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No Lengthy Discussion 
With Germany. Second 
Note Goes This Week 
Some Interesting Statistics 
In Connection With Pro- 
posed School Bonds 
The U. S. Have Negative 
Of Affirmative Answer 
Nan Want Information 
lie It . No Further Dick- 
hi Settle 
Rand ind 
Either Agree in With Our 
Demand Or Tn Defuse. 
Washington, June President 
him determined that the 
United States must have a definite 
answer from Germany at once. The 
United States must promptly know 
whether Germany is going to con 
id our or carry on the war in 
their own manner. 
The President to a varied 
expression of opinion at his cabinet 
meeting yesterday, taking little part 
in it himself. Later he began the 
preparation of a note to be dispatch- 
ed the latter of the week, em- 
bodying own Ideas and what seem- 
ed in him the of his cab- 
family. 
The opinion of the cabinet was, 
that the German reply to the Amer- 
note unresponsive and 
disregarding the good 
will of the United stales, doubting 
its facts and disclaiming the 
of sinking the 
it was the opinion of the cabinet 
that hereafter taken upon the 
high seas, must have their passengers 
transferred to a place Of safety. 
The United Sties would not hesitate 
to sever relations if Ger- 
many fails to give us satisfaction. 
French Ship 
Wrecks a 
Consulate 
Paris, June I. The German consul 
at Haifa, in Syria, on the Bay of Acre, 
having incited Turkish troops to com- 
acts hostile to French, a 
cruiser sailed up to Haifa and 
by a few well directed shells destroyed 
the consulate. 
This information is found in an an- 
given out today by the 
French ministry of marine, which 
ministry of marine having 
been advised that ii-- consul 
Haifa had Incited Turkish troops 
in open tire on boat carrying a flag 
truce mi to violate the burial place 
in Haifa of number of soldiers of the 
army Of Napoleon, scattering at the 
same time the remains of a French 
admiral there, sent a cruiser 
which destroyed the consulate. The 
Ottoman authorities were given 
notice of the reason for the 
bombardment. No other buildings 
were 
Turks 
Lose 
BO AWAY. 
BONE WEST TO BE COWBOYS 
Wilson, N. C, June 1st.-Two boys, 
both about fifteen years old, Louis 
Barnes, son of Mr. Jesse Barnes, and 
Howard Jackson, son of Mr. l. 
Jackson, have left home and their 
parents been unable to get a due 
lo their whereabouts. 
Playmates of the missing boys say 
both of them had talked much of 
ranches and expressed a desire to be 
a cowboy. The Jackson boy is an 
adept at bead work and both of them 
have played at the Indian game for 
some time. 
FAIR W A KM 
IS HIKE 
London. June A prisoner cap- 
a fortnight ago in the Darda- 
says that the Turkish losses in 
the defenses of their positions on the 
peninsula were, at that time 
over men. 
This information was given out in 
an official statement in London today. 
It 
-Regarding the operations in the 
Dardanelles. Turkish prisoners recent- 
arrived in Egypt say that the Otto- 
man losses in the fighting on the 
peninsula have been terribly 
heavy. The regiment was almost 
annihilated, its colonel alone of all the 
officers escaping death or capture. Al- 
most equally severe were the 
borne by the 15th 
Ho far as the public has 
allowed to know, a general lull 
on the different military fronts. 
That Greenville needs a new high 
building is plain to all who 
understand the situation. For years 
have been more children In 
school than could be comfortably 
housed with the present equipment 
and it is now no longer possible in 
provide for the increase till some 
Is done. 
The only way suggested to provide 
money tor the building is to 
bonds, Can Greenville afford this 
Here are tile lads. 
The annual Interest on at 
a per cent would be An 
aside each 
year and placed at interest would 
provide a sinking land amounting to 
about In thirty years. 
town then would have lo raise 
a little more 53.000 a year. The 
listed for taxes ill 1914 
amounted to and the; wen 
In polls. A special tax of S cents 
on the hundred dollars and cents 
the poll would have yielded last 
year 52,013.32, about the right 
amount to all payments on tin 
bonds. 
If property values should not In- 
crease, additional taxes would be as 
For the man who pays on a poll 
cents. 
For the man who pays tax on -Ion. 
i cuts. 
For the man who pays tax on 
SO I I Ills. 
For the man who pays tax on 
As properly values Increase the 
rate can be lowered. 
Can the people of Greenville 
not to do this when the welfare of 
Hie children and the prosperity 
Industry are at Stake Within the 
last two years Rocky Mount. Wilson, 
and Kinston have issued 
bonds and built new schools, and now 
the town of is just completing 
a new building. Can 
ville afford to lag behind the 
F. C. Harding. 
Cup is 
Given to 
Juniors 
The Juniors were presented the 
luge cup. which was given by the 
Association of Training 
School class making the high- 
est points in tennis and by 
President Wright at the assembly 
yesterday morning. The A 
las-, or First Year Academic, made 
the highest In walking, the 
second in walking and in tennis. 
and the seniors second In tennis. 
No credit in walking Is given to a 
class unless four girl lake twelve 
walks of a minimum of three miles 
h, Every girl takes twelve 
walks In addition to the four gives a 
half to her class and one 
six walks in addition to the four 
gives one fourth credit The 
making the highest In walking 
receives lour poi towards the 
cup. 
Wilson 
Serves Note 
Today 
Prominent Young 
Couple United in Mar- 
This 
Exports Food and People 
are Starving Says Red 
Cross 
Washington, June and warm 
weather after Friday in all sections 
of tin Southeast was forecast by the 
Weather Bureau today in the weekly 
bulletin for the week beginning to- 
morrow. 
Friday conditions will be 
settled, says the bulletin, In the 
West Quit States, where an entire 
week of fair weather is Indicated, In 
that section and In the Middle Atlantic 
states temperatures are expected to 
rise w thin a few days to above sea- 
averages. 
A MAY MIST HIS LIFE 
STORE BOBBED 
Belhaven, June l. The store 
George Adler was broken Into last 
night and goods stolen to the value 
of over The thieves entered 
through the rear of the store In the 
dead of the night, smashing In one 
of the windows were captured 
this morning near Swan Quarter and 
found to be the two who had 
lust recently a sentence on the 
county roads. 
Norfolk. Va. June I. As Hie r.-nil 
Of a friendly blow standing In 
Hie door way of the post office 
yesterday evening. Hob Jones, color- 
ed, is In the and not expect. 
ed to live Jones told a joke at the 
expense of his friend Cooper Coop- 
cave a friendly slap while he 
was sitting on the portico of the build- 
Jones fell over on the ground. 
He was picked up with blood stream- 
from his nose and ears. 
Cooper arrested and placed 
jail. 
OH STREETS 
t now its 
A baud playing several tune- 
tunes on the street this morning 
attracted a very large crowd. The 
was a purl of a 
show, A Rabbit Foot Minstrel, 
and will give a show here tonight. 
Officers 
of Majestic 
Saved 
Ml 
IT 
Wilmington. Jung I, There a 
quirt observance of National Memo- 
rial day in this city the 
only outward demonstration 
from the hanging of flags at half mast 
being the of a National salute 
of guns, by the coast guard cutter 
at noon. 
Washington, June I, An embargo 
ago exports of arms to Mexico and 
against imports of foodstuffs to the 
state-, as in relieving 
famine conditions below the Rio 
was proposed today to 
dent Wilson by Miss Mabel 
of the executive committee of the 
Red cross. 
Reports to the Red Cross and the 
State Department have indicated 
foodstuffs are being shipped out of 
Mexico to the Slates. Cuba and 
elsewhere. 
As an experiment Red Cross food 
supplies will be sent to American con- 
who will form responsible local 
committees to distribute them. The 
of two carloads of supplies 
lo Will test that method. 
Governor of Oregon, has 
advised the Red Cross he will appeal 
for aid. and other Governors are ex- 
to respond to the Red Cross 
appeal promptly. 
Famish Feed. 
The agency today an- 
receipt of tin following from 
through secretary of war 
and marine, has instructed all 
ties ill the territory controlled by 
that they would b. 
supplied cereals and provisions when- 
ever it was necessary for the people to 
have I hem. Six Ions of corn 
were today purchased by the govern- 
Tie- Governor 
wired chief that his state has 
sufficient supplies to feed all southern 
part of Mexico until next crop. The 
Governor of wires they 
have a big excess that can be used to 
suppl other localities In the country. 
The food situation in Mexico City is 
pitiable and is collecting sup 
plies to meet the situation when the 
enter the 
Washing. U. C, June I 
dent Wilson and his cabinet I 
adopted a new Mexican policy. Ii has 
for Its object restoration of order and 
the millions of non-combat 
ants from of Mexico's 
. II elements, which have ; 
about conditions described as In- 
tolerable. 
The President read to the 
a statement to be communicated to 
morrow to the leaders of all Mexican 
factions, serving notice that unless 
they themselves compose situs 
lion, some other means will be found 
by the United States to bring d 
the establishment of a stable govern- 
The statement was approved 
prolonged discussion. It be 
made public tomorrow. 
