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Coughing
MI given up to die with
quick consumption. I then began
to Cherry Pectoral. I
improved at once, and am now in
perfect E. Hart-
man,
It's too risky, playing
with your cough.
The first thing you
know it will be down
deep in your lungs and
the play will be over. Be-
gin early with
Cherry Pectoral and step
the cough.
Three ; SOc., SI. All
Ir.
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then He 5- l
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Thursday, January
Miss Settle Hooker is sick.
L. A returned to Grifton
Wednesday evening.
Ex-Got. T. J. left this
morning Raleigh.
Miss Glenn Forbes returned to
Durham today.
D. C. core returned
day evening from Bethel.
l. W. Moseley returned Wed-
evening from Bethel.
Harry Skinner returned Wed-
evening from
who h is sick
two weeks, is out again.
Bert James returned today to
tie o Diversity Chapel Hill,
Mrs. Norman children
let t this morning for Parmele.
Chas. Skinner went out this
IT. Watson, representing the
large medicine for a trip on the road.
of II. E. Co.,
was here t day to renew the firm's
advertising contract with The Hi i
Miss Mamie King left
day evening for a visit to Golds-
Mrs. P. J. Tyson returned
Wednesday evening from a visit to
Bethel.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
The Clerk of Superior Court of Pitt Mrs. II. B. Harris returned
Count I Wednesday evening from a visit
to the i
2nd day Jan, U e
i-f Walter Brans tic- a
her- by I l n all perm
tot law t make hi m i pay-
I under .
creditors of I estate to I
claims pro authenticated, to the
d, twelve, months
alter the date of this nodes, or
notice i i be plead in bar their
recovery.
This the 2nd day of Jenna
J. W. SMITH,
I i estate r
to Robersonville.
Misses and Mattie
Holt returned today to Peace
st Raleigh.
Mr. Lillie Spruill, South
Carolina, arrived Wednesday eve-
to visit her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. Moore.
Get your ledger for the new year
at Reflector Book Store.
THE to print
your new stationer for 1904.
Jan. 1st. a sow
will weigh about
pounds, gray and brown spotted,
no Party rinding same
please notify W. J. Holmes,
Greenville, N. l 9-2-d
boy to
gin work Monday, Apply
this week at W. Tel. office.
for Pitt
to wot k for tin; Eastern Life In-
Company of America.
Liberal contract to a Ad-
dress, with references, Eastern
Life Ins. C . Washington, N O.
Dr. H. O. Hyatt will be in
at Hotel January
25th, 26th and ,
Tuesday and Wednesday tor the
purpose of treating diseases of
eye, ear, nose and throat and fit-
ting w.
G. T. Tyson returned from Kin-
ITEMS.
Bethel, N. Jan. 1904.
G. Mann, of drop-
in to see sister last night.
J, was here Thursday
on business and returned this
morning.
M. Mount left this afternoon
for Greenville to attend to
W. C. Ward, who left Monday
for Oak Ridge returned last night
on account of Mr. being
short of clerks.
Ernest House, of Newport News,
who has visiting relatives
here this left, last for
House.
J. J. and W. France,
i G. T. Tyson returned , , . . . .
j of Becky Mt, are here this week
r the this morning. ; , .
t Pitt county made in th. buying tobacco,
i d I. re H. C. Hooker went to Mb of
Thursday more, is still breathing Bethel air I
W. B. James left Thursday and enjoying its comforts.
Raleigh- We are glad to know that Bethel
is still increasing.
A good increases wherever
L.
aw, the undersigned
will for cash before house
door In Ore tile, . vet It
d folio . i . r
land in Pitt Falkland It. A. White left Thursday eve graded is still increasing.
. ,
. Charlie Manning went to Ayden .
w i Thursday evening. The of the Athenian
thence north wit
line o the w n land,
with ; to h n line
. ,. -aid to th be-
. Cm I.
or less,
Tl is 22nd, Thursday night Raleigh.
JAMES, .
M. Daniel left Thursday
evening home at Dunn.
Greenville's Great Department
Gold and Silver Handled
rel aS
Slippers for Children, Ladies
and Gentlemen.
Table Covers, Bureau Scarfs, Pillow Shams,
Center and Mats in Linen Drawn
Work. Irish Point,
Wheels, Point net.
Wool Sweaters for Children
and Ladies.
Wool Crochet and Silk
Shawls in evening Sades. j
Lace and Silk for
Ladies.
R. J. Cobb.
C. V. York. L H.
Miss Tessie Evans has returned ;
took today.
from
Dr. H. Bagwell returned
Ask Dr. Thigpen who leave
ENTRY OF LA SOS
A Man and a
In theater recently a man down
in one the front rows spied on ; g
Mrs. Mary Applewhite, of the floor a large with an g
looking about him, he
men and their es-
less, . w. P White just sat down.
f Hobgood, who have been visit former he presented the pin
her hi other, B. L. Humber,
returned this
. claims and e pi Thursday evening to amber top.
or i I of -i.- . i i. ,, i i ,
. . ,,. . Mrs. J. F. haw that two ma
o; u th
I;
on j .
I i
i , into
. .; II
shake I tin head indicated he
made a Mistake. he tried II
aisle. The women
The family of Mr. B M. Cheek, ,.; to be interested. The pin
hat e
The Building
and
Lumber Co.,
Contractors, Constructors
MANUFACTURERS
V and its amber of o
t . . it In th time on account
the h have been released.
w .
j .
r, . I he
;.
They hesitated, but
pin was handed back. Desperately
he n the search now.
Indies unattended likely la
i. a
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a mixture, a
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If you arc n suffer-
w will send you FREE OP
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booklet, which contains authentic
testimonials patients who have been
cured by this wonderful Specific. not
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and recommended
B. B. of is in owners. To them he slowed the
pin. They took it and enjoyed its;
. ,. . , . J pattern. Just then the man felt a
. O. I-unit, cl spent . , , . ., I
, . , . on his sleeve. It. was Ins wile,
in .; here and this, , ,
and she remarked, are
n. mi , .
showing my to
lie went over to the
nine pair i i I explained. my
wife's hat ho said, but in such
consciously guilty accents that the
women handed it back with doubt-
smiles.
T. A. Dike went to Washington
this morning.
s left Friday
, vi g for Winterville.
W. E Patrick went to Ayden
Friday
P. A. went to Ayden j
evening.
J. O. Hooker returned Friday
evening from New Bern.
When the thaws there
will be bad roads.
Lizzie Blow returned Fri
day evening from Wilmington.
Mrs. F. and children,
left Friday evening for a visit to
LaG range.
The City Hay Grain Co.
and sellers op
Hay, Grain, Cracked Com,
Bran, Cotton Seed
Meal and Hulls.
FIFTH STREET, ONE DOOR PROM
FIVE POINTS.
Get our prices and see our stock be-
fore We want to buy your
Cora and Peas tor cash.
Factory situated by the railroad just Nor th of the
Imperial Tobacco Factory.
All kinds of d lumber,
scroll work.
All machinery new and up to-date and of the best
make.
Plans and contracts for erection of
buildings.
Tinning, Slating. Guttering and all kinds of sheet
metal work. O in shop is on fourth street, opposite
marble yard. Mr. K. L. Wyatt, has of
our tinning and slating department. You will find him
a master of his trade.
We ask for our share of the public patronage and
will do our best to give satisfaction.
Temperance Prospects for 1904- . D
The prospects for good advance in . .
Green
A temperance
will be pressed all through the
by those who believe that the C. FLANAGAN,
of open saloons is bad. The
going out of business of ninety
loons in the State with the closing of
the old year, was a good start along
the lines of temperance reform. The
work will spread much this year. j Maybe a thief a thief,
Scotland Neck Commonwealth. but why should he do it
Attorney at Law,
Greenville. N. C.
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR.
D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOL. No.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JANUARY . 1904.
No.
The Indiana Massacre 1711.
Paper read by Miss Mary
Wiley before the Pitt County
During the early part the 18th
there came to Eastern
a member of Swiss and
German colonists. These
under the leadership of Baron de
themselves
at the confluence of the
and Trent rivers, and in time
began the building of their
town, New Bern.
Mow the land which de
planted hi- Colonies
was claimed by fierce and war
like These Indians
were the most tribes in
Carolina. Therefore de
was anxious to secure
their good will. But the
were disposed to look
with favor Upon their white neigh
bore. They regarded them as
intruders. When, however, they
perceived that de had
no intentions taking their lands
by force, and he was disposed
to be just and honest toward them,
they became more friendly. On
when de
was lost the woods, they
bias great to
their ideas of
made him a of cider and
venison, and built great bonfire
his All they
danced and sang, when
must have gazed at their pale j for a final consultation. De
with what awe listened to j that now was his;
their queer talk. while j last chance for life. Putting on as
the prisoners were led away mi brave face as he could, he made
the crowd of wondering last plea. In simple terms he
and placed by themselves under proved his innocence and showed
a guard of savages. There all day I how his death would be avenged
they were forced to remain, heart- by the great Queen of England
sick and weary, exhausted sent while people
from fatigue hunger. No land, ore Indian in
was given and I the council who understood
when dinner time cane,
were they could not The warriors were
I.-V the nauseous that was They lid not know
set before them, in what to do. they decided
morning message- had been grin to until had
the s. the ad with ; Tom a war
for a council of nor in high repute them.
war. sundown, the war About day break
began to arrive singly and from Tun with
crowds, every direction. the man with
About ten o'clock the council compass and chains must be put Lo
called. In a wide, open place other released,
great fire was Undid. Around was
fire gathered king and led away to one of
party guard the cabins was
and their while For j left to on the fatal ground.
hours the warriors debated, some I We can imagine the horrible scene
violently against the which followed, the helpless
captives, saying they had stolen bound tot,
i lit ti- lauds and treated them shame i naked body lashed lo a and
fully, others defending full fine splinters torch-
testifying to their and wood, fiendish mob of Indians
kindness. No charge could lie dancing and about, him,
brought against de j perchance torturing him
bin all were agreed that imaginable way, whilst the
was worthy of punishment, since kindled leap higher and
NO ELECTION CALLED.
