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HORRIBLE DISASTER.
Twelve Hundred People Perish
in Mine.
March mining ea-
of horror
and has struck the coal
northern Franc. An ex-
f firedamp at o'clock
this morning carried death and
throughout the net
work of centered at
and lire the
explosion, making rescue difficult,
and impossible.
The intense excitement and con-
mi the vicinity prevented
; early estimates of the exact of
a received here
at i. m. gave 1,401 miners
and probably lost. At
u click this evening a brief
from Lille announced the
total of dead.
All France has profoundly
the magnitude i
i is said
mil
Two Ken Killed.
Bale H. C , Match l. w.
two
of heel known most
highly esteemed met
death o'clock
being caught a
I Iran boiler which they
, ice placed In at th-- lock
the Wake Granite Co ,
two miles east -the city. They
having the holler delivered
quarry It was on a
I moving boilers and was
I driven down a steep
to quarry when the wheel on
i the struck a kind of boulder
the load six in-
, ch-s or A; big iron cuff
about axle snapped
two i the wagon to the
left with force as to over turn
wagon boiler. Both Mr. Wei-
and Mr. were walking
u the side of the boiler and
under it in such a
way Mr. chest was
in and the side of Mr
head in. It
was necessary for the boiler to he
jacked and digging
to be done before the two men
could lie extricated.
u . . I Dealer. t ash paid
he Jamestown lorn- cotton Seed. Oil Bar ,
any. was abroad a few months a- Bed
go, King Edward presented tends, Oak Suits, Bi
A BIBLE FROM THE KING AND A
PROM THE PRESIDENT
President Roosevelt joined
Edward in a notable gift to
the old parish church at
Williamsburg, Va., When Harry
George Tucker president of
the
pa
ago,
with a handsome Bible for th
church. a successor to
original church at James
town. Today Mr. Tucker called
on the and while talk-
with of exposition mat-
told him the gift of King
Edward. The President
i Sored provide a
turn on which the Bib e might
i in of the
Mr. ; i the
u ring him
that ch a gift
j by parish
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THE EASTERN REFLECTOR
D J Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
VOL. No.
GREENVILLE, Pin COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA FRIDAY. MARCH 1906.
ONE DOLLAR PER N
No.
H. C, March 12th. 1906-
The above named town was in-
by the general assembly
of 1905 and it is a part of the town
of which includes all on
the north side creek,
and is situated mi the
A branch of the A C. L.
railroad, ten miles from Washing-
ton, and fifteen from Parmele, and
twelve miles east the
comity seat of Pitt. It is a
prosperous and growing condition,
a population of about two
hundred, three general
stores, which are owned and
by Messrs. R. R. Flem-
J. J. Satterthwaite a Bro. and
W. S. Williams. It also has two
saw mill plants, one operated by
R. R one by J. J,
Satterthwaite a Bro., also two cot-
ton gin plants operated
seasons. This town is well
surrounded by a fertile
country and it will only lie a short
while before this town will rank
with the first In county.
Miss Charlotte Ireland went to
Greenville Saturday to attend the
meeting and returned
Sunday a good time.
We are glad to learn that B. B.
Satterthwaite, has been in
Washington hospital for about two
weeks, has returned borne much
improved in health.
The farmers are all smiles.
Good weather and plenty of work
for the last few
T. J. who has been sick
for several days, seen on tho
streets Saturday.
D. R. Willis, of Washington,
was a visitor to our Friday.
W. Williams went to
villa Friday.
THE SOUTH.
The South is making
strides in manufacturing.
The capital of in-
vested in mills and in
1880 has increased to
in 1905. The value of its pro-
ducts of manufactures grow
from in the former
year to in tho lat-
The value of its exports of
all sorts, which was
in 1880, was in
1906. But, of coarse, most of
its products are consumed in
the United States and do not
in these figures, Its rail-
way mileage in the quarter of a
has jumped from
to farm products
from to
and the value of
ts property from
Tempt, Fla. ,
r, J. at
and crying.
trigger. The gun was loaded
tho charge entered the older
breast, he dying in a few
Tho boy believed the gun was
loaded, was one of the most
prominent farmers in this section.
Indian Territory, March
armed officers to-
night are from all parts
o to a place
miles southeast of Vinita in
tho nation, where the
outlaws, Cherokee In
laid in ambush killed
three deputy marshals on Sunday
night and at last reports were still
Battling with two remaining of-
Contributes
O. thou who rt with
And to
Who would of
entire
ray plaintive
Why thou tall.
So great a wall
thou not heard In told.
How vain the to goal;
From earthly to lay
that through time will
Of and -tone of make,
That every wind and storm
Thou build.
And It upon the hill,
And hold It there lo holy view.
To thy grace, and
Hut If thou wouldst magnify,
Why not with another vie,
to build him an earthly throne
Ask thou not from other a atone.
And then. roof may leak.
What Outside aid he, too.
right hold of pale
To substitute old tin
But then. It does appear to make
A of greater state.
Therein I see e cause to lie;
With other they must vie.
dare th -y build a bigger
we, ourselves, did set the
In the food old of
other people were
f from our doctrine did
worship SoS In humbler
we would amplify our
meekly our must
Then organ needs,
And lights from
he chaff be taken. To their cry
; you not Would you pass by
Whore In the fold, and In to slay,
you promise, why don't you pay
To frail this lesson give
You. who would teach us how
attempt more than your
promise what you cannot
charity begin at
not charity If It
and masquerades,
Box and
Have not honors, fair and bold,
As a pretext far getting gold.
But rather stately snake thy stand.
Be thou a guide to erring man.
Let him give as may seem the best;
What's from Is ne'er bleat,
With these few earnest lines to you,
I humbly now, make my adieu.
Just far Mother.
Nobody earns his or her
hoed more or more
directly the wife and mother
of a family who does her duty,
She is husband's business
in a phase of his life which
is at least as to bis interests
as the outside which he
makes his money eye of
the world. If the couple are part-
in a poor struggling con-
the wife contributes as much
to the general success by the work
of her hands as the man does by
bis; If they are more fortunate,
woman's busy
brain contriving and ruling the
household is earning by
eager, honorable
as a livelihood as the
husband is able to provide her
with. The law holds the
realms of wealth luxury. The
who creates and
eminent social position for her
family is to be her
band's most important ally,
her of all the
they in
. it
services does
the interest of
-New York
A bank with capital has
been chartered at Wash-
The fear of taxes has been a
great hindrance to
Tho dread of increasing tuxes
has often led to a toleration of
could well to
n Now not in
or of extravagance of bur
taxes but do believe
BO Wetter invest-
any in
many than higher taxes.
When arrive at
point where will less
to vase in tax public
will be facilitated.
It is well for tho officials of any
State, county or municipality to
strict economy but
improvements arc needed money
should spent for such
Tho last
was criticized by some Re-
publicans for spending money
but they have never shown to
satisfaction of anybody that
this money was not spent right.
MEETING.
For The Reflector.
held last
Saturday morning was quite inter-
and helpful. A large n 11111-
of teachers and visitors were
present, and all enjoyed and were
by the
The opening exercises, consisting
of the hymn, Hail the Power
of a reading of the
Psalm and a prayer,
were conducted by J. E.
The of the
town have greatly encouraged the
teachers of the county by assisting
in their
Table on
geography conducted by Prof.
B.
talks on that subject
were made by members of the
association, which were interesting
Prof.
discussed and elaborated thoughts
suggested to him, and
discussion was over the important
subject How to Teach Geography
had been made simple, and all felt
a strong desire to teach this
branch better than ever before.
If every county in state bad a
association, such
faithful educational
county has, geography and
every other branch would be
taught with a clearer understand-
of its principles and with
earnestness zeal, and Worth
Carolina would not long remain so
in the bottom of the list in
education.
Prof. former teacher
of this county, and now a
another county, made a short
talk, which was
Prof. W . B. Dove, also
member of an
interesting and encouraging talk
to his former co laborers
course Prof. did his
part, guiding the of the
association, speaking a cheer
word now and then.
At twelve thirty the meeting
adjoin tied, watch a social
half hour was enjoyed by
teachers.
Let none of us miss the good
things in store for next meeting
April the fourteenth.
Dora A. Hornaday, Reporter.
Work For the Prut.
Those who are at work getting
subscribers for The Reflector
should bear in mind that the one
sends in the
the of .
prize winner of this prize
have his of a
Parker fountain pen or a year's
to our club
Including The American Review
of Reviews, the the
Woman's Home Companion and
the it ii- in Farmer. A little
talk among your neighbors will
get the name.
RESOLUTIONS.
Adopted By Covenant Lodge
1,0.0. F.
Whereas, God in His infinite
wisdom has n fit to remove from
our midst our beloved brother,
Parker, P. G. whose spirit
its portals of on
9th, 1806.
HE IT RESOLVED
1st. That Covenant Lodge sin-
mourns the death of Brother
Parker and feels that she has lost
one of her truest and most
em hers.
2nd. That Brother Parker by
his upright and noble life, by his
devotion to the principles of the
order which he loved, by bis life
to the service of his
Lord and Master, and by his de-
shown to bis family and
friends, won the respect and ts-
teem of all who knew and
though his work on earth is ended
and we shall see him here no more,
we the influence of his
noble life will be felt for years to
come, and the world will be better
by reason of his having lived in it.
3rd. That we extend our
to the family -of our deceased
brother, and assure them that
Covenant Lodge stands ready at
all times to aid them in their bat-
with the world whenever such
aid is needed or desired.
4th. That our lodge be draped
in mourning and real our members
wear a badge of mourning for
days. Also that a copy of these
resolutions sent to the King's
Weekly, Daily Reflector and Or-
Home, fur pub-
and a -copy sent to
family of our brother.
D. L.
D C. Moose, .
W. L.
E. A. Ma k,
THE
BLOODHOUNDS
AGAIN.
WIN
This Time They were Used to
Run a Man Down Near
Bloodhounds have again been
vindicated. This time the scene
of triumph was Hookerton.
