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TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION.
TERMS Per Year, in Advance.
DEDICATION AT GRIFTON.
The plague in New
increasing.
have
that cancel is contagious.
Revenue officers largo
u i of whiskey in St. Louis.
Dakota have
lime much damage to tho
lire is
t Jug tries in tho Oily of Mexico.
Cholera is spreading in Mecca
hundreds of deaths are reported.
The eight year old stallion Ad-
was sold for at Knox
la.
Indians and troops bloody
battles the mountains of Mexico.
Las arisen between
the Pope the govern-
to have a life-size
equestrian statue of General Phil.
II. the Louisville
was captured I ho city
of Mexico.
The old warship was
destroyed by at Neck,
Quincy,
Counterfeit silver dollars, dated
arc reported numerous on the
Coast.
France has decided to return the
Russia captured daring the
I war.
is hurrying the
for four new vessels fur the
BUick S a fleet.
Washington citizens the
A. to bold its annual encamp-
in that city.
Ill tournament at
N. Y., Pollock won two
games from
Ir. of
Arizona, has been arrested on a
charge of malpractice.
J be British of Common
voted of the
suffering poor in Ireland.
at Indianapolis, fell
feet and was. fatally injured.
The British Colombia reeling
fleet up to June and
landed at Victoria
skins.
Mad foxes are at large the
woods Charleston, C.
a been bitten
bad hem.
The first of 1-2 per
continued bonds mailed from
Fire generations of a family lire
under on roof near Bay Bulge, L.
I. The is said, to be
s of ace,
will investigate
the of vessels of
by lire Canadian
unit
mm W. King.
a on
cavalry . -T
at Tucson, for
of fund.
Officers railed
gowns helot-gin g to Mrs. William
Astor her dressmaker in
Paris
After the sermon the formal
took place and the was
declared to be only to
the worship and service of Cod.
After the morning exercises had
been concluded refreshments were
served on the ground and la bug-
This part of the
was seriously marred by the con-
rain falls. Baskets that bad
been carried mid deposited in lions.
cs and busies were not to the
ground. The confusion ill
of the rain caused the
to scatter they were not
brought together at the evening
services. The visitors, largely,
viewed town until the whistle
culled them t the depot, where
they were soon taken home,
that they had been repaid for the
day taken to visit Grifton wit-
the opening of the .
of worship.
In the afternoon Bro. J. L- Bums
preached in the new church
will hereafter be known as the
Christian and J. B.
Parsons the Methodist church.
The attendance was small. Bro.
M. F. Haskett preached at night to
a lair audience and one confessed
bis in Christ. This ended the
exercises for the day. There were
preachers present. Harmony
and love seemed to reign.
We lake this occasion to
brethren of
Grifton the completion
cation of their May every
I in the temple be a
crated one. We earnestly pray that
the church at may become
a power tor Go I and heaven. Be
faithful, be true, be to the
word of God and victory will perch
upon your banner.
Watch-Tower.
The new church at Grifton was
formally set apart to worship
God on the 3rd Lord's day.
Wilmington Weldon railroad
company ran a special from
and at an
early boar little town began at
fill up by II o'clock it is said
one thousand people were
present. They came from every
direction congratulate
ob the completion of the neat,
building.
The church stands elevated
hill the east side of town,
I he corner of Church and Queen
streets and has a most inviting
The auditorium is z
with a comfortable ca-
of There is a vestibule
with two doors lending into
you pass
two aisles and are
with three rows of seats, two on the
sides and one in the The
auditorium is thoroughly ventilated.
Four windows to the side
two at end of same dimension
which ventilates lights up the
room. There are suspended from
ceiling three huge lamps of
forty candle power each. When the
lamps are lighted the whole
is illuminated. No lamp is
needed for the pulpit the choir, j
With a ceding and facings to
cm respond the interior presents a
most attractive appearance. The
platform for I he
choir, is two thirds width
room. stand is ornamented
with a neat spread presented
Mrs. Alice Ron n tree of Brooklyn
New York. Mr. Geo. L Hodges of
Kinston graces the stand with an
elegant Bible of latest most
make. The minister will
Bod this to answer for refer- i of Ohio there resided
geography, L family consisting of old man
and it is a j Bearer and Ins three
general information, besides it being ; a whom were hard
the word The steeple is j laughed to scorn the
feet high the country I advice and entreaties of a pious
round about. The contract for the though eccentric minister who
WHAT
Deaf for Walking on
New York Sun.
one makes twenty-two
deaf persons that I bare a record of
who have been killed on railroad
tracks since old E is loco-
motive said, after reading
the account of Homer J. a.
if mate, being ran kill-
ed while walking railroad
track at a few days ago.
and especially deaf
mutes, seem M have a fascination
for walking railroad tracks, and
they invariably walk on the track
which trains are running in the
same direction they are king.
1874 I had been running on
an engine ten years, and hi never
yet had the misfortune to any
one. was working for a New
railroad, and one sounded
my alarm signal to warn a man off
the track, an be was walking
along ahead of me, and the
TRYING TO BUILD A
LIGHT-HOUSE.
The Bret attempt to build u light
A Biting Pray
building was let to Smith,
a colored lie
began work in March turned
resided in the same town. It
one of boys was bitten
I a and was expected to
house over to building tilt. minister was sent for
the first of From the in haste. his arrival he
work was pushed
forward the last nail was
and last paint applied. It is
a that the erection of
house no aid any has
received from the State Hoard.
No preacher was sent to attend to
the work and not a dollar donated
to the enterprise. men
and women of the place and
rounding churches did good work and
they did it well. How they did it
it is not to repeat here.
At appointed hour
was called together by the
Mrs. N. J. House presiding
at the organ. It is useless to even
intimate that music was of a
inspiring order- The
ed and refined organist needs no
simply did her
part well and was ably assisted by
choirs of adjourning church-
es and, also from
Bro. J. J. Harper, from
delivered the dedicatory sermon.
found young man very
to be prayed with. The
minister, calling on the family,
and prayed in this
wise Lord, we thank thee for
the rattlesnake, we thank be-
cause a rattlesnake has bitten Jim.
We pray send a rattlesnake to
bite John; send one to bite Bill;
O Lord, send the biggest kind
of a rattlesnake to bite the old man,
for nothing but rattlesnakes will
bring the family to repent-
A Stress Story.
New York. Herald-
The eccentricities of fate are cu-
and painfully illustrated in
experience of a Mr.
who has naturally become very
much disheartened,. He was at
work in Johnstown when big
dam broke. The flood washed away
all bis earthly possessions and
He took his theme the Church of of his children as drowned, lie
Christ as it was, as it Is and as it then moved to was
A deposit of gold has been found
at Gardiner assays at
row the to
the ton, it is claimed .
The skeletons of nine men and
several children were in the
went
off the coast of Gibraltar.
A mad wolf terrified
of M . h
aid dogs were bitten and several
cases of hydrophobia, were re-
will be We were glad, tat u-
as it gave the
speaker an opportunity to define
church, its identity and its con-
quests. Bro. Harper ably discuss-
ed church as it was sec- Territory, where
and party Ism hail taken root.
Its unity spirit,
devotion to
were shown clearness
Slid The divided slate
pi Jars,
and
multiplicity of sects was deplored,
and perpetuation f that one-
for which Jesus prayer
Harper did j
say that Disciples wore a
movement within the Church of
Christ. The basis of union clearly
defined. church of the future
was denned be the woman in
where bad been
driven by persecution, and when
she bad been almost lost in the fog
of sectarianism. Bat she is
out of the wilder near. The gates of
hell shall not prevail against her.
I am with you to end.
Lord says the church shall triumph.
War shall blood
shall not to flaw. The
kingdom cannot be- moved It
most come out victorious The
whole plea as
ed by the s- We
sermons preached to all the
they why
holy
getting when an-
other flood carried away everything
he had and another child.
Once more he removed, and he
train was drawing perilously close
to him. He paid no attention to
the signal, gave it to him
again, sharp and loud.
kept right and, as I was unable
to stop the train, be was run over
and killed. He was a well-known
resident of Orange county, and a
deaf mute. A relative of his told
me that he bail many times row
escaped being killed while walk-
on railroad tracks, and he seem-
ed to have irresistible passion
for such dangerous pastime.
time after that went on
the Pennsylvania road, and
a year killed two men at differ-
times, while they were
the track. Both were deaf and
dumb. In 1876, during the Qua
killed two other deaf poi-
sons who had fatal fascination
for railroad track pedestrian ism.
Then I began to make a study
this queer habit of the deaf, and
kept a record of all deaths of per.
sons railroad tracks that came to
my notice through newspapers
if it was stated that the victims
we. e deaf and dumb. I have oases
from all the this
killing of Deaf Mute at
Clean makes the twenty second
They are invariably killed in the
same way.
deaf mute was never
to look walking on a
railroad track, and he is generally
places where it is
most an impossibility to in
time to save hint. The air brakes
hare saved a good many deal i ail-
road pedestrians i nice they came
use. It is an old saying
railroad men a deaf mute and
person will go two miles out
bis way to walk on a railroad
track, and it isn't far from the truth.
I like to have one give
some explanation p.; Una
of afflicted human nature
There is no doubt whatever of its
existence.
Tho Standard.
The loveliness var-
and with
taste, borne prefer the plump
and buxom type; some admire the slender
and sylph-like, and some the tall and
queenly maiden. But among all people
beyond the reach But
a time a flood through
the and he was
be lost a third by
drowning. He is almost prayed
with t repeated.
and
the brunette, or hazel-eyed
type. This list requisite of love-
can be assured only by a
state of the blood, active liver, good
appetite and digestion, all of
secured by the Golden
It h guaranteed to
all that Is it, or
. money refunded. If yon would hay
be fought lie was lovely complexion, from
t ion s, moth
It is an ill wind that blows no-
body is an, q true
just getting ready for a good, sub-
boom. old block of
buildings just burned down were an
and standing menace to
security tho town. Everybody
knew go c and
we suppose, as there were bound to
be loss, I be present was as time
as any. We extend our heartiest
sympathy the, who
lost the fire, but cannot but think
the burning of the old rookeries was
a benefit to Rocky
fine blocks in their
places, instead of I ling a dis-
grace, will a credit to the town.
Rocky Mount Argonaut.
Tut World's fair Appropriation
Withheld.
Charlotte Chronicle.
It now no longer a secret that
Governor Holt Will not carry
provisions of passed by
appropriating
to the Fair at Chicago,
to be from direct tax;
hero by government
of the United States. This action
pf the Governor is understood to be
based on a decision of Attorney
General. Holt does not think
he be justified In
of which ha is
to other than
for which it la intended.
information comes from a source
entitled to the highest credit.
Blood Core bias eared
thousands of dyspepsia, it will
yon. Ask druggist for it,
are
a healthy condition or
all vital organs. If the Liver be In-
active, you have a Look, if your
stomach be disordered you have a
Look and if your Kidneys be
yon have a Pinched Look. Secure
mod health and yon will have good look.
. on these vital
organs, Blotches. Boil
and gives a good complexion, gold at
Joan Drag Store,
GRIFTON ITEMS.
