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Vol. 1.
Greenville, N. C., March 16, 1895.
Local Trains and Boat Schedule.
train going
Going South,
Passenger and mnril
north, arrives 8:22 A. M.
arrives 6:37 P. M.
North Bound Freight, arrives 6:45.A.
M, leaves 10:15 A. M.
South Bound Freight, arrives 1:51 P.
M., leaves 2:11 P. M.
Steamer Myers arrives from Wash
ington Mondsy, Wednesday and Friday
leaves for Washington Tuesday,� Thure
day and saturday.
Weather Bulletin.
Showers io day, fair by Sunday:
much colder, frost in central por
tion Sunday morning.
enema
NEWS OFF THE WIRE.
Served by our ~~Leased�T Underground
Cable"(Limited).
lent Cleveland arrived in
on City Friday from his
in ~North Carolina.
mies So _wreck a
paught
A wall of the Gg eR 3. Nat-
ional Bank building at Pittsburg,
Pa., fell, killing one man aud
wondering three others. A simi-
lar accident occurred at Laramie,
Wyo., by the falling wall uf a
burned building. :
Mr. J. J. Tacker, of Chicod,
tells us that on last Tharsday he
wat hall 90 wid perce that
weig an pounds respec.
tively. Mr. Tucker 1s the boss
a hunter in the Chicod sec-
ion. .
Mr. J.L. Botner! of Raleigh, is
spopene a few days in town.
Butner is a skied piano end|_
organ tuner, and anyone
to place then musical instruments
~the care of a ent and/
| king | man oshould consult
|Guide.�
gitourist,is also a 8
The PlanterTs Guide.
The REFLECror office has just|_
rinted for the PiantersT Tobacco
arehouse a neat 32 paw-
phlet entitled oThe lauterTs
It gives an interesting
treatise on the handling of tobac-
co from the plant bed to the
warehouse floor. Every tobacco
planter in the cvunty whould
have one of these pampllets.
They ary for free distribution aud
can be had from Messrs.
& Moye.
Forbes
Services To-Morrow.
Presbyterian church." Suediv
School at-9:30 A. M. Preaching
at 11 A. M.and7:80 P. M. by
.| Rev. R. W. Hines.
Methodist: church."Suanday
School at 9:30 A. M. Preaching
at es A. M. and 7:30 P.M. by Rev.
G. F. Smith.
E piscopal - church."Sunday
School at 9:30 A. M.
Baptist church. "Sunday School
at 9:30 A.-M. Preaching at 11 A.
M. and 7:30 P. M- ty Rey. OC. M
Billings.
Musical Feast. ,
We have spent no more delizht-
musical feast than with a few
friends at the splendid howe of
Mrs. J. B. Cherry Friday evening.
Our people well know what a
charmiog singer Mrs. Cherry is,
and in addition to her magnificeut
voice the enjoyment was bighten-
jed Me. Brooke French, o!
|Wilmington, the most superb
tenor arc ae to whom we ever lis-
tened, and Mr. J. L. Butner, of
h, cig nec violin obligatos
are se dom Miss Carrie
|Cobb also ad ed much to the =
ultless accompaniments. It was| The valis
|joyment of the occasion in.
indeed a rire evening of pleasure.
Mr. Sam Mcllveen, the literary
killed worker
in wire"not a owire worker.� He
ented us witha very hand~|
some oReflector� pin " made
ohimself of i golt wire- ¢
levening and enjoyed no grau:ler|
DID you! KNOW Pp
Well. Look at these Namesand Then __
You Will Know. s
Mr.S. F. Freeman left this.
morning for Plymouth.
Mr. H. F. Harris has gone to
Johusion couuty. .
Miss Mary Moye returned from 0
LaGravge this morning.
Mr. W. S. Greer arrived in :
tcwn this morning, smiling as
usual.
Mr. Frank Wilson retarnel
from the north Friday night and
you can Jookout for his new.
goods. 2
Miss Claude Lancaster, of
Raleigh, who was visiting the
family of Mr. J. 8. Congleton, re-
turned hometo-day-
The Reoresentative From Pitt.