Aldermen Ignore Petition of Cit-
The board of aldermen at a Spec-
meeting, Monday night refused
to call the election
petitioned for the citizens, and
the meeting look much like
was cut and duel.
At the regular meeting of the
board list Thursday
was presented u
election be called on the question
of a dispensary. Mayor
was appointed as a committee to
investigate t
hoard adjourned to the
meeting 1.1 his re on
act up o it.
At Lb in
higher, last the lifeless body,
and falls in
t the ground.
with compass chain he had
laid their binds and gold them.
At length, however,
came, they conducted i well de was On the day after Iii horrible
safely to his led, it d word was brought to
De did Dot forgot that the should be do who still held
the kindness of the Indians
this occasion, and when, some
wed be next day to n turn home, a that a plan nu fool
But when the next day came, to all the whites of eastern
fourteen later, his friend two arrived in A
wan made
report of Mayor contain-
ed these Number of names
on number
dead or removed leaving the
number of registered voters
The petition of citizens
1-4 Denies, number deed or re-
moved Since signing leaving
registered voters on the in-ti
the required by Ian
being one-third r making the
petition contain more
the required number of-names.
After the report of the mayor
been read K. II.
presented a petition from the
signers asking their names be
stricken from petition.
I- H. then
made a motion no election be
d.
At Ibis juncture A. L. Blow ad
dressed the board, nil vising then
they hail mi right to
of Pub-
.-; ii can
r puces,
to
. line and
that
o lake
. i- coin-
Job n Lawson general of
no come to
p after it i. id been
i in.
vain.
I the colonists were wholly
pared for
Forth asked him to at the turn ma provided they were
accompany him on an had taken demanded a second the town of New Bern on
expedition rough the trial. at this trial day appointed the massacre,
country, he gladly consented I Lawson got into a Hied to persuade
Realizing now the ever treacherous one of the Indians, whereupon someone to taken his
nature of the Indian, betook Indiana as a body, became But in vain. Therefore
Indian lads along with him a a very angry, and a short
safeguard against any decreed death not only to
attack , bill
With two to row their well,
boat and with provisions for iii j iv the next the
teen days, de and prisoner were led
friend started on I heir trip up where the were
river Neuse. As it had not rained ed. Their hands
in several days, their was f.,., their clothes
slow About sundown second stripped from them, their
day they e town, made bare. In the the
where they resolved th.--- . -.- by the
w i which
There had he n
ration of war, nor
lent, when on
September,
went from
I d-i lug;, e
, sunrise t hey began i h
work, and
lie
w a- followed by F. II Ming,
who pointed out an i-
had been filed, a had
been to investigate
aid ibis had
made its report, II e had no
more right to now
would have to
open h ballot l x- in midst of
ail and allow votes lobe
taken out.
gas
Notwithstanding this n motion
of to i ff was car-
if two
i i warriors, they were placed
-is tin. i. i j . . they had one him
w no low n. , ,,,,, ,, neat the ti e a
t , , ,. . . , , . . tired and i
saw . inn In g old Carried Oil
not want . . . ,,,. ,.,, persons were butchered in
mans inn urn A
hastened lo return to their boat, i an Stood mot ionics-, as
Before they could reach a great knife in
however, they were most other.
attacked. From the bushes j side of the fire a mob of
around toe Indiana sprang up-m women children a
them, well armed and in lame dance, while two
numbers. De ,,, the beat of a drum.
Lawson. taken so thus by the dance was over four
not able to defend fired guns. Immediately
and were j with blood curdling yells the
seized as prisoners, led away j dancers fled into the woods. In
chief of the tribe. L while they returned,
AH night they were forced to ma faces painted in black and red ind
with their cruel captors, through I their hair flying, their
great swamps, out of thick bodies greased and sprinkled with
across deep streams, till foot- tiny bits of Taking their
sore weary, they arrived places within the circle they
early dawn at Town, to dancing again nor did they
home of the great Chief their dance till evening
on. according to their
toms they built great fires all over
of the Indians.
There was great excitement
.
; In cabin. N- T. u.
M d
mi n mid
in i
A in ii Buck
bin did not vote.
A motion not call election
was then carried.
Toe citizens are Dot going lo
Stop at but will have another
ii
lute voting
Alderman
it.
was pies
most barb; man net and their
dead bodies treated with every
Their houses were
plundered and then burned, and Potion the next meeting
the i fields of grow
destroyed. Women were laid on
the floor and slakes driven through
their bodies, children were snatch-
ed their parents and carried
into captivity, the living
pursued so hotly they could not
Why the Gentleman Stopped.
A citizen of this county ex-
plained why he didn't
take a newspaper. He said he
used to take one, but there were
no many accounts it of people
bury their dead but had to killed by lightning,
them a prey to wolves and so alarmed his children that he
couldn't get them to stay at Work
in the field when a, thunderstorm
threatened. For this reason he
continued. At length
overcome by fatigue, the warriors
desisted from their bloody work.
cut out newspapers and as
children can no longer read about
Town when the strange region, till it as if the
captives were brought Men, on fire
women and children crowded about I The weary prisoners expected
them. No doubt of them every moment to be their last. But
bad never scene a while man be- j the of day by,
fore. With what wonder they I night came on. The warriors met
Then it was de beheld I deaths from lightning it is
the sad spectacle of the work better, the
return bringing with them booty I presence a
and captives by the score. Laud mark.
Never since the
the Province bad there been such Dr. H. U. Hyatt will be in
a time of distress. Indeed the at Hotel Bertha
general assembly declared that 25th, 26th
22nd of September- j Tuesday and Wednesday for the
should be solemnized as a day of
fasting and prayer, as a dark day
the Carolina.
for the
purpose of treating diseases of the
eye. ear, throat fit
glasses.
The Graded School Closed
The executive committee of the
Hoard of the trustees the graded
schools met today, at the
office, in the graded
school building and had with them
the superintendent of Public
Heath. After a careful
of the situation grow out of
the recent cases the
committee readied the conclusion
that out of u that
it is better to school for
the present. It -as
ordered that the be closed
till the 1-t day of . binary. If
i . a further
suspension will then
due notice i but
if no further Diction is taken the
will reopen 1st day
if February.
action has i o I re-
peat out of abundant and
for t in- of t lie i but
it was opinion of
the
lie Health vi
be accomplished by if the child-
are allowed to Vis I and
together oil
Parents are there n
keep children
all work together to mp the
dread disease. It is nut improper
in to say that the
feels same deep in
children of town to protect
them us seas torn pl-
ed them to lab r BO to
provide a baa
building. Ii is in
prompts i .-. .
I act and to I
in ii ii i
By order of cut i i
J w i-i,
man.
AYDEN ITEMS
Ayden-, X. C. January 1904.
A. T. . f Goldi born, was
here Monday.
A. Will mis, g
baa moved in u.
L, B. Williams, bus in to
to country.
Prof. Kn g held services
Baptist church Sunday morning
and night, lb- j- H preacher
as w . a- a good teacher.
While the children of Scott
Mere suiting wood
at his hone near Grove, hist
Friday a tree fell one of them,
killing it instantly.
Vi . Jackson has been sick
for a few days.
Edwin trip has gone out of the
hotel and taken a position
with W. Bro.
Luther has bought
an Interest in M. F.
grocery business.
There is a big demand for
deuces here at present.
Miss Mattie has
bought a residence of B. W. Smith
on street, and will move
a few days.
Bros, has rented the
will move here in
a few days.
W. E. Maya have sold bis farm
lo J. F. and will move to
town.
Plato Collins, of Kinston, Grand
Warden, was here night
installed the following officers
of the I O. O. F. for ensuing
J. J. N.
J. J. Stokes, V. G.
J. F.
U. G. Cox, Sec

N N X V V .
DEPARTMENT Department
The Farmville Branch of the Eastern Reflector is in charge, of Rev. T. it who is
authorized to transact any business for paper in Farmville and territory.
i V -X
CHEAP
C M. -M.
Branch of the is in charge
E. Bradley, who it transact any
the paper in and territory.
FARMVILLE, X. C.
W. administrator of R H. and FANCY GOODS.
to notify public lie has I rye i
goods owned said R. IT. I offer- Leaders in Fashions. Full line of
to the public of The and flowers,
full line of DRY NO V s. ,., Cheaper than war.
HATS, CAPS. and f -i
J. J. Satterthwaite
Bro.
. i- i
Mfg
Dice
Co. All made to o to the individual. Your
lire is taken an i a good guaranteed. can these
g mi i. less than charge,
i; on w come
W. Store,
Farmville, N. C.
II- HARRIS CO-,
FARMVILLE, C.
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats,
Pansy Groceries, Crockery,
i. software, To-
and Cigars. Everything cheap
rush. Highest price for
Invite vim to make their store
headquarters and while there to
inspect their complete stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
and learn their low prices. We
can supply all your needs in
any line of goods.
R. R. FLEMING,
Merchant and
Manufacturer
M-
always carries a complete
stock of
j e n
a v.
General Merchants.
So id hi going further when we can supply all your needs in
Cry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hardware,
Furniture and Groceries,
line of Richmond Stove Cook Stoves Hen
Oar load lots of Hay, Cora, Oat, Cotton Seed Hull
Meal, Fertilizers and Lime.
Manufacturers of Baggies, Tobacco Flues and Track,
Farm Wagons, Collins and Caskets always on hand.
In season we operate a Manger Cotton
and
. f s
Good, Fresh
R. C C. JOYNER,
Physician
and Surgeon.