The course Hie 
will pursue iii the event i i 
lug factions fail lo Is not i 
lined in the President's statement, 
the I P 
to v to m 
of the best clement M 
ii the i n b ere 
formal Hi h 
recognition would in em ha 
arms, p nil tin col 
government to 
v to the i v of all eh 
ins. 
Thai the policy, 
successful, i. might 
quire ultimate Intervention been 
considered and th ; i to 
on a has not 
swayed by of 
such action. In high executive 
however, confidence prevails that 
the expression the American gov- 
at will dear up 
apprehensions that have existed In 
Mexico, as to its aim bring 
about the desired coalition 
The administration policy i the 
culmination of several week's of con- 
between the President and 
his official family. The return of Du- 
val West who spent three months per- 
investigating conditions in 
Mexico for the President, was the de- 
factor. 
lied Cross Work. 
The American Red Cross already 
has laid plans for relief work to be 
tarried out In i with the 
Stale Intent. The 
agency here has issued several state- 
denying of food 
saying the stories of famine are as 
but the Washington govern- 
is not taking these Into consul 
because of its own reports. 
. June I. noon The ad- 
announced today all the 
officers of the British Ma- 
sunk May off the 
peninsula by a submarine had been 
saved. 
The announcement made at the time 
Of the sinking of this warship live 
days ago said that nearly all her 
nil men had been saved. 
SHORT I 
LAST 
A short circuit on Dickinson 
cause to burn Into Tuesday night. 
throwing the la for 
minutes. The damaged wire was 
soon repaired and the came on 
again. 
U. S. Fort 
Tampered 
With 
Townsend, Wash., June 
attempt was recently made, it 
became known today, to put out of 
commission the big guns at Fort War- 
Port Flag guarding the 
entrance at Sound. 
II is reported that the breech locks 
of lour gnus were damage an the lo- 
mechanism broken. 
Photographs of the of the 
forts had also been As a n 
ult, all visitors have been ban 
from the forts. 
i lo k 
Mi mortal Baptist nun b was I 
of a . . i 
Miss Moore be I El i 
of Mr. Hugh s. . Tin 
i as b n 
i The choir 
Ken red wit ltd 
plant.- ; of sweet 
;. as re g- 
. d Soft i red by Mrs. 
Line i-a. r. 
hied Just fore the I ; . 
. i Miss V bat d .-. .- 
Whispered Miss . 
. the i and was Joint I 
by the members of the 
v. entered the church from tin n 
and i I 
tin M b a j 
choir was compose I 
rat Lillian- I i r 
. lib and Mrs 
W. I. 
s. ti corn. HI 
and H 
p Mi I 
. . . end W 
. i . . on flu 
. than 
Wedding Man 
fin ed 
he six re 
let tin church and came In two a 
. ti opposite aisles. They i 
hi th, Tom . 
Sugg Fleming. Luther I 
. Gilliam and Raymond Ty- 
son. Next came the tour bride- 
;., two at b down opposite 
aisle. They were Misses 
Addle Rea, of 
Mac Schultz, cad Bessie Haskett. Tin 
brides maids wore pretty net 
over pink and carried shower 
Of pink an white sweet 
They were followed by Mrs. C. R. 
Townsend, of Farmville, one of the 
of honor. She wore her 
wedding gown and earned white sweet 
Next came the two sisters 
the groom. Miss Willie a 
maid Of honor, down one aisle, and 
Mrs B, Carroll, of 
a dame of honor down the ether aisle. 
were all all white nil 
gown and carried White sweet peas. 
Mrs. wore a while c-t and 
gown with train and 
sun i In the same order 
to sisters the bride. Wen 
and Mr H. of 
Miss Moore wore 
and pink 
peas And Mm. Bland wore a 
handsome wedding gown and carried 
sweet peas. As the bride 
the church the organ changed again 
this time into Here 
Comes the The bride entered 
on the arm of her lather. Mr. w. M. 
Moore. She aim unusually lovely 
in her wedding gown of Duchess lace 
over bride's satin, made with train. 
She wore . bridal veil caught with 
an carried I -bower I. 
, ., white sweet and v 
The groom with his brother, 
Mr Sherwood as best man. 
came down the aisle and 
joined the bride the altar, Rev. 
C M Rock, assisted by Hi v. N C 
Hughes, of Raleigh, performed the 
ring ceremony, which joined 
the two happy hearts. 
March wan played the bridal par 
n ;. ft i 
Mr. and Mrs. it on 
A. C I. train for an extended north- 
era tour. Mrs. is the 
and attractive daughter 
of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Moore 
has a host of admiring friends. Mtg 
page A
THE CAROLINA HOME 
FARM and EASTERN 
REFLECTOR 
by 
In 
SOUTH 
mm yea. . . II W 
mar k up 
at the In 
Evans 
id TIM unseat 
care and 
h respect, 
per word. 
f at 
hi I,, 
would be lo 
th- 
at what 
will be p tor at 
hoe. up M 
Entered as ciao Batter 
August M, at the pact at 
Greenville. Carolina, 
act of March I. 
II I, 1916 
-T- 
i n in i 
The Raleigh 
Tines, rounds the keynote a better 
when ii asks for an 
Inspection of the cotton mills 
The cotton mills of south have 
long been our scourge. They 
taken boys and them 
within entities their walls, and 
then sent them out Ignorant, until to 
meet lite. They have meted nut 
mere existence to them, while 
have taken the very sap sway from 
their young lives, and rendered them 
tor anything else save the 
tending of the looms Today In any 
North Carolina cotton mill town, it is 
no hard Job to pick out a score or 
more consumptives. Being con 
it t with lint and 
the mills, lungs are 
i. tin young children n 
a droop e B 
that they real h 
are physically and mentally i 
or life. Other states 
it- m e that the health t n 
Ions around their mill- are 
and ii time II l S 
inn hi on 
th 
lowed to operate under 
puts a I
I n . 
The 
lowered. 
pie 
r the SI 
II t re 
lit i not for 
of their en What bet. of 
that i 
life fluid for the mill's gain, 
them. It is 
. . and hen an n In 
for labor. II s I out of 
i i 
now. are ii e hand 
each 
ii prim of In Ii r 
various while we 
Ion in Hi j people of 
fie to labor It 
of lit 
mi n hi the din el cause 
for the killing of the hill in the last 
which called 
Inspection of our cotton mills. 
II as the these i 
should be thoroughly investigated and 
exposure made We hope that this 
i- the hut it is the duty for 
,; the whole stale, lo rise 
and that 
North in- 
i . r for 
purpose. tin we owe 
r I II It 
the result 
it would tin 
Being several thousand perfect I; 
good American lives, and then what 
be tin . 
We would get several hundred 
thousand acres barren land, over- 
run with cactus bushes, populated 
with a class people we have no us, 
for. We would, in r to keep Mex 
to keep order there, have to 
police the whole country. Tins would 
It., a great expense on this country, 
and one that we could never 
t i 
The thing to do is to get out 
the difficulty the beat we can, 
Id a i lash with 
S V 
THIS HUM. I l 
Tin old kingdoms Hi i i pt. 
Macedonia and Rome are dead and 
forgotten. Ii.- buried beneath 
; -x . earth scattered by 
old father's time's master hand, The 
old powers were, are asleep, and 
hi their plan a lies gem ration 
sprung up. Christ came and was 
Twenty I lo- 
I ho is civilized 
Even a years ago, th 
settlers, of the wost, Journeyed 
many months from east lo their 
new homes, we u to Bleep in 
New and we wake up in 
Chicago. Whisked vast 
by powerful In 
the that it took 
a hundred years ago n It 
truly a wonderful fellow 
l then we haven't progressed 
far after all. 
at the time figured i ill 
human race was to desist from 
wholesale butchery of each other, 
European war upon us. 
and all our plans go smash Into 
the walls Reality. What dots this 
mean is it that the old prophesy 
bible is about to come true, or 
II that we are returning to a 
. It we as much 
. s . Is, In the 
next years a- we have In the pa t 
we will eating with our hand . 
. oxen i high pow r mo- 
. Ming the soil with ii 
-ii k, I. 
Lord only knows 
what 
. i ah ion run 
M II VI HILL Ill 
the whole world was set 
when the German note was made 
public it was evident from the text 
o, tin- note that 
have made a de attempt to 
evade a dire i answer to tin American 
i- ti it the 
nation feels no pain i on. i 
ii,, 1.1-1 she more than 
a hundred American I a watery 
grave. 
