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VOL VIII.
GREENVILLE, PITT N. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1889.
NO.
Eastern Reflector
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STATE GOVERNMENT.
G. Fowle. of Wake.
M. i
of
Secretary of
of Wake.
W. of Wake.
of Wayne,
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sidney M. Finger of Catawba.
Attorney F. David-
son, of Buncombe.
SUPREME
Thief N. H. Smith,
Wake.
Associate S. Merrimon. of
Joseph J. Davis, of
James E. Shepherd, of Beaufort and
Alfonzo C. A very, of Burke.
SUPERIOR COURT.
First H. Brown, of
Beaufort.
Second Philips, o
Third G. Connor, of
eon.
Clark, of
Wake.
Fifth A. of;
Sixth T. of
Sampson.
Seventh C. of ,
Cumberland.
Ma a. Armfield, of
Ninth F. Graves, of
Surry.
Tenth G. Bynum of
Eleventh M. Shipp, of
Mecklenburg.
Twelfth H- Merrimon,
of Buncombe.
IN
J. of
Mart. W. Ransom, of
House of District I
Thomas G. Skinner, of Perquimans.
Second P. Cheat ham col,
of Vance.
Third W, of
Fourth H. Bunn, of
N ssh.
Fifth W. of
Sixth Rowland of
-t S. Henderson,
Eighth District W. H. A. Co vies
Ninth Ewart of
GOVERNMENT.
A.
A. K.
Register of H. James.
B. Cherry.
L. Ward.
B- Harris.
Commissioners-Council
Mooring. C. V, Newton,
W. A. James, Jr., T. E. Keel.
Board of Harding.
Chairman J. S. and J. D.
Cox.
School Superintend
of F. W. Brown.
TOWN.
G. James.
F. Evans.
R.
T. Smith.
R- Moor.
. N. Boyd
Ward. R. Jr., and Alfred
Forbes Ward, T. J. Jarvis and M.
B. Lang ; 4th Ward, W. H. Tolbert.
CHURCHES.
First and Third
Sundays, and Rev. N. C.
Hughes, D. D., Rector.
morn-
and night. Prayer Meeting every
Wednesday night. Rev, B. B, John,
Pastor.
every Sunday, morn-
and night. Meeting every
Wednesday night.
Paster.
LODGES.
Lodge. W, A. W. A-
meat every 1st Thursday and Mon-
day night after the 1st and Sunday at
Masonic A. L. Blow. W. M.,
G. L. Sec.
Greenville B. A. Chapter. No. meets
very 2nd and Monday nights at Ma-
ionic Ball, F. W. Brown, H. P.
No. I. F.
night, ft. W-
H. of n
third Friday night.
C. A. C.
POST OFFICE,
o w U business front B A.
M P- H- mails distributed
arrival. The general deliver will
he kept open for minutes at night
after the northern mall in distributed.
Northern Man arrives
at P. K. a d departs at
Tar Old at
Falkland
mails arrive B
SI
milk at
and at A. M-
Ride Bell's
Heda-
ill arrive
and at A. and
at P. M.
Jack aid Calico
Saturday M.
at A. M.
Down the maiden creep,
the and barren
Leaves the room m which she sleeps.
Full of childish. Christmas
On the stairs the maiden stands,
further down to go.
are her and hands,
OM Santa been
E. H.
FOUND AT FIVE
A OB STORY OF I
DAVID A.
by American
O THE younger
who know New
York only as it has
been for twenty years
past, growing better
all the time despite the
sneers of pessimists, it
if Impossible to that only a few
years farther back there was such a
place in the center of the city as the Five
Points. Nowadays it does not take
usual courage for a moderately athletic
man to walk alone in broad daylight
through any public street in the city-
it not safe to do so, even
rarely ventured alone after
dork into the region known by the old
name. Now the horse cars run through
the center of it. Broad streets have been
out through, and old buildings replaced
with new. Factories and stores stand
where were formerly tumble down rook-
that had stood the last
with the
most degraded poor and the
ate criminal. When the Rev. W. C. Van
Meter, with a few friends as earnest and
determined as himself, first started a
mission school within the borders of this
valley of the shadow of crime, he was
warned by the police of the
dangers he Incurred, and some
time after the work was started before
he dared to take, even under escort, in
the middle of the day, the ladies who
wen anxious to aid by teaching in the
school I; now a story of a
foreign land and another age, but I saw
in 1884 or 1855 a party of a dozen ladies
and gentlemen mobbed as they started,
homeward from the school Sunday
noon, hustled into the street and assailed
volleys of obscene and
and so beset by a horde of
men and women that they
were glad with whole bones
and ruined garments. And the police
seemed powerless to prevent or punish
such for this was unusual
region what Is now Paradise
square, for the distance of a couple of
blocks in every direction, was honey-
combed with Wind alleys and secret
some of running
one black to another. It
nu a city of refuge for criminals, and,
though they warred and preyed capon
another with entire lawlessness,
as a unit to any I
among them from the of
w, of the poverty stricken, for
lire poverty desperate crime then,
is very often in history, went hand in
The children, who were coaxed one by
sue into the mission schoolroom, were
a crowd of savages. Their
something amazing. It
not very uncommon to find among them
boys and girls of or years old who
did not know their full names, but who
stoutly declared that or
was the only name they had, and once
or twice children were found who
v did not know whether they had ever
had fathers and mothers. Some had no
homes. God only knows how they kept
alive, for they slept in holes and
and fed like vagrant cats and dogs on
whatever they could beg, find or steal.
Impossible Certainly it is, but it is
true, nevertheless.
Among the wildest and shyest of all
who came in was a boy who was the
originator of at least one famous joke,
though without intention. The teacher
asked him his name and he said it was
Being asked his last name
was he said that was his last name.
you must have another
the teacher. it George Smith,
or George Johnson, or George
he said, shortly.
George What, nor George it's
George. I got no oder
But the joke came when the teacher,
wishing to know whether he learned
anything at all. asked him. you
know who made
At the same Instant a boy behind him
stuck a pin into George. tricks
were common among the little
ages, but it did not hurt any the less be-
cause it was not unusual. George jumped
from his seat and shouted at the top of
his voice
that's said the teacher,
who had not noticed the trick.
don't The story was told
afterwards, with enlargements, until it
became a many years ago.
It was a long
fore the teachers could learn much about
the boy, for he was distrustful to the
last degree. He kicked the Re. Mr.
Van Meter on the shins very violently,
and twisted himself away like an eel
when that gentleman, according to his
habit, laid his hand affectionately on the
boy's shoulder. George thought he was
going to be beaten, and took his usual
precaution of eluding tho preliminary
hold. He had, it seemed, never known
what it was to have anybody take hold
of him in kindness, and was no more to
be handled than a young bird or a
rel There was hardly anything, in fact,
that he did know, as the good
people reckoned knowledge. He know
how to swear fluently, as his
dentally correct answer as to his
Maker but he did not
know, and it was a long time be-
fore he could be made to understand,
that swearing was wrong. In fact, he
did not know what wrong was. Bo far
as his experience of life went, every-
body did precisely what seemed at the
moment desirable to do, unless
vented by superior physical force, or by
bodily fear. Stealing was to him a per-
legitimate mode of acquiring any-
thing that he might happen to want,
and the only reason why it should be
done secretly was that too
about the act was apt to provoke
interference on the part of tho owner,
who might and probably would want
the article himself. Lying was simply
the easiest way of concealing anything
that he did not care to reveal, and the
only inkling he had of the objectionable
character of the act was that anybody
to whom he told a lie would beat him
savagely if he did not lie cleverly
enough to escape detection. As to the
Sabbath, tho first knowledge lie had of
the difference between one day and an-
other came from his noticing that once
in a while these people who hod whole
clot hes on and who spoke gently came
Into the neighborhood and opened the
little mission room and tried to get the
children to go into it.
George was among those who were
coaxed in with much difficulty. but after
going once he went regularly. The room
was clean and pleasant, and as the
days came on there was a stove
put in and -n fire made it warm. That
was a novelty to allowed to
sit undisturbed in a warm room. The
story the good teacher obtained from
him after winning his confidence was
appalling by its very absence of detail;
but it only one of like stories.
and do very little to alleviate
the misery that was all around her.
George lived with a woman whom he
had been taught to call Aunt Sally.
Whether she was his aunt, who bis
PI
f bells are
lo day
all o
of gladder,
ft Happy
If to be Christ-
mas lady and gentleman appeared
in the little room as visitors. They had
of the mission work, the gentleman
explained, and had come from their
home in a nearby city to see it and to
give what little help was in their power.
There was a story back of it, but this
story was not told till afterward. Their
name was not Harrison, so I may call
them that.
ROM HIS BEAT.
moth or father was. whether they
were alive, or whether, he had
ever had mother or a father, were
matters concerning which he absolutely
knew nothing, even by hearsay. A tint
BUy was negatively goad to him, it
She did not beat him,
Inc when she was drunk, which was,
how-eve; much
sleep in her room, then she had
young as be was, to keep away from hoe,
and get his food for f. How or
when he got it, only God's ravens could
have told- oases are not as common
In New York as they were
thirty years ago, bat they are found now
and again, even m these days.
was, or why ah took any interest
whatever in him, be knew nothing about.
She was a foot, and her faint
LIVED WITH AUNT
said Mr. Harrison,
painfully, almost to
do everything she con for children,
especially for orphans. And about
Christmas time she seems especially
nervous about it. There is a story about
it, of course, but it is too and too
painful to tell This to Mr. Van
Meter, whose earnestness in his chosen
work made him rejoice in every new
found friend, and whose enthusiasm was
contagious.
Before long the was known.
Mrs. Harrison's father was a wealthy
manufacturer, whose two daughters
were the children of different mothers,
and developed as they grew to woman-
baa strikingly different characteristics.
The elder one, Sarah, was the daughter
of his first w who had deserted him
and her infant child to run away with j
one of his clerks. He knew little of her j
story after her flight, but in the course
Of year and a half he learned that she
had been forsaken by lover had
plunged into such a terrible course of
dissipation that death had been
fully speedy in overtaxing her. A year
later he married the second time.
Again a daughter was horn to him,
and as the two children grew up they
were treated, as nearly as possible, ex-
alike. Everything that money
could buy, or affection dictate, was at
their command, and every influence of
refinement and education was exerted to
fit them for a high place in society, but
whether it was some taint in the blood,
qr brooding over a mother's
sin and shame, something led the elder
daughter to turn away from good and
seek evil from her early youth The
father sought in every way possible to
avert the misery which he foresaw for
himself and for her, but it was of no
avail A wayward youth was followed
by utter recklessness as the unhappy
became a woman. She still made
her father's house her home, and would
spend a large portion of her time there;
but there were which
the family strove in every way to con-
and into which they dared not
t . i m I i . i , . i W
for fear of shameful dis-
The in a
painful Among the gentle-
men who visited at the house was Mr.
Harrison, and it . that, while die
younger daughter was the one he sought
bi marriage, both the girls fell in love
with him. Sarah's passion was. none
the less violent because of its lawless
character and its utter and
when she learned that her easier was w,
many t herself loved, she left
after a terrible scene m
which she swore vengeance, defied all
authority, and spurned the love of
mother and sister.
For three yeas was heard of
her. Her before tine
with sorrow, mourned for her truly, and
at any time have received her
back with open arms, no word came.
mark sue sought. Then, quick tn a flash
the whole thing happened so
that It was over before her husband
reached her gather into
her arms, dirt, rags and all, and kissed
him until it seemed as if she were trying
to devour him. Then, of course, she
fainted.
It did not take long, though, for the
other ladies in the room to bring her
back to consciousness, and then such a
scene as is rarely witnessed in this world
put an end to anything like the usual
, order of exercises. Mr. Harrison was
naturally a little slower than his wife to
recognize the child, but only a little, and
j the bewildered boy was shortly em-
I braced and kissed as few children in this
world ever have been.
Such a prayer as Mr. Van Meter
ed, while the tears streamed down his
i cheeks and every person in the room
dropped on his knees, has seldom been
j heard even from his eloquent lips, and
in a few more minutes Mr. Harrison pro-
posed to leave. It was obvious enough
. to him that he had to take his child
home, but the good missionary was too
well acquainted with the neighborhood
to him go unattended.
would be mobbed before you had
gone a block, if the people saw you car-
away the he said, and it
was presently arranged that a policeman
should be summoned to escort tho party
up to Broadway, and a carriage should
be taken there.
This was done us quickly as possible,
for there was real danger of trouble if
the news had been spread through the
neighborhood before they got away. As
it happened, however, all passed off
; quietly, and little George had seen such a
. Christmas as he had never dreamed of.
was found, and every
; effort was made to induce her to reform.
She consented to go home, but whether
she remained there or not I do not
know.
Sensational as anything in fiction, is it
, not Yet, excepting in some few details,
it is a true story.
FOOD FOR REFLECTION.
but the r ever knew jUSt what
passed them. He told his wife
and daughter, however, the of
it. Sarah had demanded a portion of his
fortune, and had offered for it to hide
herself from him forever, to take another
name and lead her own life in her own
way.
told said the sorrowing man,
she should always have a home
with me, no matter when she came to
claim it, and that would never sec her
want for anything if she would
back to me. but that, if she persisted in
the life she plainly said she proposed to
live, I would do nothing for her before
or after my death. And then she left
me, Baying it was forever, and cursing
me-cursing me, her father, who even
now would die for her if need
For a time after this nothing was heard
of the prodigal. Then one Christmas
eve she wreaked her hate, or vengeance,
as she chose to call it, in an awful crime.
Mrs. Harrison's only child, a boy not
quite three years old, was in one of the
public parks of the city, in charge of a
nurse, when Sarah approached, and, by
pretending a violent fancy for the child,
threw the careless servant off her guard.
Whether she bribed the girl, or really
succeeded in tricking her, was never
known, but it was two hours later when
that frightened individual reported to
Mrs. Harrison that her boy had been
stolen.
It would be impossible to describe the
agony of the parents, and useless to de-
tail all the circumstances of the search
that was made. The servant gave a
accurate description of the
strange woman, whom she had never
seen before, for the family to know who
SUCH A CHRISTMAS.
the kidnapper was, but Sarah had had
a sufficient start to get on a train for
York, and all efforts to trace her
were ineffectual. Had the newspapers
even at that time learned the particulars
of the story It would have become as fa-
as the Charlie Ross case, but the
family shrank from the exposure that
would have been inevitable, and though
all the detective skill that could be pro-
was employed, publication
in the press.
Six years had passed from the day the
was stolen when Mr. and Mrs.
entered the mission school in
Five Points. It was her own loss
hat had made her so peculiarly anxious
x benefit poor children; but, though she
was forever searching for her own little
me, both she and her husband had
given up the hope of ever finding
aim. While Mr. Harrison mis talking
with Mr. Van Meter, however, her eager
were scanning the faces of all the
soys in the room.
Suddenly she turned pale. Oh,
she said, or gasped, rather, and
without another word she flew rather,
than ran to the other end of the room.
Propping on her knees In front of the
poor little waif who had drifted in so
strangely, she him with both hands
and looked eagerly, almost wildly, into
Is your she said to the
child.
be said.
he to
he had developed a
about his lack of a proper
of names, and, moreover, he half
frightened by the now frantic w paean's
strange behavior.
she tors open
shirt ha on, and
A mo.
A Christmas without spending money
Midwinter holidays without dolls or
books, tops, toy cannon or jumping
jacks, colored candies or any
of any kind
Christ's nativity celebrated without a
Christmas tree or a Christmas carol or a
gathering of evergreen j
shrub sparkling with glass, no Santa ;
Claus and no pantomime. Could such n
thing be in a Christian land
Yea, verily.
And it is not so very long ago that
just such a Christmas was the rule in
three-fourths of the United
It is the rule now in considerable sec-
where there are no large towns.
So easily do we get accustomed to what
is, and so naturally do children believe
that the system they first noticed has
ways been the system, that most people I
do not know, and even the older ones
arc forgetting, that the Christmas of to
day is comparatively a new thing.
But what the old time
and with what sights and sounds was it
ushered in Well, in the first place, it
all the rural regions at any rate
a time when no money could be I
Children must have their
fun without extra expense, save as each j
child had carefully saved his pennies, i
As to deliberately handing out a half
dollar to a boy for aver-
ago lather would as s-on have thought
of giving him a deed for the farm. It
a season for rabbit hunting and sled-
ding if there was snow enough, and for
sliding if there was ice, for a good din-
and an piece of and then, .
perhaps, for some home made presents. ;
A little later toys he-an to come in
say the central west, and j
such toys horses, square I
cows, dogs made of and burnt
black in the fire, and so forth and so
forth; a collection of them now would j
throw a group of children into
of laughter. Be it remembered
that less than fifty years ago Cincinnati,
Louisville and St. Louis were the only
cities really known to the great mass of
people living west of Ohio and north of
Tennessee, and nine-tenths of the people ,
under years of ago never seen a .
city of 10.000 inhabitants. And in those
days rural America celebrated Christmas ,
literally without money and without ,
price-
Plenty of people who do. not like to be i
called old can recall the time when, in .
all the book stores of the rural regions.
only two or three kinds of j
could be found, and as to holiday books
holiday goods as they ;
could be found in the cities, probably,
not one child in a hundred, taking
the country through, ever saw one of
thorn.
In Japan.
Washing was and still is done in
Japan by getting into a boat and let-
ting the garments drag after the boat
by long string. It is an economical
habit of traveling to get a large
amount of washing thus accomplished
by a steamboat excursion, it has
Sven rise to the story that once a year
to wash. They have no
instinct for laundry work, like the
Chinese, and think it complete when
the soap is in the garment, and will
not v. ring it out. Bait water washes
to their taste just as well as fresh.
Washington Capital.
Tin of
If you have been traveling any dis-
on the care don't wash your face
in cold water the moment you reach a
If you want to remove all
trace of dust and smoke rub your face
well with tr cream, and
wipe it off on a dry towel. The towel
after the wiping will show you whore
the dirt has gone. Then you may
wash your face in hot water if yon
j There is nothing like hot really
hot, water for the complexion. It keeps
not only dean, but clear. Boston
Traveler.
In
Old Lord Hertford used to tell about
meeting old Baron James de
child his lordship cordially de-
in. the street one nay, almost
weeping, and of how the baron, on be-
questioned as to the cause of his
I melancholy, naively
English are such brutal people. I
on Lord X this morning
a cabinet make
him a present of n splendid miniature
in diamonds, and threatened to
kick
Yes, Turkey-cock. I o-n
You a show
As la Or j strut about
Ma, slow
would it, In out
GIt too a
To e'en an las look down on yon,
Vain Turkey-cock
Vet It Is; by their
Ami of
I know they Scold you for your
humbler thoughts would teach
silly to
Play such a clatter.
You're kept so well that you may look
Well on a Christmas
Romance mil Fuels.
What did Clans
bring Misery
I got a brand new warm
overcoat, and a pair dandy pants, and
a lot candy and little things
I can't jest remember. git
I got a sealskin cap,
some a arm as goes on under these,
dinner tickets, and lots
candy things. Now, Misery, straight
git
Misery just a little
I tip my all
right, and, do know, I never got a
thing
shaky as to
me, Gray Illus-
Monthly.
How He Slide.
Mrs. her
would you rather have Christmas,
Robbie, a pair of skates or a sled
I have both
Mrs. I don't think Santa
Clans would consent to that.
give me the skates.
Tommy get a sled, and I can
lick him.
A Wise Bird.
don't you eat. Mr.
I don't wish to lie eaten, my
friend. Are you not aware that Christ-
mas is Young
Boys Arc of Course.
The boy who finds his stockings well
filled on Christmas morning doesn't care
what the other fellow
A I WHITE.
Thoughts for Reflection.
for Bonn.
And so as Tiny Tim a
Christmas to all. my dears, blew
its every leg
lit the
where tho was
Sang, with many change,
until morn.
She had loved I he of her father's
fold.
And nourished the weak and lone.
But never such fondues thrilled bar
breast
The Christ-child teemed her own.
Francis l. Mall.
This universal joy of Chris Is
wonderful. We the
princes are born, toll a
dirge when gnat men pass away. Na-
have their red letter days, their
carnivals and festivals ; but once in
the year and only once, the whole
stands still to celebrate the advent of
life. Only Jesus of Nazareth claims
this world-wide, undying remembrance.
You OM Christmas out of the
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Tis merry
happiest season of the whole year.
Throughout the Christianized
world there is joy and gladness to-
day. In every land where the
coming of the Messiah and the
story of the Cross are known,
hearts are to-day rejoicing. It is
a day of glad reunion, when loved
ones come together again after
days and weeks, and perhaps
months, of separation, and once
more hold sweet communion
the family fireside. It is a
day when friend remembers friend,
and loved one remembers loved one
with tokens of friendship and love.
And it is a day upon whose morn
the little ones are up with the first
dawn of day looking into tiny
stockings to see what Santa Clans
has brought them. Ah what
would Christmas be for these dear
little creatures without Santa
Claus. Think of the millions of
merry prattlers whose hearts this
morning are filled with rapture
over the possession of some treas-
this fabled being has brought
them, and think of the many fond
parents who look with feelings of
pride and pleasure upon the de-
lighted little ones. To all these
Christmas truly surpasses all sea-
sons of the year. But, reader,
this is only one side of life. This
joy and gladness, this merry
and happiness, is not in every
that it could be in
all. There are households over
which the shadow of poverty lurks,
and from whence is driven every
vestige of happiness. Even the
bare necessities of life are wanting,
and hunger stares many a poor
creature in the face. The blessed
Jesus, the anniversary of whose
birth and coming into this world
is to-day celebrated, said while
here upon earth is more
blessed to give than to
He also said poor ye have
with you alway, whensoever ye
will ye may do them
Again he said that giveth
to the poor to the
Let the example of the Savior be
followed, and, wheresoever you
can, make glad some poor heart
to-day. Call down happiness
upon yourself by giving joy to
others.