For a of weeks someone
has been trying to enter the re-
of Mr. E. Edwards, a
of that Last Sun-
day night Mr Edwards remained
at home of attending
church, as is his and
o'clock, heard noises indicating
another attempt to enter. In gets
ting his gun to ward off the expect-
ed intruder Mr. Edwards made
some noise which caused
breaker to To pursue the
fugitive bloodhounds were secured
from and at o'clock
BETHEL ITEMS.
Bethel, N. C, March U, 1906.
Miss Estelle Jones
day and with relatives at
Whichard and returned Monday.
Blount and T. H. Ward
returned from Baltimore Saturday
where had
chasing their Spring stock.
J. W. Thomas and J. A
left for Baltimore Sunday to
chase their spring and summer
stock, also for Staton A
Taylor.
Mis Brown, of
place, left we.-V fr Baltimore
tor a position with Snow,
A Co. as trimmer.
A, Moore, of Greenville, is
spending a few days with us. We
are always glad have our old
friends bank In our town.
Miss left last week
Monday afternoon they were I Norfolk to her Mrs.
ITEMS.
Feb.
are having some fine weather
now and farmers are very busy.
Miss Lek is
school at
Saturday nod Sunday with he
parents.
Miss May Bell Kittrell, of
ville, who has been
grand Home
J. Q. Stokes spent Saturday
with bis near Shel-
Miss Li We Corey, who ha- lee
teaching in Craven county, return-
ed home Saturday. Her school
closed Friday.
Misses Cox, Lila Chap-
man of
spent night at W.
Roach's.
C. C. Cox ban a sick
with diphtheria.
on the track. They followed
track out of Mr. Edward's r
the home of Stacey a pain-
has neon doing work at
Hookerton. The went to the
door and they followed
track through the an I wood-
to Freeman's mill,
and his wile were The
dog ran up to smelted of
and lay down in water
by his side. The chase occupied
about two hours.
The citizens had no evidence
except strong circumstantial and
dog evidence against but
they gave him hours
to get out of the
which be proceeded to do. Several
times Mrs. Edwards, who
alone In the house with her
child, has been terrorized
by some unknown party attempt-
to break in the house.
dogs used were the same
ones that tracked Sam
Jones, who confessed to robbing
W. E. Brit's, store near
ten days ago, and belongs
to Mr. W. at Greenville.
Free Press,
E. L Mayo.
Henry Gilliam, of
spent Tuesday in town on
Miss Wash-
i- visiting Miss Era Cherry
this week.
Miss Sallie f f
is visiting Misses Lizzie and
Blanche this week
Miss Bertha returned
from Grifton Monday
Work is rapidly on
out new hotel.
Dr. G. T. Thigpen has recently
purchased a cash register for his
drug store.
J. Brown left this morning
far Greenville.
J. C. Carson attended the
meeting at Greenville
day.
Theo. Thomas and a crowd of
young ladies took a walk Sunday
afternoon and when they finished
their they were In the
of Parmele.
Bank Location.
The National of Greenville
will be located the build-
lug, instead of the
building as first stated.
buying the pool room outfit of Mr.
L. Hooker order to get posses-
of the be occupied,
tho bank directors have effected a
change with Mr. C. F. White by
which he will move his pool room
to the Proctor building let the
bank have the Cheek building.
On Monday a case of smallpox
was found in town. A colored
man living down in ravine on
the has the disease in
mild form. The house with all
initiates was promptly
ad.
An. With
Mrs. Georgia James has accepted
a position with C. T. in
the millinery of his
big store. The of Mrs.
James are a valuable acquisition,
the popularity of big store
with the ladies will be
by her presence
department. She many
years experience in the lousiness
knows it thoroughly.
in North
A feting lady of Wadesboro,
recently investigated the origin of
the song Works Bat
Fa She found that song
started In a North mill
Au old man, who lived in
the moved to town and
put all of
a mill to He got
with boys one day, be
work, and they filled him fall of
booze. In his hilarity he broke
mil into the following
my children are at work
And dinged if I ain't in a
Everybody works at my house
Everybody works but
An young man the
crowd heard him singing above
and wrote the
ITEMS.
the Boy.
In July last year, a little boy not
sax -years old was stolen from his
parents in
and not one ward has been heard
him since His father, Dr.
S. L. Byers, spent all his
Had A
ward of is ottered which will
A boy came rushing in tell be paid the This is
The Reflector have got I The New Harmony
Times of asks all papers
out yonder at the warehouse
where they put wheels under you
and you go a It was
his first sight of roller skates,
he thought it was a wonder.
You Paid
The sheriff and tax
tor are both making ready to levy
on property on which taxes for
last year are yet unpaid. The
advertisement of tale will begin
the of April.
to announce this feet and to give
the following
Byers, if alive was
ill years old last July, is of light
has gray eyes, left eye
crossed, has a small V
shaped nick in the edge of the left
ear, has a sharp chin and a narrow
projecting forehead. He is rather
small for Insane and is unusually
bright and Intelligent, talking
after of a boy
N. C. Mai. U, 1906.
Ernest Langston is on the sick
list.
H. J. Corbitt, of Ayden, attend-
ed Sunday at. Bethany Sun-
day afternoon.
Miss May Brooks, spent
day and Sunday at her home
In Grifton.
Bancroft went to
Tuesday.
Herman went to
Greenville Saturday.
N. C. and Miss
spent Saturday night and
Sunday at J. J. near
Ayden.
Luther and sister, Miss
Lizzie, Sunday
Allie Dull
time and
Ayden
Fire m Kinston.
A h he g to
Mr. afloat at the
west end street, the
river, was homed Tuesday night,
about l o'clock, .
of the building including
to 1,900 hush,.,
m,. w. n. Cox, were
destroyed. The two-story
Building was dry M inside
and burned rapidly tint when
the tire department cached it
there w III tie hope of laving it
and the frame fell
gathered,
The N estimated at
to and the total is
carried by Mr. Cox
the peanuts and on the
on the fixtures
carried by Mr. Parham. The
building was valued at and
the peanuts
Free Press.
Grass spots are coming out and
the trees are taking on life, which
are good Indications of spring

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NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
L Jefferson Bros.,
doing business at N. C
and composed f It. L., II. T. J. W., A.
J. G. W. and J. It.
In- mutual
y the withdrawal of H. T. and J. R.
Jefferson from said firm. The re-
Tour brothers will continue toe
old firm of K. L.
with win in all business of that firm
be settled, the two retiring having
no further connection or responsibility
in the firm.
This March 5th, 1906.
It. L A BROS.
H. T.
J. K
The Clerk of the Superior Court of
county, having issued letters
administration to me. the undersign-
ed, on tin- day of January,
on the estate of W, J.
ed. NOTICE is hereby given to all
persons indebted to the to
immediate payment to the undersign-
ed, and to all creditors of said estate
to present their claims properly
to the
within twelve months after the
date of this notice, or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery.
This the day of January,
R. K
on the estate of W. j.
I. A. Sugg, Attorney.
Friend, is
Suppose You Stop and Set
it Wonderful
N C. 1903.
Mrs Joe take pleas-
Hinting that Remedy
has entirely our little girl of
h very bad case which
of her body.
She had from
the time she w old.
she was six years old. She
is now perfectly well I feel
that I cannot speak too highly of
it he not had a symptom of
it for six years. Respectfully,
J. W. COBB.
The Yellow Fever Gems
has recently discovered
It bears a close resemblance to
the malaria germ. To free the
system from disease the
most effective remedy s Dr
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eel to cure all diseases due to
malaria poison and constipation
at J. L Drug Store
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we will see that your tool
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You get Harness,
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and irritable, your vi-
Is i ply of
nerve energy, exhausted, and
system down for
lack of power,
The of the body are
working poorly, or not at all,
and you arc not getting the
needed. soon
impoverishes the blood and in-
steal of throwing off the
i. . distributes it all
through the body. This brings
and misery.
Feed the nerves with Dr.
a nerve food, a
nerve medicine, that nourishes
and strengthens the nerves, and
see how quickly m will get
r u. n i
. ti- i the
B I . . , could
j w t
s n i; lit, and
r tell ill , rest. She
i I o n i
Dr. H
i r the Unit
i i .;.
end of the
v.,;
i u . of ban
t miry
OTTO
Cherry St.,
Dr. It by your
who will guarantee that the
first bottle will benefit. If It falls, he
will refund your money.
Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind
I .
WATCH EVOLUTION.
The From the Time of the
Portable Timepiece.
Peter of Nuremberg, in
about 1500, is now
ally credited with the invention of
the portable watch. The earliest
were naturally rather crude.
This is shown by the few specimens
still in existence. They were
in shape, not oval or egg shaped,
and entirely made of iron. In place
of the round balance was a straight
one, called Like almost all
watches up to the year they
-were provided with the verge
anent Tho hairspring is absent. It
-was not invented till years later.
In order to obtain a tolerably
form rate an upright hog's bristle
was used, against which the
strikes. The uneven traction of the
spring they endeavored to prevent
by means of a brake. Great
was not aimed at, which is
shown by the fact that the oldest
watches with very few exceptions
mp to about the year indicated
only the hours, the minute hand be-
entirely absent.
While the first watches were
crude, there appeared only
or thirty years after their
works that are almost
-technically perfect. The iron plates
And wheels had given place to finely
gilt brass ones. The pinions were
Of and polished, the cocks
engraved and the pillars neat-
turned. Greater precision was ob-
when, about the year
the hairspring was invented by Dr.
and also, but entirely
pendent of the latter, by
opened the way for the intro-
of the minute hand, which
is found quite generally around the
year 1700. Some of the oldest
-watches were already furnished
a striking mechanism. About
the year 1800 watches with alarms
were made, and in an
Englishman, introduced the repeat-
watch.