American neutrality and American 
feeling has been trampled 
fool the the 
, and now when make a friend- 
attempt to matters lie evades 
our and stands the 
. Tin- i i- ha- d 
enough of the European and 
heard enough of German 
to draw Its own conclusions. 
i- no further use the l ii r 
man nation, or government, lo parley 
with us in attempting lo set Itself 
right before us. The shattered re- 
mains of war-stricken Belgium, 
terrible tale horrors emitting from 
that ruined kingdom, the many 
fortunate occurrences on high 
when have been 
ruthlessly slain, the many American 
shin- that suffered from dead- 
work tin German torpedo, have 
shown, conclusively, to clear sighted 
American minds, lbs foul work 
of a blood drunken country with a 
blood thirsty and deluded ruler at its 
head, can never be set t 
it would have been no bard for I ho 
Germans to have answered once, 
and not have aroused Interest to fever 
h- in this country by seemingly, at- 
tempting to evade 
Tin 
list 
Prominent Greenville Couple 
from 
is the eldest sou of the 
W H who so well 
known over the state. i- a prom 
tobacconist of this city and la 
a young man of character 
The numerous handsome presents 
of i glass, silver, china, etc. at- 
test the popularity of the young 
pie. 
Tin-out guests were 
Mr- John U Carroll, of Louisville 
Ky . Mr- n. II Bland and Sarah 
of Goldsboro, 
of Rocky Mary 
of Mr. and Mrs. 
f of Mr 
T S of and 
Miss Addle lo a. of 
NOTICE 
North Carolina, 
Pitt county. 
Before the Beard el I 
Notice is hereby given that petition 
has been Bled before the Hoard of 
Commissioners of Pitt county, by John 
Dennis, W. Lang, J. W. and 
others, to lay out and establish a pub- 
road in said county, Ayden Town 
hip. as 
at the southern termini 
of street in the town of 
at the line of Ii. E. Nichols, 
t through the property of J. 
Harrington, M. K. and 
and running Into the Green- 
direct 
flimsy excuse set up for the dis-; The notice required by Section 
r of the shows the craft-1 the 1905, of North Carolina 
Ml MM. t 
Wilt . p .- on a reel 
and i hr. Up. and 
hen th re Is n lo save her. 
out w hat pan of the 
ll p lie 
i ; In large sea 
towns make it their 
it. , to cat i-all- 
t l 
I t 
i the world. the 
lug Tin. world 
in one tn mi out and -an- 
pan t it up 
e great I war. Th.- pro- 
I. I. lie i -f last 
c I In lug 
ed it cat In . Europe, 
with their prized decorations, are be- 
i for the . 
are slain on 
tin- haul. hi- tin- 
art that were once th.- of 
rope, are lug lost, 
Who i- going to tin great work 
of salvage, and put an end lo th,. 
warring that la going mi in Europe 
Hoes it the power of tin 
Stall I. Stop 
We have reached the position 
Germany v-rant- demands, 
i will I,, i 
We the honor of the 
star- and strip.- have never 
in d. . 
of Hie German foreign office. 
and the language in which is couch- 
ed, is nauseating, it speaks of the 
munitions, going to Prance, with 
which lo kill our 
Ah, inn they are a band of brave 
alright. They are lining driven 
it needless slaughter In order lo sat 
demands of a ruler who is 
mentally unbalanced, Hut so perfect 
is German organization, they 
tush forward into tin 
William Hohenzollern, blood 
. would not mind to this 
try arrayed against him. He sees de- 
. and a matters not to him who ad- 
IS it. 
a pity. Unit poor, beautiful 
w its treasures art. 
a- learned scientists and its 
. under the spell this fanatic 
The whole world, 
i . . i why Williams exiled 
Ii i, Lin that one with the 
is given the said Petition will lie 
heard at the next meeting of the said 
Hoard on the 7th. day of June ISIS. 
This the Till, day of 1916. 
BELL, 
Clerk of the Hoard. 
Iterator's Notice 
laving qualified as Executors under 
lust will testament of J. 
W. Allen, all persons 
U i against .-aid will 
to the with- 
in twelve months from the date of this 
notice, or the same will plead in the 
bar of their recovery, 
Ml persons Indebted lo said estate 
will please make Immediate 
This May 1915. 
W. Evans, 
W. Harvey Allen, 
I'm-, J Allen 
We t lip tin- from the 
is. Times, which should 
prove of Interest to Greenville 
folks. 
Tin- Hotel Florence was scene 
of a surprise marriage this morning, 
th.- contracting parties being Mrs. 
Bertha Bradley, of Macon . and Mr. 
Bradley, of Greenville, x. The 
ceremony was performed in par 
of hotel in presence of a 
few witnesses who hastened lo extend 
their host wishes after the 
Mr. and Mrs Bradley are slopping 
over in tin- City today hut will leave 
tonight for their future homo in Green 
K. 
Mr. Bradley is well known 
host of will join in wishing 
this couple a happy life. 
To Preserve Health 
The kidneys are the great health 
preservers. Rheumatism, backache, 
headache, sore muscles, stiff Joints 
when kidneys are out of 
and fail lo properly tiller the 
blood. Kidney Pills tone up 
tired and diseased banish 
backache and slop sleep disturbing 
bladder troubles 
Sold everywhere. 
for Men Only 
Women as much as men do 
slaughter I from indigestion and constipation and 
require the same remedy to 
keep stomach the ac- 
and tin- bowels regular. 
tablets are wholesome and 
cleansing, do not grip or cause 
sea. Some people say this is , 
cathartic that takes away that 
full and clogged-up feeling. 
i everywhere. 
A Bind hearted 
following 
friend 
I,. 
composed 
oil as 
infinite wisdom of a Bismarck, would office son 
give sanction lo what In- was 
preparing to do 
American government will 
lire back at papal a 
demon masquerading 
name of the e of cannot h 
foretold, only that it ill one 
nil holy Imperial govern- 
what ii may from 
now on. 
It is tin- tins government, 
outline it- plan Imperial gov- 
so that mil what 
to expect. No hasty action Unit will 
, war and a 
demand i the Gt will ill 
i- business 
, i , on. to our demands, or to op. 
refuse, and I tit ii part . 
i .-t- on i 
are sons of sorrow, 
When we think of morrow 
we do not borrow 
we I. ml It. 
As days go by 
And moments fly 
We aware with a sigh 
We'll it. 
Ii 
must in exasperating to Cowan 
after he has fully explained 
all system to have Raleigh Times 
came hack with Johnny, huh 
MS 
N. June 
Saturday evening at eight 
about a lining men of this 
town met and as tile Win- 
Debating Club. Tim follow. 
were elected Of this or- 
s. c president, 
Wyatt. vice-president, It. s. 
Harris, secretary, Manly Jackson 
treasurer, T. Smith, supervisor, 
Carroll, critic, C, H Whitford, 
librarian, Dr. P. r. Cox, marshal. 
Mate Cox who baa been 
home for B visit of a few days wit It 
her parents Dr and Mrs. It. T. Cox, 
has returned lo the State Normal Col- 
at where she will 
the summer school. 
Mrs. Lucy Abbott is visiting bar 
sun Mr. U. Abbott 
Messrs. J. F. Harrington, B. F. 
Manning. A and I. E. 
I, this morning for 
attend the Confederate Reunion 
Mr. Elliott is an old confederate vet- 
and was in many engagements 
near Richmond. He promised the 
others ho would show them Where 
killed bis last Yankee. 
Mr. A. Evan had a good race 
yesterday. Ask him the reason why. 
If you want an overall that is tough, 
will wear, and will not rip. ravel or 
split, buy Cowhide brand. A W. 
and plenty of 
them 
When you hardware or any- 
thing for the farm, see A. W. Ange 
and Company. They have the very 
hist 
We are sidling the genuine Hunt 
Club shoos and slippers at a great re- 
Forrest and Corn- 
pay . 
Our entire must he moved for 
rash at once and we are giving a 
groat redaction in the prices of 
ready-to-wear goods, dress goods and 
notions. Come in and be convinced 
B, H. Forrest Company. 
to Harrington Barber Cos. 
for nice spring and dress 
Men and collie to see us when 
you want a nice hat or rap Cheap. 
Harrington Barber Co 
man gets praise Horn 
when there is company around, 
had better keep his eyes open when 
company haves 
Now please stop making fun of Col. 
human if he act like it. 
V Mistake Made Many 
When you -niter pains aches 
day and sleep disturbing bladder 
weakness by night, feel tired, nervous 
and run down, the kidneys and 
restored to healthy, strong 
and regular action, It is a mistake 
to postpone treatment. Kidney 
Tills put th.- kidneys in sound, healthy 
condition and keep them active 
Sold everywhere. 
in 
How To Give Quinine To Children. 
is trade-mark name lo an 
Improved It is a Syrup, 
to lake does disturb the stomach. 
Children take and never know it is Quinine. 
Also especially adapted to adults who cannot 
lake ordinary Quinine. Does nauseate nor 
cause nor ringing in bead. Try 
It you teed Quinine any 
pose. Ask for Jounce original package. The 
name is blown in cent. 