In making its last appearance
for the year and closing up its
labors for 1889, the
would not forget to return many
sincere thanks for the very- liberal
patronage it has received during
the year. To every one feel
grateful, to the subscribers, to
those who have spoken kind words
of encouragement, and especially
to the merchants. True it has
been a hard year, and the
has been felt by all, yet
the circumstances our patron-
age has been as liberal as could
have been expected. We have la-
bored hard during the year, and
tried to serve the public faithfully.
The Reflector feels the
as much as any business can feel
it, and its sympathies are with all
classes upon whom the scarcity of
money bears so heavily. Another
year, we trust, will bring better
times and to all.
Again thanking our generous pat-
and wishing each and every
one a merry Christmas and a hap-
and prosperous New Tear, we
bid them adieu until the 8th of
hope
year to be enabled to serve our
patrons more faithfully than ever.
Having to insert the financial
Statement last week, and giving
up one side of the paper to the
speeches delivered at the Davis
memorial services, we could not
publish the remainder of Mr. Bow-
letter in that issue, -as
ed. But it will be found to-day
on sixth page. This portion of
the letter is even better than that
published two weeks ago. It gives
advice to the farmers, which if act-
ed upon, will go a long way toward
helping them out of these hard
times. We advise every to
read it carefully, and set out with
a determination to follow its teach-
and better bis condition.
Both par en containing this letter
should carefully
We hope Bowie will give the
other articles
Not to mention Suite exchanges,
which numerous and very flat-
it must be exceedingly
gratifying to Col. Skinner and his
friends, that his contribution to
Hope of the
is attracting the
criticism the American press.
It is a new thought and that like
a new invention commands the at-
of the thinking world.
Col. Skinner is daily in receipt of
a large mail from all portions of
the South of a congratulatory
We notice a column and
half editorial in the Manufacturer's
Record, the most prominent
trial weekly in this country, in
which all of his arguments are ad-
and altogether com-
He has one letter
from a friend in New York that the
article would be reproduced in the
leading papers of Europe and
would create a flutter on that side
as it has en this side of the
tic. The crowded condition of our
columns during the holidays has
prevented us reproducing Col.
Skinner's article up to Has time,
but we will publish it in our issue
of January 8th and also give the
comment of the Rec-
upon it.
Washington Letter.
From our regular Correspondent.
from Cox Cotton Plan-
Factory.
Tho Board of Commissioners for
Pitt county deserve the thanks of
every tax payer in the county for
the faithful and efficient manner
in which they have discharged
their duties during the past year.
The annual statement published
in the Reflector shows that under
their management the finances
have been well handled. They
began the year, Dec. 3rd, 1888
with cents in the treasury
and an audited outstanding debt
of which left them a
of to operate with
They have gone through the fiscal
year paying all claims necessary
to meet current expenses, and on
Dec. 2nd, 1889, had in the
treasury with an outstanding debt
of only which shows the
net amount of leaving
the county better off than
it was a year ago. This is a good
showing.
The Washington Gazette sent out
a very largo industrial issue last
week, illustrated with pictures of
many buildings of the
town. It gives a very extensive
write up of the whole county and
will prove a valuable advertise-
Bro. Latham worked hard
on tho paper and the people down
there encouraged him with a
advertisement. One thing that
makes the Reflector proud of the
Gazette is that the paper is
by a Pitt county boy, Mr. La-
being raised right here in
four miles of Greenville. We are
glad the industrial issue met with
such success and paid the editor
handsomely.
Tho last issue of the State Citron-
it I is full of matter that will
and should be kept as a reference
by every thoughtful and patriotic
citizen Grady on
; L. L. Polk on the
looking
of agriculture; and Harry
Skinner on the of the
contending for protection
to the cotton planter as simple
justice to the producer of this
great staple. Each of those pro-
is wise, timely and
and has made an impress upon
the thought of the continent and
will live forever.
Rents are entirely too high in
Greenville. If there were more
neat houses and rents were put at
reasonable prices, there would be
a much more rapid growth m the
population of the town. High
rents and scarcity of houses drive
people away from a town. Prop-
owners should consider this.
Everyone should be interested in
inducing more families to locate
in Greenville. Build more neat
cottages and make rents
then hold out every inducement
for people to move here.
We could not acknowledge soon-
the receipt of an invitation to a
banquet in Raleigh, which was
given on the night of the 13th, in
honor of Col. L. L. Polk, editor of
the Progressive Farmer. Col. Polk
was elected President of the Na-
Alliance and La-
Union of America, at the meet-
recently held in St. Louis. He
is well worthy the honor bestowed
upon him, and his election to the
high position is quite a
to him and to his State,
A Fall
The largest single advertisement that
ever appeared in any newspaper In Green-
ville is the fail page of Hires
in this Christmas edition of the
tor. It is a of enterprise never be-
fore taken by any firm here. It speaks
well for the enterprise of the young men
who compose this wide awake Arm, and
be sure to demand the attention of
the Reflector's many readers. In
reading the advertisement people may
wonder at the low prices quoted for some
of their goods and think it a catch,
there is no catch about It, for they sell
goods at exact the figures named. It
has been only three years since these
men began merchandising here
and the growth of business has been
wonderful. The secret of their
lies in two things, They
learned the art of buying good so they
can sell for leas other merchant,
pay. They the
of printer An at
Washington D. C, Dec.
Senator Morgan thinks the State
Department is entirely too poky in
the matter of recognizing the new
government of Brazil, therefore he
has offered a joint resolution con-
the people of Brazil on
their recent and
authorizing tho President to a
proclamation the re-
public its a sovereign power.
Speaker Reed is believed to
having the lion a decide the cons
tested election cases before any
rules are adopted. It would be a
violation of all precedent, bat
doesn't for with
some people when it happens to
clash with party advantage.
Speaker Las almost absolute power
over the House while it remains as
it is now -only governed by
nary parliamentary roles, and if the
election cases were before House
the unseating of nearly every Dem-
whose seat is contested would
he an absolute certainty. But if is
doubtful whether the Republican
managers are prepared to take the
of adopting a
radical They will be
apt to remember that in all
tho House will have a
majority of Democrats, and this be
lief will make them careful.
Congress was to have begun its
Christmas holidays on Thursday,
but to accommodate Speaker
who to announce the rest of
the House committees the re
the resolution was amended
to read from tho diet
mat., to January 6th, and in that
shape was passed. An unusually
large number of Congressmen will
eat their Christmas turkeys away
from Washington.
Some Democrats in
the House came very near doing a
curious, not to say silly, thing
this week. It was to assume the
responsibility for the stolen
by The idea of raising a
purse the Democrats to
make good the losses of the
Representatives seemed to be
so catching that a call for a Demo-
caucus to endorse the idea
was issued, but upon reflection it
was rescinded, and the matter
lowed to just as it
certain. The House, without a
vision, has passed a resolution
a reward of for
Deficiency bills are always com
under Republican
they have already begun
under the present. A bill
to make up a de-
in the first six months of
the current fiscal year at the Gov-
office, and an-
other appropriating to par
for printing for the census bureau,
have become laws this week.
A concurrent resolution has been
passed by House and Senate ten-
to Chief Justice Fuller the
thanks of Congress for the address
delivered by him on the occasion of
the celebration of Washington's in
Senator Brown, of Georgia, is
the only member of the Senate that
has not occupied his seat this
of It.
December
Editor Reflector many
years ago the Cox Cotton Planter
hardly known to exist
The planters were made by land
and were very costly. Now
are made by the thousand by
proved machinery and are each
cheaper- They were first made and
patented by Mr. John C.
thirteen years ago, he gave
the business to his son, Mr. A. G.
Cox. The latter has made several
improvements which makes
Cox the best cotton planter in
South. The demand
every year.
railroad now being from
Greenville to will
within a quarter of a mile of here,
which will add greatly to our con-
This has a splendid school
with that excellent young lady Miss
Cox, as
We are situated between
churches, a Methodist, a Free Will
a Missionary Baptist.
AH of them have able pastors and
each has a good Sunday-school.
Tho Missionary Baptist school has
prepared a very nice box-of
preheats to be sent to the Baptist
Orphanage at as a
Christmas present.
A little son of Mr. Felix Braxton
fell the fire where its mother was
washing, one day last week, and
was so burned that it died in
a few days.
We are glad to know that
C. Glenn has been returned to his
for another We
net saw a more earnest worker
is this excellent He
has done more work at Tripp's
in winning soils tor the
Master than any man since the
has been
One night last week while Mr.
John D. Cox and wife were attend-
an Alliance meeting some one
entered their house and took about
Another stealing scrape is report-
ed in neighborhood. Some
rogues went to Mr. Mo-
and carried away two
banks of potatoes. No clue as to
who did the mischief. D-
MOSES
Just received the line of-------
and Jewelry,
Ever brought to Greenville and will continue to keep on ordering until after
holiday seasons. If you need anything In Hue it will be to your advantage to
give him a trial before purchasing.
VIOLIN, BANJO AND GUITAR STRINGS
Also for sale. Watches, Clocks and Jewelry repaired at short notice and In work-
manlike manner and warranted. Call and see him.
I.
New Grocery Store
Next door to K. C. Glenn. I have opened a Grocery Store and
on hand a fine line
Meat. Hoar, Coffee, mi, Masses,
Candies, Cheese. Crackers, Tobacco, Cigars, Apples, I
Bananas, Canned Goods and most everything kept In a
first-class grocery store, as well as Tinware, Crockery, Wood and
Willow Ware, Call and see Goods delivered, free any
where in town.
J. J. CHERRY. Greenville, N. C.
session, although several others, in-
Senator Hampton, have not
been here before this week.
in spite of the determined
of Gall, Jones, of
Arkansas, Berry, Reagan,
Blair and Wilson, of lows, the
nomination of Justice Brewer has
been confirmed.
Chandler charges that
certain naval officers are banded to-
for tho purpose of
lobbying. Ho has offered in
the Senate a resolution calling upon
the Secretary of Navy for
Mr. Harrison, thinking probably
to some people unusually
happy has made this
week a large number of appoint-
most of them being
postmasters.
Senator Quay and
Pennsylvania, will
not be very close friends for some
time. both have had
dates for the
Of course Mr. Quay's man got the
office.
It is probable two new States
will admitted by this
Senate Committee on
has agreed to report favorable
the bills providing for the
of Idaho and Wyoming.
Democrats will endeavor to have
New Mexico included.
Last Wednesday the House
passed a resolution ordering a call
of States for the introduction of
bills, and there was a perfect show-
of poured out, on almost
every conceivable subject. It was
the first session. At least ninety
per cent, of bills introduced will
never again be beard from, and
there is no good reason why they
be.
The Senate bill making a
month the rate of pension to be
paid for total disability has been
favorably reported.
To Drain Creek.
Pursuant to adjournment cit-
of the Greek
met at the in Green-
ville on Monday, Dec. 9th, J. B.
Little, Esq., presiding.
report of the committee
pointed to list the lands along the
Greek being called for, It was
that about acres of
land be reclaimed and
ed by draining the Greek.
After an interchange of ideas and
a foil discussion of the various
plans suggested to
desired, on motion, the following
gentlemen were appointed a com-
to formulate a plan of organ-
and report at the next meet-
J. B. Yellowley, F. U Mar-
E. P. Daniel. J. G. Taylor, W.
K. Ford. On motion the
was added to this committee.
There being no further business,
meeting adjourned to convene
again on the 3rd Monday in
1890. J. B. LITTLE,
J. H.
Secretary.
Dr. D. S. Harmon.
Kinston Free Press, Dec. 1889.
Dr. left yesterday for
Wilson, where he will remain for
weeks, lie was kept here
longer be intended by so many
unexpected coming in.
During the seven weeks Dr.
was in Kinston he made
pairs of lenses, and in no single in-
stance was any complaint made;
this is saying a good deal as ho
freely offered to refund the money
paid in any instance where pa-
was not fully with
their glasses. the contrary all
expressed themselves as highly
pleased with his work; and
for whom he made glasses certainly
had something to cause them pleas-
for from almost blindness some
now have good sight, and others
from badly defective sight now see
perfectly. He has certainly done
lots of good among our people.
Dr. Harmon carried off with him
most flattering testimonials of
bis work our most
citizens. He is certainly a
most excellent optician. He has a
number of instruments of his own
invention for measuring eye and
the detection of defects of the
kinds. He has science of
his profession down fine and if he
fails to fit an eye there is
but little use for any else to try-
The community that Dr. Harmon
visits is fortunate, therefore the
Free Press congratulates the people
of Wilson upon his visit to their
beautiful town, and heartily
mends to of her citizen
as may lie afflicted with bad eye-
such, who consult him,
Dr. Harmon's visit will prove a
blessing.
Ha
Gall d. see them at
Successors to B. B. Clark Go.
FOB
Hardware, Tin-
ware, Store Pipe, Sash,
Doors and Blinds, Iron,
Oils, ass
and Putty, Kerosene
and Bed Oil, Stoves
Repaired. Tobacco
planters will find it to
their interest to send
us their orders for To-
Flues early.
We sell very low for
the cash.
LATHAM
Greenville, N.
A horrible accident occurred near
Greenville on Monday of last week, Mr.
-11 u Jones an year old son of Mr.
Hay wood Jones, of
logs on the lands of Mr. S. IT Spain
with a team of six oxen hitched to the
carriage. The jar caused by the vehicle
a bridge broke the tongue and
I the lever to the windlass, which
Hew striking young on the
head and of the neck. He was
conscious picked up and carried to
the of mi. J. I. Drown, and died
in a few hours after receiving the blow.
The Short-Crops
be mt with-------
ANOTHER
Car Lead of Fine
Horses
Mules,
Just received by-------
-and will be sold-
CHEAP FOR CASH,
or at reasonable terms on time on
security. I bought ray stock for
ash and can afford to sell as cheap as
anyone. Give me a call.
LOW TARIFF
FACTORY.
m m nm
For have free Buggies now. Ah
you arc free to buy where you please, but
if you want to save money you come to
Factory 4th street, rear of J. B.
Cherry Co's. For convenience we
have an entrance through H. F.
Keel's Stables on 3rd street. I can
yon
It sympathy of his many
here to learn on Monday morn-
the store of Mr. Rufus Fleming,
was burned the night
The fire was discovered shortly
after o'clock and burned so rapidly that
could be saved. The store con-
a stock of goods which was
only about halt covered by
The lire id supposed to be the work of
an incendiary, is the fourth time that
Mr. Fleming has suffered from fire within
two years the losses aggregating about
On one occasion he his barns
after bis crop had been then
his lumber mills were twice burned down
and now his store meats same fate.
Misfortunes seem to follow
Notice to Teachers.
The Beard of Education of Pitt
H at its December session ordered the
Superintendent of Public In-
to call the attention of all
Public School Teachers to chap
of the School Law of 1889, which
private examination except
or good and sufficient reasons, even
then the applicant will be required to
By one dollar, which shall be collected
examiner, and by him paid over
to the Treasurer, and the County Super-
is hereby ordered to enforce
this latter clause in and every ease
of private examination.
Sec.
That you over had In your life for
to 816.00 less money than any one
else In county can give Why V
tor ray expenses lees and I pay t
spot cash for goods and save tho
counts, and If you don't believe It you
come and see. Having bad years
experience In the business I guarantee
perfect satisfaction or no charge. Re-
pairing a specialty. forget the
place en 4th Street rear J. B. Cherry
Greenville.
Administrator's
The undersigned having been appoint-
ed the Clerk of the Superior Court
of Pitt county, and having
qualified as administrator it beat non
Of the estate of James Haddock, de-
ceased, notice Is hereby given to all per-
sons holding claims against said estate
to present them to the undersigned for
payment on or before the day
December, 1880, or this will be
plead la bar of their recovery, per-
sons to laid estate are requested
ft. Tar Him Transportation
Greenville,
J. B, Vice-Pres
J.
N. M. Lawrence, Tarboro, Gen
Capt. R. F. Jonas, Washington, Gen Ag
The People's for travel
The Steamer Is the finest
and quickest boat on the river. She has
been thoroughly repaired, refurnished
and painted.
Fitted up specially for the comfort, as
and convenience of Ladles.
POLITE A
A first-class Table furnished
best the market affords.
A trip on the Steamer Is
not only comfortable but attractive.
Leaves Washington Monday, Wednesday
and Friday at o'clock. A- x.
Leaves Tarboro Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday at o'clock, A. K.
Freights received dally and through
Bills Lading given to all points.
J.
Greenville. H. C
Water Mills.
The undersigned having leased these
mills for a number of years and put them
In thorough order, begs leave to inform
public that he Is prepared to
Corn and wheat In a first-class
Satisfaction guaranteed to all patrons.
I would inform merchants that I am
prepared to famish them good water
null meal at prices delivered,
wanting to buy at retail
be supplied at say store In
LOW PRICES
We propose to
AT PRICES
-To meet
the Times.
And if you want to some
GOOD BARGAINS
fail to us a call. We
mean
Yours truly,
LITTLE, HOUSE BRO,
Greenville. N. C.
ALFRED FORBES,
THE RELIABLE OF
lo the buyers of Pitt and surrounding counties, a lino of following good
buyers.
that are not. to be excelled In this market.
not to be excelled In this market. And to ha and
pure straight goods. DRY GOODS of kinds. NOTIONS.
HATS CAPS, d and I A-
and CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS, FURNITURE an
GOODS, DOORS, WINDOWS, SASH and BLINDS, and
HARDWARE, and PLOW LB I Ell of
kinds Gin and Mill Hat, Rock Lot, w and
Hair, ii and
GROCERIES A SPECIALTY.
Agent Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton which I offer to the trade at
Jobbers prices, cents per less per cent for Cash, Bread Prep-
and Hall's Star Lye at Jobbers Prices. Lead and mire Lin-
seed Oil. Varnishes and Faint Colors. Cucumber Wood Pumps, Salt and Wood and
Ware. Nails a specialty. Give me a and I guarantee satisfaction.
J. L. SUGG,
LIFE
GREENVILLE, N. C.
OFFICE OLD
All hind, la
FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES
At lowest rates.
AM AGENT FOR A FIRST-CLASS FIRE
THE OLD RELIABLE CARRIAGE
THE FRONT
D. Williamson,
SUCCESSOR TO JOHN
GREENVILLE, N. C. .
Has Moved to One Door North of Court
op
BUS WES, CARTS II ATS.
My is well equipped with the best put up nothing
hut We keep up with the times end Improved styles.
Best material used In all work. All styles of Springs are yon tea select from
Brewster, Storm, Coil, Ram Horn, King.
Also keep on hand a of ready maiM
HARNESS AND WHIPS,
Hie year round, which we will sell AS low as tub
Special Attention Given to REPAIRING,
Thanking the people of this and surrounding counties past fever bop
merit a continuance of the same.
woman of good
character, and capable of
doing the domestics of a family.
W, G LITTLE,
Greenville, N. C.
J. T. ALLEN
CHEAP GROCER
CONFECTIONER I
Wishes to inform the public that
he is prepared to furnish you
and wishes to sell you at
least a portion of what
you the
way of
Groceries, Provisions,
And General Supplies. I keep
a line of Flour, Sugar. Coffee,
Meat, and all heavy and light
Groceries that will be sure to
trait you.
I do not claim to sell goods
under everybody in the world,
but I will give you just as low
as can be had in Green
ville.
I do not claim to have the
best goods in the world, bu I
claim mine to be just as fresh
and as cheap an can be
found in Pitt county. I shall
endeavor to please all customers.
T, ALLEN.
O.
We adopt this method
of informing our old
customers and pub-
generally that we
have returned from
New York with the
stock we have ever
carried.
The experience of two
years in the- Northern
markets together with
increased capital
us to offer
bargains than ever.
Standard Prints
Plaids Clothing,
Dry Goods, Shoes, and
Hats are all going at
astonishingly low
prices.
A visit from you is
requested.
BROWN k BOOKER,
Greenville. H. C.
SPECIALIST since
A in the diseases and weaknesses of
will mall a book free, the
E. A. TAFT,
Wishes to inform his friends and the public generally that he has
bought out the Grocery establishment of T. It. Cherry, and with
new added is now prepared to furnish the very best
GROCERIES, PROVISIONS AND FAMILY SUPPLIES
At prices fully in keeping with the hat d times. I keep Flour,
Meat, Lard, Molasses, Confections. Canned Goods, Crockery,
Glassware, Tobacco, Snuff,
Orange Syrup is the best Molasses in this market.
You are invited to call. the place, at Cherry's stand.
Groom IV. O
J. B. CHERRY-
J. R.
J. G.
CHERRY CO.
Have again come to claim your attention and solicit esteemed
We do not claim that have the largest and best stock east at the .
Rocky Mountains, but we do pay that we arc to the
with a specially selected line of
GENERAL
Suited to the want of a large of customers. We are in full
the hard times and and will make low cash prices to all who t as wit
their Look down this column and see if we cannot interest We-
ans better prepared than ever before to serve We have la steak re-say
a line of
DRY GOODS.