Farmville, N. C.
William Fountain, H.
Physician find Surgeon,
N. c.
Office one door east of post office, or.
street Phone
GREENVILLE
Lumber Veneer Co.
MANUFACTURERS OF
North Carolina Kiln-Dried
PINE LUMBER
Truck Barrels, Briskets,
Crates and Veneers,
Stove Wood on band at all times, for
sale by the load. Mill locate south
of tin depot.
Phone
We are selling Lawns and other
summer dress goods at about
half price, to make room tor
all goods.
Manufacturers of Lumber and
Building Shingles.
Special price on carload lots of
US, N. C.
After thirty years of successful I am
better than ever prepared to supply nil
needs of the people with U complete stock of
General Merchandise
lean furnish anything wanted, from
needle to steam engine.
I handle fertilizers and gin cotton in season.
If you do come to us, Ii p every-
thing the grocery line and sell it to our
the Lowest Possible Price,
CASH GROCERS
Not Quite
How often you can get a
thing not done a
nail or screw driver or
lacking. Have a good
tool box and be prepared for
emergencies. Our
is all you could desire, and
we will see that your tool
box does not lack a single
useful article.
Of Course
You get Harness,
Horse Goods,
of
J. R.
Corey
Change of Superintendents.
Q. E. Phillips, who has for
sometime been superintendent of
the local telephone exchange here,
been
His brother.; H. M.
of
as superintendent of the
exchange.
Letters from
Women
by the use of are received dally.
Their troubles nearly all begin with
or other stomach disorder.
If the food you eat fails
your body, it is because the j-
by stomach and digestive organs
are inadequate to transform the nutrient prop-
of the food into blood. That is
Indigestion. The system is deprived of the
amount of nourishment required to keep up
the strength, and the result is that one or
more of the delicate organs gradually grows
weak, and then weaker, until finally it Is
diseased. Here a great mistake Is made.
That of treating the diseased organ. The
best doctors in the land make, this very
mistake. Why should they It is so easy
to see that the trouble is not there.
Cures
This famous remedy puts the stomach and
digestive organs In a healthy condition so
that rich, red blood Is sent coursing through
the veins and arteries of every muscle, tissue
and fiber throughout every organ of the en-
tire body, and by Nature's law of health, full
strength and vigor Is soon restored to each.
cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all
stomach disorders.
I have taken for nearly two months
after each meal and it Is the only remedy
that gave relief from the terrible pains I
endured. After a time would take it but
once a day. and now, while I keep a bottle
handy, I seldom need it, as it has cured me.
Mrs. J. W. Center, N. Y.
Digests What Yon Eat.
Greenville Co.
Having been plowed down sometime
for needed repairs will resume op-
Monday, Jan. 4th
under new with a full
force of competent work men,
make mid hell at wholesale aid
Sash, Doors and
Mantels, a
id I soils of Interim- and
Building We i
your patronage, not as a favor bin
only on out merits.
Licenses.
Last week of Deeds K.
Williams Issued licenses to the fol-
lowing
WHICH
D. O. and Martin
W. B. and Susan
Herman Murphy and Addle
It. D. Harrington and Blanche
E. Fleming.
J. A. Buck and Alice G.
Zeno Bras ton.
D. Moore and Fannie L.
Whichard.
Howard Killebrew and Mollie
Junes.
Dupree and Millie Johnson.
Jessie
Samuel and
Mabry.
Isaac Best and Ora Blount.
Peyton and Charity Bar-
Marshal Wallace Annie
Chapman.
Thomas H. Thompson and Isa-
bell Walker.
Alonzo Pugh Addle
The of the Davenport
will begin a hoot Aug.
It is the best invention of Hie century.
Logger with some experience, with two bunk
wagons and one ox cart,.
; em
if.
Is the place to got Clothing, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Hats, Groceries, Hardware, Furniture, Crockery, etc., at
bottom
A full line of Drugs and Medicines Highest prices paid
for all of country produce.
i mt
i m ; vi
i lit.
is i I
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itS
B a i
I f I a I
k-
AFTER TWO TEARS HAVE BEEN PAID IN
Alfred Green and Sarah
i. a
OF NEWARK, N. J., YOUR POLICY HAS
Loan Value,
Cash Value,
Paid-up Insurance,
Insurance that works automatically,
Is
Will be re instated if arrears be paid within on month while you
are or within three years after lapse, upon satisfactory evidence
of v and of arrears interest.
second No Restrictions. Incontestable.
Dividends are payable at the beginning of the second and cf each
succeeding year, provided the premium for the current year be paid.
They may be To reduce Premiums, or
To Increase the Insurance, or
To make policy payable as an during the lifetime
of insured.
J, L. SUGG,
Greenville
f V
I stuck
every joint and every nerve
was racked with writes C
W. Bellamy, a locomotive fireman
of Iowa. was weak
and pale, without any appetite
all run down. As I was about to
give up, a Elect
Bitters, after taking it. I felt
as well as lever did in my
Weak, sickly run down people
ways new life, Strength and
vigor from their them.
Satisfaction by Wooten's
DrugStore. Pi ice cents.
Dame J. Sully Pays Big Price for Stock
Exchange Seat.
New York, Jan. J.
Sully, who gained in the re-
cent bull campaigns in cotton,
closed today
Edward Morrison for the purchase
of his seat on the New York stock
exchange and the seat was posted
for transfer on the exchange.
will that
in the neighborhood of for
the seal. The Committee on ad
missions will act on the ease with-
in a week or i
Two Case Diphtheria.
Physicians Monday pronounced
two cases of sickness among Child-
town as being diphtheria.
One is the aided child of Mr. aid
Mis. E. B the other
is a little Mrs. L. He-
Gowan. honest have been
quarantined.
Folks Must Eat
No matter how low the
of tobacco, and we are the
to supply
Seasonable Eatables at
Seasonable Prices.
I Fresh, Clean, Pure Goods only
ate offered. We don't call
shoulders hams. Everything
goes by its honest name.
W. J. THIGPEN,
GROCER,
Five Points.
, Phone
Cotton Must Have
Potash
is an essential plant food
which must be added as a fertilizer
or the soil will
become ex-
as is
true of so
many cotton
fields.
have books
giving valuable de-
tails about
We
bee to any for
KALI WORKS,
bra York -98 or
So. St.
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA.
PITT COUNTY.
Report cf Receipts and Disbursements of School Fund
for Twelve Months, Ending June 30th, 1903.
RECEIPTS
Received General State and County Tax
Genera
Special Property Tax, levied under local acts
Special Pull lax, n local
Forfeitures in the courts
Liquor a
From surer
Examination Teachers .
Sale School House site . 150.00
total other
16220.12
8516.03
213.61
2317.70
6467.25
70.00
Total received during the ear from June 30th, II
to July 1-;.
Balance on baud as per
j D. W.
IN
Saved From Death,
The family of Mrs. M L. Bob.
of Tenn., saw her
and were powerless to save
her. The skillful physicians
am remedy used, failed,
While was bill
surely taking life, Ii
terrible hour Di. King's
Discoveries for
turned despair into joy. The first
bottle brought relief
and its continued use
COred her. Its the most certain
cure in the world for all throat
and lung troubles.
Bottles end Trial But
ties at Woolens Drug Store,
rakes scrape very little
together.
It is exceptional find a
where are no
occasionally, can
be Dr.
New Life Pills Much
trouble they save by their great
work in and Liver
They only relieve you
but cure, cent at
Drug Store.
costs to neglect a duty
to ii.
wonderful Nerve
I- displayed many n mas en
during pains of n-.
Wounds, Bruises
Son ft et or Is Dal
no need tor it,
will kill the pain and cure
the Ct's best salve m
for too,
Drug Stoic.
i i
. I i I . i tool,
. Ii I t-. ;. to
IS
Groceries
And Provisions
Cotton Bagging and
Ties always on hand
Goods kept con-
in Stock, Country
Produce Bought Sold
D. W.
Q R
North Carol i i
Total
Paid Te b i Whites
Paid u-hers ; ho
Sen houses --i v-
id S-h ii
Paid County Sup l it
Paid i i T ch i i
Paid scions, i 923881.16
i . n . i nut, B ard
ind . , ion ,
s . I j
for I ;
ii ; , ;
S Jo
AI
Key . De
,,, n,.,, ,.
Total l Her purposes
I e
ion
7432.21
12902.75
3675.65
105.10
HI'S
477.62
45.80
79.93
on baud July 1st,
. 1258
8543.97
Whichard.
The Stock complete in every U-
and prices ash as
lowest. Highest market price
paid
S. M.
Wholesale Grocer
Hides. For. Cotton Oil
re's. Turkeys, Egg, tie. I .
Mattresses, Oak Suits, Ba
suit, Tables, Lounges, Safes, I
and Gail St Ax
Life Tobacco, Key West Che-
roots, George Can
Cherries, Peaches, Applet
Pine Syrup, Jelly, Mitt ,
Flour Sugar,
Ly, Magic Food, Matches, Oil,
Meal and Hulls, Gar-
Manges, Apples,
Candies, Dried Apples,
lines, Currents,
mid China Ware, Tin him Wooden
Ware, Cakes and
Cheese, best New
Sewing and tin
other and
Quantity. Cheap for cash. Com
to see me.
HITTER
Steamer l Ii. Myers leave
V. ton daily, except Sunday,
at in for leaves
ville except Sunday,
i in. ; V i
W ; wit's
fin
. York Boston,
, I I.
Quarter, and
nil for Mt with rail
should
the Old S. S, Go. from
Nev Clyde B from
a Line
S C i. from Mer-
and Line from
Boston.
J.
N.
A unit,
Charlotte Union Depot
The petition of the citizens of
Charlotte for a union
depot will be heard before the
North Carolina Corporation Com-
mission January
IN
a.