. voice 
in limn, 
Today Woodrow Wilson is to give 
e about w hat plan 
of action tins country expects her to 
lake. This t. tin- i 
of Mexico, i- thought to 
last act of American an 
drama, and ii is hoped that it will be 
set some peat . for 
war-ridden little country that is 
next door neighbor. 
Mexican, though mil look 
our actions a- the actions of a 
friend, and even those Mexicans who 
are undergoing th.- terrible pangs of 
hunger, marl growl 
e of tin- The 
Mexican la most peculiar human 
on earth, he knows 
no friends except his own people 
There still lingers, within tin- 
can, a ting old Asters, 
mid all running and 
id the extinguished la plainly 
They as a will look 
upon the action of States, 
being a hostile W 
in Thai is la-t thing 
that the i 
plate. 
In case we went to war with Mex- 
then- aruMS no a- to who 
Till 
Reflector Is 
getting 
Interested in a playground for Gr. 
ii has almost become a re 
Wt want that playground, and 
people here, who . 
want u or least, they should 
want ii There t only one way to 
gel it. and that is In get busy and 
th.- necessary amount of cash 
to up. 
of people a new 
school building, and they are reminded 
that tin- playground is Just as 
welfare of children 
as Hit- st building will lie. 
We are expecting any high 
handed philanthropy here, but 
that there is enough surplus 
cash around Greenville, to equip a 
playground, and some of 
have children ought 
in gel ii together. 
I I M I 
Fur tin- past few weeks local 
police . has lie n right on th 
clearing town vagrants, 
This . i- I- . up 
. am the 
. I ii, keep a up. 
good few of 
around and it is 
i lie police will make hot for I 
mining few, w ill look 
ire ft Tin i 
or honest wink tor 
in hut 
not looking for 
Would also tin lo 
keep mi 
-I. numerous here. 
nothing but a camping 
ground for a of loafing 
and ought to be cloned up. 
We think Editor will have 
to hold new pair over a few days, 
lit- says lo- usually them on the t 
day of June, he does put; 
them on and regrets ii. in- have 
our old pair we'll lend him. as 
have about acclimated 
The Best by Test 
will to take hon- 
in America 
o Thai wot 
ii hi a particle though, 
ting to gel matched up with 
some lime to coma. 
old sums In ho in a 
fair way of letting his wings clipped, 
in in- 
THE FARM 
l Ac Ba of 
LIME 
the f all pad Write lay 
by Ike tin- 
Stales on aW y- 
f line. bay earth, axial 
etc. A git 
POWHATAN LIME CO. 
Does The 
f Work of Many 
Hands-A 
TOBACCO TRANSPLANTER 
You can't judge a tobacco transplanter by its looks. The proof 
of the pudding is chewing of the rag. We have hundreds of 
testimonials. 
I ll N. C . 1314. 
Messrs Wart 
N. c. 
In regard to lite J. Case Tobacco Transplanter I from 
ion last year will say that It gave perfect satisfaction. I got a good stand 
and the tobacco grew off better than when I set by hand. If I couldn't get 
another one i would not take Three Hundred Dollars for the one I have. 
Yours very truly. 
J. II EDWARDS, 
Phone 
Greenville, N C. 
Playground Exercises Well Briggs of the the European War
Attended and a Feature 
of Commencement 
Senior Glass 
Pleases M Audience 
Game- Six Days in Prison 
And then in a 
After several postponements on 
of rain the Children's play- 
ground the Greenville 
Schools Here he I Monday 
afternoon on the of the Train 
School. The exercises started 
r tr, and continued about an hoar, 
during which time the people here 
were Introduced to something new and 
entertaining in way of open air 
The primary 
grades, which Include the 
even grades, were the only classes 
participating beginning with the 
grade tiny appeared on the pro- 
gram in order The little tots in the 
tower grades were interesting and 
amusing to watch as they gave their 
parts. Under the leadership of 
primary teachers they bad been taught 
to sing dance and to keep perfect 
time with music of the 
graph which had used for the 
drills all during the Each on 
of pupils were so enthused 
in his or lier part that their parents 
and all in attendant were filled lilt 
admiration. The drills by 
grades as a whole were 
good and was a pleasing 
tn see them all keeping time with 
The larger pupils were equal 
as Interesting lo watch and tin- 
rate between the fifth and sixth 
grades was perhaps the most Inter 
and exciting feature the pi 
en 
Miss May II of the Train 
School, was and acted 
as Supervisor of the music. The 
lea. hers of primary and 
grades who had different era I's 
In charge were 
tin. Miriam 
Gray, Morris. 
Schuster, Sell Pender, An 
in,. lone 
Helen Milliard. 
and Sheridan. 
Bach class had been drilled splendid- 
and these exercises prove lo one 
of most entertaining 
program. 
The senior t lass play, 
Briggs tin- Poultry was 
m night at 
by the 1915 of the 
High School and Mrs. and her 
family amused the audience and kepi 
then laughing throughout the evening. 
Miss Doris Mrs. Briggs 
was strictly i woman of business and 
she worked hard for family. 
James and Morton 
her two sons, whose character names , 
were Ralph played their 
parts very well. The three 
Misses Minnie Sugg, 
Rana Smith, kepi their 
iii a bad humor all times and 
their imitation of mischievous children 
as well given. Miss Mary Powell, as 
Mrs. had no liking for goats 
had unpleasant calls at 
the home Mrs. Briggs. The romance 
of the play was pro tilled by Ralph 
and Virginia who bad l 
t-els 
Wit. n War 
Mb In 
man Prises 
i-.-ti 
Asa 
declaration war came 
surprise to most of the foreigners 
in until a few 
days prior to the general order for 
no rumors of tin- war 
were afloat. The first I knew of any 
war was. tin- beginning 
of bombardment of Belgrade in 
This started about July 
from that lime on telegrams were 
being constantly exchanged between 
and the of Russia, 
No thought of England's entering into 
the conflict at time, came any 
mind in all The Crown 
Prince of Germany had just returned 
from a friendly visit In London, end 
was thought the of feel- 
room was placed amid ships, and the 
A formed in a long line to march 
hi tin- door. As each man passed, he 
out bis tin plait-, and th 
dumped a spoonful of junk into it 
For breakfast, we bad some 
k bread and a cup of coffee. W 
it, stay from the rail after 
eating ibis stuff, if we bad fallen 
overboard we would have never come 
tO lop. 
was composed of meat, cab- 
and potatoes, all cooked 
Supper was alack bread 
and six days. I bail Ibis 
let then I decided l had 
bout as soon be killed one way as 
l told the officer In charge 
prevailed between the Germans 
and the English. 
Friday, the day before Germany 
Helen as Virginia was 
in love with and was terribly 
when the latter for the 
Her actions caused her father, 
Mr lice Carey 
disinherit her she goes to 
Mrs. it later developed j 
that Virginia the child of Mr. 
and everything wen happily upon 
Ralph's return from city. 
the General Assembly 
Carolina at its session of 1915 
provided by an Ai-t entitled as 
Bill Entitled an to Au 
the Hoard men 
Town of Greenville to issue Interest 
Bearing for School 
It shall be the duty of 
the Hoard Aldermen of the Town 
of Greenville, upon lbs written 
of the majority of the Hoard 
tees of the Greenville Graded School 
to call an election tn- Town of 
Greenville. the purpose of 
lo the voters of sad Town, 
issuing bonds in the sum 
of tor purpose of erect- 
necessary i said 
of Greenville. 
And Whereat Board of 
tees of the Graded School, 
did. on the day April, 1816 
With Board of of the 
Town of Greenville a written request.
. W. . . 
to a 
lye, far, sea 
the of 
with Dr. D. U 
M. C, every 
ft
Practicing Id all 
la Wooten Building on 
fronting- Court 
J. r.
ii 
mi i 
the 
declared war the Russian 
I had a talk with a Gorman army 
officer, and be was of the opinion 
nations now Involved In the 
difficulty, would reach a peaceable 
solution of difficulty, lit- did not 
want war, and said very few 
of higher officers wanted war. 
Some of younger officers might 
audience 
want war in order to slum they 
The play was 
manner and me ,.,,, ,,. The civil population of Ger- 
particularly pleas,., with ibis,. M m , , 
home talent comedy. At the end of 
tin- play a chorus composed of girls 
a long way lo 
lo the tune of and Ibis 
brought 
forth applause after 
Police Court 
Has Light 
Calendar 
. . 
I . .- 
St th. i 
up on a charge id selling bread 
Mr Schmidt argued hi 
. i v i i mid ii 
Mayor James lie wan 
Ignorant tin- i. t that it Is u 
the law to sell bread on 
Schmidt said. is it , 
tan sell bread veil I can not sell 
dot bread, 
Mayor Impressed la, t on 
Schmidt's mind, the paid II- 
. i lo bread on Sunday The 
open frankness of Schmidt touched a 
tender chord in the mayor's heart an I 
lei him oil payment of 
which amounted lo -i 
Human was charged with la 
as In could 
enough to that ho bad 
ever worked n whole day In bis life, he 
was given thirty days the 
Tail decided would bide 
by mayor's decision, took an 
appeal, placed under a 
bond . 
another was 
up on same charge, but managed 
it, prove ho had done leas 
of work since making Green- 
ville in- home, so got and the 
, the total being 17.76. 