Rev. Phillips, Populist, of Pitt,
is a fine specimen of the genus
futionist. He 1s now said to bea
Seventh Day Adventist, having i
left the Baptist church (in which =
he wasa minister).. Last: night. "
he lay across two trunks dead
drunk in the baggage room of the
|Yarberough House
Yeste day Phillips went to the
office of the State Auditor and*
drew his pay for the two ~days
this triangular commission has
been _ sitting. Then came his
little oexpense� account. He had,
a valise full of books, which he
told the chief clerk was included |
in the oexpenses.� Hehad been
compelled to buy them, he ctf ena
for the use of committee, "
which could not get along with-
oui them. In fact the tomes in
that yalise were essential to the "
well- jostle gad epee GS ~ the ;
copies of acts. of. Novaies - legisla- .
tures"the latter old books t
y one might have picked up on
the floor of the house. __ oa
The valise was: ruled lke oout 0 OS :
: order. ""Ralelgh an ews
= server, Mth. --
. a Sal
lS shag ioc
=
- gift of that body these indepen
Subsoripfion 25 cents per Moénth. |mg it 18 cents was voted Gown by
= " I se mal ie the 5 ime 7 asta, -but Temnioe. "
vet deem e acl jamendment was. again -offered. in.
nn . ; } the Sennte bY r: Adams; Demo+
A few Sepatorsin ths Legisla-jcrat, and finally passed; though it
ture refused to be controied by! met with cousiderabvle opposition.
the Republicans and the oBig| ~The liqaor tax is 2) per): cent.
Five� who proved themselrss of instead ot | per cent., as hereto-
the same faith as the Repuflicars, fure. Deuggists dealiog 1p spirit |
~vus, liquvuis inust pot only obtam
ia diepase DD. payment of 5U to
X a = 2
of Caldwell. mak-
digit
and though nearly every Svurto:
got some position that was in the/the Siate Treasurer, but may also
he taxed «as liqaor dealers. by
corbiies, cities xnd towns. No
Jruggisi, Lowever, can deal,.in
pirituvus ligaurs except upon
eo prescriplien of a practiclug
plysicia , us now allowed br law.
~This mskeos the tax very. high,
and will, druggists ~ay, drive them
out of the business.
County Gommissioners have
discretion ~in ~granting licenses
~outside of incorporated towns,
and inside of such towns can only
grant after the corporation has
issued the licease. ~I'his part of
the law is exactly the same as was
passed by the last Legislatare.
dent ones got literally nothing.
They were cruelly left out in the
cold. It is evident that the ~Big
Five� gct in some work just here.
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THE REVENUE ACT.
The Rate of Taxation Increased Fo
Cents on the Hund ed Dollars"
School Tax ~Increased Two
Cents"a Numoper of Impor-
tant Changes.
et meas
As finally adopted the Reyenue
Act makes the State tax 24 cents; Social clubs or organizations
instead of 22 cents, as fixed by/that dispense liquors for the use
the last General Assembly. Thelof the meambers-or guests shal]
School tax is 18 eceuts : it was 16/pay the sime license tnx as do
cents. in 1893-94.) The Pensiom|co-upanies and firms. for. selling
tax is 84 certs, the same as Were-|sp:ritucus liquors. Manufactur-
tofore. The total is cents onlcrs way sell wines and spirits in
every $100 value of real and) per jquanrtittes of met less than oue
sonal property. in the Stats It!'guart instead of one galior, as
was 414 ceuts in 1893-94, ard 43 lieretofore, at the place of manay
cents in 1891~'92. fnetare or withiu 100 yards there-
Eas penditures forthe next twolof.
years are estimated at $925,008 or! Dz: alers in cis-are, cheroots and
some $75,000 more than for 193~ cigarettes are sa' ject to an an-
~64- This ineludes not on'v ap-!nual tax of five cents per tnous
propriations made by the Geuern!' and. Ia the A«t: as vriginally
Assembiy, but thet expenses of drawn cigarettes were taxed ten
State offi ers, Jadges and the'cents. Billiard. aud. pout tables
$130,000 interest on the State/are to be taxed 35 iustead: of 75,
debt. The receipts on tte $262.-) while ferrA bridges and toll-gates
090,99) of. property are figored at\are to pay: 2 tax of. 2-per cent. on
$375,000, but it 18 believed that'eross receipts... Heretofore they
the new assessment wl] show a!nave been taxed 5 and one-half
depreciation in value of 20:or 25)of 1 per ceut: mL Teles
per cent... Tnis will bring the re-| Practicing lawyers,-enticts and:
ceipts on property down to 730,-| doctors (couuatry doctors except-
000. Iucluded in this is» thejed) shall be taxed 20 per annum,
180,000 in the State Treasury.}but vo county, eity-or town shall
Thies depreciation witl, it is be-jimpose an additional tax... -
lieved, make the amount for the|: Boarding honse beds are taxed
Schoo] tax aud the» General tax|50 cents each. 2
about the same as heretofore, not-| The peddierTs tax. remains t
4
of 25,0
250,000,
any insurance eompany to do
ie nll *
iness in the State is 200.; It»
panes ia
n 2893~-T'94.
The Bank tax remains the same
as -heretofore. This tex was
slightly increased two years ago,
allthe stock being taxed even
thodgh held by non-resideuts, "
The graduated Income tax and
the MerchartTs Purchase tax are
unchanacged. .