Toward the 1800 was
made for the first time the second
hand in watches. The cylinder es-
is known to lie quite old,
it was originated as far back as
1710, but was not generally adopted
-until about 1840. The lever escape-
the one used in the majority
of American watches of the present
time, was invented about 1765 by
Thomas
Hie Property In Scotland.
was full of
ardor, and he was endeavoring
to enlist in the London Scottish
volunteers. Of course he was asked
if he were a Scotchman, according
to London Answers.
not he replied.
asked the staff
sergeant.
said Mon-
unless you have some con-
with Scotland you can't
he was told. And he ponder-
ed for a moment.
got some property in Scot-
lie said at last.
that will be all said
the sergeant and proceeded to en-
list him.
Before he left, however, the
geant turned t him.
you mind informing me
in what part of Scotland your prop-
is he asked.
said the recruit.
got a football jersey in the Perth
dye
What Was Doing.
happened ill a little town in
the remarked the
lady down from upstairs
and I . of the hotel
if she could got a glass of water.
certainly, said
the man. filling up a glass from
the water cooler.
minuted later she was back-
in the office again.
like i trouble you.-
she said, com. get another
glass of
trouble at said
the manager, banding her
glass.
I mill lies later she appeared
again.
said the
fable could I inquire
what yon doing with so much
kn iv you'll just scream when
I tell the lady. try-
in to hill n
In called a meeting of
the i militia colonels to con-
sider hi additional force bill. Some
objected to ll;. clause which called
them out under all circumstances
and argued that this should not DO
in case of actual
said Pitt, would too
Presently they came to an-
other clause, when the same ob-
insisted on the militia not
being liable to be sent out of the
kingdom. said
Pitt, with cruel sarcasm, case of
actual
BANKRUPT S
on
. TUCKER
TO BE
AT
I have purchased the entire stock, the store fixture i, etc., or A. E. Tucker's business. I AM NOT A MERCHANT
and do not intend to stay th; business. Bit I have this stock bought it must b; sold at ones.
SATURDAY MARCH 10th
everything is on sale regardless of the wholesale price. Money talks in this sale. Remember time and place. Next to Bank
of Greenville
J. E.
. r
ESTATE IN GREENVILLE ISA
Safe investment
Secure a Good Location while there is to do so at
Reasonable Prices and on Easy
I have that splendid property, just east of the town limits in South Greenville, into convenient lots for home-seekers
and will them on easy terms. There is no better location for homes anywhere around Greenville. High elevation, level,
and convenient, being only a few minutes walk from the business part of town. This property is just outside the corporate
limits, yet those who reside there will have the benefit of the graded school, and be as near to the churches, and depot and
as are the people in many parts of the town, being only three hundred yards from Five Points, nice neighborhood
adjacent to the property. Talk it over with me and let me show you these desirable lots. No better time than NOW to buy.
Greenville will grow rapidly in the next few years and property will be higher. Catch the opportunity before it is too late.
Call on or address
SAM WHITE, Greenville, N. C.

PIP
The REFLECTOR
AND
O J AND
Entered In the t N. C, a second class matter,
upon application.
at pot in Pitt and
to
H CAROLINA FRIDAY MAIL 1900.
-l. II. make Charlotte preparing to enter
bum. f seine skater, jar the t. handsomely when
floor less. Carolina Medical Society
j meets May
A bit of blowing i on the program is a
satisfaction Speaker Cannon can gel j banquet After going
out of his mail spell- through that the doctors can take
some of their own medicine for in
Mme was all
in French, but the price of tickets
was in United States figures all Lumberton
right enough. Argus have been consolidated
the former purchasing the latter.
All talk and no work he ; This is better for all concerned,
the they are the canal. I paper well supported can ac-
But are drawing big salaries I much more for its commit
all the same. than two with a divided pat
that leaves both barely able
A little notoriety seems to be; to exist,
all there was in the report j
that Marion was booked for a
cabinet position.
CHANCE THE COUNTY HOME.
The idea of changing the county
home from its present location to
some near Greenville, and
making it such a home as it should
be. is growing in popularity. Some
have expressed themselves through
The Reflector and many others have
spoken to us giving endorsement to
the suggestion. present county
home would bring price as a
firm, and with the money a good
home could be built. If the money
arising from the sale should not be
sufficient to purchase the site
and build the home, there are
enough public spirited citizens in
the county who will subscribe to a
fund to donate a site. In this way,
without additional expense to the
county, a home can he secured that
would be a credit to the county.
The fruit are com-
on with their predictions. Not
worth while to say too much until
April a whack at it.
The six weather limitation
of the ground hog has expired Now
we ill see what he is going to do
it for the next ten days
Governor has refused to
pardon Bishop, who is
a live term in the
Again the governor is right
lie is working
ward. Virginia, North Carolina,
and South Carolina have each
a murderer Georgia comes
next.
The Charlotte Observer will please
note that county again takes the
benefit of exception when it comes to
blood hounds that can fail success-
fully.
hen M wet ells come a look
at Dickinson avenue enough to con-
anyone that and Ninth
streets oiler the best thoroughfare to
the depot.
Charlotte is determined that
not get ahead of her in
the way of drawing cards.
city is expecting a visit in a few days
from Don Alton I. Parker, of New
York, Democratic nominee for Pres-
in the last election, and former
President Grover Cleveland has
been invited to be guest of honor
at the 20th of May celebration
A man who came from a town
when both existed, said he did not
see how Greenville got along with-
factories and a building and
loan association. The question will
puzzle almost anybody. True
Greenville has managed to get along
fairly well without the aid of h
town builders, but just think how
much faster the town would grow if
we had them.
There to be much doing in
Greenville during the coming sum
mer in the building line A build
ins and loan association would help
the c-use
must be turning over a
new f surf enough Beside
in clear of bawdy houses,
bur on the wrestling
matches that nave been taking place
there.
lire department
gallant fight at the lire in
Hardware building,
and the company showed its
by a check for That
kind of encouragement counts.
It is getting almost time for prop
to begin for the Confederate
reunion on May 10th.
The reunion this year should be
made a notable one, for the time is
rapidly coming when it will be too
A hand book late to pay honors to these gallant
hardly he needed in the can-1 heroes while they are living- Every
as the Republicans are fur year there is a thinning of the ranks,
isLing the her all the cam
material limy need.
The matter of distribution of
seed by congressmen is again
the attention of the public.
The expense attached to buying and
Rending out these free seed is some
thing like half a million dollars an-
We do not see why Con-
would not be equally justified
in sending everybody a hat or a pair
of shoes, or anything else, as to send
free seed.
is going after the matter
right to relieve the residents of the
burden of having to support three
telephone exchanges. The mer-
chants of the city held a meeting
and accepted one of the telephone
systems--the one offering the lowest
rate for will
i he use of the other two systems
Telephones are good things, but
three systems in the same town re-
quiring the people to rent
from all three in order to reach those
desired is too much of a good thing.
Th
ministerial association of
j . k has filed a request with the
,. -s of the Jamestown
, , r
. to open the exposition on
entirely
j the week are all on which
six days in
it should
and ere long the last of them will
have passed over the river. Green-
ville should do her best for the old
soldiers at the next reunion.
of State J. Bryan Grimes will
deliver the address here that day, so
the success of the speaking part of
the exercises is already assured.
Let everything else be arranged
keeping with it.
last week a
minister, who seems heretofore
to have boon in good standing in
his church, was convicted of
criminal intimacy with a married
woman and sentenced to
The disgrace that this
man has brought on the cause of
religion will of course do harm.
Because here and there uses
the of heaven to serve the
devil, there be plenty of scoffers
and scorners who sneer at the
religion of Jesus and say none of
its devotees are to be trusted.
But where one professed
of the Master fails and dis-
honors His cause there are
thousands and thousands who
have lived and are living today
lives consistently and faithfully
devoted to His service. There
be many of the cloth not
what they ought to be, just
are men in all walks of life
who fall short. But it is well to
remember that where one fails
there are and and more,
who live uprightly to the end.
Statesville Landmark.
WINTERVILLE
gone after
Frank Wilson
In its way the gold cure may be
all right, but a man seldom feels the
need of the cure until his gold is
all gone.
The King Clothier.
Announcement
We beg leave to announce that we are
Wholesale and Retail
for s
White Lead, Paints,
Colors, and and
. Ready nixed Paints.
There is no line in the world better than
the Harrison line. It has behind it a
reputation for honorable wares and honorable
dealings. .
If you use the Harrison Paints you need
never worry quality.
We trust that you will favor us with your
orders whenever you want good paint for any
Have just a car load and
can give you Special Prices.
Baker Hart
N. C,
THERE IS A WAY TO SAVE
AND A WAY TO LOSE.
save when yon buy the goods, you lose when you an v other
Kind, poor policy to buy any but especially when it comes to
GROCERIES.
Don't put just anything on your table and think it good enough. The
same money at my will the best to be hail. I have just nut In a fresh
stock of
Canned Goods, Package Goods,
Cheese, Coffee, Sweet and Sour Pickles and other articles in this line,
also Fruits and Confections. And I keep the best in Clears and Tobacco,
Just try me for the of everything in the Grocer's line.
J. B. JOHNSTON,
Next door to C. T.
Pulley Bowen
THE HOME OF WOMAN'S FASHIONS
t.
We will inaugurate Our Spring Season by
putting on display the newest
ideas to be shown in
SILKS WHITE GOODS
We have no trash or Special Sale stuff but
we will have the latest and best things that
were obtainable in the American markets ,
and we cordially invite the Ladies that are f
desirous of seeing the NEWEST
IN SILKS AND WHITE GOODS f
to call at our establishment and feast their
Very truly yours, X
.,
Pulley Bowen.
. V
This department is in charge of J. H. FRY, who is authorized to rep-
resent the Eastern Reflector in Winterville and territory.
Nice Hue of fresh groceries
ways on baud Barber
A Co.
Mrs. J. L. Jackson is
her mother i In- week at
Any one in need of a good cart
one that will last and render goo
service just sail to see or the
A.
Miss Holiday, of Grimes-
land, is this week at H. P.
