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I am now offering you one of the most of
GOODS. SHOE, HATS.
and TABLE
at very reasonable prices. My line of
STATE NEWS.
Carolina
which is the standard of any market are fr-sh and
When you none to town again give ma a trial.
y on to i leaf,
Jas. B. White.
Means Cent per pound more for your
COTTON
that is what get
THAT WE GIN FOR YOU.
established at ill.- OM m beat equipped
to be found In -licit your
We turn rut the baH yon p I but charges are
no others. DB H
GREEN HOOK
N. C.
A severe outbreak of fever has
occurred in Lincoln county. In
neighborhood there are twenty
of a bad type.
and Charlotte are
a new census taken.
A traveling salesman named W.
of was
found dead Sunday morning in bis I
room at Hotel Kennon, Goldsboro.
Physicians said bis death was
to apoplexy.
people are talking of
building a road that
town to Springs and
um- an automobile line with car-
lug capacity of M people.
The white prisoner Manning,
who escaped from the county Jail
MM weeks ago. to this
city and gave himself up. The
Other en-aped man, Nile, is still
away. Both the men are said to
have beta up to bad since
leaving here, fights and horse steal
among their doings. Manning
look if he bad through
mill, the scene of their exploits
being Pitt
Journal.
Tried Friends Best.
Fro-thirty years Pills have
proven a blessing to the invalid.
Are truly the sick mans friend.
A Known Fact
For s headache. d y
sour stomach,
and all kindred diseases.
Liver PILLS
AN ABSOLUTE CURE.
t-N
J. V. CD.
Norfolk, Va.
Cotton Factors and handlers of
Bigging. Ties and Bags.
Correspondence shipments
solicited.
New Home
Sewing Machines
u in pit
If you need a Machine see me
Booker's store, or write me
I. J. C. LASTS.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
Tl baring
before the Superior Clerk of Pit
a Last Will
W. K. dews
notice is to persons
to the estate to nuke immediate pay-
to sod all persons
claim said estate
the tame tor payment on or before
2nd day of October, 1901. or tin
ill be plead la recovery.
2nd of
Mm A A.
Executrix of W. R.
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Cotton Buyers and Brokers in
Stocks. Cotton. Grain and
ions. Private Wires to York,
Chicago and Sew Orleans.
OBSERVATIONS
Wade by the Orange Va
PILLS
Vitally. sat
Care emissions. Los cf
Famous Ml
and Laxative Guaranteed cure for
fever and all malarial and Wet sale b
Harrington, Barber Jo.,
V C.
NOTICE.
at public in;
lion the -Jib of a
residence I II. J. deceased In
Pitt property
to In part
of Fodder.
Cattle. II .
Id and Kitchen Furniture. need,
Hay, and Wagons,
Pea Null
W. M. of
B. J. Deed.
Atlas lime and place I will rent in
highest MM for year B.
J. home place and th. Ted
place. W.
for law of B. J.
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Get a good Safe
The Victor safe is made in all sizes con-
for home, office and general use.
Every sale bull with a guarantee to be lire
proof. Prices range from up.
J. L. SUGG,
J Greenville, N. C.
THE COUNTY SCHOOL
APPOINTED THE
As one of the tat Public Books in
Pitt County. W- handle book designated on the
State List for the nubile sch and tan what-
ever yon need. We
COPY BOOKS,
slant and vertical, doable ruled practice writing
tablets, fool's
crayons, colored crayons, companion
For the Man.
We carry a nice doable and tingle ledgers,
long day books, journals, count r books, memorandums,
order and note books, time books,
to., tic-
For Society People
We have all kinds and styles box papers, card and
envelope sets, visiting cards, note papers and tablets.
Bone are like
are ever
The unman is bat a trial of
to dollar, with the devil
for
bits the nail on
the bead, unfortunately it is
her nail.
The man who i
getting by the girls is in-
a ban football-
la look
log slum's effect
nun
It is not the Christmas past but
in present so tie-
presses
fellow in the corner,
who lets his rival do all the talk-
lag, generally marries the
Men often find truth in a nut
shell. they found it
other it would a great deal
better.
Pew men preach what
they might not make
them appear perfect before the
world.
It's a poor flower that never has
a went.
The average woman finds it
hard to trim her own hat.
but she has an easy pick-
her all to
pieces.
Into every soul there sinks many
a shaft of sorrow, but the
cruel blows with bravery,
Cometh peace and Joy OB the
Even a calendar is BO good unless
up to dale.
A tonic
builder.
, -i to t
, ad M
A By Ml
-r i e
PILLS
SO
Sr fit- Sail circular
of our bankable e
I V
a BO wilt our to MM
for Urn of
I Suva
in or
money paid-
MEDICAL CO.
ass,
Pol by I L
or -m i Pi
it a of
Of meeting of of Com-
for Pitt number of an
each member bath of
mile Traveled allowed for
for Hie year ending
3rd, 1900.
or It,
a I i I K. L.
For days a Com. at
For at 4.00.
For bl mile traveled at
Leave
Rocky
Tarboro
Lean Tarboro U t
Mat
Ar at la,
Main
ton a tn OS p
learn 1224, p Sac
ford m Sanford
p m. t p
p m,
om
Ben-
a m. May Ion a m. Red
Spring a m, Hop Milk a m,
p m, Hope Hill p a
Bed Spring p m. p
an
Johnston's
Sarsaparilla
Palatal Hum, It-
regularity,
of the
of life, in or maid, all r-
help, la JO BUS-
TON It a
tor all para or
the top or back of bead,
pain to the left aid, a
condition of of
the heart, cold fast,
and
backache, ac-
of the heart, of breath,
abnormal with
painful of
fact,
uterine
catarrh, all symptom
trouble which mike the
life
SOLD BY
OLD DOMINION LINE
at train Na
at with the Carolina
. . . will. ii,.
at with Bed
Spring railroad, at Sanford
with the Seaboard Air Line and Southern
NOTICE OF OF CROPS.
In of M at the
Km if Put county
omit, in certain wherein . II.
wife. Alice are plaint-
Mason defendant. The
will to public sale for
the bidder on Wednesday
day of 1900, all the
buy upon the
Avon farm for 1900, and owned by
aid farm, bi barrel of
together with quantity Of bay raised
during raw the of bog
and M said farm during the
1900. Sale to take place t o'clock
form nil
W. F
Receiver in Hie above named cause.
December 17.1900.
Total
o w.
For IT day a Com. at
For day at at 20.00
ALLOWED C.
For
For day at 1200.
F r mile traveled at
Total
Total amount allowed Hoard
at Golf with Durham
Charlotte Railroad.
Train on Scotland Road
leave. Weldon i i. m. IT p m,
Neck T.
y a m, S a, a
at II l- an. O am.
Train Branch leave
a V
.-. mm i
on a want SO p m. Parmele
and p m. leave I a
,,., arrive a
and p except Monday
Train leave Tarboro dally except sand
M p MS Sunday pm. arrive Ply-
pm. leave Fly-
dally, except Sunday. SO a u. and Sin
State op Hosts
OP
I. T. B. Moore, clerk of Com-
the county
certify the foregoing i a true state-
as appear of record in my of-
Given my band, and seal of
Board of at
Una day of November.
1900. T. B.
Clerk Board Com. for Pitt County
day am. arm a,
Train on C
dally, except Sunday. ad a m,
leave SI
a a.
Train Branch leave
m. p m, arrive
II am,
m. leave Hope Ilk id,
S p m. II a m. arrive at Ho;
B a m, m. except
on Clinton Warsaw
Clinton dally. la
p m. lea .-
pa
Steamer leave Washing-
ton daily at A. M. for
leave Greenville daily at
P. M. for Washington.
Steamer leaves
Greenville Mondays, Wednesday
and Fridays at A. M. for Tar-
leave Tarboro for Greenville
Tuesdays, and Saturdays
at A. M. carries freight only.
Connecting at Washington with
Steamers for Norfolk, Baltimore,
New York and
ton, and for all points for theW est
with railroads at Norfolk.
