Eastern Reflector

YOU WANT TO BEACH the PEOPLE WITH Announcement IT IN REFLECTOR Office for Job NORTH CAROLINA. Things Mentioned in out State Ex- changes that are of General Interest The Cream of the News. students at The Eastern Reflector. D. J. WHICH ARD, Editor and Owner TRUTH IN TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance. YOU -.- WANT I KEEP POSTED AND GET THE NEWS VOL XII. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1893. NO. LAMB'S Exhortation at a colored camp moot in la out, Make a mite;, on I you it no two talk a, you up. f u d Is full or stumps I you or trouble, T you k N cloudy, do t in you .- he'll toil you it hoof an do Van. you Boo a do awful thunder call Look Oh. backslider, how you fool Drop n knees an go to Ax do to help you out. Chile, toll a lamb i loose and An don do stars nut all do way; Yea, ten tie break or day. But you fail de it you. Fetch you slap right in do eye. You'll fool like hit you, Dru lined from half way to do From the Nebraska Journal. WE ARE DWINDLING AWAY. By A. D. Only Lilliputians Will Inhabit the Earth. A French statistician, who has been studying the military and other records, with a view of de- tho height of men at different periods, reached some wonderful results. A Frenchman is naturally an art is., even in figures. A Gorman might content himself with a dry arithmetical compilation; but this artist carries his statistics into the realm of history and of poetry, and even of prophecy. He has not only solved some perplexing prob- in regard to the past of the human race, but also is enabled to calculate its future, and to deter- mine tho exact period when man will disappear from tho earth. Tho facts extend over nearly three centuries. It is found that 1610 the average height of men was 1.75 or say feet inches. In 1790 it was feet inches. In 1820 it was feet inches and a fraction. At tho present it is foot 3-4 inches. It is easy to from figures a rate of regular and grad- decline in human stature, and then apply this, working back- wards and forwards, to the to the future. By this it is determined that the stature of tho first men attained the surprising average of feet inches. Tho race had already in the of was a quite off- spring of the giants. Coming down to later times we find that at the beginning of our era the There are University. Salisbury Mr. J. K. Goodman, of tho formers the county, killed a hog this week that weighed pounds. The governor has offered a re- ward of f for the arrest of the unknown murderer of Ned Parker in Franklin county. The crime was committed in December. N. C. had a very assignment last week. It was that of Mr. F. W. a great dry goods merchant. The liabilities are estimated with assets about the same- The preferences and mortgages amount- ed, to 870-000. county can bast of two commissioners, a one-legged register of deeds, a badly crippled treasurer, a coroner, a one armed keeper of the county home and the fattest in the State. What can beat this record I Shrine of the mighty, can it be that this is all remains of thee The float- saw mill Sadie M- Band has gone to the bottom in sixteen feet of water, miles up Trent. AH bands had loft for town and their absence the boat sprung a leak. Mr. came to town the latter part of last week to get a schooner to raise the sunken boat. This attempt being unsuccessful he sent for the steamer Trent. New Journal Mr. Win- P. of Morehead made a rich strike on Batching trout last Friday. He caught worth at one haul. This is very good, but not up to that of Capt. Ben Barker who a few weeks ago caught in Neuse river below New at one haul over worth. It will be remembered that he sold half his catch here for and ship- tho rest, k Wilmington Review Mr. K. A. of Sampson county, arrived here last night for surgical treat Ho was on a raft of timber floating down to the city and when at the Thoroughfare, about miles above here, a limb of a tree caught the raft. Mr. Buie ran for- ward with an to cut tho limb but slipped and fell and his left hand falling on the keen edge of the ace his thumb was cut clean off from the hand- Burlington Last Tues- day night, about seven miles south- west of this place, Mr. David aged odd years, breath- ed all that was mortal and his spirit took its everlasting flight. Davie as lie was familiarly called, was a landmark. well known the country over and had long outlived his generation, and the nearest relatives living are nephews and nieces. Wilson We regret to learn the Argonaut office was burn- ed to the ground on Thursday night. Some of the type was saved but not alL We with the energetic thorough going and wide awake Campbell in the loss he his will soon be on feet again, for a man with his grit and vim and push and pluck and energy and of purpose can't be kept down. Leader last Thursday a very serious case came for trial before the Mayor. a colored woman, was found guilty of leaving her two children, aged and years, for two nights and a day without food or fuel, and this during the coldest weather. The poor little tilings found their way, barefooted, to their grandmother's house and were taken in in almost frozen condition. Che to serve days in the county jail. Durham Sun The news reach- ed Durham yesterday afternoon of the most horrible and fiendish work of a named Allen, tiling on the plantation of J. Thornton Yancey, in Person near the Granville line. The report is rather but from what we can gather it is a tale of horror. Allen and his wife lived on plantation and Allen's wife was in a delicate con- to become a mother- About the first day of this month, there was trouble of some kind and Allen beat wife in a fear- manner, it is said, he placed her on the bed and then set fire to the bed clothing. Mr. Yancey and his wife saw the smoke and, suspecting something wrong, both went there to see what it meant We sire told that Allen's attention called to the smoke at his he did not go. Mr. and Mrs. Yancey, upon entering the house, witnessed a moat Allen's wife ff 5- aLlS with It. rain., and WM -raft an. Wart, serve, around the waist. She was cared on all who think life for and regained worth the that they mint keep on somewhat, but died two days after i band a supply of Bull's Cough wards. In the interim, however, Syrup, the Infallible core A TYROLEAN INCIDENT. Hidden away in a deep valley on the Tyrolean frontier tho two villages of and Paten- The latter is an old Roman town; tho former is of modern growth. To the traveler these villages to form a single but should he to disclose his ideas to a native lie would probably upon with knives, and sent back to Munich by tho next train. A bitter feud, its origin long forgot- ten, has always existed between tho two places. The people of looking down from their perch of Roman antiquity, deride their neighbors as tho pro- duct of an unpolished and pain- fully modern age. The of tho other villagers as proud, overbearing fellows, who never lift their noses from their beer mugs. Now a few years ago was tho prettiest girl in The entire male population was devoted to her. Her slaves cut her hay when they should have been eating their carried homo her rakes from tho field, and even helped her milk the cow in tho evening. Her father was commonly known as meaning in the vernacular to lie drunk long and and was looked upon as a wealthy man. He had chosen the butcher, as a proper match for his daughter, but unfortunately did not appreciate s good points. Ho was fat, rough, in- delicate in mind and body, and always bad a smell of old meat about his hands. Besides she was in love with Fischer. Pauli was much below in station. He was poor and lived in For two years he had worked in tho field adjoin- that cut her father's hay. But he had never spoken to her, although he had watched her by the hour. One night came home from the inn and mis- took tho cow stable for his own room. The cow resented tho in- and broke two of his ribs with her kicks. He was confined lo his bed. and his good wife had to stay at home with him, so for almost a week went to the fields alone. The first day Pauli came over to borrow a whetstone They were soon talking as if they had known each other for years. Before was on his again had promised Pauli to marry him, if heaven and her father were willing. About the middle of August the h the at The two putting old quarrels aside for the moment, arranged a mons- in his honor. There were to be torchlight parades, music and speeches. Moreover, the largest hotel in was to be sot for dancing and general sic Ho trial to of his wallet, but up with a snarl, cursing him dis- Never said Pauli beer is bad hero. to tho Golden id we'll get something fit to The butcher was too drunk to lo anything but so out had been waiting Pa half an hour. She growing angry with him for so late. Just as had Up all hope of seeing him at all, he came running up with a AH WAR average height of man was feet, j and in tho time of Charlemagne it i was foot inches, a fact quite sufficient to account for the deeds of- the Paladins. But the most astonishing result of this scientific study comes an- of the same inexorable of diminution to tho future. The calculation shows that by the year A. D., the stature of tho average man will re- to fifteen inches. At that epoch there will be only on tho earth. And tho conclusion of the learned statistician is irresistible, that end of the world certainly arrive, for the inhabitants will have become so small that they will finally by as the idiom expresses the bundle under his arm. She about to berate him roundly for his tardiness when he produced from his package tho most won 1- beer mug that she had eYer seen. It was covered with yellow mountains and brown huntsmen, red houses, pink sunsets, goats and chamois, and across the front was written in big letters. Du The sight of this work of art so overpowered her with delight that she forgot all about Pauli's having kept waiting so long. In the inn they chose out a quiet corner, they could watch tho and drink their beer without danger of being Been by It was a delightful evening for both of them. Pauli was liberality itself, thought. Only once he acted