Embracing Dress Goods Ginghams and
and Suitings, Goods and Cashmeres for Men's and Boy's Sails,
Sheetings. Bleached and Unbleached Domestics. Canton Flannels
Boots and Shoes.
For Men, Women. Beys, Misses and Children, at prices will the poor so
rejoice, and the hearts of all will he made glad who buy Boots and Shoes from
why because we sell low and give the money's worth. A full line
and Goods that will delight the and
HATS and CATS for men, boys and children. HARDWARE, we
you a stock as complete as the farmer or mechanic W a
of Steel and guarantee them to be the best made.
Groceries.
Which we are selling at rock bottom prices, not because are s
but we take pleasure in offering and selling low Can we interest yea beat
if so come in and examine our stock of Molasses. Coffee, Tea.
Toilet Laundry, Lye. Matches, Rice, of Mads,
which we are now buying from first bands and save yon money If yet
examine before buying elsewhere, Tobacco and Snuff.
Headquarter for
Of which ire carry a line not to be excelled In this market, as
Bureaus, Double and Single Bedsteads, Tables, Cots, Washstands, Bed Springs and
Mattresses, Children's Cradles and Beds, Chairs of different kinds and varieties,
all to suit hard times and short crops. Anything that you In this line If we
have not got It in will make a special order for you, as we haw
from several of the best furniture houses in tho States and
as to prices. Wood and Willow ware. Crockery,
Bridles and Collars. Cart Saddles, Horse Millinery. Trunks,
Valises and Traveling Bags,
Life it too short to keep on we have and de. Bat
you ell health and prosperity and to every map. and
to Greenville a invitation to come la and examine our steels,
We remain yours to serve
CHERRY
Greenville. N. O.
Appointments
Foe on Bethlehem Mission.
Bethlehem, 1st Sunday at
School 1st Sunday at
o'clock
Sparta, 2nd Sunday at o'clock.
Shady Grove, at
Walesa at II o'clock.
Money to
IMPROVED FARMS, In of
and upwards. are re-
payable In small annual
through a period of five years thus en- j
the borrower In pay off his In-
exhausting his crops

, K.
CIRCULATION.
The Eastern Reflector.
JOB
Eastern Reflector
GREENVILLE. N. C.
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Financial Statement of
Pitt County, for the
Fiscal Year ending
December 2nd, 1889.
is list of orders,
together with the number and
amount, as allowed by Board of
Commissioners, from December 3rd,
1888, to December 2nd, 1889.
Bridges.
No. To whom issued
Brown
W T Smith
E A Bland
SO J Laughinghouse
J W Tyson
James B Cherry
Brown
J B Galloway
B B
C P
Henry Brown
W B Bland Bro
Brown
John S Smith
W J Page
C P Gaskins
Henry Brown
C P Gaskins
Henry Brown
Wall
H P
C P Gaskins
Henry Brown
James Elks
Jack Barnes
Sam Cherry
R Wall
R Turner
D C Barrow
J S Smith
Henry Brown
James B Cherry
L H Allen
Jack Barnes
Eugene Williams
Richard
J P
John B Spier
C P Gaskins
H B Hearne
Sherrod White
CT T
B Cherry
Purser
B S
F G Dupree
U Brown
Jno S Smith
J W Tyson
W L Robinson,
Too Hooker
Henry Brown
J D Williamson
J H Satterthwaite
C P Gaskins
Henry Brown
James B
Jas B Cherry Co
M Z Moore
C Gaskins
J N
Ami.
II
Nancy Moore
John Baker
Poll Adams
Daniel Webster
Partly Tucker
Susan Turner
John Stocks
Taylor
Margaret Bryan
James Masters
Mayo
Patsy Elks
II D Smith
Nancy Moore-
John Baker
Polly
Daniel Webster
Nelson
Win
Mahala Braxton
Henry Langley
J Miller, expense in-
sane pauper
R L Hodges, conveying
to Greenville
Susan Turner
John Stocks
Taylor
Margret Bryan
James Masters
Ivy Mayo
Patsy Elks
II D Smith
Nancy Moore
John Baker
Polly Adams
Daniel Webster
Ki bulimia Nelson
Wm
Lydia Bryant
Albert Williams,
MM
Susan Turner
John Stocks
Taylor
Margaret lit u
James Masters
Ivy Mayo
Patsy Elks
H D Smith
Nancy Moore
John Baker
Daniel Webster
Nelson
Wm
Bryant
j Polly
Jacob
1319 Stephen Williams
Susan Turner
John Stocks
Taylor
Margaret Bryan
James Masters
Ivy Mayo
Patsy Elks
J, D Smith
Moore
John Baker
Daniel Webster
Nelson
Wm
Lydia Bryant
Stephen Williams
go Kennedy,
coffin
J O Proctor Bro., main
taming pauper
Polly Adams
Susan Turner
John Stocks
Taylor
Bryan
1426 James
Ivy Mayo
Patsy Elks
H D Smith
Nancy Moor
John Baker
Daniel Webster
Nelson
Wm
Lydia
Jacob
J A K
to
Susan Turner
John Stocks
Taylor
Margaret Bryan
James Masters
Ivy Mayo.
Patsy Elks
Smith
Baker
Goo
Poor House.
No. To whom issued
J J
F W Brown
, i I
F W
W W
J J
W W Andrews
J J
J J
W E Warren
J J
Am.
C Dawson, conveying
pauper to
W A James Jr, pauper
do Susan r
John Stocks
Taylor
S Margaret Bryan
Master
Ivy Mayo
Patsy
B- ; Nancy Moore
; John Baker
Daniel Webster
Nelson
SUPPLEMENT,
Susan Turner
John Stock
SB Taylor
Margaret Bryan
James Master
Mayo
Patsy Elks
I D Smith
Manor Moore
I W John Baker .
Daniel Webster
no
Son
Wm
Bryan
Jacob
Jacob Dupree
Henry
Mom coffin
S Watson
pauper
Dawson fr blind pt
Turner
John Stocks
Taylor
Margaret Bryan
James Masters
Ivy Mayo
Patsy Elks
H D Smith
Nancy Moore
John Baker
Daniel Webster
Nelson
Wm
Lydia Bryan
Jacob
Jacob Dupree
Little House A Bro, maintain-
pauper
lot
Bryant Buck
E A Jr
,;
Witness Superior Court.
Daniel Webster
Nelson
Wm
Lydia Bryant
i Jacob
Flanagan,
blind
1716;
Paupers.
No. To whom issued.
Turner
John
Taylor
Margaret Bryan
James Masters
Patsy Elks
Smith
Nancy Moors
John Baker
Daniel Webster
Jno
John Stocks
tor
Margaret Bryant
Masters
Mayo
A rut.
Lydia Bryan
Jacob
J O Proctor Bro, maintain-
T M-ll
A G Cox, pauper coffin
Brown,
Jacob
W T. Mm th, coffin
J A Andrews, maintaining
B F Patrick, D D pauper
Marcus Whitaker
J A K Tucker, for
Susan Turner
John Stock-
HI Taylor
Bryan
James Masters
Mayo
Patsy Elks
H D Smith
Nancy Moore
Joan Maker
, Daniel Webster
Wm tn
Bryan
Q W Venters, tor
Whitaker
j Brown,
Jacob
No. To whom issued
J L Sugg
Wm Peebles
Sam
Cherry
Cherry
Wm Edwards
Calvin Pugh
Jesse Jones
Henry
Mary G orb am
E S Harris
Chas Dudley
Major Jackson
C J
J A Dupree
Nelson Nichol
W A Fleming
Hardy
Abram Harris
E A Davis .
Jennie Elks
Amos Elks
Patsy Chapman
Louisa Bryant
Parker
Zeno
Wm Burnett
Noah
W L Dudley
W H Tucker
J D
W P Buck
T B Moore
S B
G W B
A B Gains
Fred Jenkins
Ellis Tucker
C C Forbes
Cox
Jacob Coward
Victoria Cox
John Cox
E H
Sarah
Cannon
J U Tyson
C D
B S
H H Wilson
J B
W-J James
B V Manning
J C Wilson
J L Joyner
W O Vinson
Harry Tyson
Wm Tyson
Margaret A Moore
Jesse Clark
Moore
T U Barnhill
Louis Joyner
W H C
Amos
J B
E D Leggett
A B Cox
Wiley
Cox
Weeks ft
Harriss
B S
S A Beading
Laura Wilson
Ashley
Noah W Tyson
B S
Wm H Cox
E A
John
Wm H Cox
E A
H U Wilson
C M Bernard
J A Dupree
W A James Jr
B S
C D Bonn tree
J T Allen
L H Allen
C F White
Austin Flood
SUM
B F
Ed Cox
Isaac Bod en
C D
Daniel
Louis
J H
Parker
W B Hammond
D H Moore
W H Moore
W M Moore
J S Parker
Simon Johnson
Alphonso Peyton
J L Robinson
D D Bryant
H O
J R
W II Williams
James Jr
Daniel Smith
B O Leggett
T L
W A
B S
Aaron Danial
B S
Hudson
C F White
COS J B
F Graves
Louisa Moor
R W King
W A
John
B S
F G Dupree
R W King
C L Barrett
W R Parker
Sherrod
R M
Ida Little
D H James
Delia Foreman
James Foreman
M Z Moore
C D
Dudley
A J Flanagan
Wall
J H M Jackie
Will White
Warren Bell
Cannon
J A K Tucker
W C Joyner .
J W Page
Major Pollard
Keel
J J Keel
W I Keel
W H Williams
Warren
Eddie
L C James
Richard Williams
W M Smith
Williams
B S
J J Griffin Jr
E B Moor
G A
Peter Forbes
B S Sheppard
C F White
W J Joyner
C P White
Joyner
4-20
C Dawson
T E Keel
C V Newton
W A James
G M Mooring
Tickets.
No. To. whom issued.
B Cherry
Amt.
Fulford
J D Jones
Elizabeth Harriss
R K Pollard
C D Rountree
J R Bunting
J Hart
Cornelius
Sydney Daniel
G-W Gainer
O W
Jail Account.
No. To whom issued,
W M King
SO
OS
Amt.
Sheriff Fees
Ne. To whom issued. Amt.
W if King
J A K Tucker
W M
A K Tucker, J B C
W M King
A K Tucker
W M King
J A K Tucker
W M King
J A K Tucker
Clerk's Fees.
No. To whom issued.
E A
it
Amt.
Constable Fees.
No. To
G G Porter
G w Edmund son
L w
H C
Jno S Easton
G w
H E Ellis
N R Cory
w P Buck
G w
w D Morgan
Daniel
J B
G w
John S Easton
w B Burnett
G A
H L Ellis
Edgar Ballard
B P
G A
w P Buck
G W
H B
A D Hill
w J Fulford
John S Easton
J w Page
A J Flanagan
GR Buck
L B
G A
R w Smith
G w
Amt.
J nay
No.
Coroner's Court.
To whom issued.
Amt.
jury
H B Harriss, coroner
ii
Luke Norfleet
Riley Jenkins
Cornelius
Long
Henry
j J B jury
James Bryant, witness
Miscellaneous.
L H Wilson
K A
B F Sure, Witness Inf. Court
II T Cox. Postmortem Ex
K W Brown, Stint
J B Cherry. Rubber Stamp
D J Public
bk
G W Bullock Go
II D Potter Co
Edwards
R W King,
R E Pollard
E A
D J calendar
W I. Best
John
J B Cherry
F W Brown.
It Jr
L B
Joe Cobb
Lizzie Hawkins wit. Inf. court
H F Harriss
Kl
ill
in
Us
as
J A K
J D Williamson
J A K Tucker
F W
J A K Tucker
W B Warren
J A K Tucker
John B
Wm H Cox
J A K Tucker
Amt.
of Deeds.
No. To whom issued.
D H James
part of
Amt.
Solicitor
No. To whom issued.
D Worthington
Swift Galloway
Amt
Ferry.
Carr
W C Dudley
R R Cotten
1,403
Commissioners.
No. To whom issued. Amt.
W A James, Jr
J A K Tucker
C Dawson
T B Keel
G M Mooring
T B Keel .
O Dawson
G M Mooring
W A James Jr
W A James Jr
T Keel
O V Newton
O M Mooring .
W A James Jr
O M Mooring
C Dawson f
T M
C V Newton
O V Newton
W A James Jr
G M Mooring
C V
T Keel ,
G M Mooring
W. A James Jr
T B Keel
G Dawson
G M Mooring
C V Newton
W A James Jr
G M Mooring
T B Keel
C V Newton
A James Jr
G M i
TB Keel
679- G Dawson
W A James Jr
ft
G Dawson
TB Keel
Tax List
No- To whom issued. Amt.
Edwards Broughton
J R Congleton
R M Jones
T H Langley
E o Blount
John King
S S Rasberry
R G Chapman
B S Sheppard
S V Joyner
J A Lang
D H James, part of
to Board Corn's.
No. To whom Amt.
A L Blow or,
Election.
No. To whom issued. Amt-
S S Rasberry, registrar
L registrar
O w
J R Congleton,
C D
J R
J R Johnson,
Joyner, election
Jas B Cherry, election
Greenville Carriage
works, ballot
S A registrar
WT Knight
W J
F O James
Town or Police
Apr. II Bernard, hire Esau
Dank I
K A
J A K Tucker col
Albert Williams, bill cost
May w K on
hire
Feb. F Warren, In
Atkinson,
gage on lot In washing
ton, N. C, Jack At-
2-3 Cory on of
hire simile Adams
June D II James, reg
tax on
John collector
w M King schedule
tor year
Williams bill cost
for oakum sold
Sam pen on of hire
Shade Adams
J Tucker,
on
Boxy wanton
bill cost
Moore
E A jury tax
SI A Ricks on hire
Boxy
w K on of
. hire
J A K Tucker, sheriff
CF warren,
Aug. J A K 1200 M
U F Smith on act hire
Daniel
Sept. A Tucker, sheriff
Oct.
E A More for code sold
J A K Tinker
Nov. Moses King on of
hire Ed Nixon
K A jury tax
ii i
7-
Costs Superior Court.
E A
B S Sheppard
R Williams Jr
J B
J B
Fred Harding
N R Cory
E A
J B
J A K Tucker
E A
HG Nobles
E A
Summary.
Poor House
Bridges
witness Superior court
Jail Account
commissioners
Jury Tickets
Sheriff Fees
clerk Fees
of Deeds
I Solicitor
I Ferry Center Bluff
I Tax List
Atty Board
Conveying prisoners jail
1403
1376
la
2.1.75
on
SO
H for old
bridge lumber sold to
John
It S Sheppard hire will
Edwards
Alfred Forbes hire Sam
CR.
By transferred to
fund
By amt transferred to stock
law fund 1887
Total
To unit of fund
By County orders paid
et
88.141
13.087
13.087
Constables fees
Election
Bill Cost
Roads
J P Fees
Coroners Court
Miscellaneous
hi
Recapitulation.
I To on hand Inst
all
To in hand of treasurer
Dec. 2nd, 1880
State of Carolina, i
Pitt
I, David II. James
the of in
and I lie aforesaid
is a true State-
as appear of
my under my baud
Seal of at
my Greenville on the 3rd
day of December
22.832 is d. II. James, Ex officio
Roads.
J S
w L Pollard
CK
By to
HO
L Pollard
J Fulford
w Page
B Burnett
john S Easton
G A
J A K Tucker
G w Edmundson
J A K Tucker
To gap county
By orders
By
receipts
To in hand of treasurer
Dec. gen I'd
1,699
Condition of County,
Dec 2nd,
Ml
To audited
Dec.
To audited Via Dec.
to Dec.
of the Hoard of
Pitt County. J
The is a statement of
number of of Board
of Commissioners Pitt County,
and number of days each member
hath attended, of
miles traveled by each, and
amounts allowed to each member
for services as Commissioners for
December
1889.
OF MEETINGS
Council Dawson bath attended
IS
CB
Conveying Prisoners to Jail.
No. To issued
John B Willoughby
If
H E Hellen
John B Willoughby
H C
O W Harrington
G G Ward
w p Sue
h B
G W
G A
W J Page
G A
w John
Burnett
ST Hodges
LB
W P Buck
W J Fulford
G A
G R Buck
W J Fulford
John S Easton
T. Hodge
G W
W B Burnett
Amt,
Justice's Fees.
John Fleming
J J Perkins
T H Langley
w R
B S Sheppard
w B Moore
D C Moore
J J
Bryant
R Jr
M Z Moore
G T Tyson
j A Lang
S Rasberry
Bradley
j D Cox
B S
S S Rasberry
D C
A J
G T Tyson
John Fleming .
J A
j j May
j K
B S Sheppard
a a Rasberry
B S Sheppard
j j
D C Moore
G Stokes
j S Norman
w R
M H Moore
D C Moore
T E Keel
A L Harrington
w H
J j Laughinghouse
B S Sheppard
R, in
A J
J R Congleton
Stokes
orders
to Dec.
Dec. 2nd, 1889
c n y
James B in account
with the County of from Dec. 3rd, i
1888, to 2nd, 1889.
1888.
Dec.
To amt on last report
To amt received of.
John
if
1889.
Jan.
K A jury tax
John Flanagan,
W U King, sheriff
J Flanagan, collie
ll
T E Keel
A James Jr
G M Mooring
C V New ton
J A K
j allowed Council Dawson
days as
for five days Committee
hundred
two miles traveled at five a
VI
allowed T Ii Keel
for eighteen days as
For days on Committee
eight hundred sixty lour
miles traveled live cents
allowed A James, Jr
For days as com-
old
IO Sheppard on of
hire of Oscar Jones
For Patrick
sect liquor license
a g H
A K
liquor license
liquor license
John Flanagan, collector
A K Tucker, sheriff,
E ft. tor cost
paid by Co.
in case Whitehead vs
Peebles, Hellen and
county
Feb. J J for of I'd
at poor
Walter Webb on oX
hire of Allen Austin
J A K Tucker, sheriff
,. E A jury
Mar. John collector
i. C hire of
Oliver Tucker
W B hire of
Albert Williams
J A K Tucker col
J it Davenport, hire of
Daniel
U A K Tucker A col
Albert Williams, bill cost
tOO
Son
missioner
1,571
For days Committee
eight forty-two
miles at
For mileage as error in
January
allowed G M Mooting
For twenty days as
For ten days on Committee
four hundred sixty miles
traveled at five eta
mm
allowed C V Newton
For fifteen days as
For five days on Committee
lour hundred forty three
miles traveled at five
mm
allowed J A K Tucker
For four days as Commissioner
sixty four miles traveled
Total allowed Board
Less cents in W a James,
account.
State op North
Pitt County, j
I, David A. James, Clerk
or the Hoard or Commission-
Tor the County aforesaid, do
certify that the foregoing is a
statement as
record in office. Given under
my hand and the official seal of the
Board of for Pitt
at office Bus
the day of December, A. D., SO.
D. Jambs,
far Co

i I
8TH OF WORLD
and
inch Dress Goods at cents.
inch Wool Cashmere at cents.
inch at cents per yard.
Single width Cashmere at to
Single width Worsted at cents
Calicoes and Domestics S.
for Cost
Sample Notions at Cost. Corsets cents. Handkerchiefs at 1-2 cents.
Stockings at cents. Collars at cents.
Hoods, Caps and Cloaks for children, and women folks. Ladies
Vest and Pants per suit.
Good Business Suits for
Corkscrew
Boys
4.75
0.99
Overcoats
Overcoats
Cents
Glad Tidings for
Boots at
Good Boots cents to
All Our Sample Shoes at Cost.
GOOD NEWS FOR THE HATLESS
Hats to Hats worth sold for
Will
Our Entire Stock at Half Value
Good Sunday Shoes at Ladies good Sunday shoes at cents.
Children's good Sunday shoe to Whole stock Brogans at 1.00.
Won't Rip, Ravel or Run down at Heel.
Good Hats for Stiff Hats all color
NO GOODS SOLD THIRTY DAYS.
NO NO NO PRETENSE
a tin
THIS OFFER GOOD FOR THIRTY DAYS.

ROM BETHLEHEM TO NAZARETH
J OF A ST
oat golden doors of
of r bought,
From far upon
I Mt kneeling brought
gifts of inwrought gem and
White, from their
ratted.
of their
of tr-wt
They laid, lo-.- at h feet.
Am -sod shes res
Jg strong led reaper
to gt their gathered full thorn
And, so, spake of
God walked hi garden's f sod,
jet had hid face from moo.
Nor jet had man
But Mary kept her thought sport
all things lo her h-
spake. In whispers Ions,
Their heads together, drew
Some stained breathless forth, than mads
. Such speech as only wise men i new
Their high red camels on the huge bill
Outstanding, like some
I at
think I see Him now at morn
Before the burst of sudden day.
the silver fields of corn
Where He has gone apart to pray;
I think I see Him looking thoughtful down
Beyond the corn, beyond the town.
Beyond the tr total that rise
. From all In the corn.
The mists hare duties up skies,
The . down morn.
V bile all the world is full of earnest care
To make the fair world still more wondrous fair-
More lordly fair; Che stately morn
Moves down her walks of golden wheat.
Her guards of hone gild the corn
In golden pathway fir God's feet;
Her purpled hills she crowns in crowns of gold
And majesty before the L -d is rolled.