Shippers should order freight by
the Old Dominion Co. from
New York; Clyde Line from
Bay Line from Baltimore;
and Line from
Boston.
JNO. SON,
Washington, N. C.
J. J.
Greenville, N. C.
on Branch leave Warsaw
Union daily, except Sunday. m d
m. leave at a a use
pm.
Train made el
don for all point dally, all via PM
Agent
J. Manager.
T. M. EMERSON. Truffle Ma- ager
The Beat and
No advertiser will
the of
Ink Unit newspapers carry
to more people for less cost
than all other kinds of advertising.
It is true that cheapest
is a
good Moreover,
mob a salesman is not only the
Cheapest, but the
Record.
175.-------
Wholesale and retail Grocer and
Dealer. Cash paid for
mill's, Bead, Oil Bar-
Turkeys, Egg, etc. Bed-
steads, Mattresses, Suits, Ba-
by Parlor
Butts, Table, Lounges, Safes, P.
and Gail Ax
Meal Key West Cheroots,
American Beauty Can-
Cherries, Peaches, Apples,
Pine Apples, Syrup, Jelly, Milk,
Flour, Coffee,
Lye, Magic Food, Matches, Oil,
Seed Meal and Hulls, Gar-
den Oranges, Apples, Nuts,
Candies, Dried Apples, Peaches,
Prunes, Currents, Raisins, Glass
and China Ware, and Wooden
Ware. Cakes Crackers,
Best Butter, Stand
ard i , and nil
other Quality and
Quantity, Cheap for cash. Come
to see
d. w. mm
SALE OF REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of a decree of Superior
Court county made In a certain
Special Proceeding therein pending, en-
titled c. Pearce of ,
will on January 1901,
before the Court II OM door Greenville,
at ale to bidder
that certain lot or panel of land
in the town of the corner
and Fifth and known n the
store said town but No. and lying
immediately of No. III.
Term of third and the
balance la two payable
one and two year from day
of the payment to be e-
mortgage raid property.
of U. I.
His Want.
We found letter on
our
Please
bring WOODS a stick of candy.
Ma wants a hickory bark tooth
brush and a bag of Pa says
if yon will bring a jug full of black
trap and a of corn juice, he
will obliged. Good by.
superior
Pitt county
v V
Scan, the Defendant in
the above entitled action will lake notice,
that an action ha begun in the
Court wherein Elizabeth
Sears i Plaintiff and Christopher Sear is
Defendant the purpose dissolving
the bond of matrimony now existing be-
tween Plaintiff and Defendant, and the
Defendant la required to appear before
at the term or
Pill county Superior Court which convene
t he lit Monday in December
answer or demur to the complaint of the
Plaintiff, or the relief demanded
will be treated. day of Nov.
1900. C.
Clerk Superior Court.
Attorney.
GREENVILLE N. C.
B-x-----o e
Cotton Bagging end Pies
on i-
Fresh goods kept constantly en
hand. Country produce and
sold. A trial will convince yon.
D. W.
WHICH ARD, JR.
-DEALER IN
Phone U
Strongest in
PERSONAL PROPERTY HALE
Dec., 27th, 1900,
at my home place, miles from
Greenville, will be sold at public
auction to highest bidder for
cash, a lot of horses, mules, hogs,
cattle, carts, wagons, buggies, farm
Implements, corn, fodder, house-
hold furniture, organ,
etc.
Among the stock are several tine
Red Jersey Poland China
crossed stock hogs.
Any of the above articles will be
at private sale before the 27th
if desired. O. M. Tucker.
the
The Law
TAKEN TO ALL
MAGAZINES.
Would Make The Crop to,
Bale.
Manchester, Dec.
arc divided regarding the
American crop, there is a
tendency to support the estimate
of bates, The at
Liverpool is steadily
NOTICE.
have out my entire mercantile
in including
fixture and will, to Rick A
ard transferred the to
them date. I w II settle all
against former
and accounts due the are
payable torn. I will be glad for all owing
me forward and settle at once.
a. M.
Having purchased the mercantile
of II. it. we will
name of Kicks Wilkinson to
carry on business at former stand,
occupying the south room. We will carry
a complete line of dry goods, clothing, no-
Ace, and
solicit the patronage of Mr. form-
customer, a well as that of our own
friends and public generally.
J. A. Hicks,
C. L. Wilkinson.
Whichard, N.
The Stock complete in every
and prices as low as the
lowest. Highest market prices
paid for country produce.
J.
-------DEALER IN-------
garter fountain gen
will ii . reward for
if Sick
or
the e
nil. when era
with are nit
never ii IV eon-
contain pills.
of
mall.
, and
I sale M
t L WOOTEN, N
AM
at T. LaOs t COMPANY'S.
DISSOLUTION.
The of T. K.
Co. this day dissolved
ship by con sent, T. F.
Christ man having the
Interest of J. F. Evans in the
All indebted
of the will be paid by T.
F. Christmas and all accounts due
firm must be paid to him.
This 30th day of November, 1900
T. F.
J. F. Evans.
We Warrant them for twelve
mouths. pair.
Tim Ono Day Cold Cure.
Cold r. atonal.
interest of
J. F. Evans in the grocery
heretofore conducted by us,
I wish to announce that I will con
the business at the name
stand on Five Points. I desire to
thank all who have favored the
firm with patronage and
solicit a continuance of the same
with me, promising lo do all in
my power to please every patron
km. dealing and goods.
,. i T. F.
IMPORTANT LAND SALE.
By virtue of power contained and
invested in in- by a decree entered at Sept
term of Fill Superior Court, in the
case entitled T. Hooker against E. S.
Ilium and others, as appears on record in
Clerk's office of Superior Court is
minute
Docket No. pages So, SO and As
Trustee and Commissioner named therein,
I will to public tale, before the
court in Greenville, on Monday
7th day of January 1901 Mon-
day the let of January term 1901 of
Pill Superior the following
of land tn wit; one tract land,
rte In of Pitt, township,
adjoining the land of II. Mills, W.
I,, Robert Dixon and being
the laud the said E. S- re-
innate the north side of Cow
and know n as the land
by i- S. from II. A,
and to bis fa-
John Man and
containing the whole one and
fifty acres. Th Identical land convoyed
lam-. Galloway in mist. appears In
II--1 D J, page. and Oct.
1893. Terms cash.
A GENERAL LINE OF
Also a nice Line of Hardware.
COME TO SEE MB.
J. B.
or
0.0.
FOB
III
The Eastern Reflector
D. J.
VOL. XIX.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER
NO.
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Toy Store.
COME AND SEE
Big display of Toys Christmas goods. More Toys and Christmas
goods than all other stocks combined. Do not be mislead come to
Santa Clause Headquarters.
and get all your wants for Christmas supplied. I bare in my stock the
Smallest Doll in the World.
Come and see it. My Christmas goods are the best and cheapest.
lie
The Toy Man.
How They Attar Poll Tax la
Mississippi.
man who does not pay bis
Reforms Cost Money,
The lot of this legislature is not
a happy one. There arc reforms
poll tax Mississippi on or before are absolutely necessary
1st day of February next, and if those
the bill which has passed are adopted plan will
Legislature of Slate, will have
bis Dame published in the county
as a delinquent, as a man
who refuses to contribute to the
education of bis own children, but
willing for his neighbor to do so,
let them reap an education by
the sweat of the other fellow's face.
Moreover, be will be disfranchised
and will run the risk of a tine
six months jail if be
attempts to vote at a
election, tor, it is asserted,
taxpayers are tired of
their votes killed by such political
driftwood, and judges of the
State may be expected to charge
the grand are composed
of taxpayers, to indict such per
and the district attorneys,
who in the future look to the
taxpayers for election, will fail not
to their part of the business up
to the Sun.