churlishly, when she had reached for his dirk to cut their bread and choose. Ho had pushed her hand roughly aside, and hold- his knife in its sheath, had in- that should break bread with her fingers. soon forgot this trifling however, and the evening went all too quickly. When Pauli loft at her father's door, tho sun was just coming up behind the bore peaks of tho. It f The next day body was discovered in one of the brooks that run through tho meadows. Drunk as ho was the butcher had defended himself for some time, for his hands were gashed and torn with his efforts to grasp tho murderer's knife. It was a simple matter to find tho criminal. Pauli made little attempt to what he had done. Some six months after- wards he was hanged at Munich. has since with her neighbor, Ho is not disagreeable or like and is a better match than Pauli would been, for ho is quite well to do. nod lives ill Pauli's mug on the in in II parlor. often lots the children play with it, fop t quiet to Wither At a hotel in Cincinnati one Christmas Eva a few years ago a party of gentlemen were relating their different experiences in the late war. Among those present was James. a nephew of C. L. tho distinguished lawyer and Statesman, who accidentally killed himself in the court room at non, Ohio, while demonstrating to tho jury, in defense of his client who was on trial for murder, that victim might killed him- drawing his own lied the Would not now As Mr. bis story, a gentleman party, the general freight agent of a road centering in Cincinnati, asked ii he would still like to settle old scores with the long- individual. said that ha won I-1, mist re I the hap- pen the you to, and if you will .-ten up to the bar all nave u drink to pig f neither of as got a Latin as it is Pronounced. A young lady was once talking with a very young and very smart man who was inclined to air bis knowledge of the languages a little what modesty required. She therefore said to him with an air of defer- to superior attainments; are a Latin scholar. wish you would tell me how to pro- tho word Tho youth with a kindly air of patronage, replied, have not met l ho word in my Latin reading, but I should nave no hesitation to saving that it should be pronoun- it to four syllables, the accent on the you for telling me, replied the girl, demurely. have always heard it pro- but if you say the other way that be Wasn't All In Head. A lawyer walked down the street recently with his arms taxed to hold a lot of law books. To him a friend, pointing at the books, thought you carried all that stuff in your quickly replied the law- -with a knowing wink; are for judges. Proportional Punishment. I Mary I've just broken my hand-glass. You know how unlucky it that's ma'am. about me I've just smashed the large in the had arranged to meet Pauli at they wore to spend the evening quietly. They hoped that in the general confusion they might escape the notice of was j decked out in her best Her short red skirt was crossed and I with thick embroidery, and quaint silver buckles shown on her shoes. Around her neck and across the front of her black countless silver chains and bangles were I draped in studied confusion. Her . broad black bat, with P edelweiss a shining I clasp, was jauntily set on her dark hair. In fact, she was a most at- tractive picture. Even tho young parish priest, fresh from semi- nary cell, at her out of the corners of his and then turned away with a sigh and shake of newly tonsured Pauli was also in his best clothes. He woo thinking with pleasure of the coming evening, when it i . I M . had no beer mug of his own. Now in the it is most an insult to your to offer her beer in anything but your own mug. The more costly and decorative it is the more she is flattered. Pauli had never had enough money to buy even a common pot He had often said that he would rather spend his marks for beer than for the glass one drank it out of. He finished dressing as soon as possible, and hurried out to borrow a mutt from one of bis friends. Unfortunately, was using their steins, so he had to give up the Then he tried to. buy one on his credit, but find no one will- to sell a mug for anything but When he had visited all the shop-keepers in-the town, and had been refused everywhere, he went into a small inn, and sat down to a corner to think the matter over. His thoughts were interrupted by a noisy fellow, who staggered into room and sat down at tho table opposite Pauli looked angrily. It the butcher, very drunk. called for beer, and in for it drew a handful of gold from his pocket, He bad just sold a cow, be told Pauli between and had made a mighty good bargain, too. Before he had finished bis his head dropped forward on his arms, and he began ha mote. Pauli moved to from his pocket. Jim fought with tho army, and on account of his daring deeds found close quarters. Ho re- late this out on a foraging one night near Nashville in with others, we wen suddenly surprised by a I art.- of blue coat scouts and prisoners. We were turned over to tho care of soldiers, who farted with us for the Union lino. Why didn't take our puns from us I don't know, unless it was that were too weak from lunger to carry them. were and talkative lows, aid appeared to sorry had not escaped, not gone far before I spied a good sized hi i a barnyard not far from the road and suggested to tho gun ids that, with their per- mission, I would supply the pork for a meal, which all in need of, the guards was a long- legged, sort of a chap, and he was the only one who op- posed tho scheme, but he finally came over to the majority, and I went after the porker. i understanding was that not to my gun unless it became absolutely to prevent the meal from escaping, but to use my bayonet. I that darned pig around the at least twenty times, and had perforated the sides of the barn like a in my ineffectual jabs at him with my bayonet. Just as had succeeded in spearing my prize, the sound of horses hoofs on tho pike was heard in the distance and in a few minutes Union guard, the one that hart, cap- came in sight at full speed evidently fleeing from the It occurred to me in a minute that of bad teeth, or The cam in no none at all, is declared by Dr. Wools of to due in great to faulty kind of food given to children tho being primary to select food that requires mastication, as this tends to develop the gums and salivary glands, while tho practice of giving too much liquid food cause narrow j we the mars beauty; then, too. the small, thin Jaws consequent upon a liquid diet do not furnish room enough to com n the teeth, even were the Wood supply sufficient- tho tooth, thus crowded, railing to re- adequate nourishment, a moat potent cause of defect in the enamel and consequent caries. Mastication, Dr. Woods remarks, is the important so Is this, that if care wore taken of tho of children, Americans would -be physically tho strongest on, development and beauty the Greeks, Women Aren't Funny. A writer in tho de- of the current Century ask a why in literature there are no humorists. Ho then goes on to an his question by that from childhood man finds sawdust dropping of every- thing, and soon discovers tho of much that for Valuable. Therefore ho learns lo smile and to Is it not absurd instead, of allowing his passim, tor something to adore override his growing desire for truth. Bat, on tho other hand, a woman's idols are so much a part of her that they are i on. it snap her fingers nor seek mirth an avenue es- cape. Women may possibly grow but is only a form of When Ufa to HUNGRY MAN'S DREAM. An Ex-Convict -Tell How Ho Was Tortured In Sloop. of tho worst evils penal is said to be hunger which assails a man healthy appetite during the few months or years of his says the Boston Globe. A who has a long term for forgery, used to k to bed night pinched b- hunger. I i dreaming of banquets, have thought nothing i about it had not tho same i come to me every night was always the same, I tho BUM place, and I always had the same place at tho table. thing about was that just as tho first was offered I always awoke, i that even in my dreams I was n, I permitted to taste of tho cent spread which was night., presented to my dreaded to go to bed the dream tortured me. It only mo tho hungrier, I then Understood the agony of Tantalus, the fabled hero who was tortured with thirst, and to whose lips tho waters were ever coming and re- just as he was tho act of taking a drink. The Secret of Health. Don't worry. Don't hurry. swift rives as tardy as too Don't overeat. Don't starve your moderation to all Court the fresh air, day and night. if you know what was in tho Sleep and rest abundantly. Sleep is nature's Spend less nervous energy each day than you make. Be light heart lives Think only healthful thoughts. man in his heart, so ho peace, and like a man, but don't worked to Avoid passion and excitement A moment's anger may fatal, Associate with healthy people. Health is contagious as well as disease, carry the whole world on your shoulders, tor less the verse. Trust the Never despair. is a fatal ye know these things, are ye if ye do or While she Fink, tho parish R. Oliver, in tho Harvard Advocate into the barn jumped was soon in the hay, mow peering through a knot hole at my and bewildered captors. the advance guard There is a point on every man's head that particular man and inter the officer had should wear his hat. Some men I volley can wear their hats well down, close to their eyebrows, and were mounted on well in doing Other I TO men's Would be fatal-. . chuckled at my I ruined wearing hats go j left, and crawled to low, Now thou a MM window and peered up the adopt an irregular pose for his P to certain how close our in or fleeing if our boys on tho hauls j in some way holy, or at ;. of the Yanks it I could keep r. to ideal, then creative I t my at bay tor a few ; the writer. , , would and in whore man's talent What tel a humorist b newspapers in Running a in Japan must be a profitable basin Alfred J. of tho Japan Gazette said, ID, a of the used to about per month. employed thirty compositors at an aver- age of per month, as much as The subscription price of the paper was tho advertising rates Q p.