Grifton, N. C. July
of so much to do last week
and almost to
servants were forced to house on Diamond Shoal, off Cape
our mite, and as nothing was sent by Hatteras, failed, but this will not
us could not publicly express in deter the courageous contractors,
behalf or oar young folks their Anderson Barr, of Jersey City,
of you and yours, Mr. not fro renewing their The
to attend the published
o spoken if us spring n lengthy of
or construct n adopt.-d, the
lo on r city fa Hit is for and dangers the
much needed work which tors knew they must encounter, and
now being done in our streets, though j intended, if possible, to overcome,
by all menus it should have been j On tho first day of July first sec-
done before the dedication which ; of the great steel Cylinder,
feet long of U feet diameter,
was safely sunken to the shoal
through water feet dean. The
day was by working hard
the succeeded before night-
fall in establishing it erect on n level
bottom. This is a mixture
lino sand and broken shells, a most
uncertain foundation when swept by
swift ocean currents, hut one into
which It was and is still thought that
the steel cylinder can he sunken to a
depth to hold it in place
until it can he securely anchored.
When on July the workmen went
on deck saw that during the
night the sand had been cut from
under the side of the by the
current, so that it leaned some nine
feet plumb, and this wearing
away continued so rapidly the
contractors were unable to add the
new sections Past enough to keep the
cylinder's top above the waves. It
had been their to continue
sinking the cylinder, adding section
section st the top, until the bot-
tom was feet below the water
level, taking out the sand
STATE NEWS.
brought a large crowd of
strangers to our town, they
crowded their way through the tall
weeds which were allowed to grow
all over our we could only
blush and say to the ladies
dresses were being be-
cause the weeds had been made wet
by tho recent are sorry our
authorities could not to work
on our streets. Suppose you try a
little harder next time, fathers.
As our space is limited much that
would like to say is forced out.
Our Disciple brethren
their services on from the dedication
of their church here. They are doing
a glorious work; the strong holds of
sin are being seized with
They have a powerful man
to martial their in the person
of the Rev. Mr. of Washing-
ton, N. C. lie is yet young but his
sermon are lull of profound thought,
polished bf a clear and
made beautiful by a vein of Christian
charity flowing all the way through
there. His nest to dying
sinner to repent, believe and be
baptized are almost and ad the process by working
then when we add that his hands are j the top. As it was, a storm came
being held up by that deep thinker, J they were obliged la abandon
eloquent speaker and zealous worker, i their work, and nil they had
Rev. Mr. Winfield, of the Watch- ed was wasted. The contractors
all or which are being j attempt to floor with stone
and made stronger by the tor- the part of the shoal where their next
vent prayers and soul gongs j location will be made, so as to have
of the Christians regardless of name., a firm, level face which to he-
Let us say this is sufficient to l The boldness of this
a grand success in the Master's challenges admiration, as
cause. Thirteen were lust do the pluck and energy of
Sunday evening, still the good contractors, who are engaged in what
work goes I many consider a hopeless endeavor.
Mr. A. representative Should they succeed they will have
of Lodge K. of II. to the I earned enduring fame, not only as
great engineers hut as benefactors of
tho world, for nowhere is there such
need for a light for mariners
that terrible Diamond Shoal.
mile,
Grand Lodge, report that lodge
won the fifty dollar prize offered by
the Grand Lodge for the greatest per
cent of fur the past two
Not.
What a Woman Can Do.
A S
Is one which is to bring
you satisfactory results, or ease of fail-
She can come to a conclusion a purchase price. On
. ,, , I Wife plan you can from our
. a food without the Used a bottle Dr.
slightest trouble of reasoning on it; New for It if
i . ; guaranteed to relief hi
and no sane man can do that. eWe, when used for any affection
Six them can talk at once and or Chest. as
set , .,. i of
along rate, no two men Asthma. Coup,
can do that. i etc., etc It is pleasant and agreeable
She stick fifty pins in
her dress while he is getting one Trial f
bis thumb nil. Drugstore.
is cool a in halt a
I free at John L.
dozen. dresses and skirts, while
a man will sweat and fume and growl
in one shirt. A cotton grower con-
She can talk sweet us eluded he would try a little
The Experiment,
Wilmington star.
, cotton grower
and c-cam to tho woman she hates.
While, two would be punching
each other's hi ads before they had
exchanged ten words.
Treasury experiment of his own.
The price of cotton last fall didn't
exactly suit him, so he concluded to
put his cotton in a warehouse
She can throw a with a such sum money as be
that would ha a to a with his i as a collateral.
bail
She can say in such a low
voice that it means
She can lead pencil,
you, give her plenty o time and
or pencils.
She can dance all la a pair
of two else too small for her
and enjoy every minute or the
appreciate a kiss he
husband seventy-five years
marriage ceremony is performed.
Last stored fifty-live
After remaining for five months in
the warehouse, the price dropping
lower and lower instead of rising, he
concluded ho hi I had enough of the
experiment sold the cotton, the
Sub panning
out as Insurance and
age, loss by
difference in prior, interest on
money advanced, total,
She what's the use A i in addition to which he was out of
woman can anything or the money which tho cotton would
thing, do it well. . , brought if it had. been sold
She can do more in a minute in I when it was put into the warehouse,
many ways than a man can do in an.
boor, and do it ,
What are yon going to do about
supporting your home schools l
you lend them and
support, without which they can
not succeed or excel, or spend your
influence and money abroad to build
foreign schools to the detriment
of home enterprises Is it
lo have your child you,
and under boas influence, that you
should send him or her abroad a
greater cost We can never have a
good school without patronage, but
Belling With Lime.
A new method of boiling eggs
Without either fire or hot water has
been invented by a Frenchman.
a little iron vessel of some
roads recipe, your egg or
eggs with a small piece of quick
lime. By the means of a string
lower this into the bottom of a pit.
minutes later pull it up
will discover eggs to be
cooked to a turn.
Mr. Randall Pope, the retired drums 1st
of Madison, Fla., says a, he
building
educational advantages, or think the market, and that be has seen more
beneficial results from use of than
any other blood medicine.
Exhausted vitality, nervousness,
manhood, weakness caused by
your will be better among
Opt it Is
to away
have of will be cured by the
t T r powerful P. P., which gives health
. I to the of the system.
Happenings Here and There
From oar Exchanges.
The High Point says
Mr. A. cut some wheat
from his field, thrashed it, ground it
in his mill, made broad from the lour
and ale it, all in minutes.
Mount had quite a serious
conflagration Monday night last
week. The of the en
block were It is thought
the fire originated from the explosion
of a lamp.
Weldon In writing of the
tobacco crop week we intended
to say Major had two hundred
and fifty acres tobacco, and not
cotton, it appeared. He has
teen hundred acres in cotton, and
will probably make less on than
on his tobacco.
New A serious
and distressing accident occurred to
Mr. daughter, Annie
May, yesterday. Her little brother
in playing with an air gun shot her
in the eye. Dr. Duffy attended her
and found if necessary to remove the
eye, but the ball could not be located.
It is given
out by the secretary of the railroad
commission that the total amount of
the assessed value of railroad proper-
of the State is
Cast year the assessed value was
This shows a gain of
par cent, within twelve months.
Charlotte Mr. II. A.
SUI well to the
office, Wednesday, the
slate used by General Andrew Jack-
son during his school boy days. It
is not unlike the slates used by the
children of the present day, except in
thickness. It is about nine inches
wide, and nine inches long, and one
quarter of an inch thick. Recently
was broken in one corner, other
wise it is well preserved
The-Trustees of University
have elected as Professor of Biology.
Dr. Henry V. Wilson, director in
charge of the U. S. Fish Station at
Wood's Boll, Mess. Dr. Wilson is n
native of a graduate of
the Johns Hopkins University both
as A. B. and as Ph. D., a gentleman
of fine natural ability, of
nary culture, of experience in
work national rep-
as a scientist.
free Mr. II.
Suggs, county's pros-
and level-headed
other day sold Mess. Brock Tarn
age a lot of fodder that was seven
years . id. Mr. Suggs always makes
at least enough provisions
at home home use and the back
and of his barn where fodder is kept
has not been reached within seven
years, but each year's fodder has
been piled in and used needed.
The other day he concluded to empty
his barn and sell some of his surplus
fodder, and so ibis old fodder was
reached. Mr. Suggs has a
cent crop of corn this year and n
good crop of cotton.
Wilmington Review The Grand
Lodge Knights of Honor elected the
following officers to serve tho en-
suing two Grand Dictator,
D. A. Grand Vice Dicta-
tor, T. P. Grand Assistant
Dictator, G. W. Grand Re
porter. P. C. Carlton; Grand Treas-
S. Cm Grand Chaplain,
W. H. Call; Grand Guide, K. R.
Jones; Grand Guardian, T. It.
Grand Sentinel, J. A.
Grand Trustees, C. M. Brown, S. P.
Clark and M. O. Supreme
Representatives J. T. and
S. J. lull L The next meeting
will be held in July or August. 1803,
and was the place selected.
Is there two
This was t surprised ejaculation
a man who on a
trip with a return ticket,
who got off at a station on he
way to partake of refreshments
then instead of getting back on the
he bad just left made a mistake
jumped aboard one in the
opposite direction. His first inti-
blunder being when
the called out
when train arrived there
caused exclamation quoted.
P, P, P. stimulates the appetite and
aids the process of assimilation, cures
nervous troubles, and invigorates and
strengthens every organ of the body.
Nervous prostration is also cured by the
great and powerful P. P. P. Its effects
are permanent and
The
has never been a bubble in
North Carolina. In craze for
town-building which has carried
thousands of dollars of North
Carolina to towns, be it said
to tho honor Stale that the
people of North Carolina have not
deceived anybody in investing money.
We go forward and our towns are
growing steadily, but there is not a
town in the
Many
An. down
cues Brown's iron Hitlers
Special Notice.
In adopting tho in ,.
ten. for this year Tn will
be continued to no one for a longer time
than it is paid for.
Just after your name on the martin
the impel
subscription expires two weeks
this
it is lo give you notice Hint unless re-
newed in that time The
will cease going to you at the expiration
of the two weeks.
Per the Reflector.
w. M.
I dreamed a dream, all a dream.
My heart did palpitate;
Were it truth, and not a dream,
It would decide my fate.
A bf my side,.
Win love In her pure eye.
Naught was all the world to me
the clear blue sky.
said I, yen he mine
May I dare your Iota claim
Nothing else can make me nappy
In this boundless
Softly her eye fell upon
All tender to behold;
A tin-ill of rapture, thought divine,
And joy ran through my soul.
said she, one Ideal,
Hue only do I love;
on earth can us separate,
Nothing in heaven
Thus the clear moonlight we stood,
Two hearts beat as but
Our fortunes with each other linked
Could be severed by none.
Joy on earth mortals does not kill.
Or else we would be gone.
the world be seen no more
Till resurrection morn.
And thus we stood, hearts joined love
In the bright full
I awoke I oh, miserable one.
It was only a dream
JUST THE PLACE FOR SNAKES.
Where They Lie A round Thick M
Prairie In felony.
about said J. A.
should been with
me tho other day. I was in the range
south of town looking after some min-
property recently acquired in that
region. I was camped about eighteen
miles from the city, and near me was a
peculiar mountain known to the old
timers there as tho Runge. It
is form of a horseshoe, with the
heels pointing south, and consequently
rocks within tho arch ore open to
the rays of the sun on every day of the
year.
only that, but tho men who
know tho place say that these rocks
draw heat from beneath and are warm
at all times, no matter how cold it is
about them. However that may be, it
is a that tho nook Is a cozy one,
and so warm that snow always melts
and runs off, no mutter bow great the
you will readily see would
it a splendid resort for rattle-
snakes, they do there
in great The afternoon I
was there it cleared off, and the sun
hone so bright that my guide advised
a visit to the Range In order to
tho greatest curiosity its kind In
the west It is needless to say we were
not disappointed. When stood upon
tho summit of heel of horse-
shoo and down into that little
nook it presented a sight such as once
seen is never forgotten.
bail been just warm
enough to them from their tor-
and in every direction could be
seen snakes sluggishly basking in
first hot rays of the season. It was for
all the world like a dog town,
save there were snakes for dogs
and tho twinkling activity of those
animals was wanting.
a few moments I was armed
with a twig would created
consternation at a Donnybrook fair,
and was wreaking for all
my family upon the torpid monsters be-
fore me. In almost , instance
they had not crawled far from their
holes under tho rocks, and a great
many took the alarm, escaping before
I could secure an opportunity at their
shining bocks.
it was that I only bagged a
few hundred, and was obliged to con-
tent myself with that I not give
the exact number, as you might think
it stretched, but it was a pretty fair
hour's sport considering the season.