Norfolk, Va.
Cotton handlers of
Ties and Bags.
Correspondence and shipment
IN
S. M. American and Italian Marble
N. C.
WIRE AND IRON SOLD
First Class work sad
application.
One bad turn deserves another
for the better.
Accident.
Asheville, N C,
of Avery's Creek
-hip, while out hunting
i afternoon, was shot m
the abdomen. It i-. believe his
wound will prove
had shot -i bird which f II in
; his . tin I gun
was . the load of
j h
Money Far the Volunteers,
ml is ,
an . in the matter of
be bounty i lie gm
. the North
. Una b i ed i
t i Ii are em .
, p. I on the auditor of the v
I . today en .
d pi
h I he
I s . It
lie re i.
I e of ions
mil in
M r, i I i h, a blank.-i
has
giving to all the states the
lo collect from
money to their are
entitled. This bill, in Mr.
opinion, will probably become a
law at an early date. Mr. has
been informed that.
has selected a North Caro-
attorney to press
of the claim, which will amount lo
between and
pi ox bunted. A. collecting agency
which successfully pushed the
claim of one state, sought to
take North case on the
of cent.
To the State Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Raleigh, N. C.
is a true statement of th School Fund received and
dish i s -1 i he I -i. f Hi- County B for the
school year I. June i, 1903, as by v of the
S I
, nil of C .
I . C.
. i . . -n -.-.- r
I I. ; i
i n I . its com I-
i i ii man to I Is n id bu i i- , ,.
HE KEEL V i I,
C.
A Big Blaze at
Fla., Jan.,
early today destroyed the
In which was located the
telephone pub-
library, Masonic lodge and
other rooms. The loss is
Men pay taxes on
hey are reputed to be worth.
St. Vincent's Hospital and Sanitarium,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
COST OF BUILDING and equipment, half-million dollars.
CAPACITY,
Most on Atlantic salt air tempered by proximity of
Quit Stream. Fully equipped with every modern Improvement for the treat-
of disease. A full corps of Specialists In every department.
department for oases of confinement. Most approved X-ray Thor-
system of Turkish and Baths.
Ward Rates, per week; Private Room Rates from to par week.
For etc., address
The St Hospital and Sanitarium
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

THE EASTERN REFLECTOR
S Ml Tl Y
J. W
The official re the slate On homo the Chariot The Henderson Gold Leaf,
on the textile mills shows Observer rails him Mr.
ran.
Too bad.
a steady men There are in
AND state DOW mills
. the previous year. The In both the weather and the cot-
Entered in the office st K. C, as second class matter, development of industry in North ton market one hardly knows what
Adv. rates made upon application.
correspondent desired at every pout office in adjoining counties.
Carolina is slow but sure.
in to
Pitt County, X. C, Friday,
1904.
Can't the men of Green.
ville see the need of more dwelling
houses It is almost impossible for
a man to rent a house in Greenville
at any price. How we expect t-
to look for next.
Senator Henna still has friends in
North Carolina desirous of having
him nominated for President, but
think hew ill as
Greenville
have each commenced a new
volume. They are three of the best
papers published in North Carolina.
Va. Observer.
Judge Russell write me
one hundred or me one
hundred If the latter, the
returns are not all in yet, for
Darby has not reported the return of
the Messenger,
Russell ought to have added When the two Raleigh morning the population of our
postscript, saying this, dailies get at the millennium,,;. it more thriving and
may be the next thing looked for. prosperous when there is not enough
of beer or no beer in
The Raleigh Times says eighty
per cent, of the purchasers of
The in .
Durham i- about to drown
in the union I for the time be
in the for the people . . , . ,
j l i i . y it the dispensary are
epidemic has struck Very often you will , . ,
i ii- .- r i will be a to that
tn and everybody is satisfied t or , , , g
The Watch Tower, published at
its visits
a brief i i is greatly
improved in appearance and is a
handsome paper.
except those ho do not want a
Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of Atlanta.
assumes the office of commander-in-
chief of the United Confederate
up in one house, and then besides
rents are entirely too high, that alone
calculated to keep some people
from moving here. Let some one
that has some money go to work
and build some new houses.
class and a benefit to the state when
the day conies that whiskey will be
entirely out of their reach.
The country realizes the
is not in
m. A steadily
white labor.
Association, made
j by the death of Gen. Gordon. of Seaboard Air
Line at a recent meeting approved
At last a site has been secured of three
increasing Home in Charlotte. trust bonds. The
Staple is produced is so far removed from
everybody that no one is near enough
to kick about it.
The entire mourns the death
of Gen. John B. Gordon. He died
at Miami, Fla., Saturday night, a
little past o'clock. General
Gordon was the most prominent
of the Confederacy and was
the beloved hero at every reunion in
late
is going to try his Zion
colony in Texas. Plenty of room
down there for them, and his crew
might turn in for a bit of work and
help exterminate the boll weevil.
A Georgia legislator has
his intention of
John Alexander is about to
found a new colony on a mixture of
finance and religion. We respectfully
nominate Mr. W. P. Fife, of the
Evangelistic cause and the Great
Western Mining Company as an ac-
News.
at the next session of the Legislature
The sheriff of tin county was
talking a day or so ago about the
payment of taxes by people, and
.-aid that this prosperous season it is
. slow, while in 1891, which he con-
the worst year the Slate has
a bill providing for the calling of a
B ever had, the people paid the taxes
constitutional convention tor the better than ever in his experience
purpose of dividing the school fie is told by preachers that the
so that the taxes paid by race j sort of situation exists so far
The inspection fever has
struck Raleigh. The Academy of
Music in that city has been
as a death trap and ordered
closed until proper fire escapes are
provided.
There is little to b gained by
dwelling en the Iroquois
disaster. The
features ere on the minds
the reading public
few know from personal ob- Information comes from Waning
the lull horror of what that the appointment of V.
happened. With these few the j m m
i will never to be n be held u -when it.
pleasant, and is something they will reaches the Senate. And it ought to
always regret. Those who could held
sympathize with the relatives and j
friends of the victims have done so; A howl is raised around Washing-
already The ware of sympathy ton because the cabinet has ordered
has found, practically, universal ex-1 th government work o
It seems needless, then-1 half hour longer each clay. Most of
fore, to dwell on the sad and sicken-1 them do little enough work not to
bonds are to bear interest at per I
cent. Of the total issue of 85,000.-
are to be for
corporate purposes, the balance to
take up and provide for
notes recently issued. Half of the
new bonds will be used for further
construction of the Birmingham ex-
tension, current obligations and
illy,
will be applied only hi the
as the payment of church, obligations
of that race. There ;
is that it is in hard times
some talk along this line in North
Carolina.
the payments are prompter bet-
tor in every way. It is a very
of thing. Raleigh
Observer.
THE believes a
and loan association would be Our State exchanges should begin
good thing for Greenville and prove now, and keep the statement standing
profitable to the promoters. If we
have one, however, it should be pure-
a home institution, managed by
at the top of the column with other
pure reading matter, teaching the
people that under the laws of
no voter liable to a poll tax who
If the Raleigh News and Observer P money kept , poll t .
details.
If all men and woman who
did so for genuine love
the vexed question marriage a
might be definitely settled
once and for all in the negative.
Genuine permanent love between
man and woman is the one bit of
make any kick over the extra time
ordered.
From all quarters there arc
ports of the scarcity of farm labor
This should suggest to the
not to plant larger crops than be can
cultivate and harvest. Better not
depend too much on the chance of
Eden which was left to the race getting later Alter all,
when the gates of paradise closed
behind our first parents, shutting
them out forever, the one flower,
says tradition, flung to Eve by a
pitying angel saw and was
moved by her bitter tears. Given
that and come what may, neither
man nor woman can be miserable so
long as they love each other. Mis-
fortunes do not matter since they
are met together and each is strong
to resist in the sustaining love of the
other. Discomfort, does not matter
their greatest comfort is found
in each other; poverty does not mat-
much since and cheese
and or dinner of
are alike eaten together with a zest
sometimes not included in the menu
of a banquet at a swell hotel. If
such love in reality
en sugarless it never fails to
make contentment and joy.
ass
small farm well cultivated is the
one that pays best.
We thought ex-Governor Russell
was worth enough not to to run
around and borrow a hundred
from women whenever he wan-
to take a little jaunt to Washing-
ton.
It seems that our streets arc poorly
lighted. Of a very dark night when
you are away from the business
of the place you can hardly tell
where you are. We know that the
lights that Greenville is lighted with
are not electric arc lights by any
means, but they could be put close
enough together to render more
good than they do, as they are of very
little value to the town in the shape
they are now in. Let us have
on the
succeeds through agitation to bring
about a restoration of the connection
between the Southern and Atlantic
Coast Line trains at we hope
it will next turn attention to a morn-
connection between Raleigh and
Greenville by way of Goldsboro and
Kinston. It would take very little
change in present schedules to bring
about this connection, and besides
the great convenience to the travel-
public, it would put Raleigh
papers in Greenville at o'clock,
a. m.
Away among the hills a -d valleys
that race between the lofty and forest
clad slopes or and the pale
blue waters of Portugal's
classic river of romance, are a race
of people famous for the ages they
attain. Men over eighty and even
ninety arc found so frequently that
they excite little attention. Two
men in that country, now living, are-
as far as can ascertained, the
oldest inhabitants of the world, one
of them is and the other is
At a banquet in
bus, Polk county, the chancellor
commander noticed the waiter going
around filling the glasses on the
table with whiskey, whereupon he
was ordered to go hack around and
empty them. It is one of the rules
of the order that no intoxicants shall
be served at banquets, and the
are to be commended for it
If REFLECTOR is not mistaken
all the secret orders admonish
and if the members carried
he teachings into practice outside
of the lodge rooms, and the members
of churches he equally true to their
obligations, we would not be hearing
of any towns going wet when an
election on the saloon question is
held.