Milk r in Independent.
TWO CHRISTMAS EVES.
At corner of the market square in
the ancient town of St. Ives, Cornwall,
there stands a old hostelry
called the I quite
it had for its near neighbor an inn
equally picturesque, and perhaps even
and Both
these ancient houses of entertainment
must witnessed many strange
events, besides being the scene of many
a jovial drinking bout after gather-
in of the of the or at
the less lawful landing of a contraband
cargo, or at the end of a successful
expedition. For all these
things your Cornish man hath an excel-
lent relish. On the spot was the
of the liberties of St. Ives, for here
stood the whipping post, the cage and
the stocks.
The George and Dragon must have been
the fashionable hotel, for after the Corn
pilgrimage of grace the king's com-
missioner, Sir Anthony Kingston, lodged
here, and entertained at dinner the port-
reeve of St. Ives, whom he afterwards
politely hanged in the market square for
his treasonable practices. Here, also,
the Duke of Bolton, when he visited the
town in treated with six bot-
of two houses stood so
tog d hided only by the
narrow street leading into the market
the occupants could wish
other good morning from win-
In the days of George II Peter
was landlord of the George and
and John ruled the Golden
Lion. They were not only neighbors,
but fast friends. was, perhaps,
something in the similarity of the cir-
of few two men that
strengthened their friendship. They
both widowers. each had an
only Richard was a hand-
some, strapping fellow of three-and-
twenty. Mary was nineteen,
the pride of her father's heart. As
children they had played together; but
there came a time only looked
and smiled and nodded lo each other
from the opposite windows. Then Rich-
ard would watch for Mary when she
went out, and follow her into the
fields or on the seashore; and so it came
to be at length another version of the
old. old story, which surprised nobody
of all, landlords of the George
Dragon and the Golden Lion, who
looked forward to the time when the
interests of both those ancient establish-
should become one and
But there was one person who watched
the growing affection of the lovers with
a bitter and jealous heart This would
be a true love story, according to
the ancient and regular pattern, had
there been nothing to interrupt its
smooth and even course. A certain
Thomas the son of a mine
master in the neighboring parish of Zen-
nor, had long looked with longing eyes
on Mary His visits were
discouraged by the host of the Golden
Lion, and Mary herself made it very
plain that she disliked his attentions.
Nothing could exceed the bitterness
bis feelings when found that
he was rejected in favor of one who had
been his successful rival from boyhood.
Richard had him at
the wrestling bouts at
bad thrown him in the
and constantly snatched the
victory from him in the game of
All these defeats he had endured
with comparative indifference, but to be
beaten in the game of love was not
easy to bear. He watched the lovers in
walks, till he felt he could do any-
i thing short of murder to get his rival out
the way. He thought if
once removed from the scene be might
yet succeed with Mary, trusting to time
and the chapter of accidents. About
this time the government declared war
Spain, and it was certain that
sen would be wanted for the Davy.
If the king's ships could not be manned
by other means, the press gangs would
be out, and they would first of all try
their luck at the seaport. What if they
old visit St. Ives It was not unlikely
they would be glad of a hint when
good men were to be found.
turned this matter over in hit
till he persuaded himself that
would be doing good service to the
and furthering
same time, if he could lend a
hand in manning the navy,
always, be could himself keep out of Bit
way, for he had no desire to serve his
country on board a man-of-war. He was
full of such thoughts when he made one
Of his periodical journeys to
on mining business, and sought out a
certain or agent for entrapping
seamen for press gang. What he did
there, or what arguments he need to ad-,
ranee his plans, we need not inquire, but
the was richer by some pounds
at the termination of the interview.
It Christmas ere, and the good
people of St Ives were preparing
the festival with due honor. The usual
excitement of the season had been in-
creased in the course of the afternoon by
the appearance of a sloop-of-war, which
anchored in the bay, and it expected
that some of the officers and crew would
come ashore to join in the general mer-
After dark a band of mum-
entered the market square, and,
topping in. front of the George and
Dragon, commenced the performance of
Christmas drama of
Soon a large crowd collected, and
the noise brought to the doors and win-
of the houses moat of the persons
who were including the frequent
era of a little club which met at the
George and and the
In the midst of a terrific combat be
tween St. George and the Turkish knight
there was a commotion among the
crowd, and a party of armed sailors
headed by a tall fellow, who,
flourishing a naked cutlass, cried,
the king's The crowd at once
broke away amid tho screams of women
and cries of press the The
tailors made a dash at some of the
men in the crowd, and among
those they secured was Richard
who standing at his father's door.
Tho party then retreated with their cap-
closely followed by the crowd,
crying, with the press gang
Dow with More than once the
sailors were so hard pressed that those
in the rear had to turn and make a stand
in the narrow streets, and a serious con-
was threatened. But they reached
their boats with the men they had cap-
and at daylight next morning the
sloop of war in the bay had disappeared.
That night there was much wailing
among the women of St. Ives, and a
fruitful subject of talk was afforded to
the club at the George and Dragon.
Among the members of this club were
Capt. a retired officer of the
navy, who had sailed with Admiral Ben-
bow, and had lost a leg in the service of
his country; Mr. Matthews,
and mayor of St. old Will Nance,
who had once been a smuggler, and who
wore a patch over left eye, which
bad been knocked out in some encounter
with revenue officers; and, lastly, John
the town barber, who,
though occupying a lower social position,
was allowed to after business
hours with the men whose wigs ha
dressed in tho morning. But barber
was in advance of his time, and held
opinions which Capt. and the
mayor thought little less than treason-
able. John was. in fact, a
Democrat; and on the present occasion
he was loud in his denunciation of the
press gang, which, he said was contrary
to and tho bill of rights
a tyrannical and unconstitutional viola-
of the liberty of the subject, and
wed the English to be a nation of
downtrodden slaves, writhing under the
iron heel of
said he. waving a
per in his hand, are our
when the hirelings of a corrupt
government can thrust themselves into
our houses and carry off our sons and
brothers, and force them to light in the
unholy quarrels of kings and their
scrupulous ministers How long are we
to ho chained to the chariot wheels of a
bloodthirsty How
interposed Capt.
with warmth. thy palaver, John
The king must have men
for his
for his ships, Capt.
retorted the barber; the king get
them by fair and honest means, and then
he will have men who will
stick to their colors, and not run away as
one of Admiral how's ships did in the
West
This was a sore subject with Capt
who could endure no slur on
the British navy, and who had
been an officer on board Admiral Ben-
ship at the time referred to. The
barber felt he had gone too far, but tho
mischief was done.
The captain rose from his scat, his
purple with rage. d-----d chin
scraping rascal durst thou rake
that matter up in my presence I'll
drive my staff down thy throat for
prating of matters In
nay. cried Will
John Tack third be. Mayhap
hath spoken unwisely, but well
known Cap n and Kirby
were shot at Plymouth for deserting tho
said Caps. resuming
his seat, anger having passed away
as suddenly as it shoot-
was too good for them. They ought
to have been hanged at the yardarm
and so should some others that I wot
here he looked hard at the
smuggler.
the barber,
whose tongue must needs wag in spite
of his fear of the
this matter of the press
hear no more on cried Capt.
in every fool's mouth
that one volunteer is worth ten pressed
men; but I have seen pressed men
as bravely as best-and as for Ad-
he fought his ship like a
hero, and died the death of a gallant old
sea dog as he was. If some of his men
left him in the lurch, enough remained
to save the honor of England. But hark
ye, John let me warn thee
that there be some matters had better be
At that moment, a steaming bowl of
punch being brought in, all further
pleasantness disappeared under its sooth-
influence. The party, which now
included Peter and John
den, In their chairs, and the for-
mer proceeded to fill the glasses of his
guests with a silver punch ladle that had
a guinea let into the bottom of it. As it
was not yet known that young
was of the pressed men, there
nothing to cloud their enjoyment. A
visit from the press gang was too com-
an occurrence in seaport towns in
those days to excite much remark, save
among those who were the immediate
sufferers. Capt. said he would
take upon himself to propose a toast,
which he hoped no one present would
refuse to drink.
The king of England had declared war
against Spain, and, as Spaniards had
seized all the British ships in their
he thought the sooner they closed
with the enemy the better. He begged
to propose the health of King George
and to the British arms. If they
lived to see another Christmas eve he
doubted not they would be able to Bay
the honor of England had been well main
As the punch was exceeding
good, and had put much heat into every
man of company, the toast was drunk
with great enthusiasm. Even John
bird smacked his lips with satisfaction.
hath been said Will
Nance, Admiral is gone as
commander-in-chief to the West Indies,
and that he swears to take on
the Spanish main, even if ho hath no
more than six ships wherewith to do
not how that may said
the incorrigible barber. he has only
pressed men to back him, I doubt
With an ominous look at the last speak-
Capt. cut the matter short.
shall said he. done
we shall doubtless hear on what
noise is that outside What now, Tom
What's
much amiss, Capt.
young who now entered
the room. is among the
pressed men. He was seen in last
boat when they put off from
my son taken by the press
cried Peter starting to his
feet. I'll not believe
must be some
fear there is no said
and there was a gleam of sat-
on his face, which he tried to
conceal with a pretended look of con-
be those outside who saw
him carried off, and officer swore ho
would sink the first boat that dared to go
nigh the
Old hurried out, followed by
John
is really said
remS
hT ; Sure Tarn ho won't dis-
lad of spirit should refuse
toner.- -country when old England's
re all. at. But come, sit down,
Tom help us to finish the
Will Nance, who was already
sheets the us be would himself
have expressed it, boisterously inquired
of how it was that he himself
had escaped capture by the
art a likely lad said
he, would swab u deck as well as
was not in the answered
hare but now walked
over from
cried Nance, with a drunken
wink at the rest of the company,
a man to take care of himself.
They're a folk in their
They know why the cow ate
the bell
as St. Ives folk know why they
whipped the retorted
angrily.
The captain interposed.
said he; more cross words
on Christmas eve. Tis near midnight
You and I, Mr. Mayor, must set a good
example by appearing in church
row morning, so let us jog
The mayor crossed the room with a
devious gait.
sir. happy to
and the mayor of St. Ives solemn-1
after Capt. who
stumped away on his wooden leg, es-
by his black servant carrying a
lantern. The rest of the company also
departed, and tho George and Dragon
was left in solitude and darkness. But
lights were burning in the Golden Lion
long after midnight Three anxious
hearts were there holding communion,
and vainly trying to find a way out of
the trouble that come upon them.
After the first shock of grief for the
loss of her lover was over, Mary
den dried her tears and reviewed she sit-
with a strength of mind and
coolness of-judgment that astonished he
father and Peter
will return after a she
said; am sure he will, lie is strong
and brave, and has always been lucky.
Perhaps he will do that will
make his name famous, and then we
shall all be proud of
Cheered by this hopeful spirit of hers,
the two old men plucked up their hearts,
and all three appeared in their usual
places at church on Christmas day.
serf ice, as they stood in the church-
yard gazing rather wistfully over the
sea, they were joined by Thomas
per, who wished them a Christ-
and uttered some clumsy
of condolence Richard Hex-
el. He had heard, said, that the
sloop bad to and if it
would satisfaction he would
to a friend there, or would even go over
himself make any arrangements
they pleased for helping Dick; but he
there was little hope of his release
now that had broken out
These friendly overtures rather soft-
the hearts of the two fathers, but
Mary felt sure that was
His hypocrisy was not proof
against her woman's instinct She
turned coldly away, and he left them,
racking brain for some means of
anting his suit in a favorable light
Day after day Thomas came
t the Golden Lion and sought every
possible opportunity of addressing Mary,
but Us perseverance was useless.
would not listen to him. He saw that
his nit was hopeless, and that he
nothing by the absence of Richard
Vet he continued to haunt the
of the Golden Lion, until
he encountered the press gang.
which had made another descent on St
and lie was caught in the same trap
he bad set for his rival.
In the moan time, letters had com
from Richard He wrote that h
was well, and only unhappy because he
was parted from Mary. He had joined
the West Indian squadron under Ad-
Vernon, and expected he would
soon be able to tell them something
about the war. So time passed on and
the spring came.
. The club had assembled one Saturday
in the parlor of tho Golden i
The customary bowl of punch on
the table, but Capt had not
arrived, and the serious business of the
evening could not begin without him.
To pass the time Will Nance stirred the
fire and, lighting a pipe, remarked that
the evenings were something chilly,
though the spring had come, in spite of
the men of
have the men of to
do with the said the mayor of
St Ives.
know yon replied Nance,
the men of built a
hedge round the cuckoo to keep the
spring -k But what's this news from
the fleet rumored Is
Tis said John
daughter hath a letter from Richard
who was on board tho Hampton
Court and engaged in the
Dick hath smelt gun-
powder, then, in a real battle
for old England and beloved St.
cried Capt who
came stumping into the room.
friends, all true. Here is a copy of
The Daily Poet, dated March wherein
is an account of the battle, writ by a gen-
on board the the ad-
own ship. Fill the glasses, and
John shall read out the
Under the combined attractions of the
punch and the newspaper, all eagerly
drew round the table, and the barber,
clearing his throat,
the afternoon of the 21st, about
o'clock, came up with
harbor, where the Spaniards bad hoisted
upon the castle the flag of defiance.
They welcomed us with a terrible volley,
which, being at so short a distance, took
place with almost every shot One struck
away the stern of our barge; another
broke a large gun upon our upper deck;
a third went through our fore topmast,
and the fourth, passing through the arm-
within two inches of our mainmast,
broke down the barricade of our
deck very near the admiral, and
killed three men in a moment, wound-
five others who stood by them. This
looked as if we should have bloody
work, but was far from
our brave
The barber continued to read bow the
Spaniards were driven from their guns
and the English man set
himself close under on embrasure whilst
another climbed upon his shoulders and
entered under the mouth of a great gun.
This so dismayed the Spaniards that they
threw down their arms and fled for their
I would a guinea to know
a Cornish man who did cried Capt.
a brave
your heart at rest, then,
said Peter Richard
who did it I have a letter from my son
wherein he recounts this very same ad-
your son credit to Cornwall,
and we'll drink his health, my friend,
and the Captain got up and heartily
shook Peter by the hand.
pound us another bowl of punch, John
and see that it be worthy of
the
That the rafters of the Golden
Lion rang with the cheers which greeted
of
Hero of St
with was pleased to call Richard
It was doubtless the darkness that
made it to difficult for the mayor and
the captain their way home that
night, though they were escorted, as
usual, by the black servant with a lighted
lantern. The to his
for a headache which oppressed
him next morning by the extreme
he had been obliged to in
Capt. who, poor man
having only one leg, could not be ex-
to walk as firmly as other people.
You may be sure the heart of Mary
was gladdened by the news
bid come about her but
months passed away, and nothing more
was heard of Lira. At length there came
a letter, stating that he had been severely
wounded in an action with a Spanish
ship in fun West Indies, had been din
charged, and. was then lying in hospital
at Old at once started
for that place, and found poor Dick pale
and thin from wounds and fever, but in
good spirits and anxious to return home.
The doctors, however, would not bear of
it, and ordered the patient to lay up a
week or two longer, and then, perhaps,
he might be allowed to go. His father
was, therefore, compelled to him
and return to St Ives, where he was
eagerly expected by John and
his daughter. When two weeks had
passed, they all three went over to
mouth, when the finishing touch was
put to Dick's recovery by the embraces
of his happy sweetheart
though old, is strong in
says the old song; and he has brought us
once more to Christmas eve. The club
is assembled at the and Dragon;
there is a brimming punch bowl on the
boards, and the silver ladle with the
golden guinea is in active operation.
The talk is of the war, and John Tack-
has been reading aloud an account
of a battle in the Bay of Biscay, where s
large Spanish ship had been taken, and
where the name of Tom figured
among the killed.
The having finished their
Christmas play, have departed on their
but suddenly they are heard re-
turning, with cheers and Th
clatter of hoofs is heard on th
pared streets.
come
the barber, looking out of the window.
us give said
is a bravo lad, and hath
fought and bled for tho British
cried the crowd outside,
shouted cap-
his companions as they hurried
to the door, and there, sure enough, was
Dick on horseback, with Mary
seated on a pillion behind him,
while Peter and John
had already dismounted, and were under-
going a vigorous handshaking among the
crowd. The club sat late in session that
night, and Capt. would fain
have had Dick in to tell how he had
scaled the ramparts of but
Dick excused on the plea of
fatigue, and spent tho evening much
more to his h;. i; ; in company of
Mary do said
Will Nance, will have a
considerable sum in the way of prize
money coming to
lie lives lo be an old man ; may,
come i said John
the t nominal abuse of power
odder
your hard cried Capt.
would break man's
jaw but yours. I tell ye. a true man
will do duty ho is paid for it
or and may I never live to see the
day when a tar will think more
of profit than of
This sentiment of old captain
to usual custom of-f
the stage, to bring down the curtain on
our but. to the reader,
we beg to .-late that the early spring
Richard Mary
den in the parish church of St. and
Capt proposed tho health of
tho young couple in the parlor of the
Golden Lion, which ancient hostelry is
still standing in evidence of the entire
truth of this J. in Illus-
London News.
HUNTING He SLOT.
II He Only Fill It
Little Mary is a good little girl nearly
years old, but possessed of a poetical
genius which runs rather too strongly
toward paraphrasing. She has done a
good deal of composing during her brief
existence, but mainly in the way of
words substituted for others, which left
her open to tho charge of plagiarism.
She is also possessed of a fund of humor
which would not be expected in one so
young. Mary's father tho other day, by
way of breaking the child of her fault as
a poet and testing her capacity at original
composition, offered her as a
present tho largest and picture book
that could be found in Chicago if she
would up a piece of poetry which
would not resemble any other that she
had ever heard. was given two
days to complete the task, and yesterday
morning sang the following as her
flung up papa's stocking,
r.-1 sure you don't
If Santa Clans ran nil it.
We'll all be wealthy yet
It is needless to say that Mary lost the
prize, her father pronouncing the
let a parody, and which showed
reckless disregard for the truth on the
part of the Herald.
Deep shadows told the dark in.
A holy silence every
Tells of that night when, earth's sin.
The cry angels cleft the air.
to God, to men will
Hear It thou, who do peaceful rest
With pale hands folded; may it thrill
Thy heart, thou lore thee
Peace and good will to all I lore.
Tea, friend or foe. may be
No stars, Ufa light shines clear above.
Who died for us on Calvary;
A star, which, risen In that far cast
crowns with love our Christmas feast
By
my asked Jimmy
boy's mother, you satisfied with
your
replied Jimmy,
the, skates ain't nickel plated, and dad
said he'd buy me a double ripper, I
didn't see
I am you have been happy
all day,
wasn't going to let the fellers know
how bad I
Without
First any Christmas
Second present
First
Second bet
First
Second
change.
, What the Shop Keepers Dread.
is time for said
young wife.
said tho spouse, who kept a re-
tail store, Clans Is welcome, but
I do not want to flee the rain
Exchange.
A A.
His rather him on On head
And asked him woo Kick could
don't know Santa he
Boats
r Tort
A Peculiarly Tramp Who
by Suction. I No
While sitting in the Fulton ferry
house about o morn-
my attention was attracted to a
seedy individual who had just entered.
I had no difficulty in establishing bis
status in life. He was a member of
profession who looks upon
world as its and
it upon tho slightest op-
Ho was a tramp.
clothes were rather
his calling. Hard times buns from
every angle of his body nose
was the only bright spot him.
That had been burnished by
until it looked like gilded halo
Bring round
that said an official
tome. las got some way of get-
ting nickels and pennies out of those
over
lucre You see, tho machines arc often
out of order and the money dropped
Sticks ill the slot. That man comes
regularly every morning and
sucks them out. It is none of my
so I with
I watched. The man approached
a machine, down
and placed his mouth over one of tho
slots. A lone-drawn-out suction fol-
lowed, as if the machine was a
on .-n -e y. and
then ho straightened up with a penny
between his teeth. Down ho went
again as a kingfisher goes for a smelt,
and back again with his prey in
mouth. This was repeated until tho
slots had yielded up thirteen cents
nickel and eight pennies.
When the tramp went away I fol-
lowed him outside in
conversation. I found mm lo
more than his share of the grim
that characterizes the tramp brother
hood. He drew himself up with a
dignity and
suction idea came to me about
three months ago. I had to sat-
myself that it n legitimate
business. The nickel, i reasoned, docs
not to tho person who puts it in
the slot, as he took chances with tho
machine and got left It did not be
long to the machine, because it had
rendered nothing fur the money re-
Having thus my con-
science I commenced operations. The
business has developed beyond my
greatest expectations. The interest on
the capital invested is enormous. No
expenditures; all receipts. make
from to per My hours arc
long, it is true, and most of my
engagements are at night. Cut
it's of being on the road.
don't like the country. The haystacks
are too far Mart, the careless
handling of shotguns by farmers has
always shocked me.
am glad to have a metropolitan
he continued.
there is a field for ingenuity. The
man with an idea cannot be kept
My business most too much
for one man to control. It takes mo
a long tin. t i . t around to all tho
ferries and depots, and I inn thinking
of letting out part of my
After a pause, he said
hope this won't get into the papers.
The. slot machine companies might
to shot roe off. If they do, it
will a severe blow to the trade and
commerce of the country. I am tin
inventor of the and
am entitled profits. Recollect,
though I make my by suction,
I am no Ami lie faded away
in the gloom
York Herald.