If you expect co exchange your
seed for meal you can same time
by taking meal far your seed when
you have cotton ginned at the
Pitt Co. Oil Mill.
Mrs. L. A. Sparks and Miss
Sarah Taylor returned Sunday
night from Baltimore, where they
have been to purchase their spring
and summer goods.
For special prices heaters see
L. House.
If yon want good seed Irish
potatoes go to Harrington, Barber
a Co.
If you your laundry to look
nice last long take it to H. L.
Johnson who represents the
steam laundry.
Henry Johnson, of Ayden, spent
Sunday with his brother here, H.
L. Johnson.
The A. G. Cox Co. are still
shipping cotton planters and guano
by the car load, and if you
need any you bad best write or
see them at ore.
All farmers sow-
and wheat can be supplied with
mowers, rakes, reapers and binders
at Harrington, Barber Co.
Boy was a visitor in
town Sunday.
Be sure not to forget the
and those iron bedsteads at
A. W. Ange Co.
The Winterville High
Try a bottle of Kid- high grade garden seed
a sure cure for all u- ll-
seed
and net sin east
cure
troubles at Harrington
Co.
If nave cotton seed to sell or
exchange write or Pitt On,
Oil company, their prices are the
highest.
Men's and youth's pants, all
at Barber Go,
The demands for Tar Heel cart
wheels in treat now, and any ore
in need of will do well to
write or see the A G.
and at
ton Barber Co.
The Pitt Oil Co. will pay
highest price seed
The A. G. CoX Mfg. Co , are
still shipping cotton planters by
the car load.
always had them at the drug
store of B. T. Cox Bi.
Try a Prince or a Dan
Emmett Jim Dixon at
drug will them to you.
If need
at A. W. Co and you can
one, and too
bushels of -feed Oats at
Barber Co.
If you want good flour, some that
you can eat without any trouble
with Indigestion, go to A. W. Anne
ft Go., and get some of that Hour
be that is made out of
wheat.
pure
Big line of hats and caps just;
received, latest styles. Harrington.
go to
If you are preserve your
houses by painting them with
town and country paint, for
by A. W. Ange Co.
For hay, corn and oils
Harrington, Barber ft Go,
Tooth and Di-k Barrow at he not paid their
Barber k Co. lax ill do well to see C. L.
i c ii , Smith, collector, an extra
J. K , .
j i . r i. ,., amount in willed
day night from Baltimore, where
he has buying hi spring and . Form the habit of saving by
summer Look out a making small with the
lot of them now at Bank of small
ton, Barber Go's. g-eat fortunes gr.-w. Be-
l i gin now.
make m by ex r
changing their cotton seed for noticed in the paper a few
meal at Pitt County Oil Co. ago that while some party
Our meal analyzes Pitt driving the buggy shaft
Oil company. j In came unfastened and the entire
was thrown from the lop of
a high embankment, the
barely serious injury
The cause a defective
coupler, accidents
The newspaper of Car-
appear to be of one opinion
regarding the result of the
trial. t that the slayer
the two actors deserves the life
sentence he received and was
fortunate in not sent
the scaffold The
News and Courier as its
opinion that Hasty will
find life imprisonment in the
penitentiary a fearful penalty
for his brutal crime, but it will
be none too long for the
which he committed against
and continues,
ought to be no sympathy for him
in the fate which overtaker
him and he should be required to
serve out his term to tin; la-t
minute of his life. It is only in
this way that he can make any
atonement for his bloody
What tends to make Hasty's fate
seem harder than it would other-
wise appear is that so many men
in South Carolina just as
as ho has gone of
justice. However, there is little
room for mercy in a case of this
Observer.
Any one in need a plow will
do well to go to A. W. Ange
and get one of those
ed They are the best
the market.
are serious in a much as they often
threaten life, and every precaution
taken to guard
It is to your beat Interest.
i You can do this by lifting
Buggies. The shafts are fasten-
entered a college
Furnishings for the house we are
implements of all kinds
at Barber Co.
M. O. Bryan Tuesday
t from he has
been with his will, who has just
to apply never come
rattle. can then take
yon
C.
Car load of Hour just received,
Couplet
we are told, are the best on the
keeps drawing them in, as Misses new ready for business, and extend a. quick and
Lillian Thomas Ella invitation to all, to visit our
of Stokes, entered school here and Bee the beautiful line of
Monday morning. The furniture, which we have planed, .
know a good thing when they see to deal out on easy p,, safety,
it, and therefore they patronize the that the poorest shall have no;
Winterville excuse for their homes not being I u
Winterville Canning Thanking you In ml.
consisting of furnace, cooker, can- for we are you
books, work shed, Supply
and about one third acres of land Co., Winterville, N
in heart of Winterville for sale.
For particulars see Dr. B. T. Cox ice , at
or J. F Harrington. Harrington, Barber Co.
We offer our silver table ware;
j The Pitt Oil is
guarantee at a bargain. ,
car ,,,.
Buy a pipe from J. H. C. Dixon line of dress shirts ever
at the drug store. j shown in Winterville at
Much is being added to Harrington, Barber Co.
looks of the Winterville High New furniture is arriving daily
School campus by setting out shade at A w q Clime ,,
trees, magnolias, evergreens and j , ,
many different kinds of shrubbery. I , T , . .
. ., . , , . Miss Lela Roach, who is a slit-
it has always been a beauty . , . , . . .
of the Winterville High
School, spent and 81111-
day with her parents, who live
near Mill. She was also ac-
Nice by Misses Battle Kit-
Barber Co. and Chapman,
We notice that the A G. Cox A new line of and dress
Co will keep the depot plat I goods just received at A. W. Ange
form covered with Cox Be sure to see them and
cotton planter, as last as one car i your pick,
load is moved put another on
The of
f the wage earner,
and small fain t as well as that
the larger bra. e men, we can be
mutually you will let us.
If yon a nice trunk cheap
go to A. W. Co. for they
Another large shipment of In.
all styles and sizes and prices very If you want a nice pair of Slip.
go to A. W.
Co and you can got them. He
has the nicest lot ever shown in
Winterville.
it is becoming now most beautiful.
John Stokes is in town, this week
talking
the platform, and by doing keep
It painted all the time.
All c r of paint, and yellow
at Harrington Barber Co.
Nice line of boys suits at II L.
Johnson's
reasonable.
A Co.
Barber
White's and Kidney Cure,
the combination medicine
for and a sure colic cure,
at the Drug Store
Buy your Apples,
I Bananas from J.
G. Dixon at he ding store.
A nice lot of new summer Bug-
Robes at Harrington, Barber
Co.
If you want a nice shirt or tie
go to Harrington, Barber Co.
at the bank. cashier would
be glad you. He would
like to show you how an account
with be bank of
tie helpful to you.
want nice sew-
machine for 910.00, or any
kind of house furnishing goods
cheap go to A. W. Ange Co.
The gentleman, who left town
last week and lost his clothes would
not have had such bad luck If he
had bought one of those nice
trunks, or suit cases at A. W.
Ange Go.
Start your Hank account with
the Hank of W today the
first deposit is the hardest to
make the others easily,
then watch account grow.
The nicest lot of men's pants ever
in Winterville can now be
seen at. A. W. Ange ft Co. Get
your pick they going.
of not having gin d
pants when Hat Barber
Co., have received a i lit,
that will sell cheap.
Governor Glenn, Attorney
Auditor Dixon,
Chief Clerk
Moody, representing Treasurer
Lacy, one
or I newspaper men witnessed
the destruction the South
la and bonds
yesterday There was
u, i of them All had
been redeemed, duly
paid and were burned. These
were the last, and there are now
none
Publishers of a city directory
in Chicago are to be made the
victims of a peculiar form of
boycott if the plans the Typo-
graphical Union are carried out
Because the directory is to be
printed in a non-union shop the
union printers are endeavoring
to have members of all labor or-
give their names to
the canvassers as John Smith.
This if carried out,
it is estimated, result in
John Smiths being printed in the
directory. Such a course is in
line with many of the things the
labor unions in their desperation
are now endeavoring to
on the people who have do
office is at all
time- prepaid to till
wedding invitations, either piloted
or
NOTICE OF EXECUTION SALE
I In the Rune-
It. L. Smith Company vs. Bad
Dixon.
By virtue an execution to
the undersigned from the Superior
Court of Pitt county in the above
titled action, i will, on Monday, the
of March, at o'clock
M, at the Court door of said
county, sell to the highest bidder for
cash to satisfy said all the
title interest which the said
Bull Dixon. defendant, has in the
following described real estate,
one undivided one eighth inter-
est of Basil Dixon, subject to the life
of his father, S, in
hid to the lands which descended to
from his mother, Henrietta Dix-
on. Henrietta and
described as
lauds of Ii. A. B, r.
Planing and wife,
John and others, and con-
three hundred and acres,
more Or and being the entire in-
of the said Basil in and
to the lands of which his mother, the
late Dixon, Henri-
died seized and possessed,
situated on the north side of Tar river,
Greenville township, county,
subject to the life estate of S. Dix-
on, the father said Basil Dix-
on.
This 16th day of February,
L. w. Tucker, Sheriff.
DISSOLUTION.
The firm of Proctor St Gibson, Mer-
chants at N. has this
day dissolved by mutual consent. All
persons indebted to said will make
payment to T. Proctor, who will
continue business at the old stand,
and will settle all Indebtedness against
said This 16th-, 1806.
T. P, Proctor.
J. L. Gibson.
H. is the man to
deal with.
Our store is at all times open to those who want good
goods at low prices. We can furnish your house from
the kitchen to the parlor in Furniture at prices that will
suit your puree. SATISFIED ARE
ADVERTISEMENT.