College hazing appears to be
quite just now and be-
fore the investigation the case
of Cadet is fairly begun, an-
other One is in order. A dozen
who belonged to a
near Chicago disguised them-
with masks, and going to
the room of a young student
Frank Lust, carried him to
wood.-, where he was blindfolded
and his clothes removed. Then
he was coated with ink and soft
soap from head to foot, alter which
his up and com-
him to run the gauntlet. It
is time that the law should fur-
protection to the gentlemen
students who desire to attend
some of the colleges and
of the country, from the
bandit element which appears to
have captured these institutions.
It is a pleasure, this connection,
to call attention to the absence in
Southern schools, of any such
brutality us that which has
recorded in recent dispatches.
in school, college or
is a practice,
even in its mildest forms, which
should be relegated to the past,
Charlotte
The Christmas order of the
Booth Carolina dispensary is now
being rilled, the Richmond Dis-
patch has discovered, and
of barrels, or
several of liquor, and
with it is an order for
carloads of glass -half-pint,
and quart will be
shipped live trains of thirty cars
each. The purchasing authorities
say that the business of the
has expanded enormously of
late, they expert the increase
to continue as long as the of
cotton stays
have to lie adopted for raising
more money. While the people
are slow in clamoring for re.
forms, they arc quick to kick
against any in taxation
and if the legislature can get
through its work without having
given to a large part of our
population it will have performed
a Herald.
The next will spend
more money than any previous
Legislature, if it complies with all
demands for appropriations
that are being made. And nearly-
all these demands seem proper and
For there is a very-
general demand that more money
shall be appropriated to the public
also an absolute
necessity for additional
to our insane asylums.
and humanity demand that
more money be expended for
support of disabled ex-Confederate
soldiers. And among other de-
for appropriations are the
Reformatory for criminals
and a Code Commission both of
which demands seem proper. And
there are others.
It will thus lie seen that the next
Legislature will be called upon to
increase the public expenditures
several hundred thousand dollars.
And it not be wasteful ex-
If all these expenditures
of appropriations should lie made.
But how can they, or any of them,
be This is the question to
lie answered, and the perplexing
problem to be solved by our next
law-makers. It is very easy to
make suggestions us to how the
State's money shall lie expended,
but it is not so easy to suggest how
that money shall be collected It
would be well, therefore, for those
persons, who are suggesting how to
spend the State's money, to
also how to raise it.
The rate of taxation levied
by State and county has reached
the constitutional limit, it is
absolutely impossible to levy and
collect any more taxes without
find other subjects of taxation
properly those already
taxed. Om Legislators must by
all means enact a better
and revenue act our
State has ever yet had. This is
their most work, and
they should all go to Raleigh next
mo determined to do it. I'd in-
born Record.
Trouble is often with
hot
should that the
men who can describe a woman's
costume don't always make the
best
Pie For Lawyers.
1891 the Hon. T. J. Jan is,
then a Viii States Senator, made
a speech in The old
man, prophetic ken doubtless
foresaw the defeat of the
that year, for the course of
his remarks he told the voters,
while urging them to support the
Democratic ticket, that if they in-
the Democracy-
he could stand it if they could, be-
cause he such a result
would make much business for
lawyers and a lawyer him-
self be participate in the
Jarvis was right. The ad
vent of a fusion administration in
North Carolina made an immense
amount of business for the lawyers,
as everybody We ere-
of Ibis fact by report of
the committee which has just coin
the examination of the books
of the State Treasurer, which re-
port sets forth that for the past
the
State paid out for legal services
nearly This expenditure
is open to criticism and there is
room for The State has
an who is pan a
salary to look after the State's in
But it is said that GOT.
having intense person-
dislike for Attorney General
Walser. ignored him and
employed outside attorneys to
pear in cases which the State
was interested, paying these
large fees. Some of this ex-
was doubtless
some of it was not.
Among the lawyers who have
fattened off the State Treasury, or
who received the largest fees the
period mentioned, are Col.
W. Hinsdale, of who was
paid Douglass,
C. A. Cook, J. C. L.
Harris Simmons,
Ward and W.
T. Dortch, 1.083; J. H.
H. G. Conner,
It is to lie hoped that the
Assembly can find some way by
which this great drain on the Slate
Treasury be stopped. II is
lei
Landmark.
J- CHERRY CO.
ITO THE AND OF
AND
Th. Bond
The entire membership of the
Board of Alderman was present at
the special meeting Thursday night
This gives an idea that the Board,
also, is thoroughly interested
the of bonds for
the improvement of town. The
matter was discussed lolly by all
the members and by the attorneys
for the who were
The Board decided to up a
bill to the Legislature, accord-
with the sentiment expressed
at the meeting last week,
asking that the be the
privilege of voting for issue of
of B per cent bonds to
for a period of thirty years. The
date selected for the
is the first Monday in April.
These bonds will he for the
of the town for pro-
a graded school building,
a separate bill will lie sent to
the Legislature for a
tax levy to conduct a graded
Every citizen interested
in the welfare of the should
favor the issuing of the bonds. As
Greenville is entirety free from
debt those will be the
bonds they will
doubt find ready purchasers, and
possibly at a premium.
It's hard to believe that virtue
is its own reward we don't
get Christmas
Marriages may not lie made in
heaven, but there are probably
plenty of matches the other
place.
We are in forefront of the race after your
We offer you the selected line of
General Merchandise
to be found any store in Pitt County. Well bought choice
selections, the creations of the best manufacturers America
and Seasonable all the year round. Spring,
and We are work for yours and our mutual ad-
vantage. It is our pleasure to show you what you want and to
sell you if We offer you the very best service, polite
attention, and the most liberal terms consistent with a well
established business built up strictly its own merits.
you come to market you w ill not do yourself justice
if you do not see our immense stock before buying elsewhere.
us and the following lines of general merchandise.
Dr v Goods and Notions,
Satins,
and carpets, Mattings and Oil Cloths.
Shoes.
Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes. and
Horse and Dusters.
Groceries.
Flour, Meat, Sugar, Coffee, Molasses, Lard, Seat U, i
Hardware,
Plows, Castings and Plow Fixtures, Nails and Rope.
Furniture.
Headquarters for Furniture and in that line.
We buy strictly for Cash, but sell for Either Cash or on Approved
Credit. Our motto is Merit and Square
Your
His Wife.
Hello, old man have
you all those l asked a
. airy young bachelor of a care-
worn, solemn young man
as they met in a suburban rail-
way train.
for my WM the
low reply.
what are you bringing
your wife in that package from
your pursued the
bachelor.
was the answer.
I repeal Trousers.
yon listen. On m-- birthday my
wife got or
fill lace such as
men at afternoon teas and
places, and a black velvet hat
with high one of the three
Story kind obstruct your view
of I lie Stage ill I he I heal re.
looked mighty well on her. and she
asked me ii I wasn't having a nice
birthday.
I didn't mind very
much, hut when Christmas came I
got another deal of same sort.
I gave my wife a pretty gold ring.
She gave me a ring too
small lo go over any of my
and she wears it now next to
the one I gave her. Hill that
wasn't the Of It. She got her
sister to give me some after dinner
coffee cups and sitter to make
me a lot of lace doilies. Thai was
all I got for Christmas
is my wife's birth-
day. In this package I am bring
a pair of trousers which I
hail made to my measure and
which shall wear, this par
eel is a pail of the very lies pa
tent shoes, size a good deal too
big my wife; in package i
a box of cigars and in my pockets
I have a new meerschaum pipe
a packet of Now i
don't see bow she can fail to have a
happy birthday. Do you; hope
she'll enjoy for I want to gel
even fur all the pretty things she
has given
Bits.
Ranges
If you want stoves or ranges constructed upon
scientific width an economical, durable,
and convenient, well u beautiful and artistic,
fur the
To produce tin- best results
in vegetable or grain, the
fertilizer used must contain
enough Potash. For
see our pamphlets. We
send them free.
GERMAN KALI
N. y i.
no
The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at
least one dreaded disease that
science has been aide to cure in all
its stages and that is Catarrh.