-r inch per week- had about sub- and not lose a Northerners. Just as I poked my. piper was outer- reputable member of society. All won tho whatever position th.-1 to ear, and looking into hat is to b becoming and j darned if there wasn't comfortable should adhered to chap, standing and no new hat accepted which fading shot docs not reach and stop at that, j V myself ex- point. In the proper shots for several minutes, hat bearings it is well to take a until our boys up and cap- i him. If over I took ate aim at a man in my life and tried to kill him, I did at that long- tagged individual was returned to tho camp side as as front view of one's self with the hat on. The hat should come down low enough to take a grip the head tho wind blows. Growing Trees, in A young oak tree growing in a glass vase of water is not only or- but interesting, an acorn suspended by a thread within half an inch of the surface water. Let it remain for, months, wive tor the filling the vessel to replace evaporation, and w complete change of tho water by a siphon. The will throw a root down into the water, and upward will shoot a Blender stem with glossy leaves. Hyacinth glasses are the best for the pose. A little at the. bottom is to keep the water pure. These are frequently soon in Y. Times. Forewarned. my wife, asks you my brand of cigars between now and Christmas, tell her these, and, nay------ Dix-r-Don't charge her over a dollar a box; I'll pay the balance Truth. Pram tall to hall, tram to la Joyous ram are or. To May mortal power; High o'er now they're nestling by Its Beneath, tho crumbling vanished, ho cay hope l Sow aB to thinnest it turned. Awl I'll not got a goat's For they ware love- letters I Hut, ah I My is out of There are submarine cable sections. Women are farm hand in with our prisoner, and you may bet that that porker along. The same night I let one or two of the boys into the secret of my good fortune and at my invitation they came to my tent and we started in pig to cooking it. orders been issued against and, we guarded our work very closely, as we had the pig ready for the fire, an orderly appeared me to the presence. of our Colonel. That officer gave me to understand that he knew all about the pig and, after a sharp reprimand, ordered me to return, remarking that he would decide later as to my punishment. following Sunday, the camp full of visitors, many among them being ladies. Shortly before noon I was again summoned to Colonel's and on my arrival there two soldiers were ordered to take the hind quarters of the pig, which I saw at once had been brought to tho Colonel's tent and suspend it around my neck by a cow, being clone, t was walked to, the guard line, where the tors entered and was compelled to prising and no I was snared to get tho news, Tho Mikado attempted to exercise over English press of the but the British Con- Genera attempted it once and was to his station. The japan Mail is by tho but tho other English papers are free from Government Gallant if Not do not said tho es- wife to her husband, your taste for tho artistic is as developed as I it Was when he replied. I am sorry for that. But, at least, you will admit that I have given ample evidence of my love of tho what my choice of a We to say to our citizens, that for years we have been selling Dr. King's New Discovery tor Consumption, Ur. New Life Salvo and Electric Bitters, and have never handled remedies that sell well, or that have given such universal faction- We do hesitate to tee them every time, and we stand ready to refund tho purchase price. If results do not follow their use. These remedies have won their popularity purely on their merits, four's Store. The bonded debt of this State is now The estimated annual receipts for the next two years are and It Should s s Beast. remain there with tho pig around my neck for hours. . considered my- self a masher hut I will K his wife sen a moaner, gentlemen. Out i win who threatened with Pneumonia venture that more pretty women smiled on me that day than any you with. to insult to injury, along, came that long-logged chap, in charge of two soldiers. Ho wot being transferred to another guard house. As be passed me he smiled, and remarked that if I had not ac his bullets 4.11. Wilson, Clay St., Pa., say he will not be without Dr. after an attack of when various remedies and several had done her no good. Robert of Pa., Dr. New Discovery has done him more good than anything he ever used tor Nothing like It. Try It. Free Trial Drug Store. Largo bottles, n ml A winter nearest the stove. corner Avoid that said qua tramp to another. her was work, and it was tho truth, you giving me You fur work I kin keep out of its way, Resignation Van Gelding Could you marry a who is your inferior suppose I shall VERSES. An Addition to the Poets. wants. Inn Neva my; But it It all, ii Saying a Kind Word. dear said a tern advocate to a tramp, ma say a kind word to you in regard to yo, replied th tramp, expectantly. think whiskey is the word ye after honor. Nothing-to Be Thankful For. you Celebrated Thanksgiving Day with a great deal of zest, considering tho largo crops had, Uncle Si Uncle Si dunno as I did. was so big I can't get no kind of for Puck. A SAD CASE. Hurry, Doctor Tommy, Be too late to her you there It Just morning That she took her hen. But never Since she broke her First bumped her nose off Thai no harm- Then she sprained her ankle, Then broke her arm. Then she cracked her shoulder- Aim i made mo cry- Then she bled Then she lost her eye. Yes. we often we to Flint n dose of putty, j a vine. H I'm quite Many a I've Nothing to kelp her Since broke her , Youth's An Infelicitous reptiles you mean such creatures as creep along tin ground. Can name one as at example, Adolf little brother D BULLS THE This Office for Job Printing. OF No Bets in His Bonnet, But a Bundle of Button Busters Bunched Billie Burch from Budget Basket. A FOR LOVERS- is tho of true love. Miss I Miss lends bridal path, Mr. Press. IN HALF to do yon your pants f is and I have them half York Herald. A DWARF. do yon think of this Prince Albert It was my brother's, and I had it for me. you think you me too short to look well in a Prince Albert am too short to get anything else. New York Herald. SMALL FRAGMENTS. I asked Helen to marry mo last night What did she say f She said but the doctor tells me that the pressure on neck will all in n week and that my ribs not crushed TOO CLOSE. Mi. yon any idea what are tho relations between that young Rivers and our Lena Mrs. don't know; tho young people seem to be very close-mouthed. Mr. ho I thought when I discovered them on tho parlor sofa, this Forward march-An early spring. WANTED A you clear out right square off, or I'll call hired man. mum. I only wanted to a Bible, if you one to spare. Bibles t I've got about forty. Well, mum, will yo please lend me a minutes I want to rend about feast. it will stay ma appetite till git to town whore folks has lower Bibles my rare are you i I going to far- lunch ahead pleasure. I go for two hours. I leave do store in charge I you mark should u sucker come in. Every has a tag it. if little pencil dot, it moans one dollar two pen- dots, two dollars i pencil dots, dollars, and so up. right, its and urn before o'clock. Levi, Did you sold him sure yon sold him, my pair of pants. how much, my dollars. dollars. uplifted tort L. N. L. Greenville, N. O. attention to business. at Tucker Murphy's old stand. L. S. A BLOW, 9-AT-L A W, GREENVILLE, N. C. In all the Court. I. A. . r. TYSON, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, V N. Prompt attention to M. H. LONG, H. O. Prompt and careful to nets. Collection j SKINNER, K AT-L A W, M. O. y JAMES. Practice In all the as

THE REFLECTOR. Greenville, N. C. U. sad Jupiter WEDNESDAY. JANUARY When the correspondent sue-1 date for Present He has never worth anything to any of He was a in killing Mr. Blaine poor old man will have a rest. Perhaps they have not thought that they will also be cat out of one of their largest topics to write about. at H. C. as mail matter. f Announcement. THE PRICE OF I is per Rates.-One HI one-half column one ; one-gunner column one Advertisements-One Inch m. two weeks month Two one two weeks, one month, Advertisements inserted In las as rending Hems, cents per line each Insertion. Legal as Ad. and Trustees bales Summons to be for at legal and BK PAID FOB IN ADVANCE. not mentioned Above, for any length can be made by application to the either ii person or by letter. Copy Advertisements and handed Senator Kenna, of West Virgin- died in Washington City last week. He had been ill for some days and his death was not able Senator these member of Congress,. and never showed anything in these except brain. That he was smart no one denies, but that he was base all agree. He is probably more notorious- known with us on account his war record than anything else. No man who Knows anything about his deeds in the South He was an and his loss will be sorely felt by mg J w . his State. all should be in by on mornings in order to receive prompt in- the following. The a will be found a profitable medium through which to reach the public. Ever since the 8th of November we Lave all been talking about Mr. Cleveland being elected. The fact of it is he was not in reality elected until last week when the Presidential Electors of all the States met and cast their votes as required by law. Mi- condition is such as to cause much uneasiness to his friends. His death at any time would not be a surprise to the country- It is positively an- that it is a matter of time, and that probably short, when he will breathe his last. The first man in the Republican party will have passed away when Mr. dies- His loss has already been seriously felt by this party. ELEVEN OLD. To-day The Reflector stands with both feet on the elev- round in the ladder of its ex- and takes its first step to- ward the twelfth. On a January day, eleven years ago, when the temperature was most, if not quite as low as at this time, the Greenville with which this writer had been for four years, was