PICTURES
TO ORDER
Well we can suit you in Price, Quality and Workman-
ship, our are up-to-date, our con-
our prices are right. Give a call
when in need of anything in the Furniture
or Picture line. Orders taken for
traits, likeness guaranteed,
Yours Truly,
A, Ii. Taft
Wash Goods Sale
We have received our full line of
consisting of
FANCY GOODS
LAWNS IN INDIA LINEN
GINGHAMS, MADRAS
will be on sale Monday. Everybody
to these goods,
Jas. F. Davenport,
OPPOSITE GREENVILLE BANKING S TRUST
When a gets the worst of
argument he always to act as
if ho bad been drawing the
other man out;
MONEY IS NOTHING
IN COMPARISON WITH GOOD HEALTH
But should you become incapacitated by either accident or sickness it will
help bear the burden of additional expense incurred, the
DISABILITY POLICY
It insures against all accidents and sickness of
THE
is insured for YOUR benefit when traveling. Secure a Policy NOW.
Insurance H. A. WHITE Greenville, N. C
provides complete protection
every kind.
Mil
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fay
ti
BUY
Stock
CD.
Daniel's Love Far and
Vary
gave .
very .,.; i.
V. a.- Ill
Solid .
and the Led i
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turned
GENERAL NEWS.
We sell and guarantee FAY STOCKINGS
per pair. W-i are not but are
Sole Agents and can sell you cheaper.
We were the first to ever t FAY STOCKINGS
shipped to Greenville.
N. C.
Hardware.
For C Slopes Ranges,
heaters Pumps, Am
munition. One an J Two Horse
Plows, Heat Cutters and
Stutters. In fact anything;
in Hardware come to
H. L. CARR
SEED. MEAL AND HULLS.
STUFF.
.
paying the hi. hen market price for Cotton Seed
in any quantity.
I sell Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls, in car lots or
less, stoked or loose, t suit purchaser, or exchange for Seed
at
HAY, CORN, OATS, BRAN, SHIP STUFF LIME
and all -d constantly on hand.
Cir of Golden Seed and Feed Oats to arrive, also
and Black Oats, Bed Host Proof Oats.
I have just had built a warehouse near depot
for this line.
will to carry a of rile- Groceries
stand occupied by Johnston i .
F. V- JOHNSTON.
rest to the stomach. Cures indigestion, dyspepsia, sour stomach,
tired weak stomach, windy stomach, puffed stomach, nervous
and catarrh of the stomach. A guaranteed cure.
m. y r E C
ac-
Torn
Hum . . . I
Sold by J. L.
in
the man in Ark
ans;
Brr i . It
my M after five, years I
in J bleed i
i ii ail I
my good fortune to the w
medicine, Dr. King's
New Discovery for Consumption,
which I know from experience
will cure consumption if taken
in time My wife improved with
first bottle and twelve bottles
completed the cure Cures the
worst coughs and colds or money
refunded At I L. Wooten's
druggist Trial
bottle free.
man who insures his life Is
wise his family.
The man who Insures his health
Is wise both for his family and
You may insure health by guard-
It. It Is worth guarding.
At the first attack of
which generally
through the and
itself In Innumerable
TAKE
to Mr. Well . to one
feature of the .-. . in be
the i i Jay.
speak of it, lie
said, ii hot a peculiarly
bearing on the cane, and
thought you-might not have under-
stood its
Mr. Webster, who was looking
dreamily out of the carriage win-
was recalled to a consciousness
of his client's presence. He yawned
and. settling back against the
ions,
always hoped I might some
day come to Philadelphia, because
I've been told that there is no place
in the United States where they
serve finer brandy. When I came
away from Boston I said to some of
my friends. I'm going to find
out about that Philadelphia
and if I find that it really is
best I shall have made a useful
Several times Mr. Goodyear tried
to draw his distinguished attorney's
attention to the particular point at
issue, but he never seemed to take
the slightest interest in it. The
brandy of Philadelphia was
the only topic which interest-
ed him. he recurred to it.
Mr. Goodyear left him somewhat
brusquely of his hotel. When he re-
turned to hi- his story was
anything but inspiriting.
got s man who is supposed to lie
the t lawyer in the United
States and the only subject in which
he takes any interest is Philadelphia
That night, though, Mr. Webster
worked in his room until o'clock,
occasionally walking the floor and
marshaling his case into battle
ray. His plea the next day was one
of his most impressive utterances in
its Dover and logic, and the case,
involving hundreds of thousands of
dollars, given to the
Harper's Weekly.
At best it is only in the exercise
of ii great unselfishness that the
spinster can continue to enjoy
the sunshine of happiness. So long
as people are young there need not
much loneliness in the single
state of a man or a woman.
The sweets of liberty and the
hope of happiness to come
make up for much that is lost in the
present. It is when life begins to
grow old friends, through
death, through marriage or through
exigencies of time and place have
fallen away and new friends are
more difficult to is then
that both the spinster and the
will fool the inexorable ache of
loneliness. the outlook then is
worse for the spinster than for the
bachelor because it is more
A man, if ho has the means
to support a wife and often if he has
not, can always turn to matrimony
a ft possible consolation when he
chooses, and he knows
Life.
What One Boy Asked.
Children's questions are sometimes
even more en than their
answers, says John Henry Burn in
The following were asked by a
small hoy during a two
kittens take off their fur
when go to Led at night
Who conked dinner when all the big
people were little
don i have -1. What
kind of is it the
has in the big in the
front window What does i
Clans give boys for
when there ain't Ice ii. When
I drink water, why it run down
into my legs
Happenings of Interest Over the
Country.
White Stone Spring,
March II Fire, mi-
in the kitchen from
sense
the hotel at this
p to-
New York, March
William Jerome
today brought two libel units for
i one against The New
York American and the other against
The New York Journal.
Albany, N Y; March
nor today issued a further
reprieve until May in Hie case of
Albert T. in order to allow
time to continue proceedings on the
motion for a trial, now pending
tn New York City.
Way-cross. Ga. March John
S. SI one of the most prominent
men and largest real estate owner
of was assassinated in his
own yard tonight. His family had
gone o church and the murder was
discovered by his wife and children
on their return. There is no chic
S. C., Match II.
In the ad his call to make mire
of a block in the ten, Ku-
Dan of the South-
by p.
rock in a cut and
bringing passenger
No pi Into Gin at
o'clock this afternoon.
T. Mo, ., March
killed and injured, one of
ill die, is the list of fatalities in
a wreck of two trains, a
aid on
Ohio i ail road, which
occulted at o'clock today
about two miles from
N. March 12.-
lot f eventful life
B. at
The came peacefully. Miss
had been
for hours,
death bad n x-
since Sunday night. Only
her wonderful constitution
her alive
READ AND YOU WILL LEARN
That ilia writers and
of all the several of
practice endorse end recommend, In lbs
terms each and every
ingredient into the composition
Of Ur. Marco's Golden Medical Discovery
for the core of weak stomach, dyspepsia,
catarrh of stomach,
torpid liver, or biliousness, chronic bowel
affections, all diseases of
whatever region, name or nature. It
also a remedy for all sued chronic
or cases of
and their resultants, as bronchial,
throat and lung diapason consume-
with severe coughs. It
DO YOU KNOW THE
ADVANTAGES
OF OUR
TIME DEPOSIT
FEATURE
Call in or drop us a line.
THE GREENVILLE BANKING
TRUST CO.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
THE BANK OF FARMVILLE, FARMVILLE. N. C.
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, JAN.
Capital stock pd in
Undivided profits 607.04
sub to check 32.609
is not for acute colds and coughs,
hut for lingering, or chronic cases it is
especially efficacious in per-
cures,
Olden Seal root, root.
Mandrake root and Queen's of
winch urn highly praised as remedies for
all by such
eminent writers and teachers as
Prof. of Jefferson Med. Col-
Prof. Hare, of the of Pa.;
Finley M, lien-
nett Mud. College. Chicago; Prof. John
King, M. late of Prof.
John M. M. late
; Prof. Edwin M. Hale. it. K, of
Med, College, and
scores of eminent their
several schools practice.
Discovery is the
only medicine put up for sale through
druggists fur like purposes, has any
endorsement
any of ordinary
publicity of its formula
on tin- wrapper is the heat possible
guaranty of its merits. A glance at
Loans Discounts
1.000.00
Due from Banks 15,478.17
Cash Items 30.05
Gold coin 502.50
Silver coin 1,401.63
Nat, notes 2,058.00
44,216.92
State of North Carolina, w
County of Pitt. f
I, J. R. Davis, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solemn-
swear that the above statement is true to the best of my
knowledge and belief.
Subscribed and sworn to be-
fore me, this 8th day of Feb.
1906.
J. V. JOHNSTON,
Notary Public.
J. R. DAVIS,
W. M. LANG,
W. J
R. L. DAVIS,
Directors
GREENVILLE, N. e.
CAPITAL
PROFITS
ASSETS
will show
contain
or harmful agents
. alcohol
chemically pure,
being used Instead, Is entirely
and l is a must
useful ingredient in tin
And save your health.
Tho
you are
for a new congregation now, aren't
are your How
do you like the
rah, de outlook ain't so
bad, but do I took at de
bat it had gone round
de fob collections
A Cold Reception.
A pompous English duke who
married hi third wife was ope day
surprised as he entered the drawing
room ed for sonic state
by his wife throwing her
arms shout his neck and Kissing
him. said he in the
est of tones, first wife a
Howard, my end wife was u
broke, and, madam, neither of them,
ever dared to attempt such a lib-
. cure of all
as well as bronchial, throat and lung
affections. There la the highest medical
authority fur its use in all such cases,
The n
of native, medicinal roots
and Is sale and reliable.
A booklet of extracts from eminent,
medical authorities, endorsing Its
mailed on Address
Dr. It. V. Buffalo, N. Y.
Notice.
All persons are hereby forbid
under penalty of law in
hire, with, give employ
or shelter our sons,
Stocks and Allen
Sticks, without our consent.
Jackson
Mrs.
NOTICE TO
qualified before the
Court Clerk of
administrator of the estate M.
B deceased, notice is hereby
given to all persons to
make immediate payment
the undersigned, and all
the estate must
present them to the undersigned on or
before the 17th, day of January,
or this notice will be plead in bur of
This 17th, day of Jan., 1806,
W. I. Peal,
of Mrs. M. K. pea
The above resources we offer accommodation of
our customers and the encouragement of every
mate enterprise.