The great mistake made was in not
taking a shotgun, when the carnage
have been truly
Butt
D. L. JAMES
N.
J. MARQUIS,
DENTIST,
K. C.
of
Office In Skinner Building, Moor
opposite Photograph
P. TYSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
V H. O.
Prompt attention given to collections.
H. LONG,
Attorney -at La w,
N. C.
Prompt and careful attention to
Collection solicited.
L. C.
ft
M. ;.
M JAMES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
GREENVILLE, N. C.
Practice hi the courts.
a Specialty.
I BLOW
BLOW,
GREENVILLE, N. C.
in all the Courts.
B.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
TBS
EASTERN REFLECTOR,
Greenville, N. C.
LETTER.
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charged for a. legal rate- and mist
warn
mud.
rule to the payment
of advertisements, and in
future trouble payment in
will be
Contracts for any space not d
above, tor length of ante
S by application to the office either
in person or by letter.
Copy tor and
all of advertisements De
handed in o'clock
morning in order to receive prompt in-
the day following.
The having a
be found a profitable medium
through which to reach the
The ability of Col. A. B. An-
who is already second Vice
President of the E. D. railroad
system and the most successful rail
road in No lb Carolina,
been further recognized by bis re-
cent election to the Presidency of
the C C. A. and C. t G. railroad
companies in South Carolina, the
former running from Charlotte to
Augusta, On., sad hitter from
Columbia to Greenville. These
now trusts will require his
leaving the Slate he will still
have his residence in Raleigh.
republican party, which met here
this week. The a it is told
here, U that Mr. sent a
very urgent to the committee
u sum or money to be
used in the Ohio campaign and that
he sent along with a very broad
intimation that miles It was
the jig was up with both
and the legislature in
that State- He is said to have
suggested that the committee might
easily raise the money by putting
the screws on the manufacturers
specially by his tariff bill.
It must indeed have been a
most impressive scene
last week, who live bun-bed
Confederate veter-
ans were gathered in Fowle
to Bond a few days in
talking over the scents
and incidents of quarter century
ago, when they shoulder to
shoulder on the of blood eon
tending Car a cause dearer to
than itself.
of these
had not met since they had
down Rims at
and saw their beloved flag
furled in defeat- How fearful was
that struggle, and how
did they lead-
through of blood
by
to
enemy. Those men made for
North a history of which
may well be proud, the
people did no Mere right to
feast at
They were furnish
ed with free
tents bee and
given a The
city cl Wilmington deserves credit
for the part bar citizens took in
the veterans. The
is that steps were
instituted for making the re-anion
an annual occurrence. If there
are any people in oar state who
ought to be aB the pleasure
their ream
it is the Barman of the late war.
that was not the only
money to the commit-
Mr. toM Ins col-
bat a good sized
ash was rolled into Iowa
teat would take its place per-
in the column,
and Secretary
bills tor a considerable amount left
unpaid from last years disastrous
campaign. But these were
things and excited but inter-
est compared with the resignation
Quay, not only as of
I two committees, but as a
of the National committee; and
the resignation of Dudley as Trees-
both committees. There was
a good deal of pretended regret at
being compelled to accept these
and high-flying
were adopted referring to
both of them, which will probably
be regarded by the retiring officials
as
Mr. Harrison tried to stem the
tide which controls the re-
publican committee by appointing
one of its Fas-
sett, of New be Collector
of the of New York in place of
whose resignation has been
accepted. of the monkey
and parrot kind is in the
Treasury department just now. At
least three of Secretary Foster's
most important
bail with pleasure the that he
had resigned, they would re-
sign themselves if it was not for the
fact of their having to give up their
salaries it they did. The
mentioned are Assistant Sec-
Treasurer
Immigration Commissioner
Owens, all of whom are recent
at the Government trough.
The with the first two is
that Mr. Foster, with the warning
of the case fresh In his mind,
refused to allow them to
their sens to be their private
Mr. Owens Is
led because his opinion that Welch
tin-plate workers could be brought
to Unite States under contract
violating the alien contract
repudiated by the
Secretary . Las written
to the party who made the
staling that the depart-
not prepared at this time
to hypothetical questions
such as the one propounded. It is
said that Mr. Foster also took
to give Mr. Owens a very sharp
lecture on the duties of subordinate
Mr. has led a
of Alabamians, headed by
Senators Morgan and to be-
that he would favorably con-
sider their request to make Mobile
one of the ports from which a sub-
line of steamships will run
to South America.
With a great flourish of trumpets
the announcement is made that a
reciprocity treaty has been
with the mighty republic of
San Domingo, which will go into
September
Members of the administration
have already begun to discuss the
ways and of raising the
that it will be absolutely
to have in the near future to
meet payments under the
present laws. Some sort of a new
tax has got to be imposed, and the
most of them seem inclined to put
it upon whiskey by raising the rev-
from cents per gallon to
something between and
per gallon. However, all that the
administration can do is make
the democratic House of
Representatives will determine
what shall be
Senator Sherman's are
trying bard to make it appear that
they look lightly upon
of the Alliance to bis
re-election, but in reality they re-
it as a serious matter
less they can succeed in patching
some sort or a reconciliation be-
fore long of them said that
Sherman would be compelled to
withdraw in order to save himself
of defeat.
Had Mr. Hair been able to
circulate the among the
prominent republican politicians
who were here this week consequent
the meeting of the National
committee he would
have arrived at the
that be was no longer
as far a domination is concerned
It is unquestionably a week
in and it the National
committee bring it about
TOE visited me weekly
my a. rival here it
a welcome I noticed
in its last week's issue a from
Mr. Secretary or MM
Southern Exposition, which begins
here the 1st of October and con-
through October and
and it is upon this line
thought that I would like to say a
words. I see reason why
Pitt county, with a record
the N. C Exposition, which was
held bate in with an exhibit
that will never be by the
thousands of visitors that were in
attendance at that time, I see no
reason whatever why she can't
come to this still
hold her reputation one cf
the leading counties in the State,
and the many honors
that were heaped the heads
of her citizens a few years ago.
see reason why Pitt,
her brace, patriotic noble
men, and with her beautiful charm-
and attractive women which
stand within the bound-
of this or any other can
afford to let this opportunity pass,
Of showing to the world her
city for producing
passed anywhere in South Pitt
is her Agricultural
products, especially corn, peanuts,
Irish and sweet potatoes, is one
the finest tobacco counties in our
State.
The Station and
Exposition are all in the
same ground. Buildings were com-
here about two or three
mouths ago. and ate still
erected as fast as the
do the work, so you can imagine
what grand preparations they are
making for the coming Exposition.
Electric cars will run the
Capital to the Exposition, rail-
way will be complete in a weeks.
North Carolina has already com-
to place in her
building. Also Florida has brought
part of her exhibit, it will never
do for to be behind, as I
hope she will not.
Continue to urge on the cause
let October 19th, ISM, be a day
ever to be remembered by not only
people of Pitt and North
Carolina but by visitors of
other Southern States. Let Pitt
county come with all her force,
no doubt she will make an
that will forever last in the his-
of our State. This Exposition
will be the grandest thing for North
Carolina that has ever been bad,
and no better means could be used
to advertise a county's worth than
making an exhibit at this time.
believe there is a county in
North Carolina, no, not one in the
South, that can excel Pitt in re-
sources of her kind It never pays
to be backward in so let
the people stir about and send an
exhibit to the Grand Southern Ex
position. Anything in the
such as flowers
shrubbery, will be specially at-
tended to. as Massey
A. ML College, assisted by
will have entire control of the
Department.
Buildings specially for
exhibits , be erect-d.
Ah product, stock.
Will be equally a wt-ti
for. to see Pit
with her exhibit, and many
races Exposition.
yours,
E.
Startling.
ATTENTION
Tobacco Growers
J. B. Cherry.
J. R.
J. Or.
J. B. CHERRY k CO.
Oxford is Your Market
It is time to get ready
-FOR-
FALL TIDE
-WE WANT-
Therefore we are going
-TO-
Bring along, the more the merrier. We are prepared to pay
HIGHER PRICES for WIRE CURED than any other
market. Freights are cheap, a mere trifle when increased prices
are taken into Out railroad facilities are good. Send
your tobacco to Oxford, N. C, will get good prices and quick
returns. Buyers for all classes and from every part of the world
are located in Oxford. You will find us
All Business and no Prejudice
Hunt, Cooper Co., Meadows Warehouse,
Bullock Mitchell, Banner Warehouse,
Cozart, Rogers Co., Warehouse,
R. V. Minor Co., Minor Warehouse.
R. F. Knott, Manager Alliance Warehouse.
SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT
We beg to inform our friends and patrons that we now th
most complete stock we ever had. To our lady friends
we wish to say that our stock of Dress Goods will com-
------pare favorably line in town.-------
DRY X GOODS
MAKE PRICES
that will
J. M. Currin, Buyer,
W. C. Reed, Buyer,
John Meadows, Buyer,
Wilkinson Bros., Buyers,
Meadows Yancey, Buyers,
D. S. Osborn, Buyer,
E. O. Bayer,
E. G. Currin, Buyer,
O. S. Smoot, Buyer,
J. D. Bullock, Buyer,
John Webb, Buyer,
W. A. Bobbitt, Buyer,
C. F. Buyer,
B. Glenn, Buyer.
In Wool Fabrics we have Hen
Cashmeres, Albatross
and in the leading
Spring and Summer shades.
In Cotton Fabrics we
Pine Apple Tissues, Swiss
Zephyrs, Batiste, Out-
Cloths, Lawns,
Ginghams, a fall line of White
Dress Goods, In all these
In all grades of Men and
Boys Hats we have nice styles
and will sell at prices to
our customers.
We invite comparison of
and prices of the following
Gent's Furnish-
Goods, Trunks, Valises,
Hardware, Crockery, Tinware,
Wood and Willow Ware,
lines yon will find beautiful j Provisions, and aB
styles. No prettier to be found j kinds of Fanning Implements
in town. I and Furniture.
.,
CENTS FURNISHING GOODS,
FURNITURE
Beware
of imitations, buy only
fixed wire
the genuine
On the first page of
Tarn to day is article the
Baltimore
about the large light Louse which
efforts are made to build on
Diamond Shoal, off Cape
loss with which tho con-
tractors met by storm early in
July. This is to be
the must dangerous section of I he
Atlantic coast and no point is
a light house needed more. To
get each a one as is needed there
will cost the government an
amount of money, but this
should not be considered over
the many lives placed in
jeopardy by lite dangerous
An idea of the of the
may be had from the fact
that it an exceedingly difficult
matter to get workmen to assist in
Constructing the light house, and
those best acquainted with that
part of the coast cannot be induced
to go. While at Ocracoke test
week met a gentleman
Hyde who is a skilled
mechanic and blacksmith, and
Were told that he had been offered
per month to go work on the
light house. He declined the offer,
saying he would not go for
per month. We were also told
that an effort was made to get some
of tho residents of Ocracoke to go
as ordinary at per
.,. lb t . w to be nominated, and of their
month, but they t go at j J h
and make us room for
OUR FALL STOCK.
have a good many
SNOW STICK.