shoved in the cold to make room for a lit- sheet bearing the present name This writer remembers well taking under his arm the first hundred copies that came the press, and in a half distributing over town. The first subscription the is also fresh mind. Dr. C J stepped into the office just after we got in from that run around town, and handing out a dollar, said keep the little paper going to his house. From that day to this it has made its regular visits to the homo of the Doctor, and also to many who subscribed soon after him. The took no prestige from its it might have claimed the addition of four years to its wiping cut all that was behind made a clean start with vol. no. first issue, like the four following it. was posted one page at the time on a job press, from that small beginning grew the paper you hold in your hand to-day. While the credit of founding the is due to an older broth- the present editor has from the first been connected with it. fact our journalistic career ante dates by four years its foundation, our editorial work beginning February, 1878, when little bet- than years old. From that time our labors have been within the pale of the printing office. We took up the business as our life work, without providential in or for change of mind, will follow it to the end. there is no now talk about these things, though it may give us individual pleasure to look into these fifteen years and con- template what has Every reader who has followed the in its his knows there Lave been improvements. They know also to effect theft- has taken hard work and constant work. So we will not stop to go over the things of the past, but team them where they are. In the first of 1882 the little paper said it bad come to It has stayed. It is equally useless to talk of toe future Those who have watch- ed the in the past what to expect of it future, have no new promises to ex-1 to give at all titling the best paper the patronage received our ability will permit. It has been discovered, no doubt, that the possesses a mind of its own, that there are occasions upon which it does not hesitate to express a bit of it. if t thinks to do so will be beneficial to the great party to it belongs, and to which liberty-loving white man ought to belong. There are those who -offense at our way of thinking and talking upon matters we shed no tears on that account. There The Grand Lodge of Mason met in Raleigh on the 10th inst. It was a good session and shows that this noble order is still in- creasing in North Carolina- The following officers were elected for the ensuing year Grand Master, John W. of Tarboro; Deputy Grand M. Move, of Wilson ; Grand Senior Warden, R. J. Nobles, of Smithfield; Grand Junior Warden, W- E- Moore, of Webster ; Grand Treasurer. Win. Simpson, of Raleigh ; Grand Sec- W. H. of Raleigh. I one tear at his departure, but will agree with at least one of our ex- changes in saying a loud amen to his demise. His in the city of New Orleans when he was command there, were base enough to forever disgrace him in the sight of all civilized people. A man who has no for the mothers and sisters of the brave noble men of the South who fought in the late war, and who subjects them to the outrage that Butler did in this city, deserves the condemnation and hatred of every man or woman in whatever section they may live. This specimen of a human brute will be sorrowed for but little South of the Mason and Dixon Line, but will forever be held in utter by familiar with his record within this He died without ever been accused, possessing one noble trait of character. The Republicans and Populist both organized the Kansas House of Representatives Each elected officers and when last heard from both Speakers were at the desk each side at war with the other. For several days all three parties have to suggest a plan of compromise but as yet no plan suggested meets the approval by any two of the parties. This mud- is seriously effecting the inter- of the State as the Treasurer- elect has ceased to try to give bond tho former one refuses to pay any demand made on him for the actually every day Mrs. Lease ought to straight- en out things in some way. Edward Murphy of New York has been nominated by the caucus of the Democrats the for Senator to succeed Sena- tor There was little op position to him. President Cleve- land was not favorable to his and so expressed himself but he made no apparent effort to de- feat him. Murphy was Tammany Hall's candidate and this insured his election. He lays no claim to oratory Mr. Cleveland inti- mated pretty plainly that he is not a statesman. Tammany, how- ever, is hard to down and gets her candidate. It is said that Mr. Murphy would not opp his ad- ministration but on the contrary would act in perfect accord with the President's policies. The members of the Electoral College of North Carolina met in Raleigh at noon Monday of last week to vote for candidates for President and Vice-President. A large audience was present many members of the General AS the Electors were present. Mr. C- B. Aycock, of Wayne, was elected President of the College. After the College was organized Grover Cleveland, of New York, was nominated for President by Mr. Shaw an ad speech was heartily applauded. Mr. Cleveland received the unanimous vote of the College- nominated for in timely words, E Stevenson, of Illinois, and he also received the entire vote of the College- Mr- R- B- Glenn was selected as messenger to carry the of i all persons voted for as and of all persons voted for as Vice to Washington and to deliver them to the of the United States Senate, as provided by the Constitution. Tho Electoral College then ad- nine die. The next fish, oyster and game fair at New will be held Fob- 20th to 25th. Anent tho com- of this fair the wants to give expression to a few words. That these annual fairs at New are the best of any fairs held State goes with- out saying. That the fair is a good thing for Now for Eastern North Carolina and should be liberally patronized is admitted. But, to speak plainly. many have attended them the tho last been to out- treatment. We mean those who wont to New by rail- road. This writer got a of the imposition last year and did not hesitate to speak in of the action of the railroad. An excursion from different points was advertised to put passengers in New at a certain hour and landed them there two hours behind enough to miss a good part of the day's program at the fair grounds, This same ex advertised to put back home at a certain hour but failed by live hours to keep its promise. Instead of getting the people back home at a reasonable tour they were kept out most of the night, some of the cars being without either fire or water. It is fish in memory now that twenty- two loaded passenger coaches were started out of New be- hind one engine and made the run from that town to miles, in little over throe hours. A copy of the con- what we said about this imposition was forwarded to the State Railroad Commission, and in a letter which the Chairman wrote us about it he said, Act creating the Commission gave no authority to enforce a All that we cat do is to order them to desist in the future from such We write on the matter in advance this time and forward a copy to the Commission, that they may interfere vent a repetition of the previous bad management People like the New fair and like to attend it, but largo numbers of them will not go less there is a prospect for less in- convenience than they have had in the past. The Secretary of the might help the attendance by looking into this matter. assembly. w we give some of the bills of interest that have been intro- before the General SENATE. Mr. to authorize State banks to issue circulating notes. Ordered printed. Mr. Cooper introduced a of instruction and request to our Senators and Representatives to vote in favor of the repeal of the per cent, tax on State banks. Mr. of Robeson, to raise a joint committee on Bank and Banking. Mr. Means, authorizing the of three commission ore to digest and codify the of the State, including the laws en- acted at this session, the to be allowed a clerk at per annum, and each of the commissioners to receive per annum, and to report to the next General Assembly- Senator James, to amend sec- of The Code by striking out the that upon special contracts in writing, signed by tho party to be charged therewith, or his agent, so great a rate as per cent, may be allowed. The bill is intended to reduce the rate of interest from to per pent. Senator Cooper, making It a mis demeanor for any person to be drunk or intoxicated in a place, giving magistrates to fine and imprison put the persons convicted Q on the public roads. Senator introduced a series of resolutions the Senators and Representatives in Congress to vote for a income tax; to put and mechanical implement on the free list; for the free coinage silver, maintaining the be- tween gold and silver as will place silver on equality with i to amend tho law so the United shall not have jurisdiction of suits between residents and non-residents except when -he sum not ten dollars and over that sum. Senator Lucas presented a from citizens of ask- the repeal of tho homestead law. Senator Patterson, the revenues of the State, by druggists and physicians to go clerks of the Court and take oath not to sell except upon a prescription, and not to give prescriptions except for bona tide medical purposes, etc. A bill to railways to passes to persons in the interest of Orphan Asylums. Senator offered an amendment making the bill in- inmates of Homes. Senator Day offered an amend- to members of tho Legislature. HOUSE. Mr- Smith, calling on proper committee to draft a Slat Bank bill. , Mr. Merritt, instructing the committee to draw a bill securing to creditors an equal vision of the estate of the debtor case of assignments. Mr- Nash, to abolish the Home- stead and personal property ex- Mr. Robinson, to secure the equal distribution of estates by who makes assignments. Mr. Watson, of Vance, to work public roads by taxation. Mr. to abolish the office of County Superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Merritt, to provide for the increased circulation of notes. It is authorize provide for tho preparation and issuance to the Banks and Banking associations of this State, of circulating notes to fully protect the same, and for other purposes. The bill was or- printed. Mr. Kitchen, to establish State lands and increase the currency. Ordered printed. Mr. Self, to let the public print- to the lowest bidder. the Fifty second Con- began its first session. The funeral services, which were con- ducted by Cardinal Gibbons, as- by Bishop were held in tie Senate chamber yesterday afternoon, and the large of prominent people attest the esteem in which Senator Ken ii a was hold. The remains left here for West Virginia, where the interment will be made, last night, accompanied by a joint committee of Senators and Representatives. Tie House committee on Bank- and Currency has favorably reported a bill repealing the pres- law for the monthly purchase of silver bullion, and it is under- stood that the committee on Rules will report a special order setting a time for its consideration, bat there is a doubt, even among those who favor the bill, as to it can brought to a vote. It certainly cannot, unless a majority of the House will vote for a resolution amounting in to a cloture rule, and even if it through the Senator has on the floor of the Sen- ate given notice that the free coin- age Senators will not allow it to go through the Senate. On the present indications do not favor tho adoption of any silver legislation at this session, -the House this week voted down Representative joint the date for he meeting of Congress to De and for the of President to April Friends of the Quarantine bill, passed the Senate- this week, are already actively at work in the House, ard they hope to get a special order for its early reported from tho com- on Rules. The bill author- the President to suspend migration and the importation of merchandise whenever ho it to keep out and infectious diseases- Ex-Speaker Reed has been keeping rather quiet this session, but he made a little speech in the this week in which he stated a truth that ought to be studied by the tic of the present as well as of the the House wants to do it can find plenty of time to do it in ; if it does not wish to do business, it can eternity not do it Mr. Reed said few things during his Congressional that your correspondent could endorse, but this statement must be endorsed by every unprejudiced observer of the work of Congress. The House committee on the Columbian Exposition is this week hearing both sides on the pro posed repeal of the law enacted at the last session prohibiting the opening of tho W Fair on Sunday. Both sides are present- strong from their respective points of view, but it appears that tho Sunday openers are a little ahead when one con- verses with members of Congress. The committee will almost certain- report in favor of Sunday The sudden death of Gen. B- F. Butler, on Wednesday morning, at his residence in this city, removes a man who has at times played a part it its testimony Monday morning and the hearing of evidence for the commenced in the after- noon. The case is still in pi ogress at this writing. The trial of G. B. Braxton, charged with murder, will prob- ably come up as soon as the case ends. The civil docket will not be reached this term. Nichols was given to the jury about o'clock, yesterday evening, mid after a few minutes consul- they returned n verdict of not guilty. OBITUARY. Arthur son of Mr. mid Mrs. W. E. born March 20th, at Ala., mid died at his home, three miles from Greenville, 17th, in the 18th year of Mango. Arthur possessed a character that might, well be taken a model by nil his comrades. His chief characteristic his absolute disregard of self when the Interests of others was at stake. From Infancy ho exercised a bold, heroic spirit which was Just beginning to develop Into promising when he was taken suddenly with fever from which hours afterwards. He leaves a losing, kind and tender mother, a brother and hosts of friends to mourn their Taken from his family and loved ones as he was merging into noble Is a loss which seems hard to bear, but may the Coil of mercy who all things well give them grace and fortitude to survive their loss which is his eternal gain and tench them so to live that when their human affairs are they may meet Mm In a life that s unmeasured by the night of years. O. L. J. THE- SUPERIOR COURT. GREENVILLE, C. Can still be found at the Old stand. pared to do WORK on anything in the n, mi BK Fine Vehicles Specialty Rep airing done prompt- and in best manner. If so come to see will make you prices that by being lower than can be gotten elsewhere. We ------have in stock the----- Largest and Most Selection of Furniture ever kept in our town. We buy direct from tho n and can and will sell low Our consists in part of Marble Top Walnut Suits, Solid Oak Suits, Sixteenth Century Finish Suits, Walnut Finish Suits, Marble Top Bureaus and Washstands, Wood Top Bureaus and Washstands, Robes, Buffets, and Side-Boards, Walnut Bedsteads, Bedsteads of all grades and colors, Wire Cribs and Bods and Cradles. Marble Top and Solid Wood Top Tables. Solid Walnut Chairs and Rockers, Oak and Fancy Reed and Wood Rockers, Chairs nil grades, Lounges, Bed Mattresses, A. We for--------- MING TON It. I branch Ho Noll Jan. 1st. dally Fast Mail, dally ex Sun Weldon 12,30 pm B pin Ar pm pro pm Tarboro pm Rocky Mt p m pm rib FURNITURE and extend to all a cordial invitation to call on when in want of any goods we one of the best stocks of GENERAL-.- MERCHANDISE ever kept in town. Yours truly, J. B. CHERRY CO WASHINGTON LETTER. Mr. Leazar then Vice-President A SUGGESTION. in but one Gen. B. F- in Wash- last Wednesday of heart failure. Generally when a man dies who has been prominent in explanation to offer for the course- life many columns may be and are we pursue, that is am a Now with these few midnight written as to his commendable traits of character and generous deeds. In of the present Bub- rein byway of a narcotic, the j hardly any man will dare to thus the truth. He has returns thanks to all who have helped it by their pat- to become it is, out upon the new volume with this bit of advice and If you want dollar to a good in- to every political party that existed since lie was years old, with probably the of the recently deceased J party, and had this lived longer than one season it is probable he pot it in the would bars been its next demanded reform and economy- The question of Stock Law is a most vital one now, and be- coming more so. Pitt county in many sections not only wont it but must have it. This is written simply as a point- to see what the people say and will do. Up the river and towards the Farmville, Marlboro and Fields- section will have something to say about it. The stock law beginning at the stock fence on the plank road near tho town of Greenville, and run- the plank road nearly to the Adams bridge with the Adams bridge road to the Greene county stock fence, then with the Greene stock fence to some point up toward Wilson county, the nearest point to the stock fence, then with near a direct course as practicable to the Edge- stock fence, then with the stock fence to Tar River, then down River to Greenville, would be a great benefit to that section enclosed by that boundary would be satisfactory to most of the people. What the people-who will speak to the merits of this turn Don't all speak at once- our regular Washington, D. C, Jan. Have Treasury officials been re- deeming counterfeit money Such is the natural presumption after reading a special report submitted by Treasurer to Secretary Foster this week. This report shows that the amount paid out by the Treasury in redemption of notes, series of 1874, exceeds by the total amount issued of that it is usually the case that the amount paid out for the redemption of any series of notes is always than the total amount issued of that series, for the very natural reason that many notes are burned up or lost they are never found. And what adds to the probability of counterfeit notes been re- deemed by Treasury officials with good and lawful money is the fact that there was a dangerous counter- notes known to have been pot in circulation about 1874 Treasurer endeavors to explain by saying that through an error notes of another series may have been counted as in that of 1874, and expresses the opinion that this fact will be clearly shown when the series of 1875 shall have all been presented for redemption. It is very natural that Mr. should try to make this as Mr. Cleveland's Secretary of the Treasury may feel that it will be his duty to compel Mr. or his bondsmen to make good that The death of Senator Kenna, of West Virginia, which occurred Wednesday morning, although not unexpected, has cast a gloom over his colleagues, with whom he was a general both on account of his marked ability and his genial personality. His death makes the fourth in the member- ship of the of Kan- in December, 1891; Barbour, of Virginia, in May, and Gibson, of Louisiana, in Tho following cases were tried and disposed of the first week of the present term of S. R. Edwards Forbes, affray, submission, each found and costs. lanes Warren, larceny, guilty, judgment suspended. Robert May, property, not guilty. Geo. and John Dickens, as- sault with deadly weapon; for Kate, Dickens fined one penny and costs- . Edgar May and William White- disturbing religious worship May pleads guilty, fined costs, not guilty. James Warren, larceny, not guilty. Joseph King and Emma Dyer Forbes, larceny, not guilty. Harriett Smith, larceny, guilty ; in jail- Amos unlawful road, pleads guilty, judgment suspended on payment of costs. John Corbett and Edward Spell, assault and battery, not guilty. Henry Isaac Rouse, Webb and Allen Koonce, larceny. Koonce guilty, others not guilty. John cruelty to pleads guilty, judgment pended on payment of costs. Jane Foreman, burglary, not guilty of burglary but guilty of assault and battery, days in jail with leave to Commissioners to hire out. ., Thomas