R. L. DAVIS, President, JAMES L. LITTLE, Cashier
ANDREWS, Vice President,
WALTER G. WARD, Cashier.
REPORT OF CONDITION OF
THE BETHEL BANKING AND TRUST CO.
AT N. C.
At tho close business Jan. 29th, 1906.
Loans and discounts f
Overdrafts secured
Furniture A Fixtures
Due from Bank and
Bankers
items
Gold and silver coin,
National bank and
other U. S. notes
Total
Capital stock I 5,800.00
Surplus fund
Undivided profits
Time certificates of
deposit
Deposits to chock
Checks out-
standing
Certified
Total
80.886,08
State of North Carolina, County of Pitt,
I. H. H. Taylor, Cashier of named do solemnly
wear that tho statement is t to tho best of my
and belief. II II. Taylor, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to
ons mo, tins 5th day of
SAMUEL A. GAINER,
Notary Public
ROBT. STATON,
J. R. BUNTING,
M. O. BLOUNT
Directors.
AYDEN
J. M. BLOW, Manager and Authorized Agent-
i . c.
As for DAILY
and we take
treat pleasure in sub
and writing receipts for
those in arrears. We have a list
of all who receive their mail at
this office. We also orders
for job printing.
There were a very large unrulier
from here Sunday who went to
Greenville to the of
W. E. The Odd Fellows
were well represented.
rugs and art squares are
finer than the finest,
J. J. Edwards k. Son have just
A full supply of Trunks
Telescopes, Gripe, Satchels
Suit Cases, at J. K. Smith A Bro.
M and wife, who
have been on a visit here,
to their Home.
Old Fashion Hand-made Paw-
Paw Gum Bread Trays at J. K.
Smith Bro.
Rev. T. H. King, LaGrange,
filled his regular appointment here
in Baptist
Cannon and Tyson invites your
to car load of stoves
and heaters.
We your attention to our
wood wire fencing.
your buildings by
painting them with
Town and County lead
full line colors, kept at J.
K. Smith
J. J. Smith the Sabbath
Scot laud Neck.
Buy your Felt Mattress at Can-
non Tyson, the beet.
V.
Pump- with or joints
and pipe at J. R. Smith Bro.
Miss Daisy of Rountree,
was a visitor in Ayden yesterday.
Dress goods, Broad cloth,
Mohair, cashmere, albatross
silks, trimmings, lining and white
goods at J R Smith Bro
D G. left
for South Carolina where business
will detain him several weeks.
his absence his family will
visit lends in Hertford.
Bed steads, mattresses, springs,
single and double, rockers, dialog
and wash stands
tables at J R Smith
Misses mid
Taylor afternoon i
the country Misses
and
Calico and at
per great in white
at J.
R.
Miss Hallie Cox,
Mill, Mia
W, E. Hooks. Mrs.
son is also a visitor at Mrs.
J. R. Smith just
received a car load of alum
salt. Also a car load Lee's
cultural lime for peanuts, etc.,
Waller Buck and family
Saturday Winter
villa.
E. E. I Co. will do all
possible can to please you with
their new line of heavy fancy
groceries,
Car load .-all for rule by Can
non and Tyson.
P. S. Cannon.- the
I can now be found on cast side
of railroad between office of Dr.
Dixon and Tripp Bro shops.
I have full supply of general
and fancy groceries, confection
cigars, and tobacco. Fresh
Oysters and every night on
arrival of train, call and will
you fair. P. S, Cannon.
Prof. owing to ill health,
we me mi resigned
posit an pi loci pal of I he
graded Rev. T. II. Kin,
of will assume temper.
Hie school
cm be
Hay corn, oats, meal,
nails
cut saws tools at J
received car load of line of
and hi.
Mrs. William Tunstall came up
from the Saturday
to her borne
county,
was sent to the
sufferers Japan by the
Cm Endeavor society here
Sunday.
Buy your furniture of Cannon
Tyson, they the best
cheapest
Latest styles wrap
for Misses and Ladies
a nice hue of Zephyr
tors at J. R. Smith Bro.
i Joe M. Dixon went to
Friday.
Cannon and Tyson have the
strongest line of dress goods
shoes in town.
For a nice present buy a novel-
clock at J. W. Taylor's. It is
for any occasion.
Henry was a visitor from
last week.
A line of crockery, glass
ware, fancy lamps, and tinware
at J R Bro
Get the Cox planter the
the market at J. R. Smith
Brr
Mrs. Ann Coward is on a visit. t
her sou, H. L. Coward,
ville.
We have moved in brick
store J. H. Bynum on West
Railroad just of the
House. Our goods are
ml in w as our entire old stuck was
burned the recent fire. We will
be pleased to our friends as
well as the general call and
see us. We know we can please
you Doth as to price and quality.
W. C. Jackson ii Co
cars cotton seed,
will pay highest cash price, don't
sell your seed until you see me.
Frank Lilly Co.
A full line of trunks, valises, tel-
grips, satchels, hand bag,
and suits cases at J R Smith Bro
always keep on Bend a
line feed stuff at lowest
prices Such as hay, oats, corn,
col on seed hulls, brand
ship Frank Lilly C
Monday morning there came to
my house Inn mules
black mule, three of them
horse mules one mare mule.
The owner can have same by com-
In and proving property
and This
J. M. Harris
u lull line of meat, lard and can
goods. Don't buy before
me a trial. Frank Lilly Co
For carpenters ton's, grind s
i hump rope pulleys, at
Bro.
Why exhaust your
that kicking cow when you can buy
fresh Evaporated Cream and
at F
Co's.
Now Livery, Feed and Exchange
and Jones, Ayden.
N. well cared for. Pass
to and all
available points. The and
most conveyances.
Pi ices reasonable. AI service of
public all limes and hours.
Moore and Jones, livery,
feed exchange Ayden,
Car but I V. Crimped in
I to cover residences
.,
, much I hail
aim very little at J.
R Bro.
Mm Mary Long a
teacher the graded
spent from unlit Sunday
evening lend- hi
When your eyes need
J. W. Taylor,
, N in be nun
your if be
pleased.
Miss Grace of Boston,
Mass-, is Mis.
Brooks.
It is sometimes considered
good taste to get too unless
it is spooning over that delicious hot
Chocolate at F. G.
Misses Julia and Nelie
to
a few weeks before Easter
how about letting us make that
spring suit while you can secure
your choice of goods
Brown, per F. G. H Co.
Raymond Turnage baa turned
about i visiting in
Over
for
Friday evening Edward
Parker, a colored man working at
Louis W saw mill a
few miles from here the country,
fell the circular saw while it
was rapid mo mid bis leg
was completely severed from hi-
n of the saw
was so Hie limb was hurled a
distance some fifty or sixty
In its course it struck a white man
the head, knocking him down.
Dr. Brown was immediately
sent for but colored only
lived about twenty minutes.
SPECIAL SALE.
Beginning with Monday, January
we will conduct a special sale
hi all dress goods, dry goods cloth-
shoes and hats. These prices
will prevail till Feb. 1st. This is
lie ii should buy. It p
Green we should sell. All
our store will be reduced
from ten i twenty to per
cent.
Our spring and summer
will soon arrive order to
make room our stock, we have
decided to conduct this sale.
opportunity is a mutual one, and
we trust you will lake advantage
of the bargains we will offer.
Come to see be convinced
for yourself.
J. R. Turnage Co.
Dr. Joseph Dixon,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Brick Block, Railroad
Ayden, N. C.
F r a
K.
born same
line Hit- same
We invite the public call and
see us. will sell as cheap us
1.1 . . sis be heat.
Give us a trial. C. Ii. Williams,
Go to B, E. Hail A Cat's new
market beef, meats, sen.
fish.
Tho Only Requisite tor
A Perl ;
arc your hands
Massage Cream
kin i i
card m i
. ii I T
1.1.1-. .
-s
women u
ill
For Sale at
SAUL'S PHARMACY.
If you in. won
h l it
all mi
O. b ha- five yo-
with i. e 111.-1
ca-es. never fails to
give patients or their
money Over five
of Pitt Greene
best people testify t.
Give your eye
work want
NOTICE.
My son William Jenkins, col,
left my home and
aid said
William Jenkins, col., a
minor, Ibis is to warn any and
persons food or em-
to him and those doing
so will he prosecuted according to
law. This January 19th
Jenkins col.
Frightfully Burned.
has W. Moore, a machinist,
of Ford City, Pa , had his hand
frightfully in an
cal furnace. He applied Buck
Salve with the usual
result; quick and perfect cure
Greatest healer on earth for
Wounds, Sores, Eczema
and J. L. Wooten's,
A Gospel.
The J. O. Warren,
Sharon Baptist Church, Be-
lair. Ga , says
a Godsend to mankind. It
cured me of lame back, stiff joints
and complete physical collapse.
was also weak it took me half
an hour to walk a mile. Two
bottles of Electric Bitters have
made me so strong I have just
walked three miles in minutes
and feel like walking three more
It's made a man of Great
est remedy for weakness and all
Stomach. Liver and Kidney i
complaints
Mr-
r. I .
;,.
.;
. Mm P. G. While-.
w is in K
O O. made a
trip he Western
Sunday.
J. I. x,
rived y a
bis e b
Mr. and Mr. Galloway
of Mr. Hill
Sunday.
Henry White, of
was in
W. T. bur
Friday, bis
not k far
days.
H.
J. P AI ford went to G .
Monday.
Mr. and Mr-. Hull
went .
ville Friday.
K. T. P in a
mule, I be of
Rev. B. K of
filled lb
here
-a- t V . . in.
Mis. J. Bobbi t.
Mrs. M. Haddock and d
a few days Mr-. E
A. Stanley e k
We are to st tie that v r-
J. It. is i-
quite ill at h.-r I
dine.