Modern Tobacco Barn Company.
OXFORD, N. C.
-OF
Tho N. C. Press Association
will meet at Winston week.
From a partial
have seen published the meeting
will be very interesting and a good
time is in store for the editors.
The Reflector hopes to be on
hand.
Sinner Boris,
which for the next
THIRTY DAYS
Notice.
last will testament Mrs. S.
Hill, late Pitt county K. C, this Is
to notify all persons having claim
against the estate of said deceased to
exhibit them to the undersigned, on or
before tho 9th day of July or tab
notice will be plead bar of their re-
All persons Indebted said
estate will make. Immediate pay-
This July 1801.
Executor.
D. D. HASKETT,
GREENVILLE
Mai
School
The next Session of this School
gin on MONDAY, AUGUST 24th.
IN MEMORIAM-
Tuesday July at
X. C, Whit. U one
of Martin county's most young
men died of fever, aged
noble whose
with a noble
BOMB of having the respect and
affection of all good people who knew
him. sen. over
his and lie hath passed from the
toils of earth to In the vest
fruitions of eternity.
Like a shadow thrown
Softly and swiftly from passing
Death fell upon
Whit had ban teaching several miles
north of at Dr. under
whose instruction he
cine. He was successful Indeed in the
so much so that they would
net give when term expired
hut urged him to for then, through
summer. Feeling badly, he u-
to take two week and re-
turned to hi father's home, near Ever-
where ha look his bed and alter
ten days with fever
breathed his last in full triumphs of
Christian faith. bad a bright and
cheerful disposition was gifted with
many of those fine qualities that adorn
his father's character.
A very earnest and energetic young
man, he gave promise of becoming one
of greatest usefulness to his country.
lie was fully real-
those natural duties that we are
called upon to recognize even
in early manhood, and he discharged
them manfully and nobly.
Though I knew Whit well and loved
him, it was my fortune to be with Mm in
the last, few months only as a corpse from
the A A K Junction to Tarboro.
After the funeral services from
church hi run were interred In
the cemetery of that church.
would draw nigh and lay my h
tribute of regret, admiration
love feeling assured
he will evermore walk the streets
the New Jerusalem and rest in the
bowers of heaven. Farewell
my friend and companion Long may
thy memory be cherished and r virtues
emulated by the of thy native
county and state.
And to those who most keenly feel the
loss, you bear In mind that it
hand of AM-Wise
all things that has cut
him down in the prime of his hood,
Who would call back
To this dark and dreary track V
Who would bid him
to sorrow and to pain t
He's sweetly sleeping in Way cross
Not a sound disturbs bis rest.
May God bless those who mourn their
to that this is true, bat the Domination it mac the best.
is
price. We are cot prepared; statement that be
lat this is time, hut i
told as by patties
r.
we
will sell at
COST
order to
It pay yon to
LOOK STOCK,
made some
Large Reductions
in price already, there be
many made in tits Mt
days.
WATCH US.
Tout My.
St ore ware,
Pipe, Hollow ware, Tin
ware. Nails, Doors, Sash. Locks
Butts and Hinges, Glass.
Paints and Oils,
Tuition per term of JO
Primary, per session, I
Intermediate, per session,
Higher 12.80
Languages, 3.00
Tim School thorough M of
its Instruction, mild its
having in view nil times the
full preparation of young men and boy
for active business life, or successful col-
courses. Board can be obtained
with principal, or at other places in
town reasonable rates. One half of
tuition payable at the middle of the
term, the remainder at Us close. For
further see or address,
W. H. A. B.,
Greenville, X. O. Principal.
AND
Mechanic Arts
will its third session on September
3rd. Increased facilities and equip-
in every department. The past
successful rear has given further evidence
of its practical value, and its young men
are already In demand for responsible
Total cost, 8100.00. Each
County Superintendent of Education
will examine applicants for
ALEX. Q.
The increased stove trade this
season is the best evidence that
the I the for
the people. The public are in-
to examine my stock be-
fore purchasing-
D. D. HASKETT.
Our stock of Shoes and
mm is a attractive.
Sip
think we can you both in
quality and lit. One of the lead-
Shoes with us is our Opera
Toe with Common Sense Heel.
This is a long felt want with the
ladies.
In Men and Boys Shoes we
have in stock and to arrive the
best line eyer carried by us. j
We have sold L. M. Reynold's;
Shoes for the two years and
find them to be the best line ever
handled by us. This spring we
will have a complete line of
these Shoes and when friends
are in need of good shoes we
will be pleased to them.
We carry the largest and best
selected stock of Furniture to
our town and will sell at priest
We have a nice line of Mat-
lines which we will sell at low
figures.
In Children Carriages we
best and prettiest line
carried us.
We realize importance
selling goods a small
We do not claim to sell
at cost, but do claim and
up our assertion, that we
give you honest goods for
honest money.
See Us Talk With Us Try Us
REDUCTION.
REDUCTION.
REDUCTION.
ReductioN.
address.
Raleigh, N. C
President.
MILLINERY
I take pleasure In to
people of Greenville and the
rounding country that my
-SPRING STOCK
is now arriving and or
I have secured the service;, M a
City Trimmer who will execute work to
suit the most taste. new
stock will be sold at the lowest margin
that millinery goods ever been
handled before in this market.
lino of Fancy Goods,
consisting Engravings, Oil
Painting, Picture
Tablets, Pin Good. China
Vases, Jewelry, Curtains,
Linen Shades, Ac These will be sold
out at cost as must be disposed of
by the last June. All who wish to
make great bargains for themselves
at and see me before
No Ga.
Nut Term Sept. 3rd,
Kept. 2nd.
Tuition per term. young
men talent and will be
aided scholarships and loans. Be-
sides the General Course of
which offer a wide f
studies, there arc, courses in Law, Med-
and For
GEO. T. WINSTON,
Male and Female.
Fall Term Monday, August;
Full corps of and experienced
teachers. AH the English branches,
to
with Music. Art, Elocution and
Ancient Languages,
roved
the most
methods.
LOCATION.
Hamilton is situated on a bluff near
the river, and Is most
beautiful town in Eastern Carolina, the
streets being wide and shaded with sliver
maple; It is healthy, and society Is
high-toned and moral. There are four
churches, and nearly every
place belongs to some Christian
nation.
TRIP,
boy and girl in North
Carolina the
to be held in in
The Principal will pay the mil-
road expenses of all boarding pupils who
enter week of the school for the
term to Raleigh and
pupils will thus be enabled to see
without railroad expense the greatest
exhibition o products and re-
source ever exhibited. No other school
In Eastern Carolina such an in-
to its boarders.
Five
Board, English Branches ., 100.00
Board, English Branches, Latin,
Latin,
Music on Piano, 71.00
If paid la advance for the entire term
a discount of per cent, will made
from the above rates. Otherwise bill
will be payable monthly.
For circulars or other information ad-
JOHN DUCKETT.
Principal.
Hamilton, Martin Co., ,
PIT BITTERS
ran.
BROWN BROS.
Ladies we know full well you remember how the
after the reduction you in our last year Spring
Goods, so we now make another spring
on the following goods
Edging, Swiss
Embroideries, India
Linens, and Check
Teasel Goth, Summer J
Cashmeres, Ginghams,
lies, Percale, f
and all the many other things a Spring Look at
-----reduced pi
Ginghams at
Ginghams at
Ginghams at
C halites at
eta at
Teasel at eta.
Teasel at
Hamburg at
Hamburg at e
White Goods at
. i. .
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in STAPLE AND FANCY G El
MEAT
M Car Load Feed Oats, Car load Corn, Car load No. Hay,
S Oar Load Side Moat, Car Load St, Louis
Heavy Mess Pork,
Sugar, SB Gail Ax all kinds.
B lo Rail Road Mills Snuff.
m Polo Rico Molasses, SO Tubs Lard.
Star Lye, Gross Matches.
m Also full line Halting Soda, Soap, Starch, Tobacco,
Candle, Canned Goods, Wrapping Paper, Paper
to tile
above goods.
J. A. ANDREWS. GREENVILLE,
MILITARY
Board Mass Plan. New
Barracks. Mess Hall, Superintendent Quarters, etc. Mt i
Open September 1891. Send for
W. T. II. Kl
Patent Wire Tobacco
CAN BE USED IN ANY BARN.
M Wine.-
pricks, a
Wires Cl.
to
.
PRICKS ON
rm
ill
M Wire for s re,.,
on
TOBACCO OfF CO., Vt.
ill
M. R. LANG'S COLUMN.
M. R LANG.
THIS WEEK.
We offer
25.000 25.000
25.000
25.000
YARDS
various styles wash
including,
Ginghams, ms
Ginghams. Ginghams,
Ginghams, Gingham.
Ginghams, Ginghams,
Ginghams, GINGHAMS. Ginghams,
Ginghams, Ginghams.
Ginghams,
Ginghams, Ginghams,
Gingham, Ginghams
Ginghams.
Outings,
-AT GREATLY-
EASTERN
Greenville, N. C.
Local Sparks
August.
Eighth month.
Grapes are
The weather continues bad.
Sowing turnip seed is in order.
Cart for sale by J. C.
Fruit Jars and Rubbers cheap at
the Old Brick Store.
The Town Council was in session
is visiting
her
PRICES.
Our Summer Stock.
Youths, and Boys
READY MADE CLOTHING,
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
O-
o-
Every
will foal the effect
of our reduction sale
-----O
----O
------O
Don't
Fail to
K,
last night.
Latest styles of Shirts, Collars
and at C. T.
First the Corned
Mullets at the Old Brick Store.
Peaches have been more plentiful
the past week.
Fresh Boss Biscuits for the well
and at the Old Brick Store.
Point Lace Flour is always uniform
in quality at the Old Brick Store.
The freshet in the river is damage
low land crops.
cure
any skin disease on man or beast.
good Telegraph PoSes wanted.
Particulars will be given at this
office.
A large demand for fruit jars is
this season.
Bees-
wax and Bides, at the Old Brick
Store.
has weak eyes or
scratches,
The melons are inferior, owing to
excessive wet
The J. G. dwelling house
is for tent. Apply to Matthews
All work done by the Greenville
Iron Works is B.
Ellington.
It is a good time to engage space
for fall advertisements.
Cheapest Bedsteads,
Cradles and Mattresses at the Old
Brick Store.
Go to Congleton Tyson's if yon
want a good smoke and get a
den Sail Cigar.
Five of Saturday, Sunday.
and Monday in this month.
St Tyson keep it fine
line of California fruits other
line canned goods.
Tobacco Knives, Thermometers
and at. D. .
Store open at until o'clock.
The foot bridge is
in a rickety condition again.
The Latest Improved. Brown Cot-
ton Gin in the
D. Agent for Pitt
Go's Hue
grade Celebrated Coffee
kept by Tyson. Give
it a trial-
Mr. P. Manning brought us a
sample of bright cured tobacco Sat-
advertisement of Alexander,
Morgan Co., Factors
General on
third page.
If yon want something nice go to
Congleton Tyson's get some
of their New Spring Batter Just
rived to-day.
A has been established
at Mr. A. G. Cox's to be called Win
Morgan Co ,
highest prices, quick sales
and prompt return. Try and
convinced.-
want highest market prices
for your Irish Potatoes other
produce, shin to
Co., Norfolk, Va.