Ball's Catarrh is the only
positive now known to the
medical fraternity.
a disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Hall's
Catarrh is taken internally,
directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation
of the disease, and giving the pa-
strength by building up the
constitution assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have SO much faith in its curative
powers, that offer Hun-
for any case that it
falls to cure for list of
F. J. Co.; Props.,
Ohio.
Sold by Druggists,
Hall's Family Tills arc the best.
Lenoir Topic recalls a matter
which has been suggested before,
and which merits the attention cf
the Deal general assembly. The
Ionic says way ought to be
provided supplying the place
of who is providentially
hindered from being
Providence is not always
for the failure of a judge to
reach and hold court, nor for his
leaving frequently before his wok
is but there are occasions
when, from one or another
cause, the presiding judge is
able lo reach a
In such emergencies we
agree with our contemporary
then- should he some provision for
supplying the appointment. In
some states members of the bar
present are permitted to a
temporary judge, and thus public
business j carried on.
Contracts For Warships.
Washington, Dec.
Hoard of Naval Construction, con-
bids for the
of battleships and cruisers,
has settled these
One of the big cruisers
shall goto Cramps, one to
port and one to the Union
Iron Works in California. One
battleship shall go to the Fore
River Engine Works t
Mass.
This leaves ships to be
of, and while view of
the fact that another meeting of
board is to beheld, it is not
possible to make prediction
with absolute accuracy, the
an- that these will be
as
One cruiser and battleship
Cramps, making throe for them,
one cruiser and one battleship to
Newport News, making three for
them, one cruiser battle-
ship to Union Iron Works,
making three for them
battleship to the Hath Iron Works
There is still a that Ho-
ran Brothers of Seattle, way get
the battleship slated the Unto
Iron Works, or the Hath Iron
Works.
Suggestions upon how to raise
the money to all the needs of
the State ale order. It is much
It is claim-1 to see what should be
trade mark, which is shown Upon every genuine
Stove or and do not be deceived
by worthless imitations and substitutes.
lead all others in yearly sales and popularity.
Sold Exclusively
BAKER HART.
No.
N. C.
ed, b this means a decided
improvement in the presiding
is frequently secured.
It is a subject the legislature can
With
Post,
Not Oil Simula . s
A subscriber to the Commonwealth
says that do not on
Sundays. He says he has
this conclusion from observations
made when be was a hoy
since he has become a man. This
Lt something not generally known,
do doubt some will have fun
at the expense of our sill Briber's
observations, but nevertheless he
says it is Neck
Commonwealth.
than to tell how the where-
with all to fool the bills the do-
Sentinel.
B ST
and lever is a bottle of Grove's
Chill Tonic. It is simply
I ion and quinine in a tasteless form
No pay. Price
NOTICE.
All pm indebted to us are
hereby mil Hied that they must
come forward and settle before the
day of January.
Patrick
Dr.
DENTIST,
Greenville, N. c.
White
Fleming store.
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EASTERN i-, um , who
X. . T
I for
,;, , DB ,
article of merit or any man crow
WILLS
at the Post baa him Semite
lion who advertise and keep u Americanized the
on advertising i bound w more treaty before
get hie back and it as enjoyed
become and weal- m m hf
turkey. Bat strange.
The Raw He is always in favor of what
got tired of Me job and. Mot in hie One reason why we do He baa heard
resignation. have gr
Greenville. X. C, as Second Class
Mail Matter.
i-
goes again. This
time out in Omaha
the millionaire pork packers. Mr.
was for a ran
The years old. A
by the
residence and a note
the fence, the note telling the
was and be
would return for 29.000.
, of
wits completed a few days
a. the census
i of the govern
in June as correct. The
trouble with like perhaps
all place the is
people lived around
who t be in the
c limits.
-i glad tune of the year
Absent ones tuning their
faces homeward to meet around
the and make
merry together. Of all
the holiday in the year Christina
is most the family
lei ii be
can be lighten-
alb; bringing joy to one
la more bleated to give
lo receive,
It ha been custom of Tub
roll to lake a
Ida and
one of the
We will lake
of the holidays ibis time to
i lie office up to our new
in building op-
ii lie
necessary to miss two issues, in
event you will gel the
paper Fridays lib.
desire to thank every one
for his patronage in and
ii with in
future.
We be If those owing
for paper w II In and -it
so at to
he p tit meet our obligations Jan.
1st, please.
Wishing all a merry Christ
and much we bid you
good bye for the old year and
old .
lobe a great world power i m
that the rehearsals for the ,.;,., and will direct that
proved guns coal Ml much. amended treaty be forwarded
L-lipping in the government with as
much though ii
today of a to our
new guns, which will t amended at all.
over This i-
whether or not we
can knock the natal stuffing
an enemy's
Observer,
Hay made easier fur him by
lug an official statement my-
he was personally
for the wording of the origin-
treaty, that it was agreed
to by the British Ambassador
a Washington of without of a or
the Baltimore Sun declares dotting of an
ate the most extravagant of Mr. Hay was bat following the
body in the world. of Alger who made him-
record of Its constantly increasing I self a scapegoat to save Mr. Me-
like u , feelings. It is toe belief
tale. The House of Lords most Senators that England will
with six times the the amended treaty, but
Semite, does not I many of do not hesitate to
tax payers of Britain a that It is perfectly Immaterial
a fraction of what Senate costs to whether she does or
the people this country.
claims also i Senator took occasion
the most powerful legislative fore Congress adjourned until Jan-
in the world. The House is under the holiday recess, to do
Us thumb and great bod of vigorous crooking the party
Senate itself under the thumb over those
Senators who have dared
express opposition to the Ship sub-
bill. He them with
all aorta of things if they did not
gel into line for the bill by the time
reassembled, and added
no republican who opposed
the lull need expect any favors
from the administration.
those will win cannot be
told until the Senate is again in
is in the Washing-
ton atmosphere, and all sorts and
conditions of men are trying to gel
some of the Treasury surplus
which they expect Congress to
at this session. When
the committee on Rivers
Harbors met, at the beginning
of the session, it was understood
by the members the hill to be
prepared should carry a of
more than The
was knocked into it
cocked hat by provisional
Ir. by the to Items
funeral of Dr. C. J. in the hill which, with provision
took place Thurs- continuing contracts, nearly
lay in Cherry Hill led the amount named That
it had frightened committee and a
rained all the pan of the decision was reached the to-
day and the weather was very ills- of the appropriations carried by
agreeable, a large number -or- bill down to
rowing friend followed the re which in the opinion of most per-J
mains to last resting place, be a amount.
there were many Moral tributes
that were exceedingly beautiful. Marriage
The pall he were Hons. K. Register of Deeds T.
had a large last week in
marriage licenses. He
I. A. While. Messrs. John ,,, ,, . ,,,,, I
I la nag in, II. A. Stilton, J. B,
Cherry, A L, Blow, l. House
of the leaders.
us to
whether the Nicaragua canal would
much of now pas
-n i; through
British isles, Times
voyage
lie miles longer way
Suez, to Kong miles,
to miles, Mel
miles. Add to
due- ill are far lower
than Nicaragua possibly
ford to charge
route is better pun
with stations n will then
appear Ilia I the-real currents
British trade are little to
puss the canal
The Tunes seems to forget the
canal w ill lie the
of New York and Orleans
rather than London.
I he in the
Ii ill South
off drawing
i I he u over
lie j d e ;
stipulated I bill
gold be p sited III
ii certain spot over which a while
lantern wan suspended, on a
road live miles from the city, am
ii the should make
out there alone with a
and II. Long.
Services were at
Presiding V. A.
Iii-h In en ice Mrs. J, B.
. i wing Would Sot Live
a song a favor-
i ii the deceased.
pie.
I. Corbet I and Lena M. Dunn.
J, ;. Moore and Mary j
I. H. Page nod
and Mi
Law horn,
K. II. and Martha
Joseph Hi
W. Peebles and
and
Ii,,
,, , . W. It. and Jennie Hook-
. j.
AND
lit NOTES.