I at home and invested here. Surely
no town needs a greater number of
dwelling houses more than Green-
ville, and there is no bettor way of
getting them than through a prop-
managed building and loan as-
A town's best citizens are
those who own the houses in which
they live. Such people naturally
feel more interest and pride in the
town than those who are merely
transient tenants. When a man in-
vests his money and owns his home
he becomes a part of the town and
or to. or on, the first of of
to vote
this be
next November.
This is the a good one it
is let every such voter lie fully
reminded of his duty in time to com-
ply with Post.
goes to work to improve his
When a laborer can
take a part of his weekly earnings
and invest them in a home he is en-
to save his money and. try
the harder to get a home
There is a good opportunity here for
men with capital to start such an as-
and we hope it with be
done.
Durham druggists will not have a
soft snap selling whiskey since the
dispensary has been established
there. have decided
that druggists who want to sell booze
as medicine must pay a tax
REFLECTOR.
Dearly beloved you
things mixed. up and let the
druggists give you a
straightener. We have no
here. This is a dry town,
would have you to understand.
Durham Sun.
Sure. Bog your pardon, bud, for
getting mixed this time. We will
take it straight-hereafter.
News quotes Sena-
Thomas New York
as saying that the democratic party
is now and and
The News says that the party is now
on fundamental
Senator moans by
that the party has abandoned
its principles. do not know
what The Charlotte News means by
saying the party has united on fun-
democratic principles. It
has no principles at all present
In he South democracy means
white supremacy. In the North it
does not mean
burg Journal.
There are tames when a
view of the outlook or a gloomy
view of one's own side savors of
treachery. We are on the eve of the
battle. Mr. Seems to us to be
n better democrat than the editor of
the
News.
How can prohibition hurt a town
when the money spent, for whiskey
will be spent for something else or
Herald.
A war in the East would not help
the farmers of this section, for about
as many of them have provisions to
buy as have them to
Herald.
Effect of an Eastern War.
The near danger open
ties between Russia and Japan
Occasioned much discussion as to the
commercial effect of such a struggle
upon the United States.
Opinions differ rather widely. The
most obvious one which
until within the past few days was
the most widely that a war
between Russia and Japan would
distinctly hurtful, if not disastrous
to American trade and industries
This notion was used by the bear
on Wall street Tuesday
and Wednesday as a means of de-
pressing the market.
On the other hand there is a grow-
conviction among merchants and
that such a war would
not impair the prosperity of the
United States, but would act as
stimulus to trade and increase the
demand for American-made goods.
Atlanta Journal.
WINTERVILLE
This department is in of J. M. who is authorized to rep-
resent the Eastern Reflector in Winterville and territory.
WINTERVILLE ITEMS.
K. 1903.
Mrs. J. D. Cox r Sunday
afternoon in count
Elder T. N Maiming went to
If yon want your horse shod, The Man With the Hoe.
if your or own shoes , ,
, . Observant people know that
repairing, and for general . ,
. , , ., , . , . country came near a panic last rear
work call and see , . . ,
t ii . ,. . . when stocks were going down like
L. House on street. . . ,
Inn elevator in an open shaft. The
We now have a lot of porch cause of the flurry and the heavy
Column timber. It you in need was the wholesale stock water-
yesterday.
W. H Crawled, n m-st why not u flt on that began during the Spanish-
lent farmer living near died j are American war. Those get rich quick
Monday nod will be buried to day. speculators, who had been heralded
Fair and Leonard Hamil I. of our farmers has
ton went to today.
beau giving wire fences test nod
that weld is the
The firm heretofore existing best be ever saw.
under the firm name style of B. Mfg. Co. have all in
Co., has been dissolved and no continually buying
by mutual consent and will hero- more,
after be and styled R. G. G. A. Co. will
Chapman a Co., Winterville, yon 1388 lbs seed meal in
Josh Manning, of exchange fur a ton of cotton
was lure Sunday. give per bushel.
upon so much water as gold that the ;
old craft was plunging in deep seas.
What saved lore is what lien- Nine Doors and
clews Springfield, Mass.
alias L. O. Hoffman,
swindling
MANUFACTURED BY
A. COX MANUFACTURING
WINTERVILLE, N. C.
Dr. IS. T. Cox spent Monday in
Greenville.
If in need of seed
meal corn, hay or anything in the
Storm that way finally safely
weathered, because of the prudence
our bankers and the strength i f
our national resources, as the
of the tanner, who
once proved himself the backbone of
the
The tide of loss and disaster was
E. F. Elliott left yesterday for G. A. Co.
as a representative from haven't
not clucked until the Southern farm- doors and
who is charged with
thirty-two from the Atlantic
to the Pa ,.;
and is now under sentences
aggregating ten years for these
broke jail here today.
his escape he unlocked
nine
A of
The concert from the
i ;,,;,.
most
the opera house
ft
Of foil;
in
place.
For Bent r house and
lot located between
Tuesday
Abe company is con p
. deride their
personality they were
c artiste
number on the program
as meritorious and the audience
appreciative. The ladies
credit for
ft is a mark of
to be in
sawed through three
written six different
here to the Grand Masons I- in long With
which is now in at that we are afraid our will think that saved the country as Mr. Pf d finally climbed
we are growing a old fogyish Clews says, but it was chiefly the wall.
or instead of Southern man with the hoe. Every This accomplished at
But we want it has gone up an hundred o'clock this morning, yet be was
of
has been advanced because i
a front seat in the band it has increased the balance of trade IS too weak to move
moving forward.
I D. on Academy street. .,, ,; ., , , .
. . ., . . J distinctly understood Wit
ply to C. A. r-air.
a company,
as none are sent out to represent
the conservatory until have
passed a most thorough
examine
Confederate Bonds.
j town, we have it
list products is adjusted to the
There is
. i no ,
Miss Harper of Black the most gallant cotton, the mill people will also. There is not the slightest clew to
Jack, been visiting i he handsomest men, the
for See M
Or
time, returned home
J.
Cox Board i per day. Best
House in town.
this expired
lightest clew to in the breasts of English
about thirty-eight yens ago,
but ii. i
nicest
and
A party went out to
chapel Sunday and
organized a Sunday school.
Victor Cox, was here
Saturday on professional business.
A, G Cox Mfg. Co. line in a few d
received another r load of
d can furnish you fence G. A
from i
mains Ho- world ever hand and this country
our elder and Observer.
I ladies a d better than
the Father
blessed with a long life. W
could continue In
escape.
While he was
Another Veteran Dead.
Kittrell,
so apparently. The hope
still lives, and the current
way ii,,. London stock
out ho broke into various rooms. book records
and shops to
I lies, some tools that lie
issue of
exchange year
fad that these bond
obtain a suit . holders have raised a fund of
obtain and
rate the Jerome H. Fuller died hero needed, and settlement of these and other ii
filing j But where are they to
ply for the recognition of the t
Cut expected to was in
See then. Home and there sustained a are
Every effort
has been made to track him but
without s. ho far.
here, but will refrain after ion
and only ask the public to cine suddenly, of heart failure.
a small ladder for use
I he outer wall.
EV-several Capt. Fuller; Clark tonight made a
of the investigation, but
on-
Ci
fall that injured his wounded
and left him H for life. He
at prices w e a lino hats for was a and i go-d man.
ranging from . to both old young, aim trunks,
valises, t prices Wanted-Age-d for Pitt
Major of and to k for Life In-
his friend.
with
here
Cox Mfg
Co. orders for over
Economic .-
they are large Shipments
of these There seems to be
practically no end to the demand
Mies Dome A of Green-
ville, after spending sometime
with her sister, Mrs. J. F. Smith,
returned home yesterday.
A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. have a nice
lot of coffins on hand. Prices
always glad to Serve you and save Company of America
Liberal contract to a Ad-
dress, with references,
your money it possible.
nylon Barber Co.
Mrs
Life Ins. U-. n. V C.
Cotton seed a ad corn sale
by W. P. Washington.
Also a limited of
need One customer I
gathered one acre in cotton
I tie past fill over
cotton, and I made from my
Goods. J to per
of cabbage. I
-have a limited cotton,
seed to sell. Price if coin to
per bushel. 1- 13-4-wk D. W-
W N C.
A Full Line of Millinery
Where it the Lamp
During the holidays the street
limp on tie coiner Pitt and
streets disappeared, The.
lamp lighter says he would like for
to tell him where it is
so can get it back in lace. I
Two New Routes.
have been at
mid in this county.
system co to enlarge
and is proving a great benefit to
people along the routes.
A. D. JOHNSTON,
Dealer in
are very reasonable as heretofore. I Staple and Fancy Groceries,
Prompt attention all orders.
Prom the way A. G. Cox Mfg.
Co. are selling carts we predict
that will make a great
Dry Goods, Hats and Conn-
try Pro
Meat, Meal, Flour and Lard
Specialties.
more composts this season ,, , ,,,
. . Cakes, Crackers and Cheese
than usual. always fresh. Tobacco Snuff and Ci-
gars. Pure Apple Cider Vinegar.
Going in to see our friend and and Vegetables, Hominy . , .
., . . ,. I and Canned Goods. Green and train, under the
door neighbor, Dr. B. T. Cox, ed Coffee. Toilet and Laundry soaps, was some sort of a
one day last week, he with a very
happy smile on his face informed
us that he bad the good fortune to
receive a nice present the day be
fore. Upon our inquiry he told
us We asked if it was in
Tinware.
A. D. JOHNSTON.
Winterville, N. C.
Lady
or gentleman to manage business
good-legal He replied, t
beautiful little
standing. straight cash
salary and expenses paid each
direct from headquarter.