Pelham, larceny, guilty, five years in penitentiary. Charles Atkinson, larceny, pleads guilty, judgment suspended on payment of costs. James Smith, assault with dead- weapon, pleads guilty, judgment suspended on payment of costs. Richard and Jerry affray, guilty. Sum- fined and costs, way and costs. it F- Elliott, larceny, not guilty. G. T. Tyson, assault with dead- weapon, pleads guilty, judgment suspended upon payment of costs. Henry Evans, Alex Bailey, Geo. Wheeler and Edward Allen, affray, all guilty- William Battle, larceny, guilty. Moran Clayton, assault with in- tent to not guilty. James Tyson, seduction, not Wilson t Ar 0-j Magnolia ft- No No ex Sob. Florence Ar Ar Wilmington Magnolia Goldsboro Ar Wilson pm A. Rocky Monti A r Ta Daily except Train on Scotland Neck Branch Road leaves Weldon Halifax 3.45 p. m arrives Scotland Neck at 6.40 p. in., 8.18 p. in. p. m. Returning, leave Kinston 6.80 a. m., 7.47 a. m. Arriving Halifax at a. in. Weldon 10.46 a. m. daily except Sunday. Trains on Washington Branch leave Washington 6.40 a. m. arrives 8.10 a. in. Tarboro 9.10; returning leaves Tarboro p. n. 8.00 p. in,, arrives Washington 9.00 p. m. Dally except with trains on Neck Branch. Train leaves Tarboro, N C, via Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun- day P M, Sunday M, Plymouth 10.10 p. in., 5.20 p. m. leave Plymouth daily except Sunday 10.00 a. m- Tarboro. N C, A Trains en Southern Division, Wilson Branch leave a m. arrive Rowland p in. Returning p m. arrive ; Daily ex- Sunday. Train on Midland N C Branch leave Goldsboro daily except Sunday, A M arrive Smithfield, N C, SO a M. Re laves Smithfield, S OS SB AM Goldsboro. NO U A M. Train at P M, arrive Nashville P Hope P M. Returning a AM. Nashville A M, arrives Rocky Mount A except Trains on Latta Branch R. R. leave in., arrive Dunbar p- in Hemming leave Dunbar a. m., arrive 7-15 m- y Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves for dally, except Sunday, it V and ii M Retaining leave n it A M, and P. S a, with Nos. and Train No. makes at Weldon tor all point North dally. All rail via Richmond, and daily except sun- day via Bay Line, also at Rocky Mount have just opened the most beautiful line of ever brought to Greenville Come and sec what ex- low prices are asking for them. We are selling a great many those good old Elmo Cook Stoves Respectfully, S. E. PENDER CO., O. Grant Brown and Simon Evans, assault, , . , . . The case against E, A. Nichols upon a charge of burglary came up Saturday. The special was called and the afternoon was consumed in selecting the jury which is composed of the follow T. H. Blount, John W. Gar n. B. Fleming, Buck, B- C. Blount, W. L- Dudley. L. N. Shelton, 8- D. Tucker, a J. Nobles, K. J. A. Joseph Tripp. put is with Norfolk railroad Norfolk and. points via J. R. Transportation p. M The salve In the world for Cuts, r, Sore. Ulcers, bait Fever Chapped Hands. ml all Skin a cures Piles, or no Price cents p box- at HIGHEST MARKET PRICES Special facilities for handling Seed in any quantity horn all Tar River Landings. Car Load Lots taken from any point in Eastern North Carolina and Eastern 3- BAGS FURNISHED FOR SHIPPING SEED COTTON SEED MEAL AND HULLS FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE FOR SEED. Oil Mills, N. C. SAMUEL M. SCHULTZ, Agent, Greenville, N. C prices writs K. V. Sec. Trees., N C. Mills on Tar River AT Owners and BETA. trips between and Way

THE REFLECTOR. Local Reflections. Vol. The State inauguration takes place to- day. Sewing Machines D. Haskett The price of he u fruit Is high. The thaw is fully as disagreeable as the f. Fob Sale- Thoroughbred Jersey Bull, months old. G. T. Tyson. The cheapest Furniture is at the Old BricK Store. A few of our people arc at the ration to-day. Feed mill and Cotton at D. D. was a decline in the price of cotton last week. Oysters have been very scarce during the severe weather. Young card in to-days for itself. Too much freezing up for any farm work of consequence. am still headquarters for and Heating Stoves. D. O. Two or m of Km young folks en joy ed some skating last week. DOOM, sash, and putty at U. elect lie lights be a over these dingy street lamps. Cash given for Hides. Furs, Eggs and poultry, at the Old Brick Superior Court in Greene county and Inferior Court in this week. Corn from 8-1.00 to D. A skating rink will be opened at the Eastern Warehouse. Good something for amusement is needed. Axe--, hoe, shovels and everything ii the. hardware line at I. D. doubt the railroad fare to the will be low. World's Fair ditto. Suppose you should hear the cry for water water Where it come front has killed the big hog this time The is ready to re- pot ts- . Vehicles going along the highways sound almost like trains running, the ground is so hard. Several times during the last two weeks the temperature played all around be- tween C and degrees. The Reflector thanks the Secretary, Mr. for ticket to the New fair, February 20th to 25th. C. T. is now moving the Lang Wilson stock to Greenville. See what is said about it in his advertise- Just listen at saying it In a few months everybody will be reversing the exclamation to it hot We have not any one yet what measures they will year for the improvement of Greenville. Who says facto The Reflector would like to have correspondents from every section of the Any one who can act in this capacity call on us. A little 18-months old child of Mr. J. H. fell in the fire, last Friday morning, and was right badly burned about the face and hands. Read the advertisement of the John Flanagan Buggy Co. They can be found at the old Flanagan stand prepared to do Just as good work as ever. the new schedule the passenger train misses getting in on time oftener than it hits. Maybe the cold weather has to do it. The river freezing up so and stopping the boats from running has very serious- delayed the arrival of goods. Most all the merchants have shipments several days over due. With the subscription price of a paper only cents a week it looks like some people could better afford to pay that amount to take time up somebody else to borrow the paper from If the hens know a thing when they sec they will get on the lay and not be wasting their time looking for warm on the sunny of the fence. Eggs brought cents a dozen right along last week. Messrs. Joyner A have a limited of extra tobacco seed on hand which they will distribute free to their friends and patrons. Call on them at the Eastern Warehouse- and secure some. It looks like with so many freezes there would cot be an insect left next to the tale. However, you may look for the fly to be on hand with every foot, while the mosquito will his bill ready to present. After all the snow it had to turn in and come down again last Thursday morning, enough to whiten the ground some. It rained on top of it and that night froze up again. It is weather we are having sure. Messrs. Joyner A of the Eastern Warehouse, have some splendid of tobacco seed which they are free to the farmers who will plant them. Each one who applies will get enough seed for four acres. We all thought when it turned wanner Saturday night the backbone of of the cold spell was broken, but a little more snow Sunday morning, followed by another cold wave, set everything to freezing again. The mercury nearly struck bottom Monday morning and was down to degrees Tuesday For lb-Two bedsteads, two beds, one two pairs blankets, one cook stove with fixtures, one wood beat- stove, two tin safes, a lot of crockery, one bureau, one walnut drop-leaf dining table, several chairs and some other articles belonging to Baptist Parsonage. Apply to D. J. Personal. Mr. G. L. I lei broiler, of Wilson, here last week. Master Bert James has gone to V. II- to visit relatives. Mr. J. S. Jenkins has moved his family from Wilson to Greenville. Miss Cherry has been spending several days in Washington. Bishop A. A. Watson service in the Episcopal church Monday evening. Sheriff B. W. Edwards, of Greene county, was in town one day last week. Mrs. Lancaster, of Raleigh, Miss Savage, is visiting Mrs. J. S. Con- Mr. J. R. Walker, of Tarboro, has moved to Greenville and engages in with Mr. E. B. Moore. Mr. E. C. leaves this morn- for Mississippi to join his parents who have moved there. Mr. J. H. Tinker, of Asheville, spent a few days in town last week. His many friends were glad to sec him. We regret to learn that Mrs. G. F. Evans was stricken with paralysis last week and has since been very sick. . Miss Lucy of Maryland, who a few ago had a position in Mrs Joyner's millinery establishment, is vis- Mrs Joyner. Mr E. G. Barnes, right bower of Cooper's Warehouse, Henderson, has been talking to the Pitt farmers this week about that free trip to the inauguration. Mr. R. L. spent part of last in Scotland Neck, doing some work on the Democrat press. That paper speaks very highly of him, both as a gen- and as a skilled mechanic. Hob is deserving of it all. Rev. J. II. of . to whom has been the call to the pastorate of the Memorial church, will arrive early in February and his first sermon here on the second Sun- day in that month. He is a young man of unusual ministerial ability. Hon. F. G. James came home from Raleigh Friday night and remained until Monday morning. The REFLECTOR is glad to sec him taking such a prominent stand in the State Senate. Besides the appointment on the committees men- last week he has been placed on three other and made chair- man of one. Installation. The following officers were installed at the last meeting of Insurance Lodge K. of P. D. Flanagan. V. B. Cherry A. IS. M. Schultz. A. Sm ton. . R. Lang. Sheppard. F. R D. P. Haskett. Married. At the residence of the brides Bother In Bethel on Wednesday, 11th, Mr. W. A. Knox to Miss D. U. Moore, Esq., officiating. A man town the other day with half a dozen eggs to sell. He put them in the tail pocket of his coat and when he went to take them out found that the six eggs had turned into one. They were all there, but such a mixture. County Everybody admits his county pa- per is needed and docs good work for the in campaign years. Now and help the Reflector get up a big list