John -on were in
town Friday. Mi. Moore is a quite
prosperous farmer, i
lace pounds of hams and loll
of pot
C. D. Baker and Jack St. is
spent Sunday n. o
Sold under s,.
tee at J. L Drug More , , ,. , w
Price HOC. I. I
GOODS SAVED
FROM FIRE
Same as of
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes
Hats, Gent's and Ladies fur-
goods. In fact
everything kept in a first
class general
store sold at greatly
ed prices.
HORTON
K.
aid on
well us e
Md
NOTICE OF
firm id ., as
on the Bib day
dissolved by F
V. Johnston the Inter
of J B. J. the
The will lie eon-
at same stand by F. V.
Johnston
his 8th Jan
K. v.
IS.
Potash
Hi one
with at. th.-r with little or
no it. Every
.-, I
will sent to
KALI St. N. V., Off
Ail in. in.
Op. R. L. Cw.
Greenville, N. G.
OF
THE K OF AYDEN
N. J.-s-.
At the, of business Jan. 29th,
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts,
Furniture and fixtures
Demand .-
Duo front
ems,
silver Coin,
National Hank miles and
oil.- r S III ill B
o-
in
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in.
Surplus
I .
Deposits subject I cheek,
Cashier's
if
ire
h.-
in .
d .
a o t
V .
h- Virginia C-.
d, says that
and
s -I lie o
n in.
, in W
e be o ice I
l M.
has
or the
ii.
City, March U.
. venue cutter B
day b
of the crew of
chip Clyde, of L
hi New York, hit wt
on Island,
he of The cu
tr fair mad
the wrecking company, am
that will b-
saved. The crew were t.
Norfolk this tn be dis-
charged by British consul.
March
and capitalists this evening closed
a deal with for
old i;.
I,,. and the
The
deal sue made Mr. John
C. Mills,
their to be the
. at Ibis They
. up-to-date hos.
-an- -i- m
l. which
will hp very
latest co light
c.
William II . iV f the
late V. II Hi I,
suicide h, I just
dropped dead
e, ,. ., I, .
co.
id aid died
j woman,
a use
hi.
r. n I., up
I Me-
rel-i
i ii.-i-p. r. n
e-ii, ha,.,. in
Hi c y. . . nut as
M t- . h
c e-j ,
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l . ,. ,. .-inn .
rt-, . Ki
en
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j . f I,.,,.,,., . .
II he vb .
.
I a .- Ob-H
be
II w
nit
Viol
rum
in
the
It n
Total,
Total.
801,003.01
STATE OF
NORTH
V PUT. I
I, J. It. Smith, Cashier of do
dial above is Hue to lust of my and be
lief. J. R. I MM II,
aid to before It. SMITH,
me, Ibis 6th ii JOSEPH
HODGES. K. CANNON.
Public. Directors
he id a ado out
tag.- system mi king further
provisions, for tho State's Insane
is good one, in opinion.
Room should be provided for
every insane person in North
-tin, but we do not think
there Is any necessity for put-
ting ii- largo buildings to do
this. cottages with tho
opportunity an abundance
air is what is most need-
ed, in our
Sentinel.

platform ware
A Compress
. hale of cotton
loaded freight earn. The
is placed at
sawed.
Norfolk. Va. e
f North Pine Association,
I embracing interests in Virginia
every North and South that
and
output. I feet
it by ally, annual convention,
larger H hotel with
about and a
most feared slates
f every i attendance,
intelligent
, laces the
merchant on
e merchant,
displays an
the nap
electrical storm great severity,,
by a heavy rainfall, I
Atlanta late today. Near-j
two inches of rain fell between
noon and k. The tower of the.
Ad space
, Second Baptist church was set on
It she
baa goods, and
wants the public
t. The greater the
tire this evening by lightning.
Nearly a hundred on
side of were burned
cut and a number of electric street
is to be. fur
P , . . cars were also put out of
rise a fascinating
ion. lie was damaged
The total loss from
the atom will amount to
several dollars.
an ever 111-
outlet in
. space. It is business
prompts this use of ad
the result is found in
trade. The two go to-
space and business
Journal.
a Federation.
Preacher Hurt.
We learn that Elder M. T.
Lawrence, of Hamilton, who set
the Brit Swamp church this
county, m painfully hurt when
N. March
on federation of the his appointment at
churches of the W
today the First Part of
church. The meeting,
by the election of the home the animal run
officers who served the
away. Mr. Lawrence got out over
at the last meeting held the back in do-
Pa Dr. J. B WU hurt about the
w Brunswick, X. J , is mod- hope his in-
r, and Dr. J D. Steele. be
tic, X. J., secretary. I mine
soon recover from it.
alter the
arose as to rep- A
of the press be j
to meetings of the Since November 25th Mr. E. M
It was tin illy decided Wheeler, who lives here, has
that be admitted all trapped wink and a much
article, should lief ire larger of
tic local papers or , and other less valuable
At the varmints. Mr. Wheeler informs
took a until this j that be intends to go to
In his report Dr. J. next to take a
secretary, that course in medicine with the money
th churches, with few exceptions, earned Ins trapping
in favor cf federation, some Chatham Record.
a Conditionally,
; . Jerome has sued the Hearst j
It is a brilliant spectacle Joe cussed
the public is being- treated Senate and altogether
just at this time when a deuce of a time going
tee of the Senate of the United nigger dead and no
States is holding up the confirm-
of a district attorney at
behest a lot of whiskey
and dealers who know or
experience that they cannot de-
fraud the government he
is in office This is exactly what
is being done in case of Dis-
Attorney Holton. No one
opposes his mutton except
these very men, a number of
whom have been given a
what lie dispenses In the way i.
justice Of course they do not
come out in the open and fight
him, but it is through them that
confirmation is delayed and if
any money is required to do it
they are no doubt furnishing it.
As a matter of fact tight be-
made against is one of
the strongest testimonials to his
worth as an officer. How much
longer is this to be kept on
the Rec-
water hot, as it
Record.
TO THE TRUSTEES OF
The Greenville Christian Church
e Free Press says that Hines
Bros. Co. will soon begin
construction of a
from Snow Hill to Kinston.
sound sense that we tell yo. .
It will less dollars to paint
your church with b. M. lie-
; cause more painting is done with one
gallon L. M. than with two gal-
Ion of other paints, and
Zinc M.
and make, h, A M- Tear
like Iron.
Any be given a
free whenever paint. I
gallons L. M. mixed with I gal
Ions Linseed Oil moderate
sized house.
cost L. If. about
gallon-
J. E. Webb, Painter Hickory, N. C.
Writes, with L. A M.
years ago have not needed
Sold by ILL. Can-, Greenville, .
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NOTICE TO
county
to all notice i
nuke i to to
all ha to the
i-.- i t
for am to the
f March, l, or on or th h tiny
bar of notice will tie plead In
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NOW
and Friday.
GREENVILLE. COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY. MARCH 1906.
REFLECTOR
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN
No.
GOING ON
T.
Store
North
The editor took a
run over to Be Friday
morning, going on the
and on the
Though there only a while it
was time to do some good
business that the town
is along lively. Bethel
has Rome good business men and
the town a large trade.
country around Bethel is
fine trucking section and
has been made for a big crop
this year.
The people over there express
themselves well pleased with the
passenger and mail facilities of
They now
have six mails a day, can get The
in two hours alter it is
printed and Raleigh papers get
there a little after o'clock in
the morning.
The most pleasant thing connect
ed with trip was meeting
our venerable friend Col. N. M.
Hammond, whose bead is now hoary
with the frosts of many winter. It
is a delight to bear him talk over
old times and give
of the good old days t tint are gone.
He always has a warmth of greet-
and hearty grasp for every one.
Hie kind are the salt of the earth.
May he yet be spared many years
to bestow words and good
counsel to those around
There are at present more than
cases and several
cases of grippe among the children
Representative North
Carolina, yesterday introduced a
bill providing that of
the money
the sale of public lands, which
would otherwise become a part
of the Baptist Orphanage at Thorn- May
Only one death has used to construct a
dozen children, m drainage of the
are now considered
The school has been North Carolina.
Virginia and
Bird Murder.
Mr. B. T. Bailey tells us of an
occurrence witnessed at
the Center Brink warehouse Fri
day. Two sparrow were
and fell together on a pile
of tobacco. Mr. Bailey went near
thinking to capture the bird when
one of them flew leaving the
other on pile of tobacco,
killed it in the fight. An ex-
of the dead bird dis-
closed no wounds received in the
fight, leading the supposition that
it had choked to death by the
antagonist.
Both Mistaken.
An Irish merchant who had more
money in his pocket than his appear-
denoted, took a seat in a first
class carriage. The Junior Christian
Endeavor World tells the
A dandy fellow-passenger was
much annoyed at Pat's presence, and
missing bis taxed
him with having picked his pocket,
Alter recovering his
which lie had put in his hat, he
made a lame apology, but Tat stop
him with the remark.
yourself easy, don't
bother about, the matter. You took
me for a I took you for a gen-
were both of us mis-
taken; that's all, me honey
Died.
Mrs. Martha Moore, aged
years, died o'clock this
morning at the of her
Mrs. I. Fleming, four miles
from She leaves one
daughter one son, Mrs. Flem-
and Mr. B, F. latter
of services will
be held in the Episcopal church
here at o'clock Sunday
the interment following the
cemetery.
Valuable Lot For Sale.
Attention is called to
the sale of what is
known the Methodist church
lot, of Greene and
streets. This is valuable properly
should Dud a ready
at a good price.
suspended.
Reidsville, March President
Roosevelt has been notified that
Ann Scales, a well known
colored resident Reidsville, has
birth to triplets. This is
the second time she has born trip-
lets within two years. She is also
the mother of sets of twins.