The colored people are preparing
for a big excursion from here to
Washington on the 13th.
To avoid currying over stock to
another season Mrs. Fannie Joyner
will now selling her Miring
and millinery at reduced
prices.
ladies gold watch,
with chain about S long at-
The finder will be liberally
rewarded by leaving it at the Re-
office.
Saturday Mr. W. R. Whichard
brought the a sack of
apples for which thanks arc in order.
We are now ready to an
or Machinery. Castings
made to order. Cash price for old
the Works,
A. B. Ellington, Proprietor.
One of the new street cars of
was named in honor of
our townsman ex-Gov. T. J. Jarvis.
The assignment of Latham
will not interfere
I Tobacco Hue Farmers are
requested to come for their as
early as can, and floes are
cash.
Read the advertisement of
A- Harris. in this sad
call on work in their line
is needed,
Col. Sugg predicts that there will
be 10.000 Mies of in Pitt
county next year. The prediction
will not lie found much out of the
way.
For
both sexes, will begin the fall term
August 25th, For terms pr
circulars address the Principal.
Z.
Greenville, S. to
A complete and beautiful line of
Bureau Scarfs and Mate in linen.
Ladies, Misses and Children's
lie Caps, Infant Sacks Fas-
in
for Lad for sale by Mrs. Fannie
Joyner.
K. A. Clerk Superior
Court, as to say that be will
he absent from bis office the second
week in August. All persons having
business will please make a note of
with
Mrs. Dr. F. W. Brown
in Plymouth.
Miss Eva is visiting
uncle. Dr. C. J-
Miss Ma iv of Tarboro, is
veiling Wiley Brown.
Mrs. K. Glenn, of Elm City, is
visiting Mrs. Mayor James.
Miss. Addie Johnson, is visiting
her sister, Mrs. C. D.
Mr. J. F. Joyner and family are
spending the week at Beaufort.
Miss Warren is visiting her
sister, Mrs. E. B. Moore, in Bertie.
Miss Lina Sheppard and Master
Hugh arc visiting relatives at Kins-
ton.
John of Goldsboro,
is visiting his daughter, Mrs. B. F.
Sugg.
Mr. Bruce Latham, of Plymouth, is
spending a few days with relatives
here.
Mr. Wilson is home
Georgia spending a few days
bis parents.
Mrs. John Flanagan was quite sick
week bat is now improving, we
arc glad to learn.
Mrs. W. B- Duke returned Mon-
day evening from a visit to her
in Nab county.
Mr. O. has moved into the
residence that was occupied the
late Mr. J.
Clarence Whichard, one of our
typos, is spending a few days with
in the country.
Prof. Z. D. last week
moved his family to Greenville.
They occupy the Institute.
Mr. J. T. Balfour, Wilson, has
moved to Greenville and taken a
with John Flanagan Buggy
Company.
Gov. Jarvis, Mrs. Jarvis, Mis.
Miss and the
children of Maj. Latham are at
Cleveland Springs.
Mess. W. L. Brown and
have moved insurance of-
to the second story of the Skin
building, cast side of St.
Messrs. E. A. J. W.
S. T. White and Misses
and Rosa Forbes returned Sat-
from a few visit at
Mr. George Dowdy, mate of the
steamer Myers, smiled on the
for a few minutes Saturday.
George is a clever fellow and a
navigator.
Mr. J. Williamson
home Saturday from where
he has been for several weeks. We
are glad to know his health has con-
improved.
Prof. W. J. Matthews left Monday
to spend a few days at his old home
in Gates county, from where he will
go on lo Wadesboro to take charge
the school a; that place.
Mr. Henry Sheppard is moving Ins
family into the Mrs. Dancy dwelling
on Pitt street. He will not return to
Asheville but has resumed his
here with Latham Skinner.
Mr. R. P. Walton, agent of the
Norfolk Virginian, has in town
this week in the interest of that
mil. is an excellent paper
and we will have a good number
of subscribers here.
Mr. Warren returned home
Saturday from where he had
been visiting bis son, Mr. O. E. War-
who is Assistant Horticulturist
at the College and Ex-
Farm.
Rev. It. R. John will return home
this from his visit to Chatham,
and will occupy pulpit at the
Methodist Church next Sunday
morning and night. We trust he
has bad a pleasant vacation.
Mr. C T. has gone north
lo purchase his fall stock of goods.
He is the first to go from here this
season will visit
and
ho gets back he will have lots
of cheap goods and you should be
sure to call on him.
There will be a basket picnic at
Ayden next Wednesday, 12th, to
which everybody is to go and
take a basket. The managers are
W. L. Tucker, J. and
J. C. Savage. There will be speaking.
That is a most liberal offer made
by Prof. John principal of
Hamilton Institute, to give each one
of bis boarding pupils a free trip to
the Southern Exposition at Raleigh
next fall. There will much about
the Exposition to interest and
and it will be a trip for the
pupils.
Travel.
W. A. of the steamer
Myers, says be has been running on
Tar River twenty live years and that
travel has been larger this summer
in any summer previous. He
says that at low water the river
is in the worst condition for
that he has ever known it to be.
What is being done with the Govern-
appropriation for this river
Officers.
At the meeting of the Greenville
Guard yesterday afternoon the fol-
lowing officers were elected for the
ensuing year
CaptainS. T. Hooker
1st C. Vines.
2nd Lieut R. W. King.
C. Flanagan.
L. Sugg.
At the encampment of Confederate
veterans and pensioners at Wrights-
ville last week, there were one
men and one armed men.
Of the former Pitt county furnished
two, Bennett Dunn and J. F.
of the latter one, Bryant Buck. Two
other old soldiers, James Turnage
and W. U. Gurganus, were present
from this county. There may have
been some others there from Pitt
whose names we failed to learn.
Railroad Taxation,
The assessed of railroad
property for taxation in Pitt county
is as
Wilmington Weldon
railroad, l 71,114.14
Raleigh
railroad,
From which the county will de-
rive for the year
For general purposes,
For school purposes 307.70
Hotel Closed.
The Ocracoke visitors have all re-
turned home and the hotel has closed
for the season. We are that
ibis is because the stockholders or
hotel failed to fill part
of the contract with the lessees.
There was room
about the furnishings of the build-
and also the peer and
wharf, the latter not being consider-
ed entirely safe. Ocracoke is too
nice a place to let decline as a resort
and we it come out better
than ever next season.
The colored base ball club of this
town went to Wilson Monday night
to play of
day.
Next week the State Al-
will meet at Morehead, begin-
Tuesday. There will be a
attendance.
large
A son of Mr. Warren Tucker
brought us a stalk of tobacco,
day, bright lemon
color. It is a good specimen.
Takes Ear Valise
People in love will be absent mind-
ed and make peculiar blunders some-
times, but we saw a case the other
day in which one of the parties was
color blind. A mm traveling
on a steamer had a black valise with
bis best girl traveling on the
same steamer had a Ian colored
valise. When the wharf was reached
at which the young was to
part he took the tan valise ashore
with him. The mistake was dis-
covered in time to he
before the boat I out from the
dock. A little later and there might
have been a repetition of one chapter
in Mark Twain's
Sanitation
Mn. Editor Is It a great won-
or surprise to any that
there is such a race of
and other sickness in the town
of Greenville, with the present con-
of the There has not
oven a time in the of the
town when it was more
not even in the days of -no.;
There is not the slightest care seems
to be paid to the of
lice. The town pays two stout,
healthy policemen to look after
these things, and yet, they can lie
seen at almost any horn of day
sitting around the streets doing
nothing, when there are a hundred
places of the foulest and most sick-
kind, sending a stench
almost intolerable. Some of
the town are almost
and yet these places are not. rooked
alter. Tax
L. Clark, of Black Jack,
tells us that the crops down in his
neighborhood are and the
best that section had in many
years.
Rev. R F. Taylor has been con-
ducting a protracted meeting at
school four miles
above town. The meeting closed
day night.
Late Saturday night a difficulty
occurred between Mr. J. L. Daniel,
night watchman, and Mr. R. Greene,
r., in which the latter was badly-
hurt. He was. shot several times
s the balls making pain-
wounds.
was so much noise about the
door of the Baptist Church Sunday
night that i deacon was seat
out to see if it could lit stopped, and
the pastor was so disturbed that he
closed the service before finishing
bis sermon. it was making
the noise must been ignorant
of the severity the law against
of public worship and did
not realize that they might be called
upon to answer a charge against
them for such an or else they
were very bold lo risk themselves re-
of consequences.
speaking poorly it
is not Safe be disturbing public
worship
Vantage
During July the Register Deeds
issued licenses to. following
Satchwell and
h. Williams. mid Marv
K,. Crawford, W. E. Rand s.
J M- Beatrice
Thomas Forest
John Turnage and Eliza
John E. and
Edwards, B. T. Cox and
Mary V. Smith, Joseph Butt and
Maggie W. Smith.
Purvis and
Mandy Little, Elijah Johnson and
Cora Grimes, John Steward
Langley, Peter Edwards
Edie Pugh, Alex Bailey and
WISELY CHOP BULLETIN.
For the Week Ending Friday, July 31st
1891.
Central Office, N. C.
of correspondents of
the Weekly Crop
tin, issued by the North Carolina
Station end State
Weather Service, for the week end-
Friday, July 31st, 1891, show
that unfavorable conditions have
generally prevailed. The weather
has continued cool and cloudy, with
constant rains interrupting farm
work, and giving grass another
start. In the Western District, the
weather has been warmer and the
rainfall not so heavy, these
causing a considerable
of crop in that district.
Cotton is growing too and
not well, a continuation of
rainy weather will shedding
and rust. Some complaint of to-
Present
of Cotton corn
tobacco The following total
for the week have been re-
Weldon 1.03, Wilmington
11.51, Gibson 1.50, Smith field 3.20,
Godwin 2.75, Asheville 1.00,
bury 0.78, Oak 1.01, Raleigh
reports received,
Batters has been
too much rainy and cloudy weather
lining the past week, which com-
with deficiency in tempera-
has been for all
crops. Cotton is not fruiting well,
and ii rainy weather continues is
likely to shed its blooms. Grass is
making headway again. Condition
of cotton has decreased two per
cent.; coin is about the same, while
tobacco has slightly improved.
Present of Cotton
com
peanuts potatoes reports
received, representing coos
Central
favorable conditions have generally
prevailed in tins district. Cloudy,
cool, and weather is
cot to grow and it is not
fruiting well, already affect-
ed with and blooms dropping
in a few places. Corn and tobacco
will suffer it the rams continue.
work at a standstill and
crops becoming A hail
storm destroyed crops in to
estimated value of fusty thous-
and dollar.-. Condition of
Cotton com
reports received, representing
Western weal
in this baa generally
quite favorable m many
The though excessive in
places, has been so con-
as in other portions
r and sun-
shine, prevailed. Crop- consequent-
considerable improvement
as compared with last week. Pres-
condition of Cot
corn tobacco This Is an
per cent, for cotton,
and per cent, pit tobacco
late is quite large, able
to bear a fair re-
represent counties.
EXPLANATION.
Condition crops .-tided
of
Best condition is
K V is to
Good condition is In
Fair ion is to
Poor condition is under
DAVIS SCHOOL
A MILITARY INSTITUTE
FOR BOYS and
civil i-n-
Full
Art. In
RATES.
WINSTON. N. C
A CARD.
People of Greenville I'M
You will tea from an advertisement
in this issue of the
that I have assumed charge
the Greenville Male Academy.