I NOTICE 
If you value k transportation, 
your shipments Via Norfolk and 
Southern Railroad. 
Watch the time by their pack- 
age ears, you will find your 
Interests are served by patron- 
them, as is 
Few t lot 
Those who do have t on 
expense ore now going lo health re- 
sorts to gel rid of Impurities In 
system cause rheumatism, back 
,, , Joints painful mus- 
If go, fell you 
need relief from pain and misery, gel 
Kidney Pills Tiny restore 
the kidneys in activity and make you 
well and strong 
Bold everywhere. 
Helen Milliard, 
Neck, Austin, of Tarboro, 
ban- I.-, n leaching here In the 
this year, returned lo 
their ibis morning. 
Miss Daisy Jones, r Durham, 
has been visiting Miss Nannie Howl 
returned home this morning. 
Juniors 
Entertain 
Seniors 
Junior class of the T. S. 
, i t- Monday u hi be i- 
or of Senior class. The 
officers of the school were 
guests, reception was given on 
third floor of the ration 
building and the reception hall was 
decorated with green and 
while class colors cf the senior 
i lass. 
guests iv, met at the main 
of the administration build- 
and in-I.- shown cloak 
room by members of the junior i la-- 
Then they ushered up stairs. Al 
lite of third Door, where I 
reception given, the guests 
were stopped and requested In 
The tiling that greeted tho 
was a moss covered well from 
which punch was in tin 
, lino were, Pros, and Mrs. Robt. 
II. Wright. The lady principal, Mrs. 
K The Junior class 
Advisor, Miss Daisy Wain. 
class President, Miss Alice Her- 
ring. Vice Miss 
Secretary, Jessie Daniel, 
treasurer, Miss Nellie Dunn, 
were then shown to a 
which as decorated 
with flags, were given 
a small Hair as a 
During the evening Miss Alice Her- 
ring, President of Junior class, re- 
a special delivery letter and 
package. The letter staled Unit till 
package was lo lie opened and the con- 
tents delivered t 
Mis 
in It 
and lite guests guessed for whom tin 
was to be given. These mys 
eminent was hungry for 
.-, ems 
Karly Saturday morning, August 
it was let mil Germany was on 
the eve of war with both Russia and 
France. Great crowds on 
the streets of little town In which 
I was spending a few dais. i k. 
on the river Patriotic songs 
were sung, and though interest was 
at fever beat, no demonstrations were 
made. 
the the 
local paper, Issued an extra edition. 
slating Kaiser bad de- 
war on Russia at o'clock that 
evening, and had called for the en 
lire mobilization of the army and 
i. 
Within twenty minutes after or- 
r bad been given at Berlin, 
German nation was responding 
n- the cull, so t was their mill- 
In were bur 
made Up, and the sailors and 
soldiers were being rushed to 
protect i lie borders. 
The pathetic night I over 
n. was is 
to enter railway trains, while 
they said hurried good byes to their 
n. sweet In arts children. 
Sunday tho ion of 
I, diminished, and all 
the sounds could be beard W, re 
weeping of Hi.- women 
I decided about tho place 
for me was seaport town, so I 
. in Hamburg us soon as I could 
gel ll train. I reached 
Monday, and there found everything 
in a bad slate. There were a good 
number of Americana there, and they 
and j were without money, or even n 
to sleep. The American consul was 
do for them, 
mi account of having the 
funds. Th., and children 
were provided for as bust as could be. 
While Hie III, II lute left -bill tot 
themselves. 
Monday while walking down 
St, one of the 
streets in the bin of Hamburg, I 
I, lame placard which stated 
was war with also. 
which written request was unanimous- 
of tin- boat, I was going ashore, endorsed by Hoard of Trustees 
Of course ho refused the Greenville Graded School, that 
but l a latter and got om- the Board Aldermen of the Town of 
guards to lake it ashore and mull Greenville should call said election for 
it the consulate. said purpose. 
Karly next morning. Mr. Morgan therefore notice Is hereby given 
in- consul Hamburg, came ., election was called by the 
to ship and told them It Board of Aldermen, the Town 
lo In session on Apr 
a- a- l did gel ashore, to be held In the Town of Green- 
-i plan i looked tor a on Monday, the 7th, day of June, 
rant, and l did ample to at which election there will 
was set before me to the voters of the Town 
Then for the three i of Greenville, question of issuing 
was arrested nearly every day, bill interest bearing coupon bonds in the 
I had gotten a of for purpose of 
lion from consul, and soon gained erecting necessary buildings 
when the police nabbed in said Town of Greenville. 
me At said election all of the qualified 
r ,. f Greenville nil 
be entitled to vote for or Is- 
DB Mil 
. ever Frank 
D. . I. 
Attorney at Law 
ind and Cases a 
Io formerly by 
F S. James Hon. 
. J. 
at Law 
la Edwards Building on the 
Square.
Corner and Evens 
Both Bay and 
as Tear 
KODAK 
senior class. 
Herring read from the lag a char- n,, ,, 
verse each member j walked probably two blot 
when a man iii uniform stopped 
Inquired Into nationality. 
packages proved lo he card I was an American 
uses of green suede lined with old I-Then be wanted lo know why I could 
gold the colors Senior and After parleying with 
Junior classes, with the name I fellow for a few minutes, ho told 
me that be would ban- IO lake 
The card eases contained tho 
class roll printed In green ink on a 
folder. Mr. II. E. Austin, class 
advisor Of the senior class, was 
settled book in Which 
guests had registered. 
Ice cream and cake was served by 
members of class A white 
carnation, class flower 
with a of the class flower, tins 
of the Junior, was placed on 
each plate. 
The hall was effectively 
with green the white walls lo 
with magnolias, carnations and 
other white flowers made in artistic 
how. 
The Junior b has enroll 
el during the year. and now 
i and the ft 
ma 
officers made a festive crowd 
The Dot Hot MUM 
and 
la 
not cause nor 
In lull and 
K. W 
down in the prison ship, which had 
just been fixed in the harbor. There 
nits nothing to do bill go along 
with him. 
lie whistle, Culling lip tile 
patrol wagon, and I viewed 
burg from behind the liars. 
The ship on which I was taken 
was at, old troop ship, and had about 
bundled bunks In both 
upper and lower holds. There 
several hundred Russians, Trench 
men, and already 
on ship. The Whites and the tie 
alike. 
suited on 
ship with Ho K, of the 
heat. Tins In 
in I 
to stay In low decks of a ship was 
almost unbearable odor aria 
from the mixed nationalities was 
nauseating, too, 
The food the ship was also bad. 
they bad a very unique way of 
handing it out to fellows. The cook 
County Court Had 
Session Yesterday. Few 
Cases 
I written or printed ballot which 
written or printed the Words, 
SCHOOL those opposed to 
said bonds shall a written 
or printed ballot upon shall be 
written or printed the minis, 
SCHOOL BONDS 
Notice is given that said 
election will be held in said Town of 
Greenville on the 
named same polling places in 
said Town of as arc de- 
for general election on 
said date and that the sane Regis- 
and Judges election will hold 
this election as have been appointed 
for holding tho v on 
said date 
Tin- Registration Books aid Town 
will lie opened at the polling 
places In each ward designated for 
general election on Wednesday, 
and 
front H lock A A. lo o'clock 
i- . provided tor i barter 
Town id Greenville, for the 
per milt all voters 
the Town of Greenville to register 
Id el. A new registration 
having In -it rod by th. Board of 
Aid. linen of He- Town of 
tali . i May, 
JAMES, 
Mayor tic Town of Greenville. 
B. r, TOMS 
Fourth Street near 
Vt More 
Insurance 
County curt was in .--slot, again 
yesterday. Only a tea criminal mat 
tors Here disposed of ill the morning 
and in the case of 
lug iv Pierce vs s civil 
in was taken up. This null 
tinted out of a note which Mr, J. T. 
Allen held the defendant 
Hr. Allen held as a 
on the barber shop belonging 
to defendant. Tin i was 
closed out sonic time ago and Mr. w. 
II. Smith purchased the . The 
iii-f, gave bond and employed 
counsel and in the Mi 
l larding mid e 
inn Mr So I 
in be heard 
vs 
The jury in answering t 
tin- i 
property and III defend ml 
nil pus An 
pet ii i allowed pi 
tiffs for the wrongful use 
since properly was sold 
sale. Judgment was signed 
t u.-e till morning and an 
taken In defendant to Superior 
tit lines, a was up 
fore Judge Woolen morning 
session for violating Hi 
law and found In a 
The of th. was that 
defendant nits n 
bond for his appearance some K 
term. Warren Thrower, an i Mall, telegraph and telephone order. 
other received n twelve , promptly by J. L. 
road sentence tor an with a ft Florist, Raleigh, N. C.