C. Dee.
The Winterville Wire
is now ottering yards of
I foot farm fence at per
yard. is barbed wire at the
bottom.
Miss Nannie D. Wood, who has
charge of the music department in
our School, left this morning for
her borne, in Va.,
to be absent until the opening
school, Jan.
Miss Annie Lee assistant
principal in the Winterville High
School left morning for her
home at Stale. X. C, spend
the holidays.
The holiday exercises
school Thursday night were of a
Interesting nature, and re
fleets much credit upon both teach-
and Students. The boys and
who attended this school
the past session were ladies
and gentlemen In the highest ac-
of the term, there is
not one them, who by their gen-
deportment and kindness, but
what is en and loved by our
people, and we challenge any
school to produce a corps of teach-
more proficient, painstaking
and truly loved than those who
compose the of our school,
and little Lo-
left for Md,
Thursday. to remain and
the latter to visit her grand pa-
rents.
Misses Lucy and Helen Galloway
and Galloway have gone
home to spend Christmas,
Miss Taylor returned to
her home ill Lenoir county Ibis
morning.
Rudolph who
has boon unending school here left
last night mid will return in time
to he present at the opening.
Hay the champion
root maker all round ladies
man is on a visit to
m. Greene
who has Invented a very val
liable tobacco truck was in town
this week negotiating for the con
of same by the A.
Cox Mfg. Go's.
Hodges, of Washington,
baa gone homo to spend the
days. He will return In time for
school.
Misses Lee Nichols,
Nannie Jolly, Cora Car-
roll. Ella
Fannie Fleming, Valerie Fleming,
Gladys Fleming and Rosa Tucker.
Butler Allen and Calvin Mills
have all gone home for Christmas
and will be back time for the
spring session.
good curt hubs
wanted by A. Cox Mfg. Co.
A. Cox is still paying the
highest cash prices for cotton seed.
Jamie Cox, an adopted son of
Mrs. J D. Cox. left yes.
to visit bis mot hi r for u
short while in Coleraine,
county.
hi . iii urns
i i to attend court.
J t. was
ville on
wife, of Scot-i
rod light on hi. buggy. ,., and
Mr. .-ailed the police her relatives here.
lo catch the bandits, but Miss Mattie Grimes returned
the family was so distressed night from the
the loss of the boy he decided male
the letter said. He drew Grimes
the gold from the bank, put It a her
bag, swung a rod light on hi bug ,
Moore and I
and-darted out on the road in- .,,,. ,,,,, , ,,.,,,,;,
stats enough ave from HUi.
saw a whits light V. spent s In
Ho pal
bag Of fold under the and Literary
drove back home, Al I
. . . , ,, I I Men school
his boy rang the door bell an I on Friday
there was Joy In house one
more. Now the millionaire oiler- Mb Roberson came In to
another l-r the of spend with
the bandits,
W. and Maggie
Parker.
John J. Ford and Sarah
W K. and Martha F,
John Mill- a t
J T Thorn Ada Fields.
and
ii.
John Pill and Maggie
B. Baker and Boon.
Simon and
Johnson.
and Julia Daniel.
Collin Cannon and Harden.
and Daisy Barret
James and Louisa Barret,
and
en.
Moses and
Cox.
Moses Little and Little.
Rev is and Martha King.
Dixon
i ii lines.
Brown.
Joseph James and
May and Lizzie Long.
Arm lorn
man named Daniel, who
was one of operators
iii No
with a serious accident one day
last reek which came near prov-
fatal. He his arms
caught the machinery and was
being rapidly drawn when some
Of hi- friends ran lo his rescue and
caught hold of him. The arm was
torn from the shoulder,
the man would have been drawn
Into the machine but for I be prompt
action if hi- who pulled
away. The terrible wound
was promptly attended to and Mr.
Daniel is getting along all right
and will News.
i- notch the
of a Bower. Ii- beauty sad
entirely
upon care bestowed
mothers
have cars.
worry
anxiety. They cal
plenty nourishing
This
will mi a long way
their health and
a- well that of the little one to
come, i be sure
a labor they
should use
Mother's
Friend
t of
tn be
mill x ant t-i tin
which to think
M ii there
Mn ht V- end the
in i. l.
ATLANTA,
Ricks Wilkinson
Reasonable and Right.
If our prices arc reasonable then they arc to lie right. If
our merchandise is right then it is to be reasonably priced.
Fair prising is a basic principle in this store. To buy the right
at reasonable price is better, far better more economical than
the wrong thing at most old price. The poorly priced in
male, got a wrong twist in it somewhere, you depend upon it.
When you want good dry goods you to lie
apologies for good goods. We cannot
too strongly emphasize the goodness, the reasonableness of
the following items
The Night
Twas night before Christ-
mas, when all the town people
were hurrying With mysterious
looking packages, and the little
mouse was scurrying around look-
for tor his Christ-
mas dinner. editor plodded
wearily home, feeling
pockets, thinking, perchance,
stray dime might be bidden there.
lie noted the little stockings
with care by great, open Ore
place and saw rosy S of his
darlings, who were lucked
in bed, and he knew, from
beaming expression of their faces,
in sleep, i hat visions of Santa Claus
were limiting through their beads.
The good housewife Was busy
ranging the few tilings she had
managed to And have
you brought nothing lo put in
children's she asked
softly, while tears gathered in
her soft brown eyes.
the editor said, with a sigh, our
subscribers, In
anxiety to secure a bountiful
supply of Christmas things for
their own families, had nothing
left to us for our work
them during the
A hint to the is
II II
The Spring Term of The Mason-
Hall School will January
8.00
and 2.30, Languages Music
per month of I weeks.
1st ion lee
A VESTS.
Some right good values in
Winter Wear. Heavy Fleece-
Lined Vests for Men .
A big markdown hosiery
They were now lite, -0 now
I now
We come to the front with
special lots of garments at
prices that would be suicidal
earlier in season, and yet
wearing time bus just begun.
They have been reduced from 4.00
to 5.00 to lo
7.00
These jackets are new.
SHOES SHOES
Shoes for men and ladies. We
will cut price more half
to push out sonic of these goods.
They were 11.00 now 1.25
now now now
1.00, 2.00 now 1.20.
KID GLOVES.
Kid gloves for ladies misses.
These arc the grade always
they will go the next ten days
at all sizes and all colors.
and youth's clothing will
go for next few days at
price.
Youths were 11.00 02.25,
5.00 now now 4.00
were 94.00 now
5.00 3.35, 0.00 now 4.25, 7.00
now 5.00, 8.00 now 8.00.
KICKS WILKINSON.
1500
We win pa tin- abate reward for kit n-a
of complaint. in
, hi,
not i lire Witt, the I
l-i when Ha-
i will,
COB-
pill-. w N
i n
l-v mull.
MEDICAL CO. COT, i mid
J L N C
AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS
b KM in giving in III
in in and s
record
the mere ban picture
lb arid
The men and in world Had II
it ,
are many In your locality who have yet Is
learn it u Ta lo active la
and In the country. We will cay liberally
effort In Held. Leisure moment, can be
With i Income. Make a Hit the In
your locality and lend
lo it's and outfit.
their Is a to approach a
with a proposition of Reviews, and
are easily This Is active
lion season. Mate application at naming your
. a ax
REVIEW OF REVIEWS COMPANY,
Plan,
looking letter-head
Tho One Day Cold Cure.
Cold in brad cures i- K. r-
I A., l
A Tar
BOlTon
have preached nine out
I on river,
live in and two
I Pitt. I am Tar Heel enough to lie
willing to ii-k to the Ta
I longer, on
north side, is to be my home
In My stay of two years in
south has
pleasant.
I pray to let rich
blessings rest yon your
readers as the New Century opens.
A.
THE ONLY COMPANY EVER
STARTED WITH A CASH
SOUTH
ATLANTIC LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA
CAPITAL SURPLUS
ECONOMICALLY MANAGED
BY THE SOUTH'S MOST
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MEN.
PRUDENT INVESTMENT.