Expense money advanced, position
j permanent. Manager,
making four at hit home, on for
corner. We congratulate the
hope his good fortune
may com nine to multiply while
hr troubles diminish.
Chicago.
An Alabama paper tells of a travel-
man who received a letter from
his wife informing him that she was
going into the nearest town the next
day to have cut
The man did not know what she
meant and hurried home by the next
that it
cal operation. The papers declare
that out a is a
bloodless operation, and involves no
risk of life.
A man talks to amuse other
and a woman talks to amuse her-
self.
Fortunate is the man whoso
friends are all good his
mies all bad.
The average man thinks the
average man is far below bis level.
ls
A Conscience
New Haven, Conn., Jan. n.
William J. Bryan was the guest
of or today at a banquet in
Warner flail at which about
were present.
nor vi. bland, and
Congressman De of Mis-
were among from
other states.
occasion took the form of a
Jackson Day and
I was declared by some of its
I free delivery route j to be intended as a
of pi elude to the opening the
presidential campaign in New
England,
Mr. Bryan's topic was
science
He in part;
great issue at this time
the issue between man and
moo, between plutocracy and
democracy. All questions
of policy, of taxation and of r. . i-
and of finance arc but
that that
world wide struggle between Hie
common people and organized
wealth. To say that it docs
pay for a nation to violate the
rights of the people of another
at ion involves so much of
subtraction, multiplication
that many tel lost in
i maze of mathematics. to
say that wages sin is
i to give an epitome of history
hut with each person's
In dealing with the
rusts, with finance, with labor
problems with all the other
questions at issue we must mow
from a moral standpoint and
evil at the bar of
public
A TORPID LIVER
Is the parent of
Constipation
Indigestion ail
Rheumatic Symptoms.
ind Surest known la
Dr.
German Liver Powder
This is not a mixture, but a veritable
translation of one Nature
Innermost If you are a suffer-
we will send you OP
CHARGE s sample of
Liver Powder with our
pan booklet, which contains authentic
testimonials from patients who have been
cured by this wonderful Do not
delay, but send your full address st once to
The American Co.
Ind.

HP
Grimes Sand
J. Proctor Bros
GRIMES LAND'S
SUPPLY house.
awl
If you build a ho
to i ml,
s for yo r family, pro dons .
for your
you. can ail ply your ; is.
Our mill i i
in mil and we are
pare ti cotton, grind .
saw . and, do all kinds
of i irk m
house trim
do .
ts and
Department.
T. F.
Grimesland, N. C.
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
In In the way
Dry Goods.
i i Hats,
,; i r
. pat, bob I
or some Lei for the
or arm, you en
anything h r a
Erg
i mis
OR TORPID LIVER.
A torpid liver deranges the
system, and produces
SICK HEADACHE,.
Costiveness,
Skin and Piles
There is Better for
common diseases than DR.
LIVER as a trial prove
Take No Substitute.
The on the l-
the .;.
C. VENTERS,
Is, ; Ore-
Ti haw i and Cigars, Tin
i Fountain to u, A II
the Hot I
A Concession by Russia.
Paris, Associated
Press learns that in the of
I lie French government there is
Still a chance of avoiding a conflict
Russia and Japan, as a
. Boll of a concession made by
mi her latest The dis-
patches have come to Pans
from all quarters today have
most pessimistic, and the
the govern meat is strong
i with in.
I .
re are after, and the i of one
i . ilk, cream and
v. ; e i i
. i t J .
YOU A L
; i ire you will want La pretty
. ; v ma I It f for a to own i.
s mi. lawn m iv we
I wit .
it to th work.
I ;. . r
. else the hardware line.
.-
.
AI
A DISCOVERY.
Dyspepsia Care docs for I
the stomach which it is an
able to do for f. when but
lightly disordered or over-loaded.
I Dyspepsia Cure supplies
he natural juices of digestion and
work of the stomach, re-
the nervous tension, while
inflamed muscles of that organ
are allowed to rest and
Dyspepsia Cure digest
; ill and enables the stomach
nil digestive organs to transform
into rich, red blood. Sold
by Wooten.
Fifty Lives are Lost.
Seattle, Wash., Jan.
to the Seattle Times from Port
Washington,
lives were lost today in the
sinking of tine new steamer
a that swept over
the Straits of Juan De with
relentless fury yesterday and last
BETHEL ITEMS.
N. C, Jan. 1904.
Miss Nina Grimes left last eve-
for to Miss
Bennie Mooring.
C. S. and J. Mayo
left yesterday for Norfolk.
Miss has to
Baltimore.
Butler, of is
Mis. Knox
We are to note that Miss
Effie Grimes who has slightly
ill, is well again.
M. O. Blount left today for Nor-
folk.
Virgil Lee spent yesterday
Bethel.
J. S. spent Sunday
Mr. Blount.
Nathan returned
Olive Monday.
Misses Louie
Keel, and i. E. Grimes
and visited the
Misses Beverly's Sunday.
Miss Alice Grimes, Will
James visited at Sun-
day.
The teachers on this side of
creek were very much disappoint-
ed not being aide to cross, on
account of if-, lo
association last Saturday.
We learned that it Was impossible
to go n t Friday
evening.
J. E. held two
services at the Baptist church last
y. There u
Sunday m ruing to hear
his interesting discourse.
A by name of Mills
Rollins, was la-; by a
falling
DR. R. J. GRIMES, j DR. G. P. THIGPEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
BETHEL, X. C.
Office opposite depot.
BETHEL, N. C.
next door to Post Office,
STATON AND BUN
BETHEL, N. C.
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Complete Line Clothing, Dry Goods, Hard ware Furniture, Groceries.
We Pay Highest Prices for Cotton,
Cotton Seed and Country Produce.
night.
Greer Great Department
.
A NAME.
. it i e
From I testify
; s Little Risers
are as liver pill.
. named because
th y strength energy and
their work with T.
. Tex. Thousands
using tiny little
all others,
; they are so pleasant
cure biliousness,
jaundice, head-
. . etc. They do
i i is .- ad weaken, bin cleanse
; ten. Sold by L.
AT
Mi
you can get honest goods at living prices. our
large stock before buy and be satisfied your
i. . .
.;
t . y
. , .
I I r .
. tr Children
Crochet and Silk
Shawls in evening Sades.
Lace and Silk for
Ladies.
Cherry Co.
Si Out as if
o, N. Jan.
Frank H. claiming to be
Boston, was locked up the
j one o'clock today,
. the result of
i Laving been
i I possession, play-
A u hour later, the
it hi- cell found
that an confederate hail
an iron clew bar, wrenched
the locks the prison-
The men are supposed to be a
couple who robbed quests of
Hotel her.- last week-
purchases.
Suits, Overcoats, Cloaks, Dress Goods, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Under-
wear, Crockery Ware, Hardware,
and everything you wear, Everything yr-u use in
your house and everything you use in your parlor
Millinery Goods a Specialty.
Our goods are here and we are ready to serve you.
Everybody that buys, and body tries
our goods becomes our customers. give us a trial
and save yourselves money.
BLOUNT BROTHERS.
BETHEL, N. C.
AFTER
Mr. of Geneva, O., hail
the piles for years.
dollars could do him no lasting
good. Witch Hazel
Salve cured him permanently. In-
valuable cuts, bums bruises,
sprains, laceration, eczema,
salt rheum, all other skin
diseases. Look for the name De
Wilt on the others
are cheap, worthless counterfeits.
L. Wooten.
Assignment at
The firm of A. L. Jackson
Co , at made an assign
Saturday. liabilities are
placed at F. G. James, of
Greenville, Is the assignee.
I wish to say to my friends and customers that it is now
my purpose to greet in early spring with the largest, best
selected and most elegant stock of millinery ever shown in this
town. The Trimming Department will be under the skillful
direction of Mrs. Ella Greene with able assistants.
I feel that my customers have a live interest in my bus-
You have each one helped me to make it what it is to-
towering structure standing on a solid foundation
whose massive pillars have been honest dealing. I thank you
one and all for the very liberal patronage extended me in the
year just behind us and hope that success may crown our every
mutual effort for prosperity in the one now reaching out before
us.
Mrs. L. Griffin.
To be a Year or Horrors.
A special cable to the j
Press Paris The
papers here are commenting gravely
on the unanimity of the astrologers,;
magicians, and trance
mediums in a year of
horrors for 1904.
A leading i awed Jacob
as follows; and
ethers agree more or less as to
Mere is the horoscope for 1904
at the moment sun entered
the sign of It indicates
a year of groat immorality in Lon-
don. The viceroy of India
The United States have grave
with Russia and Germany.
Roosevelt falls sick and a conspiracy i
is hatched against him. Serious I
financial disasters in America
The Emperor of Japan has gave
accident.
An attempt on the life of the Em-
of China.
volcanic shocks Constantinople I
Chile the Philippines.
A fear of unhealthy literature and ,
unlimited
The French cabinet falls between
April and
A panic in a music hall, grave ac- j
and popular disturbances in
Russia, An attempt to poison the i
Czar. Serious dissensions between
Russia and Austria. j
England loses prestige. The J
campaign in falls through.
Tremendous failures in Calcutta M
and the Transvaal.
Anarchist troubles in Spain; the
government threatened.
In China women massacred.
Everywhere crimes of passion.
WOK A . II HI.
h I
. i
II I
sf m
deaths
and strange i
A touch of blade and whits and a dash of red, green and brown
and you have a successful costume, Winter demands v
have it in big shipments.
pertinent
carrying a
in
pension
Garfield
that i
civil war h I
high-stater
that year It w
cede until it
para I
the pay
was
cost of
year
over a
it was win-
had
Against
for the
mysterious
phenomena. I
Nineteen hundred and four is i
of the date of j
birth of Joan of Are. This year a
wonderful child will be born with a I
high destiny, showing its power in
an anagram of the date
of apogee of Joan of Arc.