The Man lo No.
One night, when fear of us
boys boarded a sleeper on
N. road going south from Cincinnati,
a passenger in lower to snore
as soon is we in bed. lie had a
terrible snore for a human being,
after several of us had called to him
and failed to Stop it one of our crowd
slid out of bed, reached into No.
and with great deftness affixed a
spring clothespin to the sleeper's nose.
It was, of course, expected that he
would wake up in a few seconds, but,
to our surprise, he did not, while at
the same time he suddenly ceased to
snore.
By and by all of us dropped off to
sleep, and every one in the car was up
before No. In fact, he slept so late
that the porter parted the to
arouse him. After one look he jumped
back with a yell, and when we hurried
up found the man cold and dead.
Ho was lying on his back, hands
locked under his neck, and the clothes-
pin had pinched his nose all out of
shape. The body was taken to
and most of us bad to attend the
inquest. It was there testified to by
the doctors that the man had died of
heart disease, but I tell you we
hanker to do any more for a
full York Sun.
Ten minion Commandment.
There are ten commandments hung
on the walls of theological
college in Madras. Homeward Mail
reproduces Pray to God as
soon as you rise from your
a. m. Wash your body and keep
your surroundings clean
a. m. Prostrate yourselves before
your parents or guardians, and lake
good to a. m.
Prepare well
school regularly
and punctually, and do the school
work properly. Obey and
your feather and tho teachers of the
other classes, and other respectable
persons. Read till p. m. at home.
Pray to God and go to p.
m. to a. m. Keep good company
and avoid bad company. Practice
righteousness at all
Standard.
New Outdoor Game for fallen.
n goal is a new English out of door
game for ladies. It is played with
grace hoops and sticks and two nets
eight feet high and ten feet square. It
is proposed to make it rival and rule
out tennis, if possible, as it exercises
both arms, both shoulders, both hands
and the whole body in the running
and turning necessary to catch the
hoops before they reach the goals or
nets. Washington Star.
Economy to
John Hazel, a Canadian, died under
such circumstances as warranted a
examination, and the
doctors found that death had been
caused by his habit of eating the skin of
grapes in order that nothing might be
wasted. About two pounds of them
bad failed to Free
Press.
An Old
Among customs now disused, a
existed at the court of England as
late as reign of Charles II of bring-
a branch of the thorn,
which usually blossoms on Christmas
eve, in procession, and presenting it,
with great pomp, to tho king and queen
on Christmas York Post.
Received Some
a cigar,
care if I
that my gave me for a
Christmas
Er. come to think of it, Tom, I guess
I don't feel like smoking
chancre. ,
A Strange tool Accident.
We were victim yesterday of
one of the most distressing accidents
ever known in this territory, writes
tho editor of the Center
Blade. Yesterday morning our
took occasion to do the family wash-
having been kept from it earlier
in the week by being very busy put-
ting up our winter supply of apple but-
Among other articles of wear
which she included in the
wash was our white vest, rightly
thinking that the white vest days were
about over, and intending to Jo it up
and lay it away against the return
of tho next season.
Now, unbeknown to her, in the
lower right hand pocket of this vest
was a roll of bills, twelve
ones a two in all. She. did
not discover the roll, and after having
washed the garment thoroughly she
hung it. out on the line in the luck
yarn to dry. All might yet been
well had it not been for Mr.
large cow, which is
to most of our citizens.
While our was in the parlor
visiting with Mrs. who call
ed to see how to make her grape
serves jell, this deserves no
through our back
gate and deliberately ate up our vest,
money and all I When our wife reach
the scene, of trouble the beast was
swallowing the lust bill, with
lent relish.
Our wife seized the mop and rushed
at the marauding intruder, but
only tossed her head, kicked sideways
with both hind feet, and leaping light-
the fence trotted off, switch
her tail defiantly. Neither the
vest nor the money, tire sorry to
say, seemed to any bad effect on
her scoundrelly good health.
Our wife immediately informed us
of tho accident, and y called
on Mr. and demanded
that the animal be slaughtered, doubt-
not that should money
the first of that suite of stomachs
with which from physiology
the cow is provided. This
refused to assent to. He pleaded
that ho was a poor man, and, us he
had recently bought the cow, that all
his ready money was in her. We
replied that all of our ready
was in her, too, but it failed to
move him.
It was a sad affair, take it all
around, but one about which nothing
can he done. Our wife's excuse for
not looking in pockets she
began her laundry operations is that
she had gone through our pockets for
money for twenty years and never
found any, and had therefore become
discouraged. And, if the reader will
believe it, that beast of n cow had the
about the middle of the
to down under a tree
opposite our house and content-
chew her our
we doubt not.
ye editor needs money
worse than ever since the cow ale, up
that roll of bills. Pay up, de-
taken sumo
as fact, had rather
it- -the cow can't more than gnaw tho
bark tho worst.
VALLEY OF THE WATER
The
The philosophy, which
proves absolutely and without a shad-
ow of doubt that plane
and not a planet, in it no theories,
but establishes its conclusions upon
facts alone. Many of these facts are
of such a nature that not to know all
about them will soon lie deemed a sin
of ignorance.
The people should know that tho
surface of Standing water is level,
whether it lie in the form of a pond, a
lake, a canal, a sea or an ocean,
that it makes no difference at nil how
many people, in consequence of false
teachings, it to be curved ; that
in no surveyor's operations in the con-
of railroads, tunnels or ca-
is any made for the
of the earth's surface,
though the books tell us that it is
; that the view front a balloon
in the air is that of a flat earth, and
not a globe; that the river Paraguay
in miles does not full a foot; that
for the last miles the Amazon falls
but ten feet six inches, and that the
Nile, in miles, falls but a foot.
Sailors can see the light at Capo
Hatteras forty miles out at sea, where-
as on the globe theory it ought to be
more than feet below the level line
of sight; strain your eyes as you
please, you can never see a shin com-
for, at the furthest distance
that you can by any means see, a
ship is on a level with the eye; the
horizon always rises on and on just as
you rise on; if the mariner were to
take a with which
to navigate the ocean lie would wreck
his ship; meridians are straight lines
diverging from the central north to-
ward the south in all directions
of only
are on a globe, the point-
of a compass north and south is
clearly impossible; sailing westerly is
sailing round horizontally with the
north star on your right hand, and
sailing easterly is sailing in the
same horizontal mode, with tho
north star on your left and
all the money in tho United States
treasury would not buy a proof
of so much as the bare possibility of
sailing down a globe, under a globe,
and up the other side Carpenter a
Folly, Philadelphia.
A Story of Chanter.
Miss Rives had a host of ad-
when she lived in maiden
at the home of her ancestors.
Castle Hill, Va. She was a petted and
spoiled beauty and treated her lovers
with and sometimes, it is
said, with absolute rudeness. Once,
according to one story, when a dozen
gentlemen called upon her in the
morning, she entered the parlor in a
bewitching riding habit, excused her-
self, mounted her horse, rode an hour
or two, and finding the gentlemen
waiting for she went
to her studio back of the parlor and
used by drawing caricatures
of admirers, representing them
in various attitudes of idiotic
York Telegram.
Dogs May Co Wrong.
Dogs exhibit as many phases of
character as a human being. Some
dogs will go along for years as
straight, morally, as a Sunday school
cashier, and all of a sudden there is a
scandal. Dog disappears. A Wash-
gentleman once owned a mag-
setter, a valuable
He was offered for it, and
refused to sell. dog was finely
trained, and acted in all particulars as
a dog with a pedigree ought to act.
Ho got into the habit of staying down
town nights. He was reprimanded.
Staid away all the next night to
show his toughness and independence.
Was in the back yard. Ran
away at every opportunity and would
not come home till morning. His
owner had to finally keep him
all the time. One day he had the dog
up in his room while he was dressing.
The setter got uneasy, so he let him
and called the girl to put him in
the back yard. The front door was
ajar, and the dog bolted and hasn't
been seen since. The moral is. When
you get a dog worth trade him
off for
Post
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The of lies fee
an yesterday
My eye on greening earth.
exultant bobolinks wild
And yet. .-ill tills kindly
heart behold not
But In a room for
With mourners bead.
Blind to the the anguish.
I a
D Century
ONLY AN AUTUMN LEAF.
It Han
Little Tilt at Old
the Hour of Parting.
has turned said a
grim old oak one mournfully
autumn day to a leaf that had been
firmly attached to him for some time
past.
would as lief turn as an-
aha, pertly surveying his
gnarled and twisted frame. was
rather green last summer, but I can see
through you now, and as I believe in
plain dealing I will say at once I don't
care a twig for your opinion, and
would rather changeable than as
set and rooted as
you say goes somewhat
against the replied the oak.
know I appear bowed down at times,
but it i only caused by slight pain in
my lumber or a corn or
two that I ma Hut you can-
not deny I hut I brunch out consider-
able all. Perhaps had better
part, I shall leave at pres-
but at some time may pull
up slumps and moor my hark other
climates. Hut even if I stem the cur-
rent I shall no doubt it n close
shave to gain the
Von would lake more than
one trunk if you plank yourself at
Hong the retorted
all in a Under, bill may
up in
have been up my family
said minor loftily,
relatives ill i so I
shall and not pine
to go further the re-
.
out the leaf,
n tissue of a are, to say
you for know
very well that, your family is
one of culture, yon have
plenty of good i in yew are
not to leave your plant be-
hind, though In Inking may
soil more i-
shall Ion
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and make a rail
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Dog. Cam Talk.
A curious sight toss witnessed
afternoon on tho wharf at Cincinnati.
A gentleman, accompanied by two
fine specimens of the water spaniel,
went down to landing of the New-
port ferry, at foot of Lawrence
street. Somehow be became separated
from the canines, or rather they failed
to follow him aboard. The boat hail
got out in the stream, when dogs
caught sight of their master and dis-
covered he was fast leaving them.
Standing on the edge of the float, they
both set up a vigorous yelping, which
attracted the attention of the
Suddenly the older and larger dog
plunged into the river and began to
swim rapidly toward the Kentucky
He had about
when he seemed to become aware that
his brute companion bad not followed.
ho swam hack toward
the spot where the younger dog stood.
As lie alongside the float he
made no effort lo aboard. The two
began to k at each other to hold
an animated conversation in the dog
tongue, as it Tho older dog,
he Boated by the side of
barked encouragement to the more
timid animal, and apparently was
the latter to jump into tho water.
barking duel lasted some minutes,
and then younger dog, seemingly
convinced by his companion's
grew bold, suddenly bound-
ed into tho river.
Tho first dog gave a delighted yelp,
and, both turning their noses toward
Kentucky, began to swim straight
across side by side. continued
to bark until they reached the shore.
and could be heard on both sides of
the river. people on ferry and
tho Kentucky shore saw strange
race, and, with people on this side and
on the bridge, watched it to the end.
The dogs landed opposite to the bar-
racks, they were by
their owner, who, with several other
had hurriedly walked
own the hank. There was do limit
to the delight of the two animals as
they rushed up to their master.
river that point is nearly half a
wide. The action of dogs
teemed to indicate that, they had a
of their own. and the
manifestations of the elder brute were
most interesting to
Commercial Gazette.
m oil.
IV.
is n q
print
.;.
Ala recent meeting of
association,
Lake . ; r
no
drainage reservoir
some u.
south, with mi extreme
miles, until ;
outlet. The mm
for an i-i
loss by ion.
the British
account of
by J. G
is
i an i
north to
of
. bad no
i Us -i
lake
has gradually in tin
time of Commander Cameron's visit, I
it was brimful, the summit I
of its barrier in two places, one on the
cast, the other on west
contour of the land to the east soon
checked outflow in this direction;
but to the west the land slopes rapidly,
and the water channel and
Hows into the
In
observations, it e . i
the lake, which is -120
ten to fifty mile ad, i
the succeeding years
eighteen feel more,
flow is very son
will probably s r;
the inch or of excess
over ti n.
A striking description is given
the peculiar met me-
nu, tho thunder the lake.
Ten district the shores,
representing all the in families,
from the Gall. to the
Zulus the s. it. . el
the cannibal dwarfs. is remark-
that the
the least me o tie lake, where the
representatives the , though
most and fisher-
men, and o y users of lira
have Ii a against
as h. y it, mat they
consider it tor tin prim
chief to it.
began his
g ti. rent
level of
In
the lake full
the out-
and
sent
of
l simply
rainfall
Familiar Quotations.
The number of Quotable and much
quoted things in Mi Wives is
considerable. Shakespeare had an ex-
knock of saying what
would bear repetition, and prove a
future mot. in all manner of
circumstance. How often have
we not occasion to remark with
mind is not heroic, and there's
the humor of Hut how seldom,
alas in Tic of
I parties, can one observe
the lady who sits
t, spy entertainment in
not young, no more am
more pro-
ran r lo
Ag. in, both high
low, both rich and how v.-. II it
correspond .
vulgarism ;, i i s a- in-
up with I. on nun t- ii
to i with i
low, v. ; i i justices, and doc-
tors, . n Master we
salt one youth us; u
are sons of women, Master
hi any quotation from all
more frequently in the human
than that of Mrs. Huge, hut
the wild Prince and
spoken of by Mr. Page, runs
now as a mere household word; and a
household word is lira jolly host's de-
if i capers, he
dances, hi; hi.- . youth, lie write
verses, he be
April and May. is t i
was fresh as the
Who but could
have put of youth into so
few words, those in e host's
Lang in
Magazine.
Too N pr of the Month.
thing I've
comes lets in the
d es that affect
when a man's wife gives him a
v.- t bill is sent to in
about a w
had mil
It would be if he
to get ready for
Hi. .
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much
as seven
hospital the
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pending opera
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to offset
clever manner.
in a small
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to conceal a saw
captive in question set to s. on
Hie floor. He i
a piece of to
enable him to drop on a line
at a his
escape was discovered until the
arrived at their destination.
New York Post
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pron for any who
to try Do not accept any
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Two years ago last summer, ate kit
given in K ere, a of
Augustus, leaned by Mrs, i , H.
Faulkner, r d
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some person tho
cord and Patriot.
oral laws
of t
fill apt
net
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govern ape rations
i u nit km, and
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to strong-.
rival of to be in
a fair way to cut you out. He's a
athletic Are you not
afraid of
Oh, no; but. her father is. so
ho has a better than I
Harper's
f maladies are floating
around us to attack r there
is s We may escape many
s fatal shaft by keeping ourselves
with pure blood and a properly
Service
Made imply boiling or
Sold by half-pound tins, by rs.
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Chemist London. England.

THE
EASTERN REFLECTOR
GREENVILLE, C.
MR. BOWIE'S LETTER.
MOD TO
his Tali
Stocks,
cotton, I inquired as to what i
the land had
was told, that for a
time, it had been used as a
garden, had been well cal
The owner further added,
that it would yield at the rate of at
least two bales of cotton per acre.
surely, these
to convince the mot skeptical, as
to what mag be ill
a climate as this; more
enough to convince me, that the
The land ought now to be allowed for the practical,
ts in this the
when an admirable
a grubber, or cultivator
is brought into requisition. The ob
feet aimed at using the latter.
which ought to run at the same
depth at which the laud was bro-
ken, and the plowing. After
this has been done the harrows and
roller are used, which teams the
land ready for tho seed, aye. and a
seed-bed worthy the name. Someone
may say how about the working of
these implements trumps t
Of course it would facilitate us
of them, were stumps re
by the way, I doubt if
there is a farmer in the country, but
will acknowledge that it would pay
him to have the long straw pine
taken having seen
them at work, time and again,
fields studded with rocks, there
need be no hesitancy on this point.
Let us now glance at the
tors of the cotton crop. The cotton-
plow is in one respect a serviceable
implement, bat in no sense whatever
tin it be said that it cultivates the
soil. Our now, is not alone
to keep down grass and weeds, but
to have the soil at all times in
a as the ram, sun-
shine, shall have the most beneficial
effect upon and this, I
tingly say cannot be accomplished
by your cotton plow. Use the lat-
to your cotton, lay
it aside; and its place, adapt the
one-horse cultivator, drill-harrow, or
whatever name you may know it by ;
and, venture to say, you will be
surprised at the results. These re-
marks apply with equal weight to
the corn crop, or in fact to any crop
cultivation. I am of
the opinion, sir, that when land has
been broken, and
ed on the lines I have
to sketch out. and this followed up
by a cultivation of the crop, as laid
down, that the yield of produce,
without any addition to the manure
bean, would far beyond the most
expectations- Will one
in the try the
on a single acre f From two
years persona observation, my be-
lief will do more
towards preventing the shedding of
cotton squares than any other
means you may adopt. We need not
enter the pros and cons of this
simply jive it as ray con-
I wish yon to notice that in writ-
the foregoing, I have had in my
s eye, soils resting on clay
not sand-hills. A
drive portions of Pitt
shows the large stretch-
es of laud, in which not a vestige of
inherited fertility Better,
a thousand times, abandon such
indignant and of-
fended at man's short-sighted and
ruinous methods, will, as the years
roll on, again clothe them with the
Indigenous pine, and so fit them for
the uses of some coming generation.
We will now say n few words on
the manuring of the land. One of
the greatest, and most reliable
chemists of the re-
fer to Sir John of
that what
science has taught him in the
he has proven in the
as that no has been
so nearly supplies all the
varied ingredients of food as
that of the farmyard, by which is
meant that of the horse, ox, bog,
and sheep. Yet look
this and how ranch care do
we find bestowed on the saving of
these backbone of the
whatever Cattle
hogs are allowed to roam in the
woods at their own free will, horses
are usually kept such miserable
shelters, and under such
conditions, that I make bold to say
fifty per cent of its value in ammo-
is taken up by the at
such a state
of affairs, bow many thous-
of dollars are annually lost to
the arable lands of Pitt county.
Echo Yet
I do not there is one farmer
who will not heartily acknowledge
the striking and lasting effects of
manure; and, in
with me cite an instance
that came under my notice, three
years ago. In the corner of an old
field, which bad been cleared, and
broken the previous year, there
was a small of cotton that
yielded some tier cent
In the other portions of
field. On investigating the for
this, the farmer told me there
thirty-live years ago, was the
lot attached to the homestead, of
the then occupant One more ex-
of the splendidly fertilizing
properties cf farmyard No.
on another farm, probably
boat -fourth of an son of most
magnificently boiled
me r in section, is a grand one ;
to prove to my mind, e
a doubt, that were such a
or farming as am endeavor-
to sketch out established, the
farmers would soon be in
coffers of the
foil. On the other band
view the present condition of your
agricultural in the most fa-
able light and what do we t
see bankruptcy and staring
a large of the face.
The lands, or agriculture of a
once gone let me
of you, of what avail will be
your Alliances, your Granges, your
Building Associations, etc.
is that
without delay. Don't put off boldly
facing the inevitable. Strike down
you reach the c of the ex-
depression in the agricultural
interests. surely dark
of ignorance and superstition
that have so long, like a pall hung
over the farmers of Pitt county, were
dispelled. Tis surely time the march
of this ruinous system of farming
was stayed. Avert the impending
crisis, ere the damage becomes
reparable Unfurl the sails that
have so long been warped to the
yards, and the good ship will yet
weather the storm, will clear
the shoals and that have
so long beet her.
it takes no prophet to foretell
disastrous times the near future.
In many of the Southern States
large areas of the laud have been
scooped in by monopolists
and, will any one deny that no in-
considerable portion of Pitt
is not with the same cur-
I heard one of these trusting-to
fellows, who are scat-
all over the world, say
have had seven bad crop
year we are going to have a good
and it will lift Poor do-
mortal, he is now lying back
in his chair, with open
mouth, in Providence.
There are too many farmers in this
resembling Wilkins
a character in of
works, who waited all his life for
to torn some-
thing never did up. Farmers,
with all this sentiment.
the -e reckless times, in this work-
a-day world, you must look matters
the- face and put your
shoulder to the wheel. As has
no one will ever help you as
yon help yourselves because no one
will be so heartily interested in your
rs. Whether you work for fame,
tor for money, or tor anything
else, work with your hands, your
and brain. Don't any
particular merchant or money-lend-
ft r your present condition, blame
self. What were you about
ring all those fine crop years, from
to years I Passing
time cum et
V. manure, combined with
an intelligent cultivation of the soil,
will prove in my estimation, the
grand panacea for the existing evils-
Mark that sentence, sir, for
upon it, that will go far towards
averting the impending crisis.
Stock must be kept on the farms;
small grains and grasses ought to
be grown suitable houses ought to
be erected, in which stock shall be
comfortable, the manure pro
from the deteriorating
of the weather, for let me as-
sure you, losses are sustained
if one does bestow attention
this matter.
Allow me to give you an instance
of the respective values of manure
made shelter and that made,
under the canopy of heaven, which
came under my personal
The crop was Irish potatoes.
There was drilled, on measured
acre, twenty-five tons of barnyard
manure which had made in
the open air, on another acre
alongside, a like of ma-
made under shelter was
plied. The potatoes were dug and
carefully measured with the result
of an excess in favor the latter
of. bushels The field on which
this experiment was made
acres and the average yield
per acre over the whole was
bushels. There was spent this
field per acre, winch covered
rent of land, cultivating,
seed; and the whole realized
an average of per acre, show.
an apparent profit per
acre. The foregoing was the result
of high was done in a
not comparable with that of
Pitt county.
No-v a word what are
known in these parts as
but would, I think, be more
correctly termed artificial manures.
