Sold, work
prices reasonable.
THE OLD RELIABLE.
-----IS AT WITH A
me
YEARS has taught the the best is
Rope, Building every
and general house a well a
Hats. Shot. Dress Goods I have alway- on Am head
Train on ,
r-aves 4.11 p. Halifax
p. tn
. leaves
a. in., Greenville 8.62 a. m.
at a. m.,
daily except Sunday.
on
Washington i a, in., and 1.00 p . m
arrives Parmele 0.10 a. m. and i p
m., 0.45 a. in.,
3.30 p. 10.20 a. m.
6.20 p. m arrives
11.40 a. m., 7.20 p. m. Dally ex-
Sunday. with on
Train leaves N C, via
K. K. daily except Sun-
lay, at p. m., Sunday r. M ;
Plymouth p. M., 6.00 p, m.
Plymouth daily except
Sunday, 7.60 a. m., Sunday a -u.,
10.16
Train Midland C. branch
daily, gun-lay, a
a. arriving 7-30 a. m.
leaves S a. m,,
rives at a. in.
Trains on Latta branch, Florence K
leave Latta 0.40 p m, l
p m, Clio p m.
m, a m,
Latta 7.60 a m. dally except Sun-
Train Branch leaves
saw for Clinton except
8.50 p. m- Returning
a. m. i m.
Train No. makes close connection
point- dally, all rail via
at Mount with
Norfolk and Carolina It i;
lie all mints North via Norfolk.
JOHN F.
General Supt,
P. f I
I.
for Jobbing agent Clark's O. N. T.
i an- up clerks.
So
care
pi Beat
OS ii.-i rt I c
, II , j
cure bad
ears
N. C
HOUSE.
4.11 in strictly
FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES
I FOB SAFE
Old Dominion Um
n leave
and I. . at ill
on River W as day
an I Friday at A. M.
leave Tarboro st I A. M.
and Saturdays
Greenville days.
are subject to stage
of on Tar River.
at
at with
steamers fir , Baltimore
New York and Boston.
Shippers should order their good
marked via
New York. from
Hr-
A Baltimore
Haiti. Merchant
JNO.
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