For All 
We grow them. Ta 
lies Carnations a specially. Wat 
ding and Dowers arranged 
the latest artistic styles.
Ferns, many other 
or the Writs to o 
prohibition spring Price List of Rose basest 
Shrubberies, Hedge Plants, 
i mill 
Attorney st Law 
In Building, Third 
wherever bis an 
desired. 
North 
M. 
Mid With
The Mutual Life Ce. 
of New Turk.
Surgeon and H, till-t 
Treat All 
Promptly Hay or 
Phone i Night 
R. 
mi-at Law 
N. c. 
III. I.
in the building on 
to and to t. 
avenue.
Attorney at Law 
deadly weapon. Sarah Wooten. n 
up for assault, was 
found not guilty. The of I. 
f who is indicted 
for assault with deadly weapon, was 
transferred lo the Superior Court 
How To Give Quinine To Children. 
an 
ll is a 
to lake disturb the 
lake u never it is Quinine. 
In who 
lake no 
ringing In 
it next time you i. any 
pose. Ask for original package. 
blown 
j. C. LANIER
file i I 
By patronizing the Proctor Cigar 
and News Stand you have an 
of being presented with a five 
Pound Bog of Candy 
each night, Ask us and 
will inn how it is done 
Proctor Cigar and News Stand, 
lot 
In Mikado. Lord High 
was called ., 
swell. ion to lee him 
again on Tuesday evening, 8th
freak
Flour, 
Flakes,
Corn 
Poet 
en, Porridge, 
Instant 
Cereal, Flow, 
Floor, Cot 
Cal 
S. M. Schultz 
VIN t III 
I. tad mite 
I. 
mum I 
All the rooms, in dormitories 
are i t gaged tor summer term and 
huts still routing for 
I w to tn any 
who de 
during the 
-ii-.- or are take roomers 
or hoarders during tho Summer Term 
to not in writing, stating 
whether roomers or board- 
era, or both, main you can 
Please also your 
h. 
The st does a sumo the re- 
i -a iv, i 
hoarders, lint shall take pleas 
tn person for 
places, a list of names, 
. iii rile directly to 
i .-ii 
Vi 
I n. 
i t a cold. A 
u-ii hi broken sleep 
mill s Hun 
. i i sooth 
slops 
tickling in and clears stuffy, 
i i no 
like n . good for all I olds, 
gold el i ii a. 
sell Mil P 
Line. 
North Hound smith Bound 
i- a P. Bl- 
p No. Mi p. in. 
Norfolk 
I i Bound 
No i i a, in 
No 
is i, p 
West 
No OS p. m. 
No. a. a, 
No r, p m.
-----i LAID DOWN POINT OF LAW 
Brothers 
Insurance and Real Estate 
Agents. 
Again the Thin Gray Line 
Gathers at Richmond Va. 
Dodged 
on the I Bids of 
RAMS HAVE Ships 
Is Plan-tiff
Clean Hand. 
i t, 
MODERN PROGRESS A SHAM 
in Atlantic ti 
Race 
Is Advance Rapidly.
i Hell. m 
lie 
. ; 
II 
. .
I DO 
t U moral i 
TEACH FRENCH TO 
Learn Among Other . to 
. Cigarettes and Talk to 
-s. 
to make 
I y 
. 
it
Ml
I'M
III; I
. light-
.-, 
, i I i few
. and to ask 
offer 
I . 
Horse Stands His Dead Rider. 
D E 
i till 
by 
I I r r the 
. 
regiment. I fire was 
II 
Me re- 
Then 
not one 
later it wan unite hell 
National 
Building 
Is Opened
.,
E. -1 Ml 
at d l 
, III KIM IX III SI 
ii 
i . when a lee I 
t in n 
i- us-
mil by i 
. . 
. . .
led. I 
BOTTLE THE -WHYS 
. Reasons Why Child Should 
Eve I J to Ask 
cf All Sorts. 
her I son
. 
In an- 
i . tho
a Is not ; 
e I II l 
i.
I. 
l her 
so of re- 
Hie 
a t t he 
II 
but 
. i. In- 
lie I 
to n am; 
. and -i 
. i
nil so I 
When Tommy Swore. 
Here ii a i r 
l-it a . the I. 
Mirror. Tommy bad not la tea 
. , with 
an Ii only 
i In a in h village. He bad just 
tea end to make one 
l. I I water, and no 
French with in ask for II With 
wild to i 
to a need. SI e ti the 
in of tea and and disappeared 
Into her coll Anon i 
tin ; 
i and whole k of l i 
it Then n 
eh I m He I he 
i it per 
i . 
The 
Hi 
; . i tie are 
ii . there 
Laugh- 
I the 
i i even 
i a I 
, I the room HI o . 
ill i 
ii the tenth June 
light n will 
i . i 
111- r. 
v V 
ii 
Marble and Granite Memorials 
is I 
material together with our 
lent fuel i an I 
I, ii- .-how you 
Dees Marble Granite 
FOR SALE
Bunch Virginia and Wilmington Peanuts 
Mixed, Unknown, Iron and Speckle 
Sweet Potato plants 
k MOORE 
M. 
-ml. 
III Ii
l ll 
DAYS 
Greenville 
Chautauqua 
June 22-28 
. i 
. ; . a 
. i 
be 
it ail or
LI 
of the contracts I 
a id in n 
la Inquire 
i . . told ha 
i ration 
he i waste of time, t n 
,. i i i 
an a age 
a tender London 
Legend of Vanishing 
it will happen If r
. 
i I i. 
. is i 
Ch It i on 
a priest 
i on ll I 
when Otto- 
lea nary 
. to kill I i 
the i. ills print, with 
con . rated In his 
marl 
do . ii behind him with miraculous 
i inn. iii open again, I radii- 
lion, no the when 
places dome of 
tho famous temple. 
For Refreshing Sleep. 
. COb 
; . 
i . . i Rial i sled. 
It is Io . h. rest- 
., bill, your I on another 
. a a s la en. 
Tin Hess for 
. n n 
, a. help 
I h III a Or 
i ., i i. for- 
. i .,. If H we in. i i l 
. . . 
to . i l mi mot h s chili i I 
. i. i . rm 
t feet, i Oiled 
I ; . . 
i . ii.-. 
THE LIMIT 
OF LUXURY 
Is r when one has taken a 
in an up-to-date bathtub of our 
Ne In complete within. II a 
the comfort and cleanliness re- 
from Its use 
the 
many times over We he's 
the finest In 
BOt We gladly will n 
It, 
S. T. THE Plumber. 
Testimonial as Proof. 
do you like your 
I. hi i 
. i 
i . i o re 
I oder bow ct 
Tho Would you willing 
to give in a little i, ii
w i i I and
Ii i out the follow ink- 
r i slug automatic Bach 
for 
Over. I pro- 
e ii to be ad a 
II i. the line bi en In our no 
, Id more 
it, an paid Itself in 
an ii lain John l
each retail buyer a new Ford car, 
1914 and will from Mn to 
of profits, 
tan drive a In construction. No 
. x mechanism to ham In town or country, for 
, ,. pleasure, cars for about two a 
maintain. 
Runabout Touring Car MM; Town Car 1600; Couplet 
1876, f, o b Detroit with all 
i in display and sale 
Ford Supply Company
What Baby Said 
good calls at their 
day t orders, Ha Ii 
bl I i 
morning two ago hi pa id a 
I.,, ,, null to in,, baby, who is 
learning big talk. 
do win M the man, 
mother in He- 
heart mi teaching bar 
in ii, The didn't 
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you dot 
A NEW COMPANY 
He lime on Third In S. T a 
and and our aim l to public Us 
bell work money, our prices give us a 
trial. 
The Standard Roofing Co. 
I, T. HICKS It. Hill. 
North la 
of County 
. A. Mills Jr., 
H Hard.- 
The defendant above named mil take 
, that an a emit I, as above 
has been In the County 
of by -I. A. Mills . 
n l H i recover Judgment 
Use and the 
la of the defendant lying in 
County, for money and advance made 
by the said plaintiff to the defendant 
and upon contract; and the said de- 
will further take notice that 
lie is required Io appear at the Court 
Court of County Monday. -Tune 
Slat the Court 
. North Carolina. Let the 
take not lie that hi 
anew or or demur to the Com- 
plaint which in ii- Bled In said ac- 
on of before June Slat. and 
if he fail to answer said Complaint on 
or before June 31st HIS. the 
apply to the Court for relief 
in his Complaint. 
This May ISIS 
n. COX 
Clerk of the I
Miner. 
virtue of the power of sale con- 
In a certain mortgage deed 
by Clifton V. Harrell to J 
K mi the day of Jan. 