We will not their fertilizing
properties. There is formula
on the bag, so much so,
potash, which might as
well be in Greek characters, as tar i
is it la of any to the average
farmer. If one ties bis land in .
order, which can only be
arrived at by the liberal
of farmyard manure, then the
judicious addition of a genuine fer-
the chemical
which can he relied upon, will
advantageous to the far-
However, a gen-
sense. I to look
fan in the light of
and only wed as such, won id
advocate their appreciation to any j
crop. Bone manure, in its various
forms, is a notable exception to this
rule, its value being well-1
known, so also was the genuine
guano.
should liked to have said some-
the care of
stock, as also on the benefits
ed by the soil where a regular rota-
cropping Is pursued, but
feeling I have already encroached
too far your space, will close.
am yours faithfully,
John P. Bowie.
Status.
Mrs, Michael Curtain,
nukes toe that she caught
coal, which settled on her the
treated for a month by family
but worse. He told her she
wan a hopeless victim of consumption
and that no medicine could cure tier.
r druggist suggested Or. King's New
Discovery ; she bought
a bottle and to her delight fount herself
from first dose.
its use and after taking ten
found herself sound and well. On ; does
her housework and is Jas well as she
ever trial bottles of this Great
Discovery at J. L. Drug Store
large bottles and
IN BRUIN'S EMBRACE.
Who En Route to a
J. W. Cutter is a trusty guardian of
the cab on the Cincinnati, Washington
Baltimore. II commenced his
experience in 1863 as a fireman, and
has vivid recollections of the days of
civil war. In 1865 he was one of
a number of citizens of O.,
who burned the bridge over Payne's
creek to prevent the threatened raid
of Johnny band of maraud-
The creek was a state,
and had Morgan's mail been dis-
posed could nave easily -waded the
stream. The citizens of the quiet Ohio
town, however, were crazy with ex-
and applied the torch to the
only bridge in the vicinity. Morgan
changed his plans and did not bother
them, but pushed further north. Mr.
Cutter attended tho last Richmond
and posed as a star actor
in a laughable net from life in which
a bear linen won him con-
fame a a joker.
It was near W. Va., and
the cinders from the locomotive of the
train upon which Cutter was a
flow thick and It was a
to white collars and n to
light clothing. At one of tho stations
a stop was made, and Cutter rushed
a neighboring store, threw down
a dollar and seized the first linen
cluster within reach, regardless of size
or beauty of artistic finish. Now, Mr.
Cutter is a short man, and, as luck
would have it, he secured a duster
that was intended for a man of giraffe
like proportions. Nothing daunted,
and the shouts of the other
gates, he donned the duster. His
thirty-six inch breast was lost in the
forty-four duster, while its folds
draped loosely about his hips and
just above his heels. Tho
stances of purchase nerved him to
indifference, and he cared not
for conventionalities laughed
mockingly at signs.
At the train stopped for
an hour, waiting The
gay throng of engineers and their
wives left the cars and roamed about
the picturesque West Virginia hamlet.
In one street a wandering son of Italy
was grinding a hand organ and direct-
the of a huge
bear. Tho bear became very
much enamored of Mr.
The color was the same us the shaggy
hair of the bear, and the latter
that a long lost brother had
been found. At once, the large,
heart of the forest terror
thumped joyfully beneath his fifth
rib, and he made a wild rush for the
engineer tho
colored duster.
Protestations were in vain, escape
was impossible. The huge arms of the
dancing bear firmly grasped Mr. Cut-
he was compelled to finish
tho waltz with a very uncongenial
partner. The friends of the engineer
roared with laughter and even the
Italian smiled. At last tho embrace of
the bear became uncomfortably close,
and. after a desperate struggle, Cutter
broke loose with the remnants of a
fully demoralized duster and his face
quivering with fright
The Ohio engineers this
bear story, and it is cheerfully given
as one of the incidents of the Rich-
News.
Purchases of Sham
Apropos of the sham jewelry
says a writer a London
I have inquired who are the
est patrons of it. are good
customers said the salesman.
big heavy bracelets you see
there are bought by
wives. We sell plenty of wedding
at Is. marriages
occur often; surely people pan
a shillings once in a lifetime
to buy a real gold you
don't understand. These wedding
rings are bought by poor people and
slipped on when the real thing is at
the pawnbroker It is not before the
hut after, when the rainy
day comes, that these bought.
W c sell grosses of them. are
your best there
are rich women who have their own
jewel sets imitated, Americans, the
and mashers, the people
who have come down in the world.
When these latter go away for their
holidays to see their friends, they don't
like to show their poverty. For a few
shillings they can get such a stock of
jewelry that in own towns and
villages they are Lings and queens.
we sell a good deal to mashers
on bank holidays and during the
day season. Here are pins, now,
that cost a shilling each. They can
have their choice of pearls, and
diamonds. A pin like that would gain
any young man the respectful
ration of the bank holiday crowds at
or Brighton. The
favorite jewel, however, is the one
and three penny ring, set with rubies
and
A new shell, to take the place of all
distress signals now used in marine
signaling, such as rockets firing
of minute guns, which involve the loss
of much valuable time, has lately
It is intended that the shells
hall be distributed about a ship,
particularly kept on the bridge within
easy reach of the captain, when ha
desires to give a signal of distress, in-
stead of losing time in loading and fir-
a cannon, or touching off a rocket,
be seizes a shell, pulls the cap off the
detonator, scratches the fulminate
with rough end of tho cap, and
th; shell overboard. In
seconds there explosion,
and a report is heard,
while a column of water, flame and
smoke shoots up at least feet in the
air. extra appliance- of a rocket
attached to the shell used at
and this is thrown to a great hi
by the explosion, itself ex
in the air. The tin of the
shell then float about on the water,
and as they have the name of the ship
oh them, they serve in
of disaster to tell of the ship they
-Hew York Commercial
No o can witness the sufferings of
the without clings of extreme
pity , for these sufferings, n Dr.
Bull's Syrup is the remedy.
1- or and rehabilitating
he digestive there is no better
medicine than At druggists
cents.
Up.
Another bright little Chicago girl
has been learning to spell, and she has
experienced great trouble with the
letters. Her aunt, who is teach-
her, insists upon her saying
when the same letters
together, instead of each
one In spell-
in she must say
instead of b-u-b-b-l-o. This
annoyed the one She
could not gel it fixed in her head, and
when reading or spelling she became
all mixed up with thinking of this
rule. The other day she
was reading and spelling out the story
of a little girl who was eating an
and she became mixed, as usual.
She came to the sentence, little
girl and she rendered it, up,
girl It might have applied to
the apple episode, but it shocked the
one's patient aunt immeasurably.
Chicago Herald.
The Chicken's Jaw.
Suppose you get a dozen birds. Sup-
pose you get half a dozen. You have
a splendid bag of splendid birds. The
birds all look so big you can't tell
which are the young ones and which
the old. Take up a bird by its lower
mandible, which you hold between
thumb and finger. If the bill breaks,
the bird is one of this season. If it
does not break, it is an old bird. There
is an old hunter's saying that the bill
will break up till Christmas. In
up the bag, you may slyly
choose the birds whose bills break.
When you come to broil these your
wife's heart will relent and she
forgive you for wanting to go hunt-
and may, indeed, perhaps en-
courage you in that insidious
Hough in Globe-Democrat
The
A musical gas machine is an English
invention, and it is called the
phone. Its compass is three octaves,
with a keyboard, and it will be played
in the same manner as an organ. It
has thirty-seven glass tubes, in which
a like number of gas jets burn. These
jets, placed in a circle, contract and
expand. When the small burners
separate, the sound is produced; when
they close together, the sound ceases.
The tone depends upon the number of
burners, and the size of the tubes in
which they burn, so that by a careful
arrangement and selection all the notes
of the musical scale may be produced
in several octaves. Some of the glass
tubes in which the jets burn are nearly
eleven York
gram.
A certain philanthropist a large
quantity of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup
winter and gives it to the poor
from coughs and colds.
There is not a case of neuralgia which
cannot be at once relieved by the use of
Salvation At all drug stores. Price
only cents a bottle
Nervous Derangement and
Constipation.
After years of suffering from
derangement and constipation
and after being treated by
leading physicians, from whom I
obtained no relief, I was induced to
try 8- B.
Soon after its use
my appetite much improved,
and that the use of cathartics,
which I bad taken almost daily
twelve mouths, was no longer
Since childhood I have been subs
to sick and headaches
but since December 1888, at
which time I commenced taking S.
S. I have had only attack,
and I hat was neglected to
take the
I do have to take
medicines.
J. A. Ala.
Tormenting Skin Disease.
Wot years I was troubled
with a itching skin dis-
which times caused me
annoyance, and loss of
I treated by the local
but received no relief from
them. I finally concluded to take
Swift's Specific, a half dozen bottles
of which what I consider a
permanent cure, as have felt no
of the for over a
year. W. C.
Texas.
on Blood and Dis-
eases mailed tree.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
When feel well and hardly
knew what ail you, give B. B. B.
Blood a trial. It is a fine
tonic.
T. O. Callahan, Charlotte, N. C,
B. B. is a tine tonic, has
done me great
I,. W. Thompson, Damascus,
believe B. B. B. Is the best
blood mode. It. has greatly
proved my general
An old gentleman writes; B. B.
gives me life and new strength. II
there U anything that will make an old
man It is II- B.
P. A. Norfolk, Va-,
depend oh B. B B.
for the of my health. I
have had it in my family now nearly
and in all time have not
to have a
Ga., I
suffered terribly from dyspepsia. The
use of It. B. B. made me feel like a
new I would not take a thousand
dollars for tho good It has done
W. M. Cheshire, Atlanta. Os.
long spell of typhoid fever,
which at last seemed to settle In my
right leg, swelled up enormously.
An ulcer also appeared
-a cup f ill of matter a day- then gave
The Eastern Reflector,
IN COMBINATION WITH
tie say the Springfield Republican.
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HEARD A VOICE IT SAID. AND
LEGAL NOTICES
Notice.
By virtue of lien created by Sec.
of the Code, for repairs done, we will sell
for cash before the Court House door in
Greenville, on Wednesday, Jan. 1st, 1890
One the property of Mrs. r. C.
King. This, Dec. 17th, 1889,
Low Tariff Carriage Factory.
O. Manager.
Notice to Creditors.
duly qualified before the
Court Clerk Pitt county, as
administrator of Geo. W. Cobb, deceased,
hereby gives notice to all persons
to the estate to make immediate pay-
to the to all
of said estate to present their claims
properly authenticated to the undersign-
ed on or before the 11th day of Dec,
1890. or this notice will be plead In bar
of their recovery. This 11th day of De-
1889. Lucius
of G. W. Cobb.
Administrator's Notice.
The undersigned having been appoint-
ed and duly qualified as Administrator
of the estate of W. Cannon, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all persons
holding claims against said estate to
sent them to the undersigned on or be-
fore the 18th day of December, 1890, or
this notice will be plead in liar of their
recovery. All person. Indebted to said
estate are requested to make immediate
This the 18th day of December,
J. W.
A. L. plow, of w. S. Cannon.
Attorney.
ii
Notice.
Op the 6th day of January
A. D. I sell at the Court House
door in the town the
highest bidder for cash tract of land
in Pitt county containing about one
acres bounded as follows Sit-
Greenville township, north side
of Tar river, adjoining the lands of Wm.
Hiss S. A. Brown, the
Bridge belonging to B. J. Wilson
and the homestead of said Wilson, to
satisfy sundry executions in my hands
for collection against J. Wilson and
which has been levied on said land as
the property of J. Wilson.
J. A. K. Tucker. Sheriff.
Per B- W. King, D. S.
December 8th.
Notice.
On Monday the 6th day of January A.
D. 1890, l Will at the Court House
door in town of to the
highest bidder for cash one of land
in Pitt county, containing about sixty
Sana and bounded as follows Situated
in township, north side of
Tr river adjoining
whitehead, the homestead of u,
son and
tract, or e of and from
the Dixon heirs by the i t-
son. and sold for the purchase money
said land to satisfy an execution In my
hands for collection against B. J.
son and which has been levied on said
laud as the property of said B. J. Wilson.
J. A. K. Tucker, Sheriff.
D. S.
December
Faults of cause of
the liver, and the whole becomes
deranged. Dr. J. II.
perfects the process of digestion
and assimilation, and thus makes
blood.
There are times when a feeling of las-
will overcome the most robust,
when the system craves for pure blood,
to furnish the elements of health and
strength. The best remedy for purify-
the blood is Dr, J. II.
Sarsaparilla.
Sick nausea,
costiveness, are promptly and agreeably
banished by Liver
and Kidney
If health and life are worth anything,
and you are feeling out of sorts and tired
out, tone up your system by taking Dr.
J. II. Sarsaparilla,
Dizziness, nausea, drowsiness, distress
after can be cured and prevented
by taking Dr. J. II, Liver
Kidney
Even the most vigorous and hearty
people have at times a feeling of
and lassitude. To dispel this feel-
take Dr. J. II.
it will impart vigor and vitality.
The most delicate constitution can
safely use Dr. J. H. Tar Wine
Lung Balm, It is a sure remedy for
coughs, loss of voice, and all throat and
lung troubles.
Pimples, blotches, scaly skin, ugly
spots, sores and ulcers, abscesses and
tumors, unhealthy discharges, such as
catarrh, eczema, ringworm, and other
forms of akin diseases, are symptoms of
blood impurity. Take Dr. J. H.
Lean's Sarsaparilla.
No need to take those big
pills; one of Dr. J. H. Liver
and Kidney Billets is sufficient and
more
For a safe and certain remedy for
fever and ague, use Dr. J. H.
Chills and Fever Cure; it is warranted
to cure.
Notice to Creditors.
HAVING before the Clerk of
the Superior Court of Pitt county on the
4th day Nov. 1889. as Administrator
upon the estate of Albeit Moore,
i is is to notify all persons holding claims
said estate claims
for payment within twelve
this date or this notice will be plead in
bar of their recovery. All persons ow-
said estate will come forward and
make immediate settlement. This No-
4th, 1880. J,
of Albert Moore.
Of Interest to Ladies.
We will wed e Ml B AM l t. E of oat
to
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Springfield Republican. A Merry
FIVE GREAT
THAT BOY By William O.
Young and old will follow
adventures and his on their fathers
acres with laughter and breathless interest.
THE NEW SENIOR AT AN DOVER.
By He D, Ward. A serial of school-
famous The
boys, professors, the lodgings, the fan.
OF THE
By A right
down jolly story of modern Norse boys,
BONY AND BAN, one of the best of
aerials.
SEALED ORDERS. By Beta
Talbot. An amusing
story of sheets and a flowing
CONFESSIONS OP AN AMATEUR
and
LUCY First of of
graphic North Carolina character sketches
Sidney. , .
TALES OF OLD Twelve
powerful true stories by Once Co
a Canadian author.
THE WILL AND THE WAY
By Fremont
About men and women who did great things
the face of seeming impossibilities.
man. The funny Indian Fairy Folk.
BUSINESS OPENINGS FOR
AND YOUNG WOMEN. A
really helpful papers by Sallie Joy White.
Twelve more DAISY-PATTY LET-
By Mrs. Ex-Governor
TWELVE SCHOOL AND PLAY-
GROUND TALES. The first will be
LAMBKIN t He a Hero or s
by Howard Pyle, the artist,
Vote and Prim
SHORT STORIES sifted from thousands t
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m K. VaiL
Tom Jumped a Mine. H. T.
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How Sim eon and Sancho
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Dolls Of Noted Women.
How to Build a Military Snow-Fort.
old wit How th Play
Madame All Around
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General Merchandise.
Wish tn inform and
Unit
Fall and Winter Goods
is now ready for examination, ant they
are prepared to supply all your wants at
HARD PRICKS.
We keep in stock line of Heady
Made Clothing, Boots Shoes, Hats, Dry
Notions, Hardware, Heavy end
Fancy Groceries, in fact any
article to be in u general stock.
We pay highest prices for all kinds of
Cotton bought either in bale or seed.
Parties owing are requested to set-
as promptly as possible, as we
to have by the end of
the year.
thanks for past patronage
we ask a continuance of favors.
K ally,
J. O. Proctor Bro.
RECEIVED AT
Drug Store,
Front Reflector Office.
Golden Medical Discovery, War-
Safe Cure,
Compound, Syrup of
Pierce's Favorite
S. S. S., B. B- B.
Buffalo
Storm Calendar Weather Forecast
for 1890. by R. Hicks, mailed
to any address on receipt of a two-cent
postage The Dr. J. H.
Co., St. Louis. Mo.
Notice of Incorporation
I hereby give notice according to law
that under and by virtue of Chapter of
the Code of North Carolina acts
thereto, I have this day
d incorporated Greenville Com-
The business proposed is that of
merchandising and conducting mer-
enterprises.
The place of business of the corpora-
shall be at Greenville. Pitt county.
N. C.
The duration of the corporate exist-
shall be for the period of ten years.
The capital stock of the corporation
shall be one thousand dollars, divided
into shares of the par value of twenty-
live dollars each.
The stockholders of the corporation
shall not be responsible to any greater
or further extent than the assets of the
corporation, and the shares of stock to
which they have subscribed.
That the business of said corporation
shall be under the management of A. N.
Ryan. This 4th day of November A. D.
E. A. MOTE,
Clerk Court.
CC T. H.
N C
Cobb Bros., Gilliam,
Cotton Factors,
COMMISSION MER CHANTS,
NORFOLK, VA.
SOLICIT of GOTO
We have had many years ex-
at the business and are
prepared to handle Cotton to
the advantage of shippers.
All business entrusted to our
hands will receive prompt and
careful
Notice I
for
falling out of hair, and eradication of
Is before the public.
Among the many who have used It with
wonderful success, I refer you to the fol-
lowing named gentlemen who will testify
to the truth of in v assertion .
Josephus Latham,
Mr. O.
Sb.,
Any one wishing to give it a trial for
the above named procure
it from me, at my place of business for
per bottle. Respectfully,
ALFRED CULLEY, Barber.
Greenville, March 14th, C ,
PARKER'S
HAIR BALSAM
Cleanses a the hair.
PILLS.
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SIX-CORD
Spool Cotton
. IN
WHITE, BLACK AND COLORS,
FOR
Hand and Machine Use.
FOR SALE BY
M. R. LANG,
Greenville, N. C.
TE.
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TEACHERS
Principe,
Associate Principal
Mus. E. Duckett, Primary De-
In
Department.
Miss May Instruments
Music.
Fleming. Vocal
Miss Mollie Painting and
Drawing,
Mil. J. C. Penmanship
and Commercial Detriment.
DEPARTMENTS.
Primary. Academic.
Classical and Mathematical.
sic. Painting and Drawing.
Commercial.
ADVANTAGES
Large, Comfortable Building.
Healthy Location and Good
Plenty of Wall Prepared Food
Boarders. A Corps of Teachers,
all being graduates of class
Music Department equal
in work to any College In the
New Pianos and Organs,
A Library of nearly volume,
purchased recently for the School.
Hates Moderate, from to
Board and Tuition Tuition and Terra
for Day Pupils the same as advertised
in Pupils who do not board
with the Principal should consult bin.
before engaging board elsewhere, For
further particulars.
JOHN DUCKETT.
Principal.
Mu-
O. B.
K. B.
IN ,
Printers and Binders,
RALEIGH, N. C-
We have the largest and most complete
establishment the kind to be found in
the State, orders for all
Commercial, Rail-
road or School Print-
or Binding.
WEDDING STATIONERY READY
FOR PRINTING INVITATIONS
BLANK FOR MAGISTRATES Aim
COUNTY OFFICERS.
us your orders,
PRINTERS
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PATENTS
obtained, all business In the U. B.
Patent or In the Courts attended t
for Moderate Fees.
We arc opposite the U. S. Patent Of-
engaged In Patents Exclusively, and
can obtain patents in less time than,
more remote from Washington.
the model or drawing is sent we
advise as to free of charge,
and we make no change we ob-
Patents.
We refer, here, to the Post Master, tho
Supt. the Money Order Did., and to
Is of the U. B. Patent Office. For
advise terms and reference to
actual clients In your own State,
P- A. A
Washington,
For the Ladies
In order to stock before time to
receive Fall Goods, I will offer
all my present of
GOODS, I
from now until the 1st of September a
PRICES.
All Huts on hand, both and
trimmed, will be at cost. My stock
includes many Of I lie
of the season. I can give
Mrs. M. T.
S. C.
JAMES A.
TONSORIAL ARTIST,
N. C.
We
Chair ever used in the art. Clean towel,
sharp razors, and satisfaction guaranteed
In every instance. Call and be cot-
Ladles waited at their rel-
-leaning clothes t
T. of
. C.
He keeps on hind a flue
of the best publisher
all on him for Urge or
family or pocket For
Hymn Diction-
knit standard
Can furnish you any book you want on
short notice.
MADE WITH SOILING
COCOA
MADE WITH BOILING MILK.
Prof.
MEMORY
AMI Tl
SUPERB
Fashionable
Can now be seen at my store. I have
the latest and newest- patterns, and
an experience of several years at the
business qualities for doing ail work
satisfactory and well. I also do
WT STAMPS
at moderate prices. Will be glad hay
you call and examine my stock.
HUB. K. A.
Is.