I taught this school for you from
the Fall of 1883 to the Spring tr
1885. and you gave it your liberal
patronage. one will concede
that Greenville needs a first-
class school. No town it
size, whatever else it have, ii
complete without it. No teacher can
do this alone. The people
unaided accomplish it. But people
teacher united for this end
be sure to succeed.
No one will deny but that a large
amount of money is annually spent
in sending boys to distant schools
that might be saved with such a
school among you. I come
you this time for the purpose of
giving such a school as you and I
will take a pride in. D i By desire
that the hall have a sufficient
number of pupils to justify the em-
of assistant teachers, so
that the work may be
done. Will you to
do shall to
instruction equal lo that given in any
similar institution. My purpose is,
with the assistance and support of
parents, to make the discipline,
coupled with proper instruction, such
as will always insure success in any
male school.
Young men and boys may lure be
prepared in depart-
of business or thoroughly
pared for entrance into the
Colleges the State or the
If these things me facts the
only thing necessary for the
of the is that it shall have
your endorsement and support. Can
I rely on this
Patents i guardians having sons
and wards which it is they
should hoard from home lo secure
educational advantages are hereby
assured these boys, if sent to
this school, shall have proper
hot Ii and out of school. A
limned number can obtain board
with the principal, and he
directly under his supervision all of
the lime. We would like to have a
liberal patronage Iron lira country,
and will assure these patrons that
their interests will be Hooked.
To one and all we would say seed
boys and help make Green-
ville Male Academy second to no
town academy in the Slate,
you do Ibis Any information
sired may be had by seeing or
ting to me. Thanking yon
past patronage soliciting a con-
of the same, am
Yours truly,
W. H.
July
Ii Is in month people wherever
Panacea Water has tried or heard
of that In dyspepsia, in Chronic
Scrofula It basalt in all no en
Now tins la not the but
it is what we Sen get some of the best
and moat men in North
Carolina to underwrite, on
particulars.
-Having jut purchased two big lots
Sample Notions.
Comprising in
the notion
-them at
line, we to sell
NEW YORK COST
We are now extra effort to close out our entire sum-
mer stock, which propose to do, at less than their
value. Also propose to sell our entire stock of
d Shoes,
at cost to make room for fall stock. sure to come to see
when in need of anything in the way of Dress Goods, Notions,
Clothing, Shoes, Hats,
Yours truly,
In front Old Brick Store. T.
JOHN F. President.
s. H NASH. ,.
C. W.
A. I. II Kl Kit,
ALEX.
Agent.
THE CENTRAL
Is located at the landings of the Washington A
Greenville Boats and at the depot of the
A R. Railroad.
Will be ready for business by
Having made Mm f in the tutted
States to have their our we can price
for your Tobacco as any oilier market hi the State. How convenient
ibis will lie for our fill county to their tobacco by boat
one day and attend I lie Mile in person next day. Those of
our friends living within a low can load their
and drive our Warehouse where they will find
accommodation for their leasts.
and
The door will be in charge of auctioneer of several years
experience.
Our Pitt county friends can obtain any information of Mr. Alex at
Greenville.
L LITTLE CO.,
N. C,
Header when you come to this don't
think you have struck a medicine,
It i Panacea Water, it is natures
remedy. The proper all
it and miss i and
ha cured of of Chronic. Di-
and of liver Kidney troubles.
For particulars see
For Sale and Rent.
Pitt county is to make
use of the day apart for her at
and have a creditable
exhibit there it is time was lie
mg started There is but little more
than two months now in which to
work. This opportunity should not
go by unimproved.
M. R COLUMN will necessarily be
The largo being built by the
I louse brothers at House Station is
the finishing touches
week, and they will soon put in a
fine stock of goods. It is whispered
steps will be taken soon to erect
an oil mill there also. They are en
people over there.
We beard the estimate made
that there are now fully two
hundred and fifty up-country farmers
working in tobacco in Pitt
They came principally from
Vance, Person and
counties. The
hopes of them will locate per-
in Pitt.
ObI. T. A- Resigns.
It Will be generally i egret
among of the State
the visitors to the an-
at
when the new roaches them that
Col. F. A. Old, this city, baa
resigned bis as Quarter-
master General. Out Olds -is o
of the most
of the soldier
we ever saw and be has already
taken a deep interest in bis work
preparing to make the annual. en-
a source of
everybody. will bard
nil bis resignation ix to be
regretted. sincerely hope that
be will remain in some con-
with
Chronicle.
Writing to a friend from Europe,
where he it spending the summer.
Senator writes;
boarded at New York I
have thrown op everything I have
accept my in
I This is one of Senator's best
and it comes like as inspiring
from over She waters
Me
We have the property for
Kile and
One two-third lot with two story
house, four rooms, good
house, stables live I- or
sale cheap; or per with
Two good lots in
One house and half lot,
garden and stables, good well wale.-.
One house and lot. be-
cook-room and dining room. Two
story house, of
For sale or and lot
in story six rooms,
cook-room dining room
Kent for M Ber
u. acres of adjoining Hie Fe-
male Institute, lying on each
ride of the railroad and near the
for dwellings
The two corner stores In the Tyson
Building- rooms In the
of same building.
We make the collection of rents a
If you contemplate baying.
or call ace us, or
respond with us.
Prices of any of the above
known on application.
Matthews A Which
Estate Agents
Greenville, X- C
NOTICE,
NORTH CAROLINA, Before Clerk
Pitt f Sub. Court.
i. lit re by given that f have this
day issued letters declaring It. J.
K. Evans. G. T. Tyson. John it.
Jacob Joyner, J. It. Move. J. A.
K. Hooker, James
Little, W. J. W. Allen, L.
H. K, SWIM I
ates and successor a under
the name and style of The Greenville
Warehouse Company, for Hie
set forth in the articles of agree-
plan of incorporation, which
have been Bled and recorded in this
with all privileges powers
conferred by chapter of the Code of
North Carolina and the laws
thereto.
The main business proposed so be
done by the Corporation is the general
selling, storing,
marketing and otherwise dealing
The place of business of said
is Greenville, lilt county, North
Carolina.
None of the stockholders of said
are to lie responsible to any
greater or further extent than the assets
the Corporation, and individually to
the extent of the shares of stock to
which they have subscribed.
The authorized capital stock said
Corporation is thousand U
be divided into two thousand shares of
twenty-five dollars each. The length of
said is to lie ten vasts
This 11th day 1891.
K. A. MOVE.
Clerk Court.
MUST GO.
i. .
WHITE GOODS,
N S,
AND MULLS.
-v
MUST GO.
The Season I- waning and in sell at a rather than
them over.
HAMBURG AND EMBROIDERIES.
place on the list. in this line a job and we give you l
bargain that will please you.
HATS.
HATS.
HATS.
HATH.
HATS.
HATS.
HATS.
HATS.
flats at reduced prints. Don't forget us when you
something in this line.
Ladies a perfect titling Corset should try a--------
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STRAW HATS.
STRAW HATS.
STRAW HATS.
STRAW HATS.
STRAW HATS.
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JAS. L. LITTLE CO.
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For Young Ladies,
WILSON, K. C.
Fall Session opens September 7th, 1801.
A thorough preparatory course of
study, with a Full Collegiate Course
to that of any Female College in
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high. Facilities for the , of
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AND OTHER PRODUCE TO--
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COTTON FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
i Sec elsewhere of
small printing press wanted.
Notice.
This is Io forbid all persona hiring or
harboring Crawford Bullock, who is
contract lo work for me until the end
of the year 1891. A person hiring the
said Crawford Bullock from this date
wilt do so under penalty the law,
Aug 4th 1891-
C . .
WHARF, NORFOLK, VA.
Guarantee highest market prices, quick sales and prompt
G. E. HARRIS,
DEALER IN-
HARRIS.
stair
PAINTERS,
rim mm m
. e.
Offer their services to needing
work in their line. All work en-
trusted to us be in a work-
J. L. SUGG.
LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE Aft
GREENVILLE, N. C
OFFICE SUGG k JAMES OLD
All kinds Risks placed in
FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES
At lowest current rates.
AM AGENT FOR A FIRST-GLASS FIRE PROOF
THE
EASTERN REFLECTOR,
i N. C.
WAS HE A REBEL
MAN WITH THE MUSKET.
a nil built, to to
With i-Ti t
arc awl
To lift u few Of
laureled of the
la a of ,
and the a to
Th -it steps of Ma tin-
Hat 1-1 Ml from t rate or renown.
This
by where the took
fa.-t of lire.
u, cut of who lie tho
Of the
Your man a hum of
Hut in. i. Hie ii
knew him. tell And also i know
In fell on the battle s wept
That th, body that lay la
bins
plank in I ho
Over which some should pa to a fame
That shall while stars
hero is known by nu echoing name.
Bat the of the is mine.
I knew him All him and
the bad
Han and equally free;
I as Christ has the
poor lad,
death made him noble to
In the cyclone of war. In the eclipse,
shook out its III
And ho died with the names that he loved on
his lips.
His musket still in his
close to the fins my soldier down.
In the salient front of the line.
Van for your heroes the men of re-
the man of tho musket is mine
There is peace in the May laden grace of the
hours
That come when the day's work is done.
And with tho nameless, who under the
flowers
asleep in the slant of t he sun.
tho taps Put out and silence all
sound;
strength in the
steep who sleep, lie they crowned or
An mil be kind to the brave.
A I Sentinel.
How Silk is Weighted.
Various methods have been resorted
tn, with and in some far
from satisfactory in the weigh-
of silk, particular efforts having
been made in this direction by French
and German manufacturers, each
its peculiar advantage's, or other-
wise. In one of tho processes now gen-
adopted the plan pursued is to
reduce the by water to
any stronger solution
to injure the while- at
silk is found to become
rough and valueless, and at
the is dissolved.
Tho silk is well worked
until complete saturation is effected,
lowed to remain twit hours in
then taken out washed. The
adaptation of this simple method is
apparent in the fact that one dip
adds about cent, to tho weight,
three treatments give an
of about per cent. Hare hand are
not used in working the goods in
of tin at
as it acts injuriously. The silk fan to
well washed before being soaped.
New York Sun.
Captain Who fought la Chill, but He
Know on Which Side.
Captain Kenneth Pritchard, of tho
British steamship Tangier, quite
a thrilling war while at
Ayres. The been
chartered to load cargo Liverpool
for Ayres, and arrived at that
port shortly after the revolution had
ceased. All large vessels, such as tho
Tangier, were compelled to remain out
in the Ayres Roads, which is
about fourteen miles from the port.
The masters quartered themselves at
the different hotels, and most of their
business wits done ashore until the
were loaded or discharged, as the
case happened to be.
On May some little trouble again
arose between tho rebels and the gov-
and another revolution was
threatened. The troops to fire
at all rebels, and within a short while
firing was general on all sides. Captain
was anxious to see what was
going on I he town, and
meandered slowly in the direction of
the arsenal. Before he had gotten fur,
however, he was captured by two sol-
and led, at the point of the
net, to the arsenal.
He was given a Winchester rifle, and,
by command of tho officer in charge,
was compelled to join the warlike
crowd. Without much complaint, but
a great deal of nervous dissatisfaction,
he began popping away at every ob-
In the shape of a man who passed
within rang of the arsenal. Hero ho
was kept at work with Ills rifle for
three hours, when he was relieved
a picket put on guard.
An opportunity presented itself, and
Captain Pritchard slipped around tho
wall and escaped from his captors. Ho
bad gotten hut a few yards from the
place when be heard some grape shot
whiz by him, and upon looking around
he saw two guns being used at tho
head of the street to keep It clear.