1914 recorded in Hook T page 
of the County the 
undersigned will on Monday tin- 
day of June MIS at IS-SO P. M. at 
he Court-house door in 
N. C. sell to the highest bidder for 
a-ti the following described tract 
of land, Lying being in 
County and State of K. C. and in 
Township and described and 
defined as follows, One tract 
of land adjoining the lands of J. A 
C. C and others and 
more particularly described as fol- 
Beginning at a gum on Beach 
Island, thence North Last poles t 
-lake, theme South SB Weal Io the 
run of Creek, down the various 
nurses of said Creek In a cypress, 
thence with line North 
Last to the beginning, 
i acres more or it being the 
tract of land alloted Io Clifton 
Harrell in the division the lands 
i Harrell and which division 
i- recorded In Division Hoot i pages 
and Ml in the Office 
Pitt County, and known as the 
Roberson land. Sale made to r 
mortgage 
Tills 27th day April 1915. 
L. K. Mo 
s BROWN. 
i id aw 
sill OP ESTATE. 
SUITABLE FOR HUMAN FOOD 
North Carolina 
County 
Notice i- given 
Hoard of r I'm 
a Special Call meeting assembled 
m Wednesday, Maj i i, ill ordered 
an election be held, in the following 
hi 
Beginning the mouth of 
where it empties Tar 
running up Otters creek lo the 
Mayo Mill Creek, a with the Mayo 
Mill Creek to Johnson them 
with Johnson Branch to J. H. Smith's 
r. thence with this hind to 
late John Line farm, and Hie 
a; I King line lo the Henry Harris 
ii.-. to Tyson's creek; thence Ty 
Creek to Tar River, and up Tar 
river lo 
Thai said election be held Tues- 
day, day of July 1916, the 
Public School House in the above de- 
scribed territory, for purpose of 
inking and ascertaining the will of the 
qualified voters of the above 
it territory, as to there shall 
or shall lie levied and collected a 
Special Si Tax of on One 
Hundred dollars valuation of property 
and Hue on the Poll in the above ,, 
territory, and said election 
those favoring shall 
vote a written or printed ballot con 
the words Special 
those opposed tO said Tax, shall 
have a written or printed ballot, eon 
words 
And ii was further ordered C 
II Mayo be is herein appointed 
for said election, and H C. 
and P H. Mayo are 
pointed Poll Holders or of i 
Ami u is further ordered a new 
i and shall he required, 
and that till books for said 
or shall be opened 
on Ma M, and closed 
June N, tor 
of Hi- voters 
of said 
day May, 
s. a. Chairman 
Board of com County 
Attest Bell 
Clerk. 
lid 
By virtue of the powers of sale con- 
la tin- following Mortgages, to- 
wit. A and 
d- I b W. I K. Corey and w He 
N. J. n Corey to V. Hook, r, dated 
January -rd, as appear- re id 
ii lite I'm counts 
ill Hook If page A certain Mort- 
gage and delivered by W. I 
K. Corey and mite K, J. D. Com 
K. C. Harding dated 
as appears of record la the 
In I'm county la Book 
L page i- and a certain Mortgage 
executed and delivered by WT. L- F. 
Con and Wife N. -I. I. Corey to K. C. 
Harding, dated -March as 
appears of record In Register's 
Office in Pitt County in Book A 
I . mill on MoN- 
day of June at o'clock 
ISIS, expose to public sail 
tore Court House Door in Green- 
ville, lo the highest bidder or bidders 
Ii. the deal 
or parcels of land. 
Situated in tin County of and 
Slate of North 
Situated in 
Township, I'm County, bounded the 
North b the of 
and Jane bounded on 
West by the of James Nelson 
and Dennis Branch; on the South by 
another trait of land of W. L. K. Corey 
on lbs Bait by the lands of Any 
containing SM a res more or 
and being the tract of land on 
which the said W. L. f. Corey and 
wife now reside. 
SECOND Situated in Chi- 
cod Township, County and on the 
side of Pork Swamp, adjoining 
the lands of 
and containing more 
less and being the land deeded by 
Harrow to Providence Coo- 
per and Cannon Mills and by them 
to I Corey by Sam- 
Corey to W, L. P. Corey by Deed 
which is of record In the Register's 
Office in County. Book K page 
IS. 
THIRD TRACT; Situated In 
Township, County, In James 
containing acres more or lose 
being the same land granted 
the -aid W. L. P, Corey by State 
North Carolina by which is 
o record in the the Reg 
Deeds County, in Book V 
page 
FOURTH TRACT in 
Township, Pill County, adjoin- 
the land- of W, 
Bland, ll. H. and 
i. , res more or 
FIFTH Situated In 
reek Township, Pitt County, on both 
of road adjoining the tract 
last above mentioned and adjoining 
lands of It. II. Ha o 
i ox and others containing i- res 
more or 
Place or Cooper of 
land and tract of land known as 
the Samuel Corey Home Place ll. 
been vi out end sub d 
fourteen separate divisions and 
said lie will both a 
, in- t and Iii the several sub 
divisions, in those desiring 
t,, purchase may have the 
purchasing in whatever small 
they may de 
These land will be Bold for Hie 
purpose paying and 
the actual amount due by W, I. F. 
Corey and wife N. J, D. Corey for the 
amount of money loaned to w. 
L. Corey and the legal of In- 
thereon from Hie time said loans 
were made, all of the notes re- 
lo having transferred in 
and now held by S. T. Hooker, 
the said B, T. Hooker having made 
on W, U P. Corey for the pay- 
in, id only of actual amount of 
loaned Hie legal rate of 
Interest thereon, said lands will ha 
sold tot purpose applying the 
proceeds arising from sale of said 
lands to the payment of actual 
amount of money loaned and legal 
rate of Interest from date of laid 
loans mere made, 
This the 6th, day of May, 1916. 
V. HOOK Kit. 
S. T. HOOKER, 
Owner of notes secured by tho 
above referred to 
Nourishing Plants and Even Insects 
Capable of Sustaining Life, at 
a Pinch. 
According to re ports great In- 
iii the use of scientific 
in extracting food values from 
I is being 
the Star There are 
good for human food 
and food at that, 
ordinary conditions are not 
upon at all There angle worm, 
the grasshopper and fully a icon of 
plains not ordinarily us. d as food 
which, properly 
nourishing foods ll is p. only 
tin- most desperate and resolute sort 
of appetite that would for the 
earth worm, but have been eaten 
even by highly civilized people and 
when properly d said to be 
not so bad Why should we 
about the angle worm when we 
eat the oyster, stomach, lungs and 
but the shell 
As to they were an an- 
delicacy and are yet so 
by many races know what's what 
In the way of good things to eat. All 
the that are eaten by animals 
have nourishing juices. Clover and 
green timothy possess a higher food 
quality than cabbage or potatoes 
to tenderness they 
vent starvation. There have been 
famine periods when human beings 
have been obliged to eat field grasses 
and wild plant roots. 
REALLY WAS NO MYSTERY 
Seeming Puzzle of Two Sunsets In 
Two Minutes Easily Explained 
After a Little Thought. 
A rambler was reading an incident 
that had been no part of his planning 
for I bat. particular 
was like one of those moments 
the neurasthenic knows when he 
doubts the testimony of his senses and 
trembles with the fear that last 
bis is giving way. the 
behind me exclaimed together at the 
phenomenon, and I breathed easily 
once more. 
Tarrytown toward five 
o'clock on a perfect afternoon. I set- 
hack comfortably to enjoy the 
setting of the sun as it traveled with 
what undue toward a 
high peak of the Palisades. Then, as 
if at a signal, it dropped behind the 
peak, leaving a dull brazen trail of Its 
I shut my ayes, a little 
pointed so hurried a Closing of one 
Of i hose days when ll seems good to 
alive. 
train jolted out Of Grey- 
I blinked and beheld in upset- 
ting wonderment sun again going 
down, this time goldenly, slowly, 
a majesty of motion. Lower 
and still lower It until there was 
visible a lovely field of many- 
ton, d 
two suns. 
difference In altitude of the 
cliff lowers points Is tho 
WHAT ACCESSORIES WILL DO 
Have a Very Great and Definite 
in the of Ac- 
cording to Writer. 
only once, and the- 
more ere live the a 
Young. end I find 
the to; 
la only an of A 
ii for life. 
follow engaging by- 
wt.- of U La to miss a P-at 
Of 
knowledge the kind that 
end 
button of 
turn r to b de- 
and remain 
but ii you equip . its 
will l-ad you 
far 
ll I some one 
to look after him, you need not 
occupy much about bin 
but if you have In 
take a 
thinking not how little, I much, 
you f.-in it. toward making your 
a kind of It will not 
only bring you to him and 
make you him better, but 
j it will you understand a 
many other a th- rota- 
of crops the working of 
leather 
are the fir 
of the circle of i the 
thing itself is enter; they 
and links which take us out from 
at our own in- 
to the surrounding life of the 
PUNTS WITH SNAKE FANGS 
Many Are Capable of Inflicting 
Wounds as Fatal as Are Those 
of Deadly Reptiles. 