I would respectfully call
to the address and
Sou to that yon can buy a
or MONUMENT of
this house cheaper than any other in
country. That It is moat reliable
and best having been represented
for over forty years this vicinity.
That the workmanship is second to none
and has unusual facilities for or-
promptly and satisfactory.
Very respectfully.
Refer to P. W.
L . S
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The
EASTERN
Cotton
Perfectly Boss
at Brick Store.
Christmas.
Have yon seen the cook
rove at Latham T
Christmas Gift.
Seed Rye and Seed for sale.
K. c. Bunt
Merry Christina.
Der. M. Ferry Go's., New
Seed at the Old Brick Store.
King ye bells.
Peanut and Rice Bags
ale, and Bushels Rice want
by E. C. Glenn.
1880 is dying, dying.
Highest cash price paid for cotton
by B- C. Glenn. 10.000 bosh-
Is
One week more of 1889.
One dollar boys a Solid Leather
Shoe at J. B- Cherry
next wee.
The Mora
radical stove for I
or sale
Br.
Eight
a Double Shot
J. B. Cherry Go's.
The year is drawing to ft close.
Try a Barrel of Sweet Home
town at J B. Cherry
Spring-like weather last week.
One dollar buys a Whole Stock
ans Shoe J. B. Cherry Go's
Good
How do j on like Christmas
inert
down Eggs cash or ICe
trade, wanted. J- J- Jr. I
Boys, be careful with your pop-
Currents, nuts.
pulverized sugar at the Old
Store.
lot or tobacco seed for sale
A. Forbes.
Glad to K-e our friend Geo. of
Norfolk, in town
Mr Pearce from
to spend holidays-
Miss Carrie James, of spent
part of last week with friends in Green-
ville.
Mr W Bernard came M from
to spend the holidays at
home.
Mr. William Peebles has so far
from his recent sickness as to be out
again.
Miss Martha and little Miss
Bettie Tyson have returned home from
Miss Clara of
is Mrs. M.
In place.
Dr. J. W. Perkins and wife returned
Saturday night from Baltimore to spend
the holidays at home.
Mr. H. has a position with the
railroad workers on the grading between
this place and
Miss Nannie King has returned home
after several weeks absence in Wilson,
Rocky Mount and other towns.
Mr. Terry
has been visiting her sister. Mrs. W. I
Brown, returned home last week.
Miss Florence Perkins, of Washing-
ton, spent night i fawn last week
on her way to spend the
holidays.
Miss of Carolina
f her broth-
white hyacinths are
in some of In
town.
arc brisk
Thirty-throe licenses Issued by the Beg.
Deeds this mouth up to Monday
night,
The best concert yet held at Greenville
Ins i it ate was given by the
lay evening. W regret unable
to give a full report of in this paper.
Many turpentine hands from South
Carolina and Georgia bare come in to
spend the Christmas holidays at home,
in a few days the will Le here
hiring to go bark.
With all the bard times and short
crops people have much to be thank-
for during the now so
Let us thank God and take
courage for another year.
The Episcopal Church has been beau-
decorated for Christmas. Services
will held there this morning, and also
In the Methodist Church. Prayer meet-
at night in the Baptist Church
Many people been promising
themselves, and us too, that they would
begin the with the
New Tear. Now let us hear from you.
Plenty of room oar books for your
name.
the holidays with the family j
Mr. K. B. Moore, at Ho
The Ute pleasant weather is tire kind
wood and coal buyers love to see. Part
of the time no fire all was needed.
How is that for a climate No fires week
before Christmas and we read f snow
storms in other sections.
is spending The subscriber who finds two blue cross
marks bis name on this paper mar
. notice that we preparing to
Mr. E. O. quite sick , scratch bis name off books the
for two Weeks or more at home same will he published in the of dead
Greenville. ate glad to hear he to j beat if h not paid.
Latham Pen-
Mi E. A Jr. r C
students of University, arrived
homo Sunday and are spending the
days with patents.
E, C. Yellowley and Roy
Flanagan and R, Cherry. Jr. of
vis School came home last
week to spend the
My entire stock
d Jewelry must be sold by
on account of removal.
Moses
What did Santa put in
stocking.
All goods low down the Spot
ah at B- Cherry
get too dull for
to pay.
The finest loaf of bread I ever ate
is made of Point Lace Flour, at
i Old Brick Store.
We Lave had no yet-
Will leave Greenville Jan.
d my stock of Watches, Clocks
d Jewelry at reduced rates.
Moses
should more
uses to rent.
Plaid
r yard, at J. B. Cherry Go's.
HI the schools are
o this week.
Hides, Bags,
Peas, Corn, Oil Barrels at
d Brick Store.
little are all in their
this morning T
Watches, Clocks and jewelry low
than any store in town.
Moses
A body has to hustle to get in
work by daylight these
Good lot of Horses and Moles for
time if seen
Miss Mamie Bernard, a teacher in the
graded school, of home
last week to spend Christmas with her
mother.
Messrs. J R. Tucker and J. I. Flem-
closed their school at
before last, and are the
days with their people in this county.
Corporal J. J. Jr., of the U. S.
Army at Fortress Monroe, Va. is home
on a furlough spending the holidays. Joe
looks the real soldier and wears the
at his good marksmanship.
Misses Bridges and Rouse, teachers at
the Institute, gave a Christmas party to
the pupils of the music and art classes
on Friday night. A friends were
invited and if proved an occasion of
much pleasure.
Mr. B A. returned home last
week from the meeting the National
Union, at St. Louis, and re-
ports a splendid trip. That gentleman
has now moved his family to one of the
in
Mr. J. C. Greene, who for several
months has been telegraph operator at
is spending the holidays in
Greenville with He is one of
the boys that the writer learned and it is
a pleasure to know be is getting along
well.
Rut. G. T. Finch, past
year has had charge of the Mission
work this county, has accepted a
call to the Baptist Church at
He is a zealous young minister and did
faithful service during his work
in this section. The best wishes of the
people here go with him to his new field.
re-
Some cases of the mumps in town
The Met Sunday School will have
their Christmas entertainment night
next week.
Spier A doing business at
Bell's Ferry, made an assignment two
wee s ago.
will be election year again, the
very time when you ought to have your
county paper.
The wishes every one of
It readers a merry Christmas and a hap-
New Year.
The extension Third Street over in
has been graded and
much improved.
Pitt county Superior will con-
on Monday, January Judge
presiding.
The first quarterly conference of the
M. E. Church for the conference
year was held Friday night.
We never saw a more playful kitten
than the one which honors the
y. also good Yoke Oxen. Apply tor office with its presence.
B. E. Gotten, N. O.
The were with
Chi trade.
per lb for Sweet Scotch
luff. lb sold in Pitt Co., which
a of its superiority, at
e Old Brick Store.
The young men of the town gaTe
In Germania Hall Friday
On Jan. 1890, Mis Maggie W.
will open a school at
t her home. Board at reasonable
tea in the neighborhood.
Twenty-three left here
of t hem
r California.
just as good
i any other offered for sale. Its
i are accurate and can be
upon.
bushels each Potatoes,
Peas, pounds
county Hams wanted at H
orris Bros.
Mink,
2.000 Fox, Otter and
skin. Will pay more for
em than any man in town.
J. J. Cheeky, Jr.
Goal for sale per ton.
mall quantity cents per tub.
o not send for coal without send-
money to pay for it. Goal is
E. C. Guam.
Goods at prices at
They are selling
boy's suits for and men's
2.75. like it ever known
Prof. Memory is
greater interest than ever
a all parts the country and per-
wishing to improve
should send for his prospectus
as advertised column.
of from
he laxative and juice of
figs, with the
virtues of plants known
o be meat to the human
acts gently on the kidneys,
effectually deans
the colds and
and earing ha
ion.
Low water in the river again and for
more than a week boats have not been
able to get through to
The children of the Baptist Sunday
school will have a Christmas party in
the Opera House to-morrow- night.
The ladies of the Baptist Church are
preparing for another basket social to be
held the first week of January Court.
The last few days have been the short-
est of year. Sunday had only nine
hours and fifteen minutes between suns.
This week Mr. M. R. Lang will move
his stock to the handsome store just fit-
up for him on the opposite side of
the street.
The marriage fever has raged profuse.
hr in this section the past week or
About five weddings in the last
Wednesday.
About two are re-
ported to have left the Farmville section
of this county last week. had
ken the exodus fever.
There is to be a grand tournament and
ball at on Friday
27th. Tilting to begin at o'clock a. m.,
ball Our young
friend. Mr. L. Fleming Will de-
liver oration to the Knights.
. The man who the shortest
world will not have to lug lbs
biggest harD In the
Gold Leaf.
Kobe won't, but he will to fight
the biggest lire.
True short crops have been made this
year and these are hard times, let
the farmers get tn work with a greater
determination than aver, and crop
next fall will make you forget all about
any bard times.
This is a jolly day for the little folks,
and even we older ones find in
the of this joyous occasion.
Christmas is always looked forward to
with greater anticipations of pleasure
than other season of the year.
We hope the of Pitt county
when about to plant the next crop will
not follow the custom of spreading
over two acres manure, that ought
to be one. Plant fewer acres and make
more on them should be the motto.
These are hard times, it Is true, but
we venture there is not a town In any of
the eastern counties whose merchants
are making a better showing than those
We have straightforward,
business men and they hold
their footing.
As the will not appear next
Wednesday, New Year's day, give
our patrons some New Year reading on
eighth pace of this That page
illustrated matter appropriate to the
day. in keeping with that for
on first page.
One day last week Messrs. Cox Car-
roll shipped twenty six of the Celebrated
Cox Cotton Planters to Texas. Mr. Cox
says be could sell hundreds of them in
that State i the could get low
rates, is negotiating for
lower freights.
Late trains again. They came In from
one to three hours behind time the past
Week. or twice the mails were so
late that no mail opened at night,
alter arrival. Mr. Railroad officials, these
late very inconvenient and an-
to the people-
One lone man l
the I
id his subscription to
before Christ
mas. The delinquents wanted us to have
a big time, didn't they
There is a doable room law office in
Greenville in the front room of which
four barrels can be seen by
passing the sidewalk.
A horse belonging to Ir. Brown
run away en Evans street, Monday morn-
Fortunately no damage was done
either to horse or vehicle.
We are indebted to Mrs. W. B.
ard for on old ham and some
which she sent over for us to
feast upon during the holidays.
Take stock in and Loan
Association and soon own your home.
You thus save trouble
and expense of renting a
It is time you were preparing
for the new year. Let the first one
be that you will pay for your news paper.
Let it be the last one broken, too.
Notwithstanding the talk of hard times
you can see plenty of people loafing be-
cause they are to lazy to work. Look at
Market
Under the head of legal notices will be
found a notice to creditors by Ma-
get, administrator of J. W. Cobb an-
other notice by J. W. Cannon,
of Cannon, a notice of sale
of a phaeton under lien by the Low Tar-
Carriage Factory.
There arc a few white loafers
Greenville that would prove a blessing
to the town if they would take the exodus
fever and off with the Two or
three that can be named could get con-
to pay their way off if they
will guarantee to go.
The Register of Deeds requests us to
notify all to come
forward promptly and render an arson n I
of their purchases for the last six months
of 1889. The law requires that all
chases shall be given In during the first
ten days cf January.
A few of our local items to-day may
savor somewhat of age, that is are more
than a week old. as they are items
of interest and were omitted from the
paper last week because the memorial
speeches excluded all local matter, we
publish them to-day.
It has really been like spring in the
office for several days. Be-
sides the beautiful weather we have been
enjoying, the Bad Boy is the possessor of
a splendid mocking bird presented him
by a friend, and the bird has been giving
delightful song serenades every day.
There has been an Immense amount of
work done at the Reflector office
ring the past week, and our power press
has been running nearly every day. Be-
sides printing the eight page
j issue for to-day, we have printed enough
double page supplements for two weeks
ahead.
mall that leaves here
on the train was one day late last week.
The mail was all made up night
and pot In post office bat Post
master overlooked sending it off
day morning. Our readers can under-
stand from this why received
paper a day late.
The will follow its annual
custom and take holiday next week.
The next issue will appear January 8th,
1800. While no paper will be published
next week some one will be In the office
every day ready to receive money or to
transact any business that may be
ed. Yen will find us in.
Messrs. and White are ship
about shingles per week
from mill above town. This
Is the kind of industry that helps the
community that brings money
here from the North instead of having
to send money away. Greenville needs
more enterprises of hat order.
the gang around the
; House,
On the night of the 16th people
were made to b cause of an alarm
of lire, Henry
colored, on Second street, the
building hating caught from a defective
stove flue. The fire was extinguished
with but little damage to house. The
Rough and Ready boys were promptly on
band and ready for work.
ant.
Mr. H. F. Keel raises around
bis livery stables am has some smart
hens among them. several weeks
two of the hens seemed to lie racing
against each other, as hats laid an
egg each every- day without missing a
day. From the first December
to the two laid four doz-
en
flinty
It is the opinion of the
at the number of leave
iv i county this winter will cause no dis-
advantage to the farming interests.
As many will remain us are needed.
However, In hiring labor for year,
the farmers ought to require a
tee of every hand that be will remain the
entire and rill his contract.
Christmas
Christ His ministering spirit
through the world that good may be
done to mankind, surety His bless-
will be those Christian work-
the King's Daughters, who were
taking contributions yesterday with
which to make glad the of the poor
and suffering to-day. as ye
did It unto the least of these, ye did it
ante
The has received some very
pretty and
most valuable and one is the
Bicycle calendar and stand
sent. Pope of Boston,
has a leaf with
every day in sear,
a of left for
Rood's calendar Is a very
beam design. The date are
arranged a pretty picture of a
head, with a lastly crimson hoed.
BOOTS SHOES
Ladies and pisses Cloaks
All at Panic Prices.
Our Stock is complete above come and
cure this offer only until January 1st.
HIGGS
Greenville. N. C.
The clever railroad agent, Mr. J.
Moore, met with accident one day last
week, that caused him right much pain.
lie was going to the depot In a wagon
driven by two boys who started after a
load of goods. Going down the hill near
the bridge, the of the boys
caused the team to take fright and be-
gin running a war, when both the boy
jumped out of the wagon. Mr. Moore
caught the reins and tried to stop the
team, but did not succeed until wag-
on locked wheels with another
on the bridge In collision Mr.
Moore was thrown out the bridge,
skinning his right leg and hand ill the
fall.
A. E.
This excellent minister, who ac-
the call as Pastor of the Baptist
Church here, arrived last week and en-
upon his duties on Sunday, preach-
both morning and night. Large con-
were hear him and
were delighted with his sermons. Ills
introductory sermon was upon the need
of earnest co-operation between Pastor
and people to insure best results for
Church and the cause of Christ. He
also in a measure outlined the course be
pursue in his work in this field.
At night be the power and
influence of the Holy Spirit in drawing
men to God. His sermons are seldom
surpassed. It U the opinion of the He-
our friends have
secured right man as Pastor of their
church.
One day last week Mr. B. M.
left a turnip weighing t pounds at
office. was raised by Mr.
of Farmville township.
The Christmas number of Wide A wake
surpassed anything that magazine has
ever done before. Ton can get
Awake with Reflector a whole year
torts.
That clever gentlemen Mr. John Flan-
who for years has been
hi the country hear has moved bis
back to, Greenville. We are glad
more
The large amount of work
to getting out this Christmas paper has
caused us to be somewhat backward in
filling orders for Job work in the
week, and we have been casting some
new rollers for the Job press also. AU
orders will be caught with in a few
days and patrons oar expect some first
class work-
The steamer Greenville in venturing
too far up river on low
came la contact with a log and snagged
a hole in her bottom. She was leaking
badly when she left Greenville for Wash-
and had to go on the ways on
rival at town. The damage was
Ufa ware re-v
As previously announced in the
the marriage of Mr
S. T. Hooker and Miss Peebles
curred in the Methodist Church en the
lust. The occasion was attended by
much Interest. The chancel was beau-
decorated with hot-house plants
arranged in pyramidal form, many of the
plants in full The crowd that as-
to witness the ceremony was
very large the building not being
to seat all. The were Messrs
J. White. W. S. Wiley Brown
and D. J. Whichard. Mrs. I. B. Cherry
presided at the the wed-
ding march with usual magnificent
touch as the bridal party entered. The
attendants came in the order
Dr. with Mis
Ella King, Mr. Ola Forbes with Miss
Ada Hearne Mr. n. Wilson with
Miss Lucy Tyson. Mr. R. D. Bo. Cherry
with Miss Williams, Mr. Frank
Wilson with Miss Addie Randolph, Mr.
W. B. Greene with Miss Louisa Hooker,
Then came the up the right aisle
with Mr. R. Williams, Jr. as best man,
and the bride up the left aisle with Miss
Margie Langley as maid of The
ceremony was performed at o'clock
by Rev. R. B. John and was very
After the marriage a reception was
held at the residence or Mr. William
Peebles, father of the bride, but owing
to the extreme illness of that gentleman
only a few special friends attended. The
bride and groom received a number of
handsome presents.
On Wednesday but week
Mr. of
was married to Maggie Barnhill, of
Bethel at the residence of the bride's
father, Mr. J. R. Barnhill. The bridal
party passed through Greenville the
afternoon on way to the home of the
groom.
At o'clock A. m. on Wednesday, 18th
at St. John's Church, near
Mr. T. H. Fleming, a prosperous
young farmer living a few miles North
Greenville, was married to Miss Annie
Powell, of Rev.
ding officiating. They were attended
by Mr. J. L. Fleming, and Miss Hattie
W infield, Mr. Frank Was
Sana Fleming. Mr. James Gaskins and
Miss Mr. L. M. Briley
and Miss Annie Harding, Mr. W. O. Lit-
and Miss Nettie Kilpatrick. Mr. B.
and Miss Bettie Thigpen. In
the afternoon the party passed through
Greenville on way to the home of toe
grooms father, Mr. Ivy Fleming, where
a reception was held at night.
At the residence of Mr. James
way, in township, Wednesday
evening. Dec. 18th, Mr. Henry at.
Greene county, was to
Miss Galloway attendants
were Mr A. B Galloway with Miss Ada
Mr W. W. Ormond with Miss
Hattie Galloway, Mr K. D. Herring with
Miss Minnie Mr. Marcellus Smith
with Miss Florence mt. J. O.
Proctor with Miss Tucker, Mr. G.
Bright with Miss Fannie An
elegant supper was spread on the
Thursday bridal party left for
the home of the groom in Greene
At the at in Pitt
comity, on Wednesday last, our highly
esteemed friend Calvin Tucker, lead to
the alter of Hymen the pretty and justly
admired Miss Josephine Quinnerly, the
Rev. J. L. performed e-
in the presence of a house crowded
with friends and the following
Mr. Sam Abbott with Hiss
Griffin, Mr. lames Griffin with Miss Gay
Coward Mr. Willie Patrick with Miss
May Coward. Mr. John Randolph with
Miss Mattie Mr. Patrick
with Miss Winnie Barney, Mr.
Johnson with Miss Mr
Robert Quinnerly with Mies
Mr, Walter with Mies
The happy party left for
hospitable home of the grooms fa-
Mr J L Tucker and became at one
the recipient of the
With in blissful union.
Love now holds its sweet communion,
And our friends with bliss attained,
CHRISTMAS
And the Holidays of 1889 are
at
It Is time for people to make their selection of presents for the
------Merry Christmas Times, and the------
Has a stock of Holiday Goods that will be rare to please very
-----man, woman and child who sees them.------
Of course the children will hang up their
stocking, and we have an endless variety
of just articles as Santa Claus will want to put in those
stockings.
PARENTS
PAD I We Tool Chests, Wagons.
Velocipedes. Rocking Horses,
Saving Banks, Flags, Outfit, Guns, Pistols, and
hundreds of other toys both large and small.
C I We have Dolls. Doll Carriages,
Work Boxes, Tea Sets,
Sets, Writing Desks. Scrap Books, small Sets and
Vases and an innumerable line of other pretty articles.
present for your sweetheart. Beautiful
Plush Goods, Toilet Cases, Toilet Albums, hand
painted Card designs, exquisite Vases,
Stands, Christmas Cards, Gift Books,
T on want l handsome gift for
U U tN VT LA DO. lover or parent, or to
parlor, and cannot be suit-din the above, we would
direct attention to our superb assortment of all Pockets,
Fancy Lamps, Plush and Brass Tables, Steel En-
FIRE WORKS
In this line we can please the boys to perfection. Sky Rockets,
Roman Candles, Turning Wheels, Spit Devils, Cannon Crackers
and Pop Crackers in abundance.
Groceries and Confections.
We would not close without directing your attention to our
splendid line of Light and Fancy Groceries. Any article wanted
for family use can be asked for. Candies of all kinds, Fruits of
all kinds, Nuts of all kinds. Mince Meat, Currents. Citron.
Jellies, Cranberries, Pickles,
We can furnish anything you want for Xmas.
Special inducements to country merchants.
ind of Cakes Me to Order.
We realize that times are hard and money scarce therefore
have no fancy prices but will sell goods down low. Returning
thanks for past favors, we again invite you to our store.
IN.
Out Look
I am not after you taxes bat. want you to
read this
TO MY MaXY ;
Thanking yon for your kind patronage during II
continue to receive n share of
I hare all
I c
kinds of
lo in you
Candle, from
stock Christina is now complete.
cents to Lents pet pound,
Apple, Rations, FiR Banana.-, Flavoring Extracts,
Currents, Citron, etc. keep a full line of
FANCY GROCERIES.