Captain Pritchard. without much
dropped himself into a three-
foot gutter, and there remained with
the water streaming over
about mi hour when tho tiring
After that the captain did not
trust himself far from until
his steamer railed.
He said he fought hard, but he
not learned whether he was a govern-
soldier or a rebel, and he wasn't
curious enough to ask.
American.
A I.-.-. of the Panther.
One the oddest tales in the
or stories of Bible animals
J i written by the ho legend of
panther. The so the
homily runs, tho most beautiful of
all beasts. More than this, when it
goes abroad it diffuses m marvelous
sweet perfume. This i so sweet
that all the other I leasts birds fol-
low the panther wherever it goes.
Wherefore the is n type of
Perhaps the old monks who
borrowed and this story
had heard of and the
strong love of t which the
panther and its relations. lions and
leopards, often
Why the I Billet
It seems as if textbooks for children
were now made so simple us to leave
hardly any chance for misunderstand-
but the little folks still continue to
commit to memory the words without
much thought of their meaning
do we know that the earth is round
asked a teacher of one of her boys.
The pupil rose promptly and, with a
stolid expression, answered
glibly, learn that earth is
round from the following and
immediately sat down again, evidently
that he had given a full and
most satisfactory In-
What Makes Hair Grim.
In the case of horses, where the skin
has been abraded by the harness, if the
galled region is left to itself the hair
will grow in, but be colorless, while if
oil is applied freely to the abrasion
hair a dark or normal color will
produced, thus indicating that the
ordinarily due to the secretions
of the skin sinking down as a sediment
to the base of the hair follicle, where it
by the shift of the hair.
irk in New York Times.
by
C.
Political Alimony.
Polities haul been quite warm in one
of the rural sections, and there was a
little family dispute going on.
said her
sorry you don't like my politics
tilings, but I've got my opinions,
I've got to support
she replied, got mo
the children, too, ye make
up which put
down family
H ii Post.
No Unite.
good to
Din will; I'm a
. York Epoch.
New
A feature has been added to
his office desk, tho addition being the
suggestion of Mr. Wanamaker and the
outgrowth of his daily experience in tho
administration of his exacting office.
Instead of the usual cloth top a large
plate glass covers the surface of the
desk, and beneath it is a map of the
United Stats, showing parts
pad rests upon the glass,
and there are the customary fittings, as
well as the papers, which are usually
found in the workshop of a busy man
like Mr. The map shows
acuities in each state, the principal
-the lines of railways,
and when visitors talk to Mr.
am a the post routes and
lie can follow them on the
i which is spread out before
U at. at his
I r A
I We believe that St Bartholomew's
hospital is the only one in the
in which a record is kept
tics published of the number of times
are the
year. These statistics are both Inter-
and instructive, and become
able as showing the current In favor of
or against a particular
agent.
for example, to the records
of 1879,. we find that out of an-
chloroform was given
times, nitrous oxide gas alone US
times, ether alone times and ether
preceded by nitrous oxide times.
In 1889, however, the records are as
In administrations
chloroform 1,601 times, gas ether
gas and ether times. Thus
comparing these figures tho remarkable
fact becomes apparent that chloroform
has again come to the front as the most
popular at St.
hospital.
Not only does the mixture of ether
and gas not maintain its position of
superiority, as was the case in the year
1879, but in 1889 not even the total ad-
ministrations of ether alone, and gas
and ether combined, reached by a long
way the number of administrations of
chloroform. It is just possible that in
part this change of opinion may be
duo to the results published by the Hy-
commission, of which a
her of the staff of the hospital was tho
shining light.
But investigations show that ether
has been declining in favor for
years at St. Bartholomew's. In 1888 it
was administered times out of
while, during tile same year, gas
and ether combined was only given
times. What a contrast with this eleven
years ago, as the records above quoted
demonstrate As we see now,
form takes the lead, then a long way
behind comes ether alone, while gag
and ether combined makes a shockingly
bad third-
BLOOD SKIN
Household Remedy
FOR ALL
Women
certainly made a mistake
when he created of the mas-
persuasion. for some-
thing to turn is a feminine
And after isn't it
that things come to those who
They do turn up for woman if
she waits long enough. Today, after
waiting forty years, she
open to Forty years
ago-she did not need more than
hand to count all the things she was
allowed to do for a living. But MM of
the things she never did expect has
turned up, and this is the woman street
car conductor.
gives perfect satisfaction,
say, and she is certainly picturesque,
wears a. blue uniform, a big
Panama straw hat and a long white
pinafore with frills and innumerable
In the pockets she carries
tickets and change, while strapped over
her shoulder she carries a small leather
in which are the surplus money
and tickets. She hands tho passenger
who pays his faro a which
he is to destroy. For all
are missing she must hand over tho
money.
If there lie any she can't account for,
the money is deducted from her wages
of twenty-live dollars a month. Of
course this is not in New York, but it
may come some day, since women have
begun to enter on the elevated
roads in Brooklyn. It is in that
tho woman conductor nourishes. After j Keel. I S,
the war with Peru there, was a, surplus
of women that had to be utilized, so
they
street car Re-
corder.
DISEASES
Bi Si
Botanic Blood Balm
SCROFULA.
RHEUM.
lorn malignant SKIN re-
sides being efficacious in up
and Ins constitution,
alien impaired any Its
last healing properties
justify us in a cure, I
direction are
FREE
BLOOD CO.
Adv mi to
If you would protect yourself
from Painful, Scanty,
Suppressed or Irregular Men-
you must use
FEMALE
REGULATOR
April M,
i This will f members of my
Immediate family, after for
Team from
without benefit by
Book to woman
Information all
REGULATOR C .
ATLANTA.
nut
A liberal Proposition.
not heard of that
papers, the
1333
What's
CURES SYPHILIS
H-U. t. r. I m .
U A r U- cm
II T-a
Cures scrofula.
an
on of
For a
its has a
hold and has become a synonym
for all is excellent, pure and
in Ii is delightfully en-
without resort to cheap sen-
instructive without being
prosy or pedantic. Combining the liter-
qualities of the
the breezy id tells ties of
the newspaper, it leaves nothing to be
desired by the average reader. It is
looked upon as a welcome visitor by
every family who rends it. while thous-
ands regard it a.- Indispensable and
would on no account go without it. An
enormous circulation of copies
per week attests its wonderful
the fact that there are
those who are unfamiliar with its
passing merits as a home paper, the pub-
offer to t the to them
for year, over live
months, for only BO cents; a club of lour
for club of ton for All our
readers should subscribe at once. Sam-
copies free.
We will send you the and
the Free Pren for the rest of the
year 1801, for cents. Semi your Mb.
to this office.
Cf
So much been about the use of
st-ales the gin house that we call pat
attention to new book
About published by
Jones of in Binghamton.
. t full information re-
should
read by every intelligent A
will get it.
A Bread
Why another new discovery by Alfred
in the way of helping the afflict-
ed, calling on or addressing the
above barber, you can procure h
bottle of that is invaluable
for eradicating,, and mil and causing the
hair I be soft and
glossy, only r three application a
week is and a common hair
brush is all to be used after the
scalp vigorously for a few minutes with
the Preparation. Try a bottle and
conduced, only cents.
ALFRED CULLEY,
Barber,
N. C.
UNDERTAKING.
OLD RELIABLE CARRIAGE
T. P. P- H a-id an
P. P. P.
who d I
aw
CURES
For many years used
rilled by Physicians, but
generally.
R PLASTERS.
EThe best Plaster
. for all and weak places.
other piasters, so lie
get the genuine with the
I of a bell on the
Richards,
Town Tax Sale.
I have day levied on the
lots or parcels of in Bethel,
and will sell the on
day, the 8th of August. MM. at tar-
son's Brick Store in the Town of Bethel.
N. to satisfy the taxes and cost due
on for the year
Name. Tax Cost
We have a Hanger suitable
for curing tobacco in the leaf take
the privilege of that be-
it to lie the l.-t and
for hanging leaves
barns and that as much tobacco can
be put barn by using our hangers
as by any the
By using our you can use
any kind of stick from a round pole to a
common split lath with perfect
We furnish a hanger to any
will apply, Price f
per
Any person wishing eon-
or tobacco sticks will do
well with us or Mr. A.
of N. c
n-
The salve in the world cuts,
ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, panda,
conn. and all M
cures piles, or no pay required, it
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or refunded. Price cents per
by Jno. I. Wooten.
P. P. P. Ah, I
Proprietors,
Block, BAY ASH AH,
For sale at J. T. Wooten's Drug Store
ABBOTT'S y.
WARTS PAIN.
. SAVANNA I C
B. S.
with me in the Undertaking business we
are ready to serve the people in that
a All notes and accounts
me for past services have been placed in
the hands Mr. Sheppard for collection
Respectfully,
JOHN
We keep on hand at all times a nice ;
stock of Cases and Caskets of all
kinds and can furnish anything desired
from the finest Case h
Pitt county Pine Coffin. We arc
up with all conveniences and can
satisfactory to all who .
FLANAGAN
Split Difference.
Au old farmer entered the grocery
and asked,
got
fer good
I met old Brown said he
they'd be
No,
make it nine, Zeb,
could
now, Joe. Berries is
right fast no
split the difference Man-
feel cut it anyway.
they'd be
many
quarts, and they're
and good as ever clapped
eyes
I'll do it, it's you, Joe.
Bring Mail.
Au Core for
Professor of Stockholm,
claims he has found a cure for confer.
According to his statement ho has cured
four eases of this disease by the
of the patients with some lymph
of his own invention. His experiments
were varied in so far as the place in
which the was injected is con
corned, for two of the patients were
inoculated in the breast and in the
Ledger.
Moore, Joins.
c Main,
, e Main,
became, among other things, j. e Main.
T P. c Main,
Andrews, K W. w Main,
Shaw. J L.
Stilley, C J,
Hunter, W W.
Jenkins, M G,
Ward, Robert,
J J.
Gainer. G W,
-20
1.70
1.06
2.60
1.60 2.60
1.00 1.90
e Main,
e Main, 1.30
c Main,
w Main,
e Main,
w James.
Andrews, J H. n
Manning, 1.60 2.80
M. BULLOCK.
Town Tax Collector.
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.60
1.70
1.70
2.80
1.74
1.80
2.40
2.40
2.40
For Sale.
One half of a town lot in Greenville
upon is situated a dwell-
with outhouses and welL
Apply to
J. B.
Or Jarvis Blow.
Fast
is aging very rapidly, is lie
tho rate. Sixty
seconds to the York
Epoch
Notice.
THIS is to notify all persons that Lee
was by me for Eleven
Months from January 1st, 1691. He left
me without cause on the 27th of June,
1801. Said Lee Cash was employed by
me in county and brought to
Pitt county. All will take no-
not to employ him under penalty of
law without permission.
H. M. ROGERS.
1891.
Attention, Log Men
One New II. P. vertical Boiler and
I lilted up tram road
hauling logs. Terms ea.-y.
Apply to
R. L.
Greenville, N. C,
TUe
is your dog's asked a
man who was waiting at the
of a young fellow with a particularly
bright dog.
answered young
low coolly.
don't to understand, sir.
I asked yon what was your dog's name
And I answered
are an impertinent said
the older man, brandishing his um-
dear sir, the dog's name is
the youth as he ,., side of railroad and near the depot,
treated to a safe Free for
Press.
For Sale and Rent.
We have the for
sale and rent.
One two-third lot with two story
house, four rooms, good
house, and stables for live horses. For
sale or rent 8- per month, with
stables
Two good building lots in
ville. Desirable locations.
One house and halt lot, five rooms,
garden and stables, good well water.