Cost of Pensions.
What hi on the floor
of the than
years ago about pension
is an old . but it is
w. When a bill
Appropriation
million dollars for
i was
i on the
i for the
in tin
and that from
constantly re-
up reared
Secretary
i-rt shows
; Item
eminent the
It w h -ins year
Millions than
ii -111 declared it
high water mark
ear the postal
vice cost the civil
and m account was
th war department,
Indians, and
interest on debt,
But i pension pay
meats this showed a decrease
of several hundred thousand over
those of the year. It is
however, that this de-
crease will
Ware b is made himself ex
unpopular by closely
pension claims, and
he is slated to leave the office be-
fore the presidential election
Post.
Dr. H. o. Hyatt will be in
at Hotel Bertha January
26th and 26th, ,
Tuesday and Wednesday the
purpose of treating diseases of
ear, and throat and lit
tie glasses. w.
Overcoats
Great Reduction.
Every Overcoat Goes in this
Reduction.
5.00
7.60
15.00
Overcoats
Overcoats
Overcoats
Overcoats
. . J
Knee Pants
Pairs Boys Wool Kn e
Pants worth double at
cent, reduction on en-
tire line of Grader.
-2
to
Special Inducements on the entire
line, nothing but high class Millinery
sold our store. Everything new and
up-to-date.
FURS
They are the
; Season's latest ere
We are the
cheap Fur house.
-t
u,
CO
a,
Tailor Made
II i
They fit well, hang
well, handsomely
made. Prices
range from
to
COLD WEATHER
C flip
size Blankets . ;
Pull Size Blankets
Heavy Fleece and Drawer.-, .
La Fleece Shirts
La Fleece
n-
241-243
W. Main St
GREENVILLE,
North Carolina
m .
am

f j
social
v. n.
D. B Lites left this
T. D. . ea left ; J run
for Atlanta.
J. went to .
. g.
T. I.
from
G. returned I
i i Mu
e children of
Mr-. K. are quite el
of of Mr.
Mrs. J. U very k.
Mi-- returned
Sun i i
Skinner returned Satin
day evening from a trio up toe
road.
so. V,
-I-- r-i-4
books to order the election.
Misses Eula and Clyde Co re- This the hoard a easily have;
tamed to Ayden evening, done less hour. But
Barry Skinner left
evening for
Fred vent to Ayden
night.
The graded school being
makes lull k dull.
Mrs, . ii la
Tue
Tues-
LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK.
They Should Hie
of Expressing Their wish
at the Ballot Box.
I he b saw proper to take a
different course, it referred the
to the
night, 11th,
1901. At the adjourned
the that after
purging the
went to books of all names that in his
had ceased to be
to vote, that the petition
twelve names more the
one-third. The beard
liter, received allowed a
i seventeen of the
ins who had signed the
asking that their
es be nor counted. These
were in effect stricken from
; list by the and an older
u as made declining to order the;
We cannot think the
I kept within the la, bit; we
do i their
did what they
Moth
mother was troubled with
consumption for many years. At
last she was given up to die. Then
she tried Avers Cherry Pectoral,
and
D. P. Jolly, N. Y.
No matter how hard
your cough or how long
you have had it,
Cherry Pectoral is the
best thing you can take.
It's too risky to wait
until you have
If you are coughing
today, get a bottle of
Cherry Pectoral at once.
Three SI. All
call the attention of
. reader to n .
Prior the November
I of board large
D. Arthur , ., , ,.,. .-,;,
i returned B petition request
eve from Scotland Neck. ,. j ,,, ,.,.,.,
Mi. ; take the sense of
Mm. t, who has been visiting . making an effort to a dispensary here,
, re better control the ti my of getting up a new pert
tin ill morning. by establishing a dispensary and
. pro .- the
Mrs. W, f within the town, i
Ben . Louise I the ; the for signatures to
of I petition board el
T. at the .,,, when
If lie take it,
r, do a lie It h you not
i take It. He
It with him. We are
C. CO. Lowell,
in North Carolina.
New York. Jan.
Austin, colored was
rested The police say he
la wanted It N. for
the murder of ch on
May 1903. the papers
forwarded from Louisburg, the
man wanted is as Charles
Alston.
Man is but unreasonable;
woman irrational, but convincing.
I Man woman but loves
himself; woman loves man, but
admires
Abundant Proof.
f advertising In The
did not pay, you not
see the men using so
thought was right in the matter. much of our
a action of board impose- not might stick a pin
The Hay Grain Co.,
OP-
Hay, Grain, Cracked Corn,
Bran, Cotton Seed
Meal and Hulls.
FIFTH STREET, ONE DOOR FROM
POINTS.
Get our prices see cir be-
fore buying. We wan; to buy your
Corn Peas cash.
and are informed this is
lone. I in- ministers of the
. , re now circulating petitions
Ho
us
it to .
j,, . the t
Sunday armed with long late In December and
coal and silk hat. The carried dispensary
making top heavy be inn g up -i
long it fore without their
derby, owners time to
I of stock to seek other
by names
ire the
petitions must be signed at
make them and
we those who n curtail
i e he open barroom to
geek these
these petitions. Do not wait for
I c to you but go to
Just What A Man
ANTS
i.-DAY, VI.
s of a j,
There in at Ibis lime a terrible
not wishing to do anyone a
Ml Clyde of apt
here. read ill agreed postpone
Hieing tie petition the i.-i
meet in
action and i
aim in among the parents
today
Clark went to am
J. M. Turner, of Raleigh, was
here today.
j of eases f
which, are scattered about in our
mi 1- well that it, is so.
rt would be an unnatural parent i haberdasher to keep, but what you will find at this store.
; do in h a to For business, for evening dress, for every social ion, we
Just what a man wants in Furnishings he is sure to
re.
There isn't a thing that you'd expect the most
Hue ; w is be i
U. II. of m,
here today.
i with a of
which I this
was
spirit would be
with a spirit o part
those who favor the open bar
. Cherry left Monday eve rooms. we be disappointed
m A i.--.
v. ill tell story.
At the meeting of the i. on
. P
Ayden, spent
Durham,
It.
sing
It. Johnson, o
Monday here.
Parker, f Center Bluff,
today here,
K. i. Strickland left this morn-
Re . A T. King left this morn
for Pal Forest,
Z. T. Jr., Ibis
nil col land Neck,
Two a Mr. and Mrs,
D. Smith are quite k,
, Mo roe,
is vis . . father, W. H. Keel.
re
from e. i
W. Smith, returned from
. evening,
W. G. Lamb and son, Wilson,
Of Williamston, were here today.
Rev. W. B, returned this
morning from and
j just right. Not a detail lacking, for
Complete flan's Store.
One
child this have the right and yet we sell cheaply
I disease. fathers I the i
.,,, ii Perhaps you may want correct shaped
with a thousand times in right and
,., than ; best make in right Dress Hose.
.; doing th- are all here-and all are
sous against the wreck and
trouble and sorrow these
room into the of
of
seen by to
K quoted there is I
iii lie lost if are to
; on
. must be ad-
ill days and must be
held days before the town
June.
Let
. , ask in
of the boa id
one in week to consider it.
. ; In that
i r v. ill call the
be do so mid
. ill his call,
II . i-i present ml
in. . of the
will be order
The . held a special
meeting to ear the petitions to
grant licenses to open bar-rooms,
THE KING CLOTHIER.
.
H. J. C. V. York. L H.
Thursday the lust,
us -i with the id Id
men were nuked to order
an election to be h Id Thursday
the In on
view of the law the hi
board S
f the law
s the Watts In
i. -i all be of ii
.;. of any or town,
upon the one I I
of I n
u I l .
municipal el
to be h
I d j n r in
bit n the petition may be lib
of
city, county or general election,
in time for the notice to
as above required, to determine
,, . . . and mi- believe they will hold
Whether liquors
shall be manufactured in up, Whatever may I
The
and
Lumber Co.,
or town, barrooms be their individual opinions is to
Keel left this after-i or saloons established In the wisdom of holding such so
noon a visit loner sister Mrs said city or town. Whether Section, not
I , . ,,.,, , use their to
dispensaries shall be established. ,,.
B. G. in country.
Mis. Battle Swindell this
morning for to visit her
BUSS.
Mrs. Annie of Wilson,
who has been visiting Mrs. T.
returned home today.
B. Williams and J. M.
left morning for to at-
tend the Masonic i and
J. M. of New Bern,
who been spending a few days
here, returned home Monday ere-
vent the people a chance
suit city or town. And any to vote this question.
such election may be ordered to
determine any one or two or all of
said questions, as the petition-
may their
Provided that such
not be held oftener once
two
It seems to us that a proper
of this language limits
the power of the board to
comparing the petition with the
registration books at
municipal if it
was to one-third of
This issue has risen up in our
midst and it will not go down until
voice of the people has op-
to speak at the polls. So
let the petitions be tiled, and the
order for election made. Let
the campaign against the open
loons be waged in earnest but with-
out bitterness. If we are beaten at
the polls we will then have no
complaint to make. Give us the
opportunity to test this question.
There are almost as many bad
as there are people.
and
MANUFACTURERS
Factory situated by railroad just North of the
Imperial Tobacco Factory.
All kinds of dressed lumber,
scroll work.
All machinery new and up to-date- and of the best
make.
Plans furnished and contract taken for erection of
buildings.
Tinning, Slating, Guttering and all kinds of sheet
metal work. Our in shop is on fourth street, opposite
marble yard. Mr. H. L. Wyatt has charge of
our tinning and slating department. You will find him
a master of his trade.
We ask for our share of the public patronage and
will do our best to give satisfaction .
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR.
D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOL. No.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, JANUARY . 1904-
No.
HERE IS THE DIFFERENCE.