The drummerTs _ license tax,
which was originally incorporated
in the Act was finally stricken out
by the House.
. A francbiise tax is imposed on
private corporations (railroads,
banks ard insurarce companies
excepted) ia proportiou to the
amount of: its capital stock ac-
cording to. the following grad-
uate scale, to wit:. Capital stock,
or less 5,00, oyer 25,000 .
and less than 50,000, 10,00; over
50,000 and léss than 100,000, 25,00; ©
over 200,000: and less than 250,000;
25.00; over 200,000 and less than
50.00.:. over. 250,000 and
less than 500,000, 100; over 5600,-
08U, 200. .
The taxes On building and loan
associaliuus are as follows: .On
100,000 aud over ,paid up capital, *
100; between 59,000 and 100,000,
40; between 25,000 and 53,000, 2a;
between 23,000 and 5.000, 10-
ander 5,050, 5.=Vews andObscrver.~
Ciants of Their Kiad,
The largest belie in Je pan) thst
in the temple at Kirot», is 24 festT
higb and 16 fest in diamerer
across the rim.
The largest bunch of grapes of
which there is #uy record was
picked ut San Juse, Cal., in Sep-
tember, 1886. It weiglie. .16$
pounds. : Pog ata
The highest chimney in the
world is at Glasgow, Scotland ;
height 474 feet. 7
, The deepest coal mine in Ea-
rope is at Lambertb,. Belgium;
depth 3,499 feet.. et as
The highest price paid for a.
odern painting was 110, 000 for .
m
MilletTs oAngelou.�
» The bi
omonutnent; in the.
withstanding the increased rate-jsame as at: present, except -that)world.is Washington's at Wash-.
Tae school tax was first fixedicewing machine agents ~are re-lington, D. U. ; height 555 feet...
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24 ge Fi
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DIED. OF A BROKEN: HEART. »
So Rev, Dr. Gelkie Says in His His fo UES ~GREENSBORO, WC
tory of Jesus. . aN «| oe a
Jesus ~died literally of a broken} ) ep yg + OFFERS "
heart. ~This is the opinion of Rev. | oe 3
Rost gor caineT CHEAPER FIRE INSU RANCE co
His death on the cross occurred B pie
y making every policy-holder a sharer in the profits. All profits. except a re
souner than was usual in crucifix- serve of 10 per cent. are returned to the policy-holders, 2 a
ions. I was in the prime of life os Gopee eee
and unweakened by previous ill-
health. Thereis no record of any| ~ CAPITAL $100, 000. 00.
physical ailment in His life: The]
mingled flow of blood and water
from the wound caused by the spear
of the: Roman soldier points unmis- DIRECTORS: J. S. Spencer, E. D. Latta, wm. E. Holt, D. G. Worth; =
talrably to another explanation than MacRae. Lawience 5. Holt, Samuel McD. Tate, James P. Sawyer, Jd. 8. S. Carr,�
Edwin Shaver, F. J: Murdock, L. Pg Holt, B»nnehan Cameron, A. F. P
cruéitixion in the opinion of medical |; e
men. , The immediate cause of His enon ee es J. M. Worth, ~J. W. Scott, J. Van Madier- L,. M;: oScott, vie
death: appears, in the same opinion, it
to have -been the. rupture of the OFFICERS = J. M. Worth, Piesident; E. P. | Wharten, Vice-President ; A. Ww. J
Subscribed by twenty capitalists whose names represent over FIVE MILLIONS oF J
DOLLARS. Policy-holders are non-assessable. 3 3
I is
heart brought: about by mental ago- McAllister, Secretary-and Treasurer.» ;
ef :
ny. ~Excess of joy. or of grief is) wnen-your polity. expires see that it is.renewed in THE SOUTHERN | STOCK�
known toT induceT the bursting of MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. ae
some division of the heart and the
consequent flow of blood into the peri- PPh oes L. Tf G, IN
cardium or bag, filled with colorless VA Ss ent
serum, like water, in which the}
heart is suspended.� Eminent med- . GREENVILLE, N. C.
ical authorities say: ~~In a déath)
from heart rupture ~the hand is sud-j*
denly. carried to the front of the} ; Professional Cards. |: oThis Reninds®:
chestanda piercing shriek uttered. |
The hands of Jesus were nailed to = | . You every day. .