in this off year. your neigh- he can read it at small cost of cents a week. Papers. In looking over the of the. for last year we find that one is missing and would like to get two copies of it- The copies wanted arc of No. dated July 27th, 1893. For the first copy of that date brought us we will give cents, and for the second cents. Only two copies are wanted. Another Election Echo A gentleman from Swift Creek town- ship, who had not been here since the election, was in town last week and called around to sing some for the Re- He had set every verse that was in our election extra to music and said he had sung them to his third party until the last one of them was converted. Referring to the joke on the Falkland man who received the in Confederate money, he said two of ills neighbors were treated to the same per capita and were mighty sore over the joke. Scrofula. Ceffo, Co., N. C, Oct. 0,1885. I used Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy on a boy living at my house, who had been from an infant. All who saw I he bey at the time he commenced the Remedy thought he could live but a few days. He was totally unable to walk a step, and had four or live running sores which were very offensive. The inside of his mouth and his tongue were perfectly raw ; lips so swollen they appeared to be turned outwards and were also raw, eyes had been closed for weeks. The boy is now well, was in the tobacco field a few days ago at work. Eight bottles of Remedy made this cure, and it has been a year since he was cured. A. J. P. What R. R. Men Doubtless the Coast Line people how to run their trains better than we can tell them, but there is one train ail ready in use the service of which we be- could be changed so as to bring more income to the company and be very convenient to the traveling public. The train now running between Wash- and rims on to Tarboro, apparently just to get out of the way, and lays over there most of the day. Suppose when that train gets to each morning it was sent down this road to Kinston and back in the evening in time to make the connections at Parmele it now makes, This would enable to make any point between Wash- and Kinston and return borne the same day, and would create a large local At the same time it would en- tail no extra cars or hands, as the Washington train could easily do the work. I Look Here, Tobacco Farmers I Cleveland is elected, and his on the 4th of March will be a big event in which everybody is interested. Y. the big in, of Henderson, is going to give several free trips to the Inauguration, and stand a good i of being one of the lucky men. To the farmer who sells at Coop- Warehouse from Jan 1st 25th, from time to time, will be given the fol- lowing the greatest number of pounds, one round trip ticket to Wash- 4th of March. In addition to railroad fare the winner will receive cash to pay hotel expenses while in the city. the one receiving the largest net account sales, one round trip ticket to Washington, March 4th addition to railroad fare the winner will receive cash to pay hotel while in the city. the finest lot of Wrappers sold, not less than pounds, railroad fare to and from Washington March 4th. order to secure this premium, at least one barn of tobacco, weighing not less than pounds, must be sold. the finest lot of Cutters sold, not less than pounds, railroad fire from Washington March 4th. In order to secure this premium, at least one barn of tobacco, weighing not less than pound- must be sold. Now make a big shipment to Cooper and win of these premiums, and at the same time get the very highest prices for your tobacco. Fire in County. About o'clock on Wednesday night of week the harm, stables and buggy house of Mr. W. A. of Greene county, were decoyed by lire. It is believed the buildings were set on fire. The loss is estimated at upon which there was no No Boats. The freezes of last week caused to be suspended on the river. Large quantities of ice against both the railroad and county bridges and the river was full of floating pieces. From to Washington the entire river was frozen over. The Roanoke river was also reported frozen. The town of can lay claim to more division than perhaps any place on the continent. It is situated in counties, three townships, two con- districts, two senatorial dis- and two judicial districts. The creek running through the of the town is the diving line between Pitt and Lenoir counties. Leg While driving a log cart through the woods last Thursday, Mr. W. W. Thomas, of Carolina township, met with an dent in which one of his logs was broken. The cart had turned over and in to get it back one wheel fell off and st below the k ice broke both small bones of toe He lay in the woods half an hour before his calls for help were heard. Plant Hogs. The man who fails to raise his meat but depends on purchasing the western article has been looking at recent p ices with a mighty long face. When it comes to a barrel of mess pork knocking all the figures off a bill it is time the farmers were inquiring if there is not some virtue in the woods rooter, after all. Cut Down the Acreage. If the planters will determine not to let the rise in turn their heads as to Increase the acreage this year the price may hold up next fall when there is more of the staple unsold. Rather let the acreage be still further decreased and raise plenty of everything possible need- ed for home consumption, and there will be less complaint of hard times a year hence. CHILD BIRTH MADE EASY is a scientific- ally prepared Liniment, every of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro- clients com- in r. unknown MO NOTICE I desire to announce to my friends and the public gen- that I will in a few days move my M. Lang Wilson stock of goods to my Greenville store., where I de- sire to dispose of them at greatly reduced prices in or- to make room for my Spring Goods. Come and secure bargains. Yours very respectfully, C. T. i-----.--. -z. New Straight Large , WILL I- A. ail chimed for k AND MORE It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Danger to Life of Mother and Child. Book to mailed FREE, con- information and voluntary testimonials. ires on per bottle CO., At-L Notice. I desire to announce to my friends and the public generally that I have opened office for myself just the street from my residence and on Hie old Dr. Blow lot where I cm be found any lime. FRANK W. BROWN, M. D. an etc. There is one consolation about this bad weather and freezing, after all. Maybe we will not have to pay all our income for ice next summer. If something would Just strike the coal barons with both feet o that we can come out at the end of the winter with a dollar or ; left after pay- bills, we may be able to hold to- persimmons and pumpkins are ripe again. A CARD. Jan. 1802. TO Of It AND beginning of this, another year, permit us to thank you for the liberal patronage so kindly bestowed upon tis in the past and to wish that the g year may bring to you peace, plenty and prosperity. Permit us also to congratulate you upon the bright outlook which the future presents. Cotton, crop, is now bringing a living price, and a little more. Most, of you have meat and corn to provide for you wants and enough provender to feed your stock you can make another crop. addition to all this it has been proven to the satisfaction of the most skeptical that both our soil and climate arc adapted to the production of all crops. We can make the tobacco in the our peanuts class with the best, our rice will hold its own comparison with that raised else- where, our potatoes arc among the est of the State and our yield per acre of all these crops average as well as any country c know of. Now with a dive ratty of cops and the production of his own supplies at home repeat the is and the day is not far distant when the southern farmer will regain ids lost prestige, and be recognized as the most independent and trustworthy of any class of people in this country. There is but one thing know of to retard the progress of our people to in- dependence and prosperity. That is the system of credit which is by many of on- people. No man can hope to make money who spends it before it is made. After many years of experience we have arrived at the con- that the only safe and business is- that conducted ox A cash basis, and after careful we have determined to place our business upon THAT BASIS. THIS DATE WE SHALL DO STRICTLY A CASH WE SHALL FOB CASH AND SELL FOB. CASH, ONLY, mean this in its broadest sense. We shall keep no books and credit no one. The to be de- rived from ibis system of business are as great to you as they are to us. Because, 1st. Buying and paying for our goods spot cash we are enabled to buy them cheaper and you get the benefit of our low purchases. 2nd. We can conduct business with less expense and thereby sell you for a less profit. 