Ten children at four births la not a
bad
N. C, March
special to The Gazette News this,
alt says that news has just
been received at City to
the effect th-it a fire this morning
destroyed W. J. Oliver's warehouse
and commissary at
destroyed contained
general railroad supplies for
camps on the new road from
ville, to The
mated loss is
Washington, N. C, March
This afternoon about o'clock,
while drinking in O. B. Wynn's
bar room Water street, Henry
and Frank Moore, both
colored, became involved in a
rel. In th- difficulty which
ed drew a knife and stab-
bed Moore in the left breast a little
above heart, cutting an artery
Moore was taken into a nearby
when, he died a few minutes
later was caught by a
policeman and landed in jail.
High Point, N. C, March
was learned here yesterday
Mr. Parker, while
the of Lumber
doing work the
night before, was the victim of an
attempted assassination. A pistol
ball flowed its way through a glass
striking a blind and glancing
The course was on a direct level
with Mr. head, and had
it not struck the blind it is thought
would have killed The mat-
was kept quiet for some time
the hope that a clue could be
red.
Wilson, N. C. March
developments appeared this morn-
the brick mason's strike,
when Will Kittrell, a Wilson
was before Mayor
Herring charged with conspiracy.
The was very conclusive
that he was the author of a letter
to Tom Hawkins, of Hen-
a union which
letter warned him that he must
leave Wilson by that he
could not live here. The writing
in he letter compared with that of
K Hell's appear to be the same.
Kittrell was bound over to court.
When questioned about his
bill. Mr. Small I noticed
GENERAL NEWS.
PERSONAL
e prevalence of is Happenings Interest Over the n Th ., . . r
fact, a ., ,
Country.
The pr
fact, if you please The craze
seems to get into the air and
then a rail couldn't
stop its progress. Just now the
skating has taken
session of the county and In all
the we find illusions
to the fascinating sport A skat-
rink manager in this city-
told us recently that the craze
so widespread that factories
the Senate passed a bill a few de-
days ago reported by Senator tor
of North Dakota, to to get enough for
use a million dollars
immediate use.
Not
bad
fund to drain six , craze
ties in his State I was not aware but has
that the reclamation fund could Panted the bicycle craze,
be turned to such a practical nearly
use. The Dismal Swamp is most. rode
capable of being drained and re
claimed than the North Dakota
lands. The surface of
Hired
H. A. White went
March
Hen Most, the this morning,
died today of erysipelas.
Baltimore, March Snow,
which -tailed about midnight
Thursday end until a.
m. yesterday, c the ground
to a depth of four inches.
who retire early were New Bern evening,
greatly surprised to see, upon
c v-
of it
tsp mud
R. L. Smith returned from
morning
J E returned from
Weldon Me
F. M. returned from
the sir. et- and r . f-
with the u .
the day, m .-t
mi Lake in the of the
swamp is at least eight feet above
the level of the country surround-
Norfolk, so you see it will ad-
of drainage.
Said Mr. Small,
that the money shall
be expended under the super-
vision of the Secretary of
culture, and that all the expense
of such construction for a period
of not exceeding ten years shall
them factories were
built up to a apply the
and the vast army of
gave no impetus to
the demand for better roads.
Now the bicycle craze has died
and the wheel is confined in
its use largely to business
poses. In like manner we have
the automobile craze, which is
now coming down to a practical
business basis.
Li , Ma ch
i bead on collision two
freight train-- the
and
Li. this line
killed
two fatally. A
order hail been issued for one of
the trains to take a siding,
order, it is said, was Hiked,
the collision.
March Thirty-
five were crushed or burn-
ed to death early In a col-
of two passenger
Adobe, Col., the Denver and
So it is with other things used Railroad, a
for pleasure, and later for score of the victims
purposes. Then there are
The civil term of Superior court
began this morning, Judge B. F.
Long
be assessed against the lands to of which are of
be drained in proportion to the
benefits
Dismal Swamp was for
about forty miles by
twenty-five miles in area, but
part thereof has been reclaimed
by reason of the construction and
operation of what is known as
Dismal Swamp
intersects the edge of the swamp
In the of the swamp is
Lake made
the closing days of the last
by a famous poem.
surface of Lake
is several feet higher than
of the Elizabeth river, upon
which Norfolk is situated, and
the surface of the swamp has
also a higher level than the city
of Norfolk, therefore, it is
to drain it.
drainage of this swamp
would open up thousands of acres
of the most fertile lands in the
country, which fertility would
for gen-
to come. No more in-
returns could found
than from the investment of this
Post.
a more purely intellectual
The panic is a craze. One
man gets in hard luck or fright-
starts the movement and
the others join in. So it is with
social movements, the formation
of societies and lodges, of
cal parties to adjust real or
a good deal
of the imaginary is always mixed
in with the real.
These crazes, of course, affect
business powerfully, and when
not moderated by common sense
the result is more than apt to be
serious, not only to
to moral and intellectual
The two-legged sheep is not
the only animal that strings out
after a Free
Press.
Well Remembered Here.
ed by a fire
that the wrecked c
than a score were
hut all will probably recover
Cleveland, O., March
M. former president of
the First National Bank of
Ohio, O. C. Li the
same institution, pleaded guilty
Judge Taylor, of the United
States circuit court here today to
one of the charging
with misapplying the funds
the were then
to the Ohio penitentiary
to six years each.
Norfolk, Va., March
Through ac-
to the statement of Chief
of Police H. W, Norman,
of the Bank of
C, is out cold cash.
d iv Cashier Norman came to Nor
folk to secure small paper
bills in exchange for greenbacks of
larger denominations. He was
c. lated at one of the d
banks. The bills were put up in
packages. These Mr. Norman
put in a small e had
with him He left the bank with
the but when he leached
home it had He did
not remember having it on the
train with him. He bad left it
somewhere Norfolk.
Railroad Bridge Across Pamlico.
Washington, D. C. March
A delegation from Washington,
N , headed by Mayor Stewart,
called at the war department today
to confer with Mackenzie,
chief of engineers, relative to the;
construction of a railroad bridge
Pamlico river at Washing
ton. The desire
to pa a span bridge the point
Denied, and are that
to do so will be by
the win department. General
Mackenzie will announce bis de-
early next week. After the
conference today lie said bis
had made out a case.
Mr. A. A. says he has
potatoes up.
A Chinese Belief.
The Chinese a man.
frog aid a hare dwell in the
moon, and the lust named annual
constantly appears in their art
in that of Japan, the
disk of a lunar orb. Nearly all
over the world the hare is
ed with the moon
it is this that the
ban so much to do with Fas-
Meet me at the warehouse, is
popular
Postmaster K. M. C. and
Mrs. of Va are
visiting Mr. and Mrs. H.
at the Bertha. Mr.
is very pleasantly by
Greenville people, be having spent
several mouth- here with
the Greenville Lumber Veneer
friend will realize
pleasure from he has
just appointment of post-
master at Suffolk after a most
strenuous
Riddles With
There is a thing that untiling is,
And yet it has name;
Tit sometimes tall and sometimes
short,
It joins our walk, it j our
And plays at every game.
I am six,
I change In millions,
And while I cannot speak a sold
all that people do.
The average paid white
school teachers in North Carol-
New Hanover
with in a month, but it has only
fourteen outside of Wilmington,
Wilson county comes next with
Robeson is third with
Pitt fourth with
and Wake next 134.85, Do
these highest figures for a term
of a little more than live months
indicate that teachers are paid
more than they
News and Observer.
Funeral.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha A.
Moore, Saturday morning
at the home of her daughter, Mrs.
S. I. four miles
Greenville, was held here Sunday
from the Episcopal
church. W. E. Cox con-
ducted service.
Dr. O i H. re-
Soil k
Mr.-i S f Kinston, came
eve dug visit
Mm W. F. of Grifton.
who had bee v k Mr. F. O.
, left for her
home.
r. M. Jones re-
from the North Friday
eve
His I iv, of
in Friday to visit
her parents,
Valeria and Fannie Flem-
left this morning for Richmond
to attend school.
Miss Nannie Moore, of
came in Friday evening to visit
Mrs. S. I Dudley.
Deputy Sheriff S. I.
to Goldsboro Friday
to carry a to asylum.
Miss Catharine Lee, who has
been visiting Mrs. J. B. Cherry,
left this for Portsmouth.
Mrs. M A
ard, who has visiting Mrs. D.
J. Whichard, returned home this
afternoon.
Mrs. A. A. Forbes, and
Mrs. L. M. Savage who had
been vi relatives in
returned Friday evening.
Reflector March
M. Sunday near
J. B. went to this
morning
Charlie Moore spent Sunday in
Washington.
Will Open April Tenth.
A call has been issued to the
subscribers to stock the Nation
Bank of Greenville to pay in
fifty of their
on of April. The bank
will open its doors to the public
fir business on April 10th.
Marriage Licenses
of Deeds R. Williams
issued licenses to the following
1.011 pies since last
Alfred James and
Jordan Corey Marina
Brooks.
and Lena
Greene.
Geo. Matilda Howard
spent Sunday in
Sure Cure.
When your business gets dull
and all run as the patent
would say, give it
a good dose of i's ink. Con-
to dose until the
is thoroughly remedied.
What emotion is like
Love. When does dough become greenbacks When made into
There is nothing a woman will
believe quicker than when you
tell her she has brains, unless it
is beauty.
Robersonville.
Will to Norfolk
this morning.
J. A. Lane to Littleton
Sunday
Pilchard went to Kin-
this morning.
W. U. Harrington went to Nor-
folk this
B K. went to Lexington
Ky., i.,. g.
B. Long came in
day in i to here.
W. . returned
Mourn evening.
John of came
in Sunday evening to visit his
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. J. G who
had been visiting -datives at Cone-
toe, returned thin g.
Mis M Moore, of
ho had visiting Mis. S.
Dudley,
D, Parker, who had
siting lure.
fur Washington,
M-s. ,;, Applewhite,
Mi-s Alice Lang,
left tin in for her home at
Wilson,
Deputy Sheriff I. Dudley
returned front Goldsboro Saturday
evening, where he had been to
carry a colored man to the state
hospital.
Mrs. M. D. Higgs went to
more this morning to purchase
millinery goods for C. T.
Her daughter, Miss Lizzie,
her.