the cross, but the appalling shriek] PpR. D- L- JAMES, PS ee ee ere San
W238 uttered. ~ DENTIS, = Opie oe in the month of ae
An Ante-Moritem Tomb. | ~ "_ | March that if pee ee
J. H. BLOUNT. J. L FLEMING.
At Ludlow, Vt., there is a curious aa:
losking tomb which haa been erected} eee cores Acc Aw, y ou. have_
bv a well-known miller of that place. oaii GKEEN VILLE, N. C. your Printing done -
It is in the exact shape of a mill--|g@em Practice in all the Courts. :
sicne end stands on four granite = , a , at the |
supports designed especially for that |. c¢. LATHAM ~eARaY S4. NE ar TAT :
purpose. The owncr, who expects | 1 ATKAM & SKINNER, REFLECTOR
to be buried in ib:ssoouer or later, is} ala ES a a
so proud of his monument that he sgeinabnih woke nits . JOB "" OFFICE.
exhibits an exact mode! of. it every GRt sLE. N.C.
year at the county fair. 1 "_" At will be done right, *:
| THOS. J. JARVIS. ALEX. 1.73.0 It will be done 1n syle,
mace ae Si) 00% [PBF BRON and it always suits.
! S. ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
ane Sas ie te N.C. These points are.
_ ractice im e Courts. |
James A. SMITH. | es | | well worth weighiig
TONSORIAL ARTIST. es Sy 8
RIAL ARTIST, | | oe wear. Fie.Haraing, V4 A BOY BORE.
ts Fatropage solicited, . _ - ae Wilson, N..C. © Greenville, N. �,�,: | a of work, but
aes Ss 2 JOODARD & HARDING, Ae a ie
253 ATTOR AT-LAW, " 1 BY:
pYERBERT EDMUNDS. - aro: ove all things 1n-
¥ aes BAe ~bom ciab attention: ven to- gollections Your A ob Printing
Cw UnderT Opera House. and Yettlement ote th tity
kee eb
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7 ee =
oes Ae ee� i. a8
ul ae F a oal
� a : 2a st |B ie = J + on. = = F Fay
4 2 é
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arts " dk a
Cotton 54-
Eggs 8 to 10. E
It rains and it rains, then it
Buy Cotton Secd Meal at the
For the best Special Truck
Gusno call on R- A. Tyson or
Henry Sheppard.
Mr. J: R. Moore is giving his
residence near the depot a new
dress of paint.
No court to-day. The term
will be prolonged next week to
continue the bond case.
_Joe Evans says we. donTt hit it
right every time, that the -river is
falling instead of rising.
To-day is BillieTs birthday. He
says he ie twenty-two. Some
boys say they are twenty, too.
For Cotton Seed Meal and
Hulls and Shingles call on Heur;
Sheppard. Prices low down.
Several people here are acain
i ogreen goods Tcircula:s.
The man who foois. with snch a
swindle usually gets bil.
Mr We M Ruse mae eet
is ~ Ru every v's
friend down this way. is being
spoken of for Mayor ofthat city.
OLD BRICK STORE
ARMERS AND MEKUHANTS BUY
ing thelr yearTs supplies will find |
their interest toget our prices before pu:
chasing elsewhere. Ourstock is comp
n allits branches.
PORK SIDES&SHOMLDERS.
FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGAR.
RICE, TEA, &c.
alwuys at LOWEST MAREET P&SICEs.
TOBACLO SNUFF & CIGARS
we Duy direct from Manufacturers, ena:
bling youto buy uf one profit. A cum
plete stock of |
FURNITURE
always ovhand and sold at prices tesult;
the times. ( ur gcods urea)i bought and
sold for CASH huving no ris}
to run,we sell at a close margin.
Respectfully,
8. M. SCHULT2,
Greenville. N.C
TO THOSE.
ye TO EXCHANGE
Cotton Seed for Meal,
Come quick or you will be too
1
Ssizt
6.
&.
Egyvs-" dull at
E. " 2:5) to.2.73 per bag.
ie te 6.60 to
11 to
40 to
: =4 & to 15
S. E. PENDER & CO mde hf:
T : . eee irish per = 300 to 4
toes oweet.per bu 30 to
L. 7 SRS " es
: i to
Salt per Sack 80 to 200
And Stove Dealers. (Qiks? oo: ates
ae per lb 9 �
erosene, to
GREENVILLE, N. ©. Pease, per bu Bt nd
| Hulls, per ton 50
A }Cotton 1 Meal 20 60
Hides 13 to?
ESTABLISHED 18765. ee 2 satiated
S-N7- Schultz fork
AT THE & Co.;
1.50 to 1.75.
t amaged. ,
Black and Clay, 90 to 1.00 pet bu-hel.
- BENRY SHEPPARD. |
. vans epee i ta
~The Place to Sell your
TOBACCO!
THE
EASTERN
TOBACCO
~WAREHOUSE,
I will give 1 Ton Meal fora ToneSeed.|} = = =