Plants that secrete poison when 
touched and Inflict a wound almost 
as dangerous as a rattlesnake bite are 
one of the features of some tropical 
jungles. The most common of these 
poison plants is the 
known In Panama and other of 
Central America as the 
cruel This plant ll 
easily and i- 
shunned by the native animals. 
Trunks, leaves. Bowers and fruit of 
the plant are covered with Hinging 
hairs, which are In effect long tubes 
that are very brittle and break at the 
touch, The poison Is pro- 
d by a cell which, during growth, 
up. forming a shaped 
i-i the 
v. t. n hair I d it breaks in 
an oblique direction, forming a can 
h rs shin, and 
n is directly Into the 
wound, the action being 
that of p fan i anal 
of this plant la i 
the i in me, b it fatal, Man 
other lam have dead- 
stinging hairs that ll ; 
to a man n In n II 
doses Popular M 
County. 
is .- , I 
i . 
I l a Se 
ii Wednesday, Hay 
be in 
d -i ten
IT., r corner on Ta River, thence 
with Davenport and proctor 
; Fleming, Jr , and 
u L Smith's corner; 
l. Smith and I m 
to tie- Washington road, with -aid road 
to -I H and H 
corner, thence with -aid Wilson and 
Little's hue in Little. K V 
and Orange inter, 
thence with and Mai 
line, to 
aid anal to J I and 
corner, thence will 
and Fleming line lo Sal 
road, thence with It. 
Fleming and line -i 
l; and corner 
the Boron line, thence 
line in -l II. and Baker 
corner; with J. B. Little's 
to the line, thence with Lit 
and line to Daniel 
line, thence With the Daniel and Ii 
Little's line I,, Creek, 
with the Creek to Dan el 
Crawford corner, 
Crawford and line lo the 
line; thence with the Moore 
line lo Dudley line, now K D. 
thence with 
and Hi. Ward line lo Spier land. 
Hi, With Spier and Ward line 
to run. with said run to 
Ti River, back the 
Thai election held on 
day July at 
public school house, In the above de- 
scribed territory, for purpose Of 
taking ascertaining the w-iii of 
the qualified voters the above de- 
to whether there 
shall or shall not be levied and col- 
L I 
on 
of 
Poll in the 
. . 
And . 
e a written or 
led at g the 
ll to 
ill vote a v.
I . that J 
. and be la b n b 
. 
l Fleming W. B 
Willis appoint, d Poll 
lion, 
red, a 
be 
, d Books 
list I i r. shall bl 
1915, and 
. Saturday, June 
.-
Hie day of May 1915. 
s a i i . i 
Board County 
Attest Bran I 
Clerk 
ltd 
of 
Having qualified a- 
of the estate tin late i W. lat. 
of the county of Pitt, Ibis i- t,. notify 
all p. holding Claims against 
said estate, lo present them to 
on or 
Hay 1916 or this notice will 
be plead In bar of their recovery. All 
persons owing any thing said es- 
will make immediate pay- 
to the undersigned 
This May 1915 
MILS. HENRIETTA COX, 
Administratrix Ayden, M. C. 
Harding Pierce, 
5-T-ltd 
turn Old av Won't I 
The worst canes, do i of how 
cured by ll i old 
Oil. It 
n time. ac. 
Having qualified as 
of the estate of Move, de- 
ceased, late of I'll North Caro- 
this is to notify all persons 
lug claims the estate of the 
said deceased to exhibit them lo the 
undersigned on or before the 10th 
day of April 1916, or notice will be 
pleaded In bar Of their recovery. All 
persons Indebted lo said estate will 
please make Immediate payment 
II,;. day of April 
MARTHA A. 
Administratrix of Move 
James I. 
ltd 
Invigorating to Pale and Sickly 
The Old Standard central Ionic, 
H chill TONIC, out 
the blood up 
tern. true Ionic For and children. 
Ever Hit Thumb With a Hammer 
Here is a little device which you can 
make home u which the tiniest 
tack can be held possibility of 
Injury to the ringers Take a -trip of 
tin about of an inch 
wide and about or -even inches 
long. Shape it with a small slot in 
end. Then double it, bending at the mid- 
When ready to insert the nail, put 
it Into the slot, which will hold it by 
its bead. Tins gives a kind Of handle by 
means of which you an hold the nail 
perfectly upright while you hit it with 
the hammer. Of course the holder 
must be pulled away before nail 
or tack has gone all way into 
wood, if you have not the tin at 
hand strong cardboard ii ill serve tho 
purpose. Try this little device Just 
once and am sure you Hill feel amply 
repaid for your trouble in making it, 
us it. will many a bruised 
Home Companion. 
A Short Memory. 
Uncle Jed was a alack about 
quilting the bottom when the 
broke, and had to take lo a tree Morn- 
came, and there was sixty lei t of 
Mississippi flood water between Mm 
and shore The preacher happened 
along the high ground and saw 
but there wasn't any boat Moreover, 
suspicion there were 
gators about was well founded 
preacher besought Jed lo swim. 
but In vain, finally ha called 
have faith Remember how 
Jonah was cared for in the and 
three 
spoke earnestly. 
I remember I deny- 
Jonah, cause I want 
nigh um. Hut dis year alligator, he 
no whale, Alligator, ho eat 
a nigger go off sleep a week, 
an all bout tint 
Inside 
Dissipation. 
I think sometime our common 
it of dissipation Is f too nap 
ran-. We it to crude I i 
in the us.- liquor 
. rude of the passions; 
but these are only the outward 
symbol of a more disorder 
lungs of the world a thousand clam- 
reals, desires, a 
have the better of Men be- 
come drunken with the Inordinate de- 
sire for owning and dissolute 
lib ambition for political office 
a limn once, a farmer, who de- 
upon land; fed 
appetite upon the of his 
home, cheated his children of 
and himself went shabby, book 
Joyless, that h 
might buy more land I rail that 
dissipation, too Prom 
in David Q ray son, In American 
M .; 
It 
The Reliable Household Lantern 
There is always need for a good 
lantern around the home in the 
yard, in the cellar, in the attic 
wherever a lamp is inconvenient 
or unsafe. 
The is ideal for home use. It gives a 
clear, bright sunlight on tap. It is 
durable, compact, handy. Doesn't 
leak. Doesn't smoke. Easy to light and 
last for years. Ask for 
the 
At everywhere 
STANDARD OIL COMPANY 
Norfolk. V. 
N. C 
S. I 
Hit Idea. 
Those angelic-looking little boys, 
golden curls, are usually Just like 
oilier boys; a fact overlooked b; 
female relatives and other adoring In- 
dies. One of cherubic brand of 
small boy came back from school tho 
other day rather depressed became he 
had no nickname 
i to the teacher about he 
vouchsafed, bis big opened wide, 
a mournful look about his 
mouth I mill her some 
Id like 
were the In- 
nulled a rapturous maiden mi tit 
lull or replied 
the angelic one. 
Best Hour for Work. 
is a i fact In psychology 
that nobody can stay ill 
mental physical for twenty, 
four hours together In the morning 
you are more mailer of fact, for 
stance, than later In it is in 
morning that the best brain work 
is dune, too brain work of the sort 
that and clear think- 
And It is about eleven iii 
that our body In 
highest point Of energy. In oilier 
words, you are stronger, though 
most st eleven In 
morning than three In after- 
noon. You reach the highest point 
tun e the day, for about live the 
the muscular energy has 
risen again. from five onward it 
declines all through eve- 
and on till between three 
STOMACH TROUBLE 
FOR FIVE YEARS 
Biblical Tribute. 
hi so- 
Jew, 
and is difficult if not 
t any connection be- 
tween the world i and 
those mentioned In the Scripture, The 
i iii pun a the 
Abraham and of one rather 
contracted of earth, and 
t In de 
ethnological r an, 
, I ti . The 
world agreed in derive 
tin- bitch from Noah i ion 
Ham. Mongolian from fin em, and 
from and beyond 
in all are not 
it in not no la it helpful to push
Friends Thought Mr. 
Would Die, But 
One Helped Him to 
Recovery. 
ad- 
this place, Mr. A. . Hughes 
writes a was down with 
stomach trouble five years, and 
would have tick headache so bad, at 
Banes, that I thought surely I would die. 
I hied different treatments, but they 
not seem to do me any good. 
I got bad, could not cat or sleep, 
all my friends, except one, thought 
would die. He advised me to t v 
and quit 
taking other medicines. I decided to 
take his advice, although I did not have 
any confidence in it. 
I have now been taking 
for three months, and it has cured me 
haven't had those awful tick headaches 
since I begin using it. 
I am so tor what 
done for 
been 
a very valuable medicine de- 
the stomach and liver. It 
Is composed pure, vegetable herbs, 
contains no dangerous Ingredients, and 
acts yet It can be 
used by young and old, and should a 
kepi in every family chest. 
Get a package today. 
Only i quarter. mi
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