GOOD DIVIDENDS
THE PRODUCING AGENT GETS
THE PROFITS THAT IN OTHER
GO TO GENERAL
AGENTS AND MIDDLE-MEN.
RICH
B.
NEWTON
S. CARD
ROBERT I.
3rd Vita I Gen Ma
Has lost many a for If u man is
by he Wears, be is also judged by th
letter-head he uses. An artistic, nicely printed letter
head may be looked as a investment.
II will he done
The price for Jun It
will be too.
MOW order
The Reflector Office.
proctor,
Grimesland, N. C-,
THE PUBLIC A OF
General
from which to I at all
times a full Goods, Shoes,
Tobacco, Hardware, Implements, in fact anything
you about your household or your farm I can
furnish at
Bottom Prices.
I buy Cotton and All Kind, of Country Produce
., higher. market for same. I want
will you right
my store.
Christmas Bells
Will Soon be
LOT OF HOLIDAY
for is on Our showing of
wear, Suspenders, Mufflers, ti loves, Hosiery and
las is the best in represents the very new-
est haberdashery- W are doing a large holiday
and simply at this lime as at all other
times during the year we adhere strictly to the popular
prices. Take for instance our line of
and Suspenders.
challenge to anything
that will excel them. We are disposed. If anything,
to sell goods at this holiday time than at any
other, for with us it closes the most successful season
of business we have ever done, we feel like doing
our share towards Christmas season of
our customers as pleasant as we can. Also we arc
holding a
Special Sale of Suits Overcoats
AND CHILDREN.
We shall lie pleased to serve you at this
and you need not look any further than
HEBE for the
THE KING
EASTERN
NOTICE.
If there is a CROSS MARK
In the margin of this paper it
to remind you that you owe
THE for
subscription and we request
you to set lie as early as p s-
We need what YOU
owe us and hope you will not
keep us waiting for it.
This notice is for those who
find the cross mark on their
paper
LOCAL
fresh
pork.
New
Nuts, Citron, Mince Meat, Pork
Sausage at S. M.
We have received a copy of the
Philadelphia Almanac for
1901. It a very useful
Prof. ill begin the
term of his school
His school will take only
one week holiday.
To make room for increased
and express shipments
extra car has been put On the
passenger train over this road.
Some people act as though they
thought nobody else bad any
but themselves, and that all
the rest of the world was simply
here for their convenience.
For class mule
sale or exchange, go to the
Livery Co's on
Five Points, Greenville, N. O.
H. S. Salesman.
personal are here
by notified not to hunt or any
way trespass upon any my lands,
situated four miles south of Green
under penally of law.
Thursday afternoon some one ex-
a cracker
the rear o brick buildings on
Fourth street. explosion
broke out the transom lights
Dr. office.
DO.
Some Speak to Me, Some to You
A. E. left this morning
for Virginia.
Mis H. M. Eure and children
Wednesday evening.
It. W. Came over from
Wednesday evening.
Dr. H. M left
this morning for Philadelphia.
Lee to Ayden Wed-
night and returned this
morning.
Mrs. J. J. Beat, Wilson,
rived Wednesday to visit Mrs. W.
K. Parker.
J. L. Little has moved into his
new residence on Fifth street. He
a beautiful home.
N. went lo Durham
today
W. C. to Ayden
Friday night.
Preston Tyson went to
ibis morning.
Master Alexander Harper went
to Wilson today.
Col. E. A. Keith, of Ayden,
spent the day here.
Miss Annie Perkins left for
this
J. It. left this morn-
for Richmond.
J. It. came this morn-
from New Ben.
W. T. to Rocky
Mount this morning.
Chas. John to
Ibis morning.
C. Ii. West went to Salisbury lo-
day to spend Christmas.
Miss Annie returned
to ford this
Miss left this
morning for Whitakers.
Miss Helen Forbes to
son today lo visit relatives.
Miss Bessie Harding to
I Hill this morning.
Miss re-
turned Friday from Concord.
Auctioneer A. M Ferry went to
Sot land Neck the morning.
K. B. family
to this morning.
Miss lo
Scotland Neck this morning.
Harry Skinner returned Friday
evening from Washington City.
Miss Brown went lo Tar
to visit relative,.
Mrs. E. Higgs and children
left this morning for Scotland Neck.
J. Gwynn left this morning
for to spend the
days.
John While is home the
from A. M. College at
Miss Mary Lee Seawell,
is visiting the family of F.
c. Harding.
Miss Jones left for
more this morning lo spend the
holidays.
Mrs. Lawrence Carr and child-
went lo Wilson today to spend
the holidays.
Carl came home Friday
evening from the A. t. M. College
at
W. B. Wilson, Jr., came home
Friday evening Horner
school Oxford.
SEW STORE,
Well may the good people of and
be thankful and proud of their Big Store and the bargains
that come from For the third time season
bas buyer been north, picking and scouring the New York. Ho-inn
end Philadelphia markets and quickly snapped up all Ike
This was securing a leading manufacturer's fall
of line clothing for men and boys intended for a t
Tex., but which was countermanded on account of the Hood. The re-
is, can offer men- and boys highest glide clothing one-
old lime clothier's price. They will lie ready and placed on
table
Wednesday Morn., Dec. o clock
Four Car Loads Merchandise Bought
A. A. Andrews and family left
this morning for Durham to spend
John of Wilson, camel holidays.
Wednesday evening to attend .
of bis brother, Dr. J-
i this morning for Mount lo
It. E. Patrick, Carey Mayo and;.,,.,.
M. H. went to
Wednesday evening to attend a
dunce. They returned this morn-
Hon. C. F. Warren, and J.
Prof. H. Harding, of New
came borne this morning lo
spend the holidays.
Miss Sadie Harding came home
MEN'S ITS.
Dark colors, double and single
breasted, wool cheviot, kind
now 0.8.
BOYS WOOL
11.26 kind fife. Boys wool
pants kind now
91.00 kind now l 3.60 kind
now kind now 3.48.
MUNS PANTS.
12,76 kind now 11.38, kind
now About pairs left.
or it t; how i
What has made our store such
n busy place What we advertise
we do. The throngs that daily Sill
the store is very best
nut we Hither understate
otherwise the remarkable value
have to sell.
Oar Popular Store
We leave it to you if there is not a snap, vim or go, about
business not perceptible In any other business in It Is no
secret. The good.-and clothiers arc Bleeping,
for you to come In and pay them their percent, profit. Will you
do f Or will you trade with n live, progressive concern
that is working like a Trojan and making buy two dollar
worth. We have doubled the business since we in our new
already, and now nipple it.
Holiday Goods.
Over car loads of fancy goo-ls suitable Christmas presents. y h M w.
The entire store presents a big Banter. Everything you can think ,,,,.,, M
is here. And beyond the reach of the
Price is
MADE
kind now 10.46.
LA HOSE.
kind now kind now
kind now
SKIRTS.
kind now 13.08,
now 2.00. 3.00 kind now 1.37.
1.60 kind no. 2.00 kind
now 1.80, 2.30 kind now 1.08,3.80
kind now
College at
Miss. Martha Harding, of John-
sou's Mills, came this morning
lo visit the family of F. C. Haul-
J. It. Harding came home from
the A. M. College at
Friday evening to spend the
days.
Miss rile Wilson, who bus
m teaching in Beaufort county, 07.60 kind
, , .-,, for the ;
I for
to work in a
cotton mill and learn the business.
Good wages paid alter leaning.
Write to editor of this
you have a family wishing such
It is true when a man
wants bis dune well be
must nil.-ml to it himself. Kilt it
true that reliable assist
ants are needed
There are
of helpers. For
advertising. If hind
man pays proper to
advertising it will do more
he possibly do for him-
self.
U. and D. T Taylor, of x-
Washington, came up on the
today to attend the funeral of Dr.
1800.
John returned to
son today.
Ii. W. Moseley returned to Beth-
el this
Major Fleming Thursday
Chapel Hill.
Miss Mattie Moore lei
for Whitakers.