NORTH CAROLINA'S RESISTANCE
TO THE STAMP ACT.
On Which Side do You Stand
We can understand how it is Essay by Mis Dora of
that a man who is engaged sell- that won the Grimes
whiskey and making his living in contest on North Caro-
out of it should stand for the open Una history.
bar and oppose a dispensary. ,
. . The Act was a law passed
W e can also understand that ,,., .
.,,. . . the British Parliament on the
extreme prohibitionist who has
u . k 122nd of March, saving that
conscientious scruples about
, cheek, notes, bonds, deeds,
any part whatever in under-
taking I regulate sale of II-
should oppose a dispensary.
Bat we cannot understand how
it is great mesa of the
conservative, thoughtful people,
who stand midway between these
extremes, prefer the open
bar room ma dispensary.
The bar runs open
day and night. The dispensary
wills, new pamphlets,
almanacs should written n
stamped paper, stamps fol
which should come from England,
the value of them ranging from a
half to six pounds.
The cause of the passage of this
unjust act was to compel
American colonies to help pay
great debt made the French
and Indian war, during which
runs only in day. The bar they h-d and
room invites young and
weary to make its the. O. had
place of evening resort to warm by m n
its and u
Tue closes Us j. Match,
night and says to all men ,,,,,. were
place where liquor is sold
not furnish a retort can ,. . , . ., . .,
that be prorogued
and Io
obi n he young.
The bar contributes a large
per to class
leaves the property Io be taxed to
bear burden. Every thought
fail large
per cent lie Violators of law
fore from the II be
him read the
port of mayor's court.
will demonstrate a
considerable part of the taxes paid
go to the expenses of the
wrest, trial f
those charged n h crime traceable
to the evil effects of strong drink.
In the property is taxed
to its maximum limit, while
bar rooms are taxed but little
above minimum limit. If it
be true that sale of
so to the burden
then it ought to be
made its full share of lids
The dispensary
does this It seeks to
the evil and at the same tune
gives all tic profits arise
from the traffic to relieve taxis
I that had session only
. .
tradition says it
prorogued on a state-
made by speaker John Ashe,
who, when by his
excellency me
would lake in i-
I stamp act, replied, will tight
i . rued
This fully intended doing
in N. for on turd y the 19th
Oct., about seven o'clock the
evening, nearly five pen
pie assembled at Wilmington,
exhibited the effigy of Karl
and alter letting it ban by the
neck for some time, made
large bonfire-with a number of tar
barrels, and it to the
flames After effigy was con
they went to every house
in town, and the
upon
their drinking property,
and no stamp duly, also, at
conclusion of each giving
for the of
Lord and bis adherents.
This was done because the. people
The crowd insisted ed paper, on which he should have assist each to the best of
upon knowing whether he intended the
to execute his said office or not-, these proposals the gentlemen execution of the stamp
He replied, shall be very sorry returned their thanks, Mr. Dry. of the
to execute any office disagreeable for the ,. port, went to the governor for
to the people of the advice, who told him . pot the
But they, not satisfied with a desire to render his papers ,, board the for he
a declaration, carried him into the service to this province, surely be compel,.,. by the
court house, where he was com- people to the. Hi
to sign a written Bump act be destructive of answer was, take
stating that lie would have their rights, and lie-ides submit- them from me, but I HI never
nothing to do with any more to such an oppressive act give them captain
the stamped paper, either direct- i would be opening a direct inlet On th his
or Indirectly, until it Slavery, which all mankind desk Brunswick broken
agreeable to the inhabitants of the J ought to avoid, therefore, f-r and the dear.-
province. Furthermore these reasons, should resist w-ere taken
mat this was signed by his own; the act lo f On the same day on mind red
free will and accord. power. . and fifty armed men o the
As soon as the s amp j The governor then stated his governor's house in -wick
had co plied with their desire, regret hat they had rejected bis j to demand the person .
placed in armchair, So and that who bad made th
carried him first around the court could not help the but be was not there, so the
House, giving three at consequences. next day in the morning
every corner, and then AH this bad no effect on the tee of these
with him around one of the North Carolinians, for on Nov. went aboard the Viper de-
of the town. they reach 28.1760, when the of Captain
house in which be was staying, the British sloop, Diligence, the vessels be, seized
they sat him down at the and the people under the the evening he gave
gave three loud cheers. es. of Hugh Wadded and John Ashe and agreed to make no further
him the house, where armed themselves would not B
was prepared the best liquors to the vessel lo be unloaded. I Pennington,
be had, they all began in When Captain Phipps what I f the province,
j great form, with three jells at the opposition there was he in the governor's
of each toast. Thai the of river. only one night,
evening a bonfire was made and no however, finding g he was seen
person appeared in the streets the stamps had arrived, sent out j the house Col. Jam-
without having Liberty in a saying He was called back by
capital letters on his hat. stamps province who
only at Wilmington was t were in the Cape Fear river, and cm Id not let Pennington
haired for Houston so plainly person lo
shown, for st his them gel them by
was i applying me of About five in unites afterwards,
Greek was hanged by the side of sloop, Diligence. avenues filled, with
a man who ha wife, shortly after arrival of the ed men, and note was tee
nor was he even by the stamps, two Dobbs and governor, stating that they wished
people his county, and Patience, up the Cape to see comptroller, and it he
after forcing river, one from Philadelphia, did not agree for them to do so, it
ton to do as they and other from St. would not he in power
went to see Mr. A. Stewart, the vessel
printer of toe N. C on their lie papers, but
bad some
five
. p.
s ,
. but
next
I nun
I-
he
lie lie
directors appointed to prevent the
the terrible consequences that
would follow. The governor made
informed id having
of the people. So we repeat, i . . . .
, tunes expressed
in favor of the stamp duty
cannot how thought
people can
to take the dispensary in pref
to open room.
Big Fire in
had a big fire on
Wednesday
plumbing es.
the first floor. The
to he is
bun. It was insured to this
amount.
Joseph J. Stone's printing office
was damaged but it is impossible
to state how much the stock
was ruined, the presses were saved.
He had insurance
The Greensboro Shade Company
was loss in
C. E. Pugh, grocer, and J. Ed.
Albright plumber, had their stocks
damaged tire water.
on these two is to
cover the damage. Total
was about
The wounded heart heals, but
the scar remains forever.
Two heads are better than one
but not on the same pin.
Again en Thursday of same
mouth, a of people
assembled, made an effigy of
Which they put in a Coffin,
and man at I in solemn procession
with it to yard, a drum
in mourning beating before them,
the town bell sad
knell at the game lime. Before
committing th.- b
they thought it to
feel its pulse, and finding
some remains of life, they returned
back to a fire already prepared,
placed the effigy before it a
ire and spent the
remainder of the evening re-
on out that, liberty
had still an in the col-
Dr. was
pointed stamp master of this
province, how was he treated
by the people of N. On Sat-
the 16th of Nov. he went to
Wilmington bad just
there three or four hundred
people, with drums beating and
colors flying gathered to at
the house where stamp officer
When act passed, Mr. instead thereof, bad statements,
Stewart was sick with lever, from the proper officers of
hail not printed the lot ports, from whence came,
some if he certifying they could secure patches for
print the paper, no stamps. Captain of any gentleman has
be replied, have no war sloop, seized
I pat a late act of the vessels. Tins to
forbids the painting on any have stamps at Cape Fear, when
lb- was then none elsewhere, the
L told positively that, if he did not, said was
j be expect She same treat- particular on their
as the stamp men, th-y l-o Inn. it ex
a Mr, cited then so
said rather rue straightway mad.- up
hazard of ins life lie would their not to to it.
with their request, but Before this they bad contented
took the whole for a witness themselves with a general
he was compelled This to the stamp act, but when
he too, for on the to impose particular
of the next was the follow restrictions upon the commerce of
lugs is the place to affix their river, they went Into
stamp above a ghastly to meet them.
, . ,,., . First all, upon learning of the
skull-and .
the inhabitants of
On Monday, the 18th of Nov., an agreement
of gentlemen of rot to supply the king's ship with
Brunswick, New and provisions until such seizures
I counties, dined bf Stopped, the boatmen
I with Governor by the Viper for supplies
urged upon them the necessity of were pat in jail.
permitting the circulation of the; On 12th of Feb., 1766, a letter
stamps. He said it would be a appeared the Gazette, Urging
pleasure to hi to exert his in-
and interest England to
the people in the name of
dear to rise in their
promote the of North and put a stop to these
Carolina but he thought the
stamp act would be a great help to
the for carrying on
The expressions were
e iii tin minatory the governor
threatened to suspend the
besides it would look like cation of paper. Au
they were trying to sever the de-
on the mother country
to oppose, and that if they would
only submit to it, be himself
would pay the duty on
instruments on stamp-
was entered into by some of
leading men of several counties
of the province on the conditions
at any risk and
whenever called upon, should
unite and truly and faithfully
this reply, being
employed by his excellency on
with him may see my
The main body, which
consisted about five hundred
armed men, drew in- within three
hundred yards of the house,
Harnett, a representative in the
assembly, came at bead of the
detachment, and sent message to
speak with Mr. The
governor would never consent to
it, nevertheless was
taken and carried to the court
Ii use, where be was impelled to
do as Houston bad done.
A similar oath was required
all the clerks of the county courts,
and other public, officers of the
province
There was neither
nor disguise about any of the re-
made by North Carolina
to the stamp act, long can she
boast of her brave, n id
liberty loving people For thus,
as many other
her first in
Governor Respites Boy Who Slew Twelve.
Governor has re-
spited Chas E. Kruger, who was to
be hanged at Pa., on
yesterday until Feb. for the
purpose of inquiring into the men
condition of the youth.
has to murders.
His mother his written the gov-
stating that her son is in-
sane.
mm.