Greenville, N. C.
E. C. GLENN.
STANDARD GUANO ACID PHOSPHATE
PULVERIZED OYSTER SHELL,
SHELL LIME, PUKE DISSOLVED DONE,
COTTON SEED MEAL AND
Tennessee Wagons, for sale.
GREENVILLE, N. C. Mar. 1887.
YOU.
Bros.,
old and
in Greenville, and desire to renew acquaintance their
Bud customers of I lie past, to
enjoy a -patronage. Our new .-tore
will contain an immense of
Dress have been by an
tin
style- fashions of Hie markets.
you a cannot in
rice.
buyer who knee
We will be
Shoes
annul that will yon.
over of ere.
mid Hoy's
price n
in an
these are the
Gent's Furnishing Goods.
We bare I of Hosiery. Sinus,
fashionable that be excelled
Underwear, and u
in large, cities.
and Caps.
The very London styles, including the Stiff i of U
In flood styles of Soil we also
Boots and Shoes.
fa hardly wt bi to say more of our superb line this
lo infer u that we have Boors and Shoe to Gt any if
not that comes to man, woman or child, out the very
Block and prices light down bottom.
t brings to none plate. tend on Clothing and on
prices now ere else to be found. CLOTHING
This depart
styles and
make a will a full stock of
In cheap we have
we can suit In quality, style and price.
latest and
a splendid in
Don't forget
With these remarks, kind friends, we throw open doom to the
your patronage, and guaranteeing satisfaction
very You can Sod second door t lie brick
which the p was n . door north of lbs stair
way.
o-
Mn M tiles
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1-j MI
Soil II
Ml lo tor
ii I
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On or about the 1st day of January, shall move to the store recently occupied by John
Smith Bro., directly opposite ray present stand. Desiring to commence in same
with a fresh stock of Goods I shall offer from now until January 1st,
entire
AT COST FOR CASH.
This is no humbug, but will include everything my store.
Goods, Trimmings, Ladies Wraps
Cloths, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Valises.
All at cost without reserve. Special bargains to country merchants buying at wholesale.
M. R. LANG, M. cl

I A TEAK'S STORY.
THE OF A
GIRL, WHAT CAKE Of IT.
1380 by American
uncle, spin us a
kind of a
New Year's yarn,
of course. You can't
expect us to lie satisfied
with anything else on
New Year's
I spin a New Year's yarn,
asked the old gentleman of a
white haired lady who was knitting by
the light on the center table, at the
time giving her a knowing look.
course she replied, half
frowning and half smiling.
only one thing ever happened
to me on New Year's eve, and I've re-
membered that
it a love asked one of the
girls.
a kind of one. Bring out some
nuts and apples, and give us another
stick of wood for the fire, and I'll see
what I can make of what to
on New Year's eve,
The old gentleman's requirements
been attended to, the boys and girls
ranged themselves round the fire and the
story was begun. Ho looked straight at
while he told it, evidently en-
joying its effect upon her more than on
the younger listeners.
She was the homeliest girl in the school;
there can be no doubt about that. She
was freckled, her hair was red, not a
dark shade of red, but fiery. She had
struggled with whooping cough, and
measles, and scarlet fever, and every
other disease that childhood is heir to
until she was little more than skin and
bones. There were girls with faces
expressive of disagreeable
bat for pure homeliness
would hare taken the prize in any hon-
show for ugly girls.
was not her real name, but every
Woe called her because her halt
was sored.
; We were all very young
least most of us were. I was There
was one boy who was still
Dick was a natural tormentor.
Be would abuse the girls as well as die
He respected dolls no more than
hoops and kites. He would rush into a
where the boys were playing mar-
pies, and pretending not to notice where
was treading, scatter the marbles
toe of his boot, or poke his
a kite or let the sawdust
a doll; and he was so big and
that no one dared punish him. I
the biggest boy in the school, but in
I was greatly his inferior, and
Oat of his way.
One day was carrying her doll
Heroes the playground, a with
Qr red as her own. Some one hod given
i as a reflection on her own fiery
but never seeing or never
the slight, took the red headed
monster Into her heart, and nursed
I as much affection as if she had
i it real mother. Dick see-
her with the doll in her arms, its red
bead standing oat over her shoulder,
went behind her with a lighted match,
and touching the flame to its hair, there
was a bright halo around the doll's head
tor an Instant, and then the cranium was
as bald as if the little thing hadn't been
fa the world long enough to grow even
Bed hair. seeing what bad hap
burst into tears.
I was a witness of this bit of ruffian-
and although at that age I had coo-
contempt for girls in general
and the prevailing contempt for
I was shocked.
seems to mo, I said,
I a boy for that sort o thing if I were
in her arms,
illuminating for what had been
lost by the singeing of the doll's head.
Throughout that brief struggle
found myself unable to continue, II
seemed to me that there was but one
visible thing present, and that was Red-
head.
I limped away from Dick and the
circle, inwardly planning revenge on
Dick before the end of the term.
Indeed, I at once told my father I de-
sired to take boxing lessons, and
assent, after three secret
went up behind my enemy
with a- lighted match and burned his
back hair off up to the crown of bis hat
Dick turned like a fury. His
and my skill gave me the
day, and I him with the injunction
that if ho wanted any more hair burn-
to come to me.
As I had expected, after my defeat on
my first encounter, I was set down as
of girl in the school.
I did not recover from the beating I had
received for a week. One day as I limped
across the play ground came
to me and poked something at mo folded
in a piece of brown paper. The sight of
her was alone enough to ruffle me; but
to see her standing by me, shyly, with
her hand stretched towards me and
something in it, in sight of half a dozen
pupils, was too much.
ONLY
I said.
She didn't say anything, but continued
to look up at me shyly, as though aha
knew it was a great presumption for her
to offer me a gift.
is I asked in no kindly tone.
I made for
don't want I said, turning away.
she said, yon
take
I cast a glance at her; she was
full of some deep feeling.
have you I queried.
only And she took the paper
cover from about it and held it up, cast-
an anxious look at me to see if I ad-
mired the gift. It was a book mark each
as children make, and on it, in letters in
which many of the stitches were put in
wrong, was
That's not my name, you little
it spelled
It's
She looked so stupefied and
gone at her blunder that I her. If
we hadn't been in of the other
children, I think I could hare spoken a
kind word to her.
you take it,
asked ruefully.
The quickest way to get aid of her was
to accept it.
keep it. Now run
Her face brightened up and I was
prised at so much expression. If she
had not so many freckles and such red
hair, and had more flesh on her bones
she wouldn't be so ill looking after all, I
thought As she skipped away she turn-
ed and gave me a grateful look; such a
look as a peasant might give a prince.
Tn eke you. If he re-
I was sorry I hail said anything.
knew if quarreled I should get
thrashed. Besides, fought about
each a as
the whale school me,
leach added Dirk to
and he cam.- up to
I saw i was in fur it
and fay mind it turns-
inc.
with her
That was the last I of at
school. The next day she was
with symptoms which developed into
fever, and was kept at home. Her
absence was a great relief me, I
wished when she recovered. If she ever
should, that she would go to some other
school.
Between and M years of age there
comes a great change. When at
looked back on my childhood and
thought how careless I was of the feel
of others, I was surprised. Yet H
confessed that what I had fanned
in one way I had lost in another. I bad
polish and prevarication; had
to pleasant
and wear final fluid
to practice petty
i n in to gain their favor.
I soon became tired of which
was unfortunate for my mother and ale-
tors, for whoa I the only
escort it'll, I occasionally dragged
by there into the gay whirl One nigh I
I had been unwillingly appropriated to
escort my sisters to a dancing party. II
was Christmas night, 1851. I had given
up dancing, and stood looking on with
my arms folded.
said my sister comma
up to me with her cheeks all aglow-
she had just finished a look
too for anything. I want to intro-
duce you to a young
I tried to beg off.
a beauty, and to a
Mary urged. She put her arm
through mine and led mo to the girl in
question. After introducing me aha
slipped away.
If over there a case of love at first
sight, it came to me at that moment The
girl was indeed a beauty; a graceful fig-
fair complexion, eyes a dark liquid
brown, hair a soft shade of Titian.
Her first remark startled me,
a long while since we met, Mr.
is I her
I didn't remember to have ever
her before.
was a noble act of
I was not only surprised, I was
I remembered no act of my life that
could be called
know what I'm talking
about or who I am at She laughed
with keen enjoyment, while I was ad
more enlightened than before.
do you like the shade of my
she asked.
very I spoke In a
dignified tone. I was becoming Taxed
with all this quizzing.
wonder if you would know me by
my old she said.
me and
my
I looked at the beautiful creature be-
fore me with ill concealed astonish-
seem
the singular fate that
brings this
nothing she asked, archly.
I found no words to reply, so I re-
silent
don't remember my singed doll,
have reason to especially remember
that dolL It makes me quite sore to
think of
behaved very chivalrously. And
the book mark I gave you. You have
it, of
She looked at me search It was
evident that she knew I was
that whole school there was but
one who was kind to she said,
some of them would be glad
to show you some attention
one was kind. And that one
whom do you
can't
heaven's sake, stopped
short
fought for
I blushed. I had sever considered
that I had fought for her, bat that I was
obliged to fight
got
kindness was all the more ac-
was not especially appreciative when
you offered me your
fought tor
There was one near. We were
standing close together. I felt for her
hand and gave ft a quick pressure, then
dropped it In another moment die was
whirled away in a waltz by a handsome
fellow with a tawny mustache and blue
eyes.
After the last dance and we were go-
home, I her again in her wraps
I go to see your I asked.
Then, with her eyes snapping,
she and bring the book
mark. Let me I'm engaged every
night for a week. Come New Year's
not without the book
She had time before the door
closed behind her to give me a
look, and say,
My position was embarrassing. I had
permission to call with a book mark and
no book mark to call with.
I had no intention whatever of fore-
going my call for want of a souvenir.
Nothing would be more easy than to
duplicate the book mark, as to
the deception of offering It a
the original, I had no of
science whatever, having
many each etas far
I asked my sister to make a book mark
for me, warned bar to do the
work too
of
r ii T i a fair
and in warn
to
i i on to the table. So far
as t i she believed the
to be genuine.
i very-good of you to kept
that souvenir so she remarked.
fixing her beautiful eyes on mine.
mention I observed. In-
dining my head deferentially.
carefully you moat kept
R. It's not the least
was very good of you to rive it to
me, yon know. when a book-
mark is kept In a book It doesn't gel
never thought of
Dear creature. How innocent. Just
I glanced at the book mark lying
beside my card on the table. It looked
as fresh as the card, A girl will
low anything in shape of a compliment,
I thought
really think It Is more perfect that
when I gave it to yon. The spelling Is
certainly Improved. If I remember
a not
aright, I spelled your name
I glanced again at the book mark.
Something In her manner caused me to
scent danger. Suddenly It broke in upon
me like a flash. The original had been
misspelled.
Is written a great
many I stammered.
I spelled it
couldn't have done
yes, I did; I remember it perfect-
Little girls are sensitive. At least I
was, and felt your rebuke at my
very
I wait wiping the perspiration from my
brow. It seemed to me I had never
w stem, so contemptuous an ex;
on any woman's face.
a g-g-good way to spell
remarked wildly.
She took the book mark and the visit-
card from the table. see they
she said.
it
must have made a
She concentrated her gaze upon me in
what seemed to me one glance of wither-
contempt
are very much mistaken if you
think to impose that brand new book-
mark on mo for the one I gave
Oh for an earthquake, a cyclone, any-
thing to change the
I muttered, trying
to force a laugh and put a humorous
view on It
She declined to see anything ludicrous
in the act She became more grave, if
possible, than ever.
I picked up the bookmark bent
my hot face down over it to hide my
confusion. I had lost all presence of
mind. My ideas were in a state of chaos.
What to say I didn't know, and didn't
know what I said.
I stammered, one you
g-gave me was w-w-worked in red
A peal of laughter brought me to my
senses. My discomfiture was complete.
I fell back In my chair and covered my
face with my bands.
do that just like a beard
her cry delightedly. exactly what
I did when, you left me that day in the
school yard, and I thought about my
blunder in spelling. Only I covered my
face with my
Presently I mustered courage to look
at her.
made that book she ask-
ed, resuming a serious expression
made you do such a
admiration for
is a tide In the affairs of
I muttered, taken at
the
have admired I said, humbly,
I hesitated.
was a red headed little
I went on, profiting by the lee-
son I had learned and speaking frankly.
to thoughtless, unreasoning
children you were not
you are speaking manfully.
Please don't ever attempt to impose on
me
I never will, if you will for-
give me for
are she kindly.
you told me when this
admiration for me
I met you on Christmas night
at the dancing
other words, you have admired
me for a whole
I looked at her frankly, honestly, and
meant every word I spoke when I re-
those three days have been
crowded enough admiration to offset ten
years of
She blushed and lowered her eye.
has not been only
went on. three whole I have
been madly in love with you.
She leaned back in her chair and drew
a long, long sigh.
know that I speak the
your past
by my sincerity. You can see H
In every feature; my voice, my eyes, my
whole
She sat with her eyes fixed on a spot
in the carpet occasionally raising them
to mine as though wondering whether I
w worthy credence.
a word you
But saw that the tide had turned;
that she wavering. My want of
reputation with her for truthfulness was
certainly a great barrier in the way of
my convincing her of my sincerity, but
I did not despair, for I knew that what
I said only too true. For half an
boor I continued the attack, she parry-
every thrust, and re-
minding me of my recent deception; but
the quickest way to convince Is to be
really in earnest, and this gave me the
victory.
so she said.
have loved each other for a
I urged.
may have
lasted ever
yon for
Thea I knew why I had won so sudden
a victory.
Before I took my leave that evening
of a in the
I to myself, not even
-on the words In a
v re too near her ear. is due to
-ti- and gratitude of i. at
rd. r headed child you spurned
that yon are n-rt fitting
Why said a iv of
didn't know you were that kind of a
young man
didn't you marry
naked another.
she resumed her commas
and thought better of it after
the white haired lady at the center
table, her head bent down low over bar
work.
a matter of fact girl of
W. know who
asked a of voices
could that be, you little
her uncle, auntie has whim
hair and was
made most of it out of whole
said the old lady. about
the mirror Is ridiculous. If bad sup-
posed he'd bilk about such things X
The old lady stopped short, and the
boys and girls ell burst Into a laugh.
F. A.
A MINER'S CHRISTMAS.
NOW THE YULE TIDE IS CELE-
UP IN THE ROCKIES.
Whet do yon It was It
ins Lonely Cabins
Two Ar Shut In far
Months by from
Letter
Imagine a in midair about two
miles above New York and you
have the elevation at which over
miners in Colorado spend the
season. They are shut in by and
Ice, and for months to come they will
know as little about what is going on in
the busy world as though they were sail-
on on some vessel f Banal up for the win-
amid the icebergs of the re-
Early in the fall, before the
flies, they are housed in on some
of the lofty peaks of the Rocky mount
and not until May or June will they
again mingle with their follow men.
It is often the case that one of the
boys is a good fiddler, and Christmas
night he will rosin the bow, tune up the
fiddle, and with alternate for
girls the boys will dance and make
merry.
But there are those who are not as for-
as the miners who are shut up In
the big mine for the winter. There are
the lonely cabins, far up on the mountain
side, many distant from human
habitation. Hero three or four men are
snowbound together for the winter.
Often there are just two and
in the mining camps means
most the same does in the
army. Their Christmas meal is a frugal
one, and with eager longings their
will reach out from that deep gorge
or lofty peak to eastern homes, and
wonder what the loved ones there are
doing. It Is at these holiday times that
the prospector and wanderer longs for
the old associations of home and the
dear faces he has not seen for
For months they have undergone many
hardships and privations, been through
hairbreadth escapes and thrilling
and yet in the Christmas time all
the tenderness and love that comes with
thoughts of home is in their hearts. In
the mining camps of the Rocky
I have heard little groups sing
Sweet on Christmas eve.
How each felt It was not sung so
much, it was the melody each felt in
heart he thought of home. It
sung in that dreamy kind of way, show-
that the thoughts of all were far
away, and each one was thinking as
well singing, and that if a tear did
steal down some grim visaged face, there
was nothing unmanly in it, was there
I was writing about the lonely cabin.
The scene there not always one of
merry making at Christmas. Of those
two who dwell there alone, far away
from all contact with the
hunter may be sick If
you could force your way through that
wilderness of snow, lift the latch gently,
for it is never bolted, you will find one
nursing and keeping faithful watch by
his sick It may be a son watch-
by the cot of a father. Why is that
old man braving all these hardships
o, there is the mortgage on the eastern
home. If they find the precious vein by
spring, next Christmas will find that old
home free from debt Mr. Banker, could
you witness such scenes as as I
have done, would tell the old man
that yon would be a little easy about the
interest on that baa
troubled him so long.
One Christmas I spent up on the
mountain mite with two or three others,
and there we bad our holiday dinner,
and it was a wholesome meal, but want-
in those delicacies that a mother or
wife can best prepare. A snow storm
raging along the mountains, but
with our fire and warm cabin,
we cared nothing for It.
we had some flowers for the wish
said one of tho
We all wished the same.
out your old said one.
We all knew what that meant, for
many a flower from the old house finds
its way In letters to the boys out west.
One found a rosebud, another a violet,
another a daisy, then another rose
was found in a mother's letter. Withered
and faded were these tokens from the
old but never did men value
flowers more than we did that withered
bouquet.
mM
of the
No one volunteered.
closing lines in my mother's let-
said a boyish fellow,
was the response that
came from all.
Heads were bowed around that frugal
Christmas board, and the young man
bless you, my God bless
I than looked up and tears on the
cheeks of weather beaten
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
An
believe I've got the meanest ma In
did doT
before Christmas put me
Into long troopers. She did that so I
would have to wear abort stockings that
cost much to fill. What do
any to that, for meanness She'd
make a nice
Exchange.
Ms a
Cast a , Charles was very rode
last night
Mother Well, deal know what
Is trying to pick a quarrel with
he get oat of riving yon any
fin I know these men.
NEW
And bumble home,
O'er old and
O'er high nod low,
The or merry
rune
With aglow
out n far sat
or a glad Dew Tear
To SO who weep,
TO all obese steep
By her or foe
Is turned to pain.
To hearts oppressed by
Slid whose are lived la vain-
A i, may that mimic urine
From with the dear Lord's pesos
To ell coll.
Who the soil.
Or the main.
Or,
mil the body through the
And unflinching -y ii.
To all wit b . n . oppressed
Hay clear bells bring new
To hopes.
And on the slopes
Of far off hills
Bee faintly gleam
A glory the spirit fills
With of his dream.
Hay hi. true.
As dear friend, may come to
E. S
Himself.
you promised me a new
bonnet on the of year.
too I've Just
sworn off every thing and have begun
new year with a clean record.
Through a Darkly.
Mies you sec the old
out last night, Ur. Slasher
Slasher been up all
saw several of them.
No
Well, suppose you begin the
raw year with a of new resolutions
No; same old ones I had last
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TRAINS SOUTH.
No IS, No No
Dec. 8th, daily Fast Mail, dally
daily Sun.
Weldon pm
Ar Mint la am
Tarboro am
Ar Wilson pm
Wilson
Ar
Ar CO
am
Warsaw
Av Magnolia
Ar U
NORTH
No No No
dally dally dally
ex Sun.
am
am
Ar
A r
Wilson pm
Ar Rocky Mount
Ar Tarboro
Tarboro am
Ar Weldon pm
Dally t Sunday.
Train on Scotland Neck Rood
leaves Halifax 2.30 P. M., arrives Scot-
land Neck at 4.00 P. M.
P. M. Returning leaves 7.00
A. M., Scotland Neck at 10.10 A. M.,
daily except Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N C, via
it Raleigh R. R. dally except Sun.
day. P M. Sunday IT P M,
N C, P M, P M.
Returning leaves Williamston, N C, dally
except Sunday. A M, Sunday A
U. arrive Tarboro, N C, IS A M,
Train on Midland N C Branch
except Sunday, A M,
Smith Held, N C, a M. Re-
turning leaves X A M,
arrive N O, A M.
Train on Nashville Branch leaven Rocky
at P M, arrives Nashville
P Hope P M.
leaves Spring Hope A M,
M, arrives Rocky Mount
except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw
for Clinton dally, except Sunday, at
and A M Returning leave dial
ton A H. and P. M. connect-
at Warsaw with Nos. and
Southbound train on Wilson A
ville Branch is No. Northbound
except Sunday.
Train No. South will stop only at
Wilson, and Magnolia.
Train No. makes at
Weldon for all points North daily. All
call via Richmond, and daily except Sun-
day via Bay Line.
Trains make close connection far
North via Richmond and Wash
All trains run solid between
ton and Washington, and have Pullman
Pal see Sleepers attached.
JOHN F. DIVINE,
General
i. R.
T. M. EMERSON
Atlantic C
TIMETABLE No.
A. M., Saturday,
1st,
East.
No. No. SO
Ar.
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Saturday,
Wednesday and Friday. .
Welder. Train bound
m., and with
end Danville Train West, lea
p. in.
Train connects with
Train, arriving at Golds
a. m., mid with Wilmington
Train from North at a.
Train with Wilmington
Through Freight Train, lea
at p. in and with
Danville Through Freight T
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