Skinner Alston, of Henderson.
N. came In last night.
Andrew J. Moore came home
from i Impel Thursday.
Charlie James came home Thurs-
day evening Chapel Hill.
Harry Skinner, Jr., is home
from Hill the holidays.
Mrs. L. J. and child-
left this morning for Mildred.
W. A. West left this morning
for to Spend Christmas.
J. Jordan and family left this
morning for Danville to spend the
holidays.
Miss returned
from Rapids
L. has moved bis
family to Norfolk where they will
make their home.
MEN'S
Miss Nancy who has
been teaching tor Mrs Forbes,
left this morning for Princess Ann,
Md., to spend holidays.
Miss Anderson, of
came up I Ins morning to take
part the concert tonight. She
is the guest of Mrs. T. E,
Hisses Parker and Thornton,
teachers in the Masonic Hall
school, went home this morning to
spend ibis holidays.
Miss Clyde Cox, of near Ayden.
has been teaching school near
took the train here Fri-
day evening her home to spend
the holidays.
Read This
We have taken great care in
growing the most improved bright
tobacco White stem
Orinoco, the Broad Leaf Orinoco
are the most reliable ever
grown any section. Every man
in east, who cultivated this
will average from ii to B per
cent more than any other kind.
Mr. Sam at Ayden, says
that his Orinoco will bring fifty
dollars more per acre than any
other kind grown on same land,
Martin county people are growing
Orinoco and coining money. You
Will these seed for sale at Dr.
and Dr. Bryan's Ding
stores and some store in each sec-
of i he county at cents
package.
W. T. Co.,
N. C
i now i 12.50 kind
kind now
COATS JACK LI'S
prices.
BLANKETS.
111-4 wool bed blanket-,
kind 01.82.
Toe now kind now
BEDSTEADS.
All all prices.
CLOTH,
and heavy Be,
DRESS GOODS.
Hie to per yard on
hue.
PLAID
kind now
COUCHES, SIDE
CHIFFONIERS,
yards to select from.
Everything Imaginable Here
every day. and Be
desire and ambition is
ling
Our Store a growing plant, increasing
n hand here. Our sole
always go hand
For we work.
Big; New Store.
Open Nights.
Greenville, N. C

Mention farmers
ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT.
of tin- c o
,,. v-s SHIRTS. H
TABLE
I i now offering yon
HOODS. SHOES,
GLASSWARE. and
in very prices. My I'm. of
i- of any market are and cheap
eon to town again give m a
In n
toll.
I. White.
Points Higher
Means 1-4 Cent pi r pound tor your
TO
H i.
THAT WE FOB YOU.
VI IS II VT GET ON
We have established l um- of the best equipped
. found and solicit your
ml cotton you can I anywhere hut our charges aw
other. lS VOl i;
N. C.
Famous Hill Tonic.
rood mid
A dainty pamphlet baa Iv.-n i
Food and Their
Accessories the Pan
ill Buffalo. In- food work at
Vim
pi .
; Products, of which
Mr. Frederic Taylor is superintend-
rut. U. a assistant
baa entire charge
the of Food and Their
h ,. be I prepared himself
for unusual In this lino by
, travel and no on
die ever undertook the
pamphlet calls the
attention of Jobber, of teas,
and spice and all dealer In food prod-
general and to
the and
I work in line which
is oil for ran American
position of
i The tr.
I Fuller, In the far cum j
I food and condiments of we
j almost Ignorant hero, and one
of the aim the food exhibit will he
I to educate the people of western
hemisphere to cultivation the
product flourish In the It
I n ill be my aim to show how
it would be, for
to Brow In the what I
I Brown in the Indies.
I and soil condition are remarkably
I similar, and condition an favor-
able.
boat proof obtainable or
that soil and the climate of the
Is as favorable as that
the East Indies for production of
already The prod-
now received from the West la-
die are equaled from any
other section of the world. At the
present time they prow better allspice,
ginger pepper than any-
where else on tin and the m-
bean, which is queen of a
nutmeg i- kins I found nowhere
In the world in ii perfection as in
The coffee In Mexico
has a flavor In no other
fee, mi even the Mocha or Java
passing It. Emperor William of Ger-
many appreciate fact, and all of
, um In r
la . from Mir nearby republic. Von-
cacao, from which chocolate i
made, I- to Baal Indian
t.
the view of massing together
one i Instructive and useful
, j . i plants, vines and
tie. . f Ir
Twenty Years Proof.
Pith keep
the system of all impurities An
absolute cure for sick headache,
the I dyspepsia, tour stomach, con-
kindred diseases.
do without
R. P. Smith. Va.
writes don't know how could
do without them. I have had
Liver disease for over twenty
years. Am now entirely cured.
Liver Pills
l IN
J. W. PERRY k CO.
Norfolk. Va.
handlers of
Bagging, Ties Rags,
and shipments
New Home
Sewing Machines
IX IX PIT
If you need a Machine sec
t . Hooker's store, or write me
tan.
The having duly
the Superior Court Clerk of Pit
count.- the Lest
W. It.
not I,. i given to
to pay-
and all
claims said mast
sent the same tor payment or before the
tad day of October, 1901, or this notice
a ill lie plead
day of October,
A.
Executrix of W. It.
ATLANTIC COAST LINE
RAILROAD
TH
Norfolk, Va.
Cotton Buyers Broken ill
Stock,
ions. York.
Chicago and Orleans.
r-ALE OF CROPS.
In ,. made at the
Ii,,. i Pitt county Superior
in a certain action . II.
Grime and wife, Alice Grimes, are
I is int.
will lo public for
highest bidder oil Wednesday
day 1900, all the
. ii. t bay and peas raised n n the
A or farm for u and owned by
I farm, M of
with -i of raised
all inc of hog
said farm the
fear WOO. Sale to take o clock
a the Av. n farm In
w.
Ron lit i I
,.
NOTICE.
The at
on the 13th day of December a
the B. J. Wilson, in
the
iii
Fodder, Horn,
and Kitchen Cotton seed.
Hay, and
Poultry, Nuts Ac aw,
W. M.
It
At the same time and place I will rent to
the for the year 1901. the
J. Wilson home place and the
place W. M,
Apt. for law of
t.
Ar Florence
Wilmington
at st I i
c c
a a p m am
it s
t OH B M
I M
It
lb
P M AM
I IT
T I
r m
at
PM
t it
ii w
ti a. I
Al and Laxative.
and all and
Harrington,
pr. t. as. e
it
appropriate con
I Pan America which
,. es and kin-
baa decided to
at the
i. J.
Winter X. C.
CU
Even
he V
it for
sale
horn
i made hi sizes
, and general use,
a guarantee to be lire
in
Prices fr m p.
L.
Greenville. N. C.
i K i SCHOOL
APPOINTED
rolls HAVE
of
A-. . I i
Pill County. V tie Ii
Mai I'm so i and
, yon I. g
, . Books HI
mi
ran what-
For Pill
i or nit.
is a the
number of meetings of the Board of Com-
missioners for county,
a, attended, number
miles traveled and allowed
for the year
or IT.
AM t II R,
For -lays as at
nubs led at
Total
. on
ALLOWED W.
Com. at fit i.
For 28.00.
V. 12.00
COPY BOOKS,
shin I vertical,
colored a on
boxes,
I.
It.
the Man.