One house and lot. five rooms be-
sides cook-room and dining room. Two
story house, good well of water.
For sale or house and lot
in single story, six rooms,
cook-room and dining room attached;
Kent for month.
acres of land adjoining the Fe-
male Institute, property lying on each
COMPANY'S
of
BEEF.
For Delicious
Beef Tea. Economic Cookery.
One of Extract of Beef equal to
forty pounds of lean beef. Genuine
signature of J. in
blue.
Printers and Binders.
1ST. O
have the largest most complete
establishment of the kind to be found in
the State, and solicit order for all classes
Of Commercial, Rail-
road or School Print-
or Binding.
STATIONERY READY
FOR PRINTING INVITATIONS
BLANKS FOR MAGISTRATES AND
COUNTY
mend us your
AND BINDERS,
RALEIGH. N. C.
patents
and all business in the U. S,
Patent or in the Courts attended to
for Moderate Fees.
arc Opposite the U. S. Patent Of-
engaged in Patents Exclusively, and
can obtain patents in less time than
more remote from Washington.
the model or drawing is sent
as to free charge,
and make no change unless we ob-
Patents.
refer, here, to the Post Master, the
Supt. of the Money Order and to
the U. S. Patent
advise terms and reference to
actual clients in your own or
address, C. A. Snow Co.,
Washington, D. C.
Has Moved to next Door Court House
CONTINUE THE MANUFACTURE OF
BUGGIES,
My Factory is well equipped with the best Mechanics, II put up
but WORK. keep up with the times and improved styles
Best material used all work. All styles of Springs are use., you can select from
Brewster, Storm, Coil, Horn, King
Also keep on hand a full of ready
HARNESS AND WHIPS,
year round, which will ell ab as
Special Attention Given to REPAIRING.
Thanking the people of this and surrounding counties for past favors we hope to
merit a continuance of the same
T- I Williamson.
E. K.
A. ,.
Wholesale and Redd
Deal
and
pm am
mm am
Wilmington
Magnolia
Ar Wilson
factoring
The two corner stores in the Tyson
Building, also rooms in the upper
story of same building.
One house on Pitt Street owned by
Mrs. P. E. Dancy. eight rooms,
good yard and garden. For rent per
Nicely finished house,
Be It
A reporter of tender age found the
doors of a banquet locked against
him the other night and knocked for
admittance. Somebody let him in, not,
knowing who he was, and he took the ,, . C .
first empty seat be find and got a
square meal, besides witnessing all the
proceedings, which were supposed to be
S over, his Identity was
f J out, and lie did not get
until he lied paid his for th
If yon contemplate buying,
ling, or renting, call see us, or
respond with us.
Prices of any of the property
known on
Matthews
Heal Estate Agents
K- C-
B. it
No No No
April daily Fast Mall, dally
daily ex Sun.
Weldon 12,80 pm R
Ar am f
Tarboro
Ar Wilson
Ar
Goldsboro
Warsaw
Av Magnolia
Ar
NORTH
No
dally
ex Sun.
i CO
Ii
Wilson am pm
Ai Rocky Mount IS
Ar Tarboro
Tarboro am
Ar Weldon pm pm
Daily except Sunday.
Train on Scotland Neck Branch Road
leaves Halifax 8.82 P. M., arrives Scot
land Neck at 4.15 P. M. Greenville 6.02,
P. M., Kinston 7-10 p. m. Returning,
leaves Kinston 7.00 a. m., Greenville
8.10 a. m. Halifax a. m.
Weldon 11.25 a. m. dally Sun-
Local freight train leaves Weldon
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, at
7.00 a. m., arriving Scotland Neck 10.03
a. Greenville 2.10 a. in., Kinston
4.25 p. m. Returning leaves Kinston
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Saturdays at
10.00 m., arriving Greenville
noon, Scotland Neck 8.20 p. m., Weldon
6.20 p. in.
Train leaves Tarboro, N C, via
Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun-
day, P M, Sunday P M, arrive
Williamston, N C, P M, P M.
Plymouth 7.50 p. m., 5.20 p. in-
Returning leaves Plymouth daily
Sunday 6.20 a. m., Sunday 9.00 a. mt
N C, 7.40 a m, 9.58 am.
arrive Tarboro, N C, A If
Train on Midland N C Branch leave
Goldsboro dally except A M,
arrive N C, AM. Re-
turning leaves Ii C AM,
arrive Goldsboro, N A M.
Train on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky
at P M, arrive Nashville
P Hope P M. Returning
leaves Spring Hope A M, Nashville
M, arrives Rocky Mount it A
except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw
for Clinton dally, except at
and AM Returning leave
ton at S A M, and P. X. connect
at Warsaw Nos. and
Southbound train on Wilson
ville Branch is No. Northbound Is
No. except Sunday.
No. South will stop only a
Wilson, Goldsboro and Magnolia.
Train No. makes close connection a
Weldon for all points North dally. AI
-nil via Richmond, and dally except Sun
day via Line.
JOHN F. DIVINE
General
J. S. Supt
T. X.
tint Horses a specialty.
and a Union Va
Smith's Shaving Parlor.
A. Prop.
Greenville, N.
have tho the easiest
Chair ever used the art. clean towels,
sharp ton guarantees
la Call and be cot-
at their
Specialty,
ESTABLISHED 1875.
S. M
OLD STOKE.
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS
tag their year's supplies will
their get our prices before
in all its branches.
BRAND EMPORIUM
For Shaving. Cutting and Dressing Hair
HALL'S SAFE ADD LOCK CO.
of Hall's Patent
BANK LOCKS VAULT WORK.
SAFES
FACTORY P
AT
GLASS FRONT
PORK SIDES SHOULDERS
FLOUR, SUGAR
HICK, to,
at Lowest
TOBACCO SNUFF CIGARS
buy direct Manufacturers,
at profit,
A con
-a.
always on hand sold at prices to
the times. Our goods tire all bought and
sold for CASH, therefore, having no risk
to sell at a close margin.
Respectfully,
S. M.
N. C.
OINTMENT.
AND HIGHLY
Preparation tho most
lent remedies known to science for the
cure of disease. This Preparation
been in use over fifty years, and where-
ever known been in stead- demand.
Once used in a family it becomes the
household remedy. It has been endorsed
by the leading physicians nil over the
try, and has effected cures where all
other with the attention of
the most experienced
for years This Ointment is not
just gotten up for purpose of making
. but is of long standing and
high reputation which it has obtained is
owing entirely to its own efficacy, as but
little effort has ever been made to bring
it before tho public. One bottle of tills
Ointment will be sent to any address on
receipt of One Dollar. The usual dis-
count to Druggists. All Cash Orders
promptly attended to. Address all or-
and communications to
T. F. CHRISTMAN,
Sole and Proprietor,
Greenville. N. C.
THE
the Opera House, at place
have recently located, and where I have
everything in my line
NEW, CLEAN AND ATTRACTIVE,
TO MAKE A
MODEL BARBERSHOP
with all the Improved appliances;
and comfortable chairs.
Razors sharpened at reasonable figures
for work outside of shop
promptly Very respectfully,
EDMONDS
The Tar River Transportation Company
Greenville,
LB. Cherry,
J. S. Greenville,
N. M. Lawrence, Tarboro, Gen
Capt. R. F. Gee Ag
People's Line for travel on
River.
The Steamer Greenville is the finest
an quickest boat on the river.
been thoroughly repaired, refurnished
and painted-
Fitted up specially for the comfort,
and convenience of Ladies,
POLITE ATTENTIVE OFFICERS
A first-class Table furnished with th
best the market
,; on the Steamer is
not only but a
Leaves Washington Monday,
and Friday at o'clock, A. M.
Leaves Tarboro Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday at o'clock, . m.
Freights received daily and through
Rills to all points.
r. f. wt.
on
Pianos Organs Furniture
Baby Carriage am
AT PRICES THAT WILL SAVE YOU MONEY
PR ICES THAT WILL SAVE
Largest House and Largest Stock in the South,
o-
No matter what Piano or Organ you want write to us for
and prices and we will save you money.
J. S. AMES,
Opposite Main t,, Norfolk. Va.
AL
FORBES.
THE RELIABLE OF C
to the buyers Pitt and surrounding counties, a line of following goo
not to be excelled in this market. And to he an
pure straight goods. DRY GOODS of all kinds, NOTIONS. CLOTHING,
FURNISHING GOODS. HATS and CAPS, HOOTS and SHOES, IA
and CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS, FURNITURE and FURNISHING
GOODS, DOORS, WINDOWS, SASH and BLINDS. CROCK FRY and
WARE, HARDWARE. PLOWS and PLOW CASTING. of
Gin and Mill Belting, Hay, Rock Lime, and
Hair. Harness, Bridles and addles.
HEAVY GROCERIES A SPECIALTY.
Agent for Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton I offer to the trade at Wholesale
Jobbers prices, cents per dozen, less C per cent for Cash. Bread Prep-
ration and Hall's Star Jobbers Prices, White Lead and pure St-
and Oil, and Paint Colors, Cucumber Wood Pumps, Salt and Wood and
Willow Ware. Nails a Give me a call and I guarantee satisfaction.
C.
COBB,
Pitt Co. N
C C COBB,
Pitt Co
T. H.
Co. N C
Cobb Bros., Gilliam,
Cotton Factors,
Pearline
-AND-
Merchants.
SOLICIT of
ex-
I ft m
i-
the advantage of shippers.
All
hands will receive prompt
careful attention
Washing Compound
SAVES the kind of laW
wears out women, clothing and
paint. If this is true, you want it.
Every grocer keeps it, and a few
. . buy sufficient for a large wash. Try it-
its death to drudgery and far superior to
its harmless to fabric or hands. More than one million
families are now using it.
Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers are
imitations which claim
not. and besides are dangerous. PEARLINE is never peddled,
sold by H good grocers.
Manufactured only by JAMBS New Yet.
it ran to
Portraits, and cots of factor,
machinery, made to order from
New York City.
Blood Cure.
m RIDGE
rat ion
for health
for
College Course,
Shorthand,
August 13th.
Write for
COLLEGE.
the
A household remedy
nae more than years. A
cure for Dyspepsia. Scrofula Nervous
Prostration, and all disease of
fit a
A botanical put up la
and coil of
Large pack ares. for
j quarts, t
for pints, sec.; sample
A locality.
iron-v, m.
A P B no
on my Corsets Belts
Brushes. Curlers, Medicine, Sample
. now, pt
N. Y.
ALLEY
FINE PORTRAIT AND VIEW
Views of Animal.
Family taken at
Short Notice, Copying from
to life size, in Inks Crayon or
Colors.
Head quarters for flue Photographs.
Call and e us.
R HYMAN,
N.
LIVERY SALE AND FEED
I have removed to the new stables
Fifth street in rear Capt. White's
Store, where I will constantly
keep on hand a line line of
Horses and Mules.
have beautiful and turnouts for
the livery and can suit the most
I will run in connection a DRAY-
AGE BUSINESS, and solicit a share of
four patronage. Call and be convinced.
GLASGOW EVANS.
Greenville, S. C.
To
Horses
for UniT. Va.,
and Polo t. add mt
Fm
lea
All leer. l
Mules,
ever brought Greenville.
If you want a good Drive
Draft Horse or a Rood Work
don't fail to me.
-I yon
reasonable
have recently been enlarged
cow I have ample room to
all left in my charge
Best attention given.
I have again opened a
HOP
Greenville and invite my
I and former to give me a call. I
can supply all your wants In the way of
a clean shave, u stylish hair cut, a de-
I or the
j line,
O. HODGES.