We carry a nice I'm
In join
. books, I
an I
. , r
and note bu
entry lei
lime
For Society People,
all kinds -i
. visit
I.
i-
I- and
card an i
tablets
I ALL
MAGAZINES.
or
Exposition for their dis-
play on a never before attempted.
w collection to
the beat advantage an attractive eon-
provided, while a
must um, a- annex to this. ill con-
a- as rare
and curious a
.;. . the head of
I III
I- a t well known to expert
n , . n mi that a scattered
.; special force.
a . i used of a lino of
. . lo a subject
la. i it Now. as the Ob-
.- ;. production
promote consumption of the things
call, d for, much and
la in making this Collection
and d.
i- Intended to make the
of red rs the finest most
made, with the
object by special ex-
connected the
of that can pro-
duce nil pepper consumed In
it known
to expert that vast of red
pepper are Imported from Europe,
Asia and Africa every year
are not actively alive
to own tn- , -t in tins important
One or
J. In II i I he
it
ton. n Buffalo recently and be-
came much
In Ids return t. ho wrote
to official . f Exposition fol
low; -l eras Indeed sorry not to have
when in hut I did see
the and was astonished h
measure, l that you would
send on anything that you think
of Int. r. -t to our readers and
It as tie as possible, and I shall
keep on hammering, at the
editorially until It open, hi cause
I am thoroughly ever the
lo Do
Tim government early in
n . sent out to nil
and Industrial societies to
prepare article for exhibition at the
Exposition I luff a lo In
A large number of coffee pro-
have In send a full line
sample- beat
f this commodity.
. M.
retail Grocer
Dealer. paid for
Cotton Seed, oil
rids. Turkeys, tic. Bod-
Oak Suits, Ba-
by Parlor
Sails. Tables. Safes. P.
and Gail
Mi-at Key
American Beauty
Peaches, Apples,
Pine Apples. Jelly. Milk,
Flour, Meal, Soap,
Magic Matches, Oil,
Cotton Seed Meal Hulls,
den Seeds, Oranges, Apples,
Candies, Dried Apples, Peaches,
runes, Currents. Raisins,
Wan-, Tin and Wooden
Ware. Cakes and Crackers,
rout. Beat Batter,
ant Sewing. hi ties, and nu-
other Quality
Quantity. Cheap cash. Come
to sec inc.
one
Total
Al I .
Ar Mount
Arrive
lave
Lr Mount
Ar
r a
AM
WOMAN'S TROUBLES
DISEASES
Johnston's
Sarsaparilla
QUART
Painful and Ir-
regularity, White,
a II of change
life, in matron or mad, all find re-
lief, help, benefit and in JOHNS-
I TON'S It I a real
panacea for all pain or headache about
t a toP hack of the head,
I B pain in the left tide, a disturbed
am r digestion, palpitation of
i the heart, cold hand and feet,
irritation,
muscular weakness,
pains, backache, Irregular
of the heart, shortness of breath,
abnormal discharges, with extremely
painful menstruation, scalding of urine,
swelling of feet, soreness of breasts,
neuralgia, uterine displacement and
catarrh, and all those symptoms and
I trouble which make the average
life so miserable.
CO.
Si i
a a
r an
OLD DOMINION LINE
i a
ti n a
Main
p mi.
m.
p m, arrive
i p m, arrive
ti u D
Bonni lien-
a m.
n m, j-- a
U,
p m. Mills p it
nM ft p ill p i
lit nm p in
Mondays, W
Carolina at A. W TM-
the Raj q leave
w Air n
Railway with the and
Train on
U IT p m. w
m hi S t p
MB,
W am. .
at II 1- am. a id. daily
on Brain h W
Ml a ID
a m m. ill
urn
Washing-
ton daily at ti A. M. for Green-
ville, leave Greenville daily
M. for Washington.
Steamer leaves
ii HUE leave
ii
v-i Sunday
n. Kin,
For 12.00,
ti m 1200.
V . 33.00.
Total
Total amount allowed Hoard
-v North
or Pitt.
I. T. H. clerk
for the county
that the state-
appear of record in my 01-
under my hand, and of
at office
day -f
T. K.
Clerk Board Com. f-r Pitt County
dally Sunday
A m. V, tn.
h ii in
a ii. and S
B -i an,
Train b.
Sunday, a a m.
m. leave .
a a n.
Train on leave
Mount at am. m. arrive Na-hr
J a m. pm. in. i
it m, leave So
in. II a m arrive at H If
II p m. dally
Train on leave for
Clinton dally, and t ti
p in. at ti a m
M ; m.
Train W l
don all all rat. via Hut.
H. M. EMERSON,
Agent
J. If. Manager.
T. M. EMERSON. Mir
and
at A. M. carries only.
Connecting Washington with
for Norfolk,
Now York and
ton, and for all for
with mil roads at Norfolk.
Shippers order freight by
the Old Dominion from
New York; Clyde Line from
Bay Line from Baltimore;
and Line from
JNO.
Washington, N.
Greenville, N. C.
, t, if.
PILLS
Restore and
Cure Low of
BALK OF REAL ESTATE.
By virtue of a decree the
Court Pitt enmity made in certain
Special pending, co-
titled e. of M.
Susan
I will on January 1901,
before tin court II do t in Greenville,
sale lo the bidder
that certain lot r parcel of land
in town comer
Reade and and known n
place town No. and lying
of No.
of sale, third and the
balance In payable
In one and two yearn from day
ante, payments lo n
upon
ti
C.
county i
In the Superior Court
A tonic
blood builder.
pink slow to p.-
ll-
of By
. bone-i fir
with our to cure
or refund the paid, .
copy oar
PILLS
SO
Result
t.-r Ls. of
Pure--.
mall ii i. SI a
our
The Fountain
Right
Will
ii. United
to Dial In Ilia -t
the Pan N
an
tho in i i .
nail i i n i
to coin.-1 -ii
Fit
fer
to car In days or refund
none paid.
MEDICAL CO.
Clinton A
Kr I.
N C
Strongest in
the
BALE
Dec.,
ill my home place, . from
Greenville, will lie sold at public
auction to the Milder for
a hogs,
Cattle, rail, wag ins.
corn, fodder,
hold and kitchen organ,
etc.
Among are
Bed nod Poland China
craned stork
Any of the above article will lie
sold private before the 27th
If desired. l. -M.
Christopher Sear, the in
the above action will like
that an action baa begun in
Scars is and Bean is
lot
the bond of now be-
tween Plaintiff the
is to
II nor. Starbuck In term of
Superior Court which convene
III- 1st in
of
the
will be -ill Jay of Nov.
1900.
Clerk Court,
At Attorneys.
The Law
t T,
We Warrant for twelve
month. and pair.
out my
in
store, Will, lo Rick t
transferred the to
w nil
against former
and due
to me. will be glad owing
tor settle at once.
This day
II. M.
of II M. w will
of ft Wilkinson
on the his stand,
room. We carry
u no-
-lie, eVe , and
patronage of Mr.
that of our
and Um nubile generally.
A.
C. I. Wilkinson.
GREENVILLE
Bagging and
on i-
kept u
hand. Country produce and
sold. A trial will you.
P. W.
WHICH ARD, JR.
IN
N. C.
The Stock complete in r
and the
lowest. Highest market
paid for country produce.
DISSOLUTION.
The of T.
Co. this day
by mutual con sent, T.
having
Interest P. Evans in boil
All
of will In- paid by T.
and all doe
the must In paid In
of November, 1900
T. K.
Having purchased Hie Interest of
J. in the grocery but-
by us,
I wish to announce that l
nine
stand on Points, I desire to
thank all have the
with their patronage mid
solicit a continuance of the tame
to do nil
my power to please every patron
with fair dealing and honest goods.
T.
By virtue of power
in by a decree a
term Court, in
entitled H. T. Hooker B. s.
and other, a appears on record in
of the Superior Court in
Docket
No. and a. As
Trustee and
I will lo public In-fore the
court Monday
day of January Mon-
Hie of January term 1901 of
Pitt
t i to wilt one situ-
rte In the county of Pitt, township,
adjoining lands of II. Mills,
I, Dixon
hind whereon the K. S- Dixon
north Cow
and known the hind
K. II. A,
t . Dixon his la-
i John S. Una
lbs whole on.- hundred sou
The land
lame Galloway in trust, lo
Bo. k D. page r,
-in i-. i.
-DEALER IN-
LINK OF
nice Line of Hardware.
COME TO ME.
j. b. COBBY.
. . vs. .
PATENT
yon Invent aim
ii l
for
BOOK ON PATENTS
C. AGO.
MISSING