3rd. As we credit no one we have no loss by bad debts and therefore do not make you pay for what we lose by some one else. And 4th. We can do less capital and our money over oftener at a smaller profit. All of which you get the benefit of. We trust our friends will approve of our new method give us the same hearty support they have accord- ed i i the past. We shall to handle a full line of Fertilizers and only such brands as we know are reliable. Having had many years of experience in this line our friends can trust us to look well to their interest, and can feel sale that such Guanos as we offer them have been tested and have been proven to be standard goods. We will sell G fob Cash oh time as heretofore. Very truly, Ac,, YOUNG Notice to Creditors. Having qualified as administrator de hop, upon the estate of F. M. At- deceased on the 31st day of Dec. 1802, notice is hereby given to all per- sons indebted the said estate to come forward and fettle the same and all persons having claims against the said estate will present then- duly c led the time prescribed by law or this notice will Be plead in of their recovery. This the day of Dec. J. L. de non, of the estate of F. M. Atkinson. We are still making a specialty of Ml MR, MUMS. We have a drat class assortment and soil cl Do not to get NOTICE. The merchants of Pitt county arc re- quested to comply with the law them to give, in lo us the amount of their purchases for the six months ending December Slat, 1802. Thus far very few have complied and the same law re- quires the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners to prosecute those who neglect or refuse to comply with this statute. word to the etc. II. HARDING, Register of D en's Swift's A Tested Bandy All mi mi Skin A care for Poison, As c for it has no equal. Biter. I harm- less its effects. A ct and skin Dis- . nun application. Sell It. SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. Its a Luck; Day and parts for all kinds of machines are sold by us. BROWN BROS., Depositors for American Society. Z B. CO MERCHANTS Va movement of the cotton crop thus far season would indicate that there was some foundation for the bad crop accounts daily reaching us from all pails of the cotton territory, if so the staple Is selling too cheap and parties wishing to hold for higher prices can do so by shipping it to us and drawing for per bale on same and having it held for six months is so desired. Faithfully yours, VAUGHAN BARNES. SPOT wired by Cobb Bros. Vs., Jany, 17th 1808. Good Middling, Middling, Low Good Ordinary, When yon buy your goods of He Is now offering a full line of Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hate, Hardware, Tinware, Wood and Willow Ware, Staple and Light Groceries at such low prices always leave money In your pocket book. He has the best Cigar for the money that can be had in town. , H you want good and for Christmas on him. W. H. Greenville, N. C. If you feel weak and all worn out take BROWN'S IRON Dissolution. The firm of and Edmonds is hereby dissolved mutual consent. Those indebted to the will pay the same to Herbert Edmonds. Edmonds. An. It pleasure to to our customers that I will continue the business av. the old stand. Every com- fort and convenience will be found in my shop. First-class shave and hair cut can be had at all times. Thanking the public for pat lounge. I solicit a con- of the same. Edmonds. Institute AT. ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. the convenience of the public there will be opened in Mount, N . January 1st, 1893, a branch of the Keeley Institute Greensboro, N. C, for the treatment of the Liquor, Opium, Chlo- Cocaine, Tobacco habits and Nerve Exhaustion. These are the only regularly authorized Keely Institutes in the State. All others Claiming to be such are fraudulent. Mount is the most accessible point in the On W. W. B. R., and terminus of the X. A C, of the A. A K., and Spring Hope roads, hours from Norfolk, from Petersburg, from Richmond, from Wilmington, from Raleigh, from Goldsboro. from Weldon, from and from Edenton mid City over the Norfolk Carolina It, K , Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The town is progressive, high, healthy, with good water and hospitable people. , BATTLE, Manager. Dr. G. A. Physician. Happy and content is a home with a lamp with the light of the morning. Dissolution. The Medical partnership heretofore existing between C. J. and F. W. Brown, has ceased since Dec. 1st. 1803, by mutual consent. Parties in- to the firm will call on Mr. J. F. Joyner for settlement. C. J. F. BROWN. Notice to Creditors. The having duly qualified before the Superior Court ClerK of Co. as of R. J. Lang, notice is hereby given to all persons in- to the estate to make immediate payment to the undersigned, and all per- sons having claims against said estate must present the fame for payment be- fore the 20th of Dec, 1893, or this no- will be plead in bar of recovery. This 20th day of 1892. R. L. DAVIS, of R. J. Lang. Notice. Haying on the day of November, 1802, before E. A. Clerk of Super- Court of Pitt comity, qualified as ad- of the estate of the late T. J. deceased, notice is hereby given to all parties having claims against said estate to present for payment on or before the day or November, 1883, or this notice will be plead bar of their recovery- Any one indebted to said estate will come forward and settle at once. B. W. STANCILL, Administrator. . This November 22nd, 1892. Notice to Creditors. By a decree made at March term, 1892, of Superior Court, In the case of L. V. administrator of L. P. Beardsley vs. J. H. Beardsley, L. P. Beardsley, Jr., and others, the under- signed was appointed a referee to take and state an account which shall show a full list of the creditors of the late L. P. and the amount due each. This therefore is to give notice to all such creditors to present their claims to me to be passed upon In accordance with the terms of said decree on or the 10th day of Marc 1893, at which lime I shall proceed to take and state said ac- count and report the same to Court as I am in said de- F. G. JAMES, Referee. This No .-ember 21st. 1892. Many Persons a broken down from or household cares. Brown's Iron Bitters remove excess of bile, cum malaria. PARIS FOR Prices Lo-.--, Easy. BROS. SALE i,. Billiard home farm. en Dam township, the id J. Aline f inn an, s, good and to corn, cotton to- A fine marl bed. A rear and lying on own- ed hi Caleb Tripp, ores which arc cleared. Good . and a within Smite. Plenty of marl the adjoin- farms A flue farm of seres, three mil. s from and from ville. with dwelling and rail known as the I. fine l-ind, good clay subsoil, accessible to marl. i A smaller adjoining the shove known Jones place, acres, dwelling, barn and tenant house, land good. A form of acres ship, ii miles from acres part of the tract, Par of the Noah Joyner acres, adjoining the town of Marlboro, in an Improving section and can made a valuable farm. A small farm anon acres. about from on In- with ;., by u . A. tract of about near the station, with Cypress timber well for railroad ties, A tract of acres in township, near the Washington road, pine timber. a of acres near Johnston's pine and cypress limber. Apply to Greenville, N. C. S. Mi SCHULTZ, STORK log their year's their i gel our prices . else where. all SIDES FLOOR, COFFEE, Market TOBACCO A buy direct from Manufacturers, you to buy one profit. A a plats stock of always on hand and told prices to sun goods are all bought old CASH, therefore, having n rial i ell i It .-. I M the f HOLE Something for Every for f In world obi. Ur Ac on Th Farm Re In S and RUSSELL PUBLISHING CO., -.--. t ill Em ESTABLISHED 1883. i. A, ANDREWS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL- n. c. Half Rolls Barging Bundles New A now ill Full Cheese. SO Tubs Choice Hotter. Tabs Boston Laid. Boxes Tobacco, Cakes and Crackers. of Stick Candy- Ki as New Corn Mullets, A Ax Han-els V. Snuff. Mill.- Thistle Car load Kill Side Mm in load Seed Cr load flour, all i Kegs Powder. I Shot. old Virginia j Full line. Case G kept in n nil. General Merchant, of the----- COX COTTON and dealer in Brackets, Turned or Scrolled Work, Pews and all Building Supplies. My Tobacco in all are for sale at S. M. Co., Greenville, and at my mill. Will make satisfactory arrangements with furnish their customers. u. COBB, Co., X. C. C. C. COBB, Pill X. C COBB BROS., to Cobb Bros. A Cotton Factors -AND- Commission Merchants, NORFOLK, VA. and Correspondence Solicited. THE RELIABLE OF to of Pitt and surrounding counties, of the following not to be excelled in this market. And to be l pure straight goods. DRY GOODS of all kinds, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, Gilt FURNISHiNG GOODS. HATS and CAPS, BOOTS and SHOES, Ll and SLIPPERS. FURNITURE and HOUSE FURNISHING GOODS, WINDOWS. SASH and BLINDS, and QUEENS WARE, HARDWARE, PLOWS and PLOW CASTING, LEATHER of kinds. Gin and Mill Hay, Rock Lime, Plaster op and Harness, Bridles and addles HEAVY GROCERIES A SPECIALTY. Agent Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton which I offer to the trade at Jobbers prices, cents per dozen, less percent for Cash. Bread ration and Star Lye at Jobbers Prices, Lead and pure seed Oil, Varnishes and Paint Colors. Wood Pumps, Salt and Wood Willow Ware. Nails a me a and I Seeing Is a lamp mast simple; it is net simple it is not good. Simple, Beautiful, j words mean much, but to The Rochester w ill impress tho truth mere forcibly. All metal, touch and seamless, and made in three pieces only, it is absolutely safe and unbreakable. Like Aladdin's of old, it is indeed a for its mar- light is and brighter then gas light, softer than electric light and more cheerful than either. Look for If the MUM Rochester, and the you want, send to us for our Illustrated v.-e will send you a lamp safely choice from the target Lamp Store in World. CO., Park Place, J. L. SUGG. LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, GREENVILLE, N. C OFFICE SUGG k OLD STAND All kinds Risks placed in strictly FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES At lowest current rates.

TOBACCO DEPARTMENT. Sneeze Statistic Which Tell of a Pro- Industry. Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. It seems surprising to learn the fact that twenty years ago pounds of snuff per annum were consumed in this country. Much more astonishing is this stance, that during the fiscal year ended July 1892, pounds of snuff were used in the United States- Yet how rarely is it that one Bees a pinch of snuff taken The mystery was explained yesterday by the New York agent for a great snuff manufacturing con- He said i all the Italian and German music teach- use snuff. Likewise the Roman Catholic clergy. The true snuff-taker does not sneeze. Old fashioned Germans, who came to this country a long time ago, most invariably take beer saloons where people of their race congregate, you will commonly see on the counter a box of snuff for general use. It is of black snuff that I have spoken thus scented with rose, and pungent odors. the snuff that is chiefly used and in this country is of yellow or brown kind. Some of it is salted and some plain, but very little of it is scented. It is used to an immense extent in the South, by and poor whites for snuff dipper moistens a lit- stick in water or alcohol, dips it in the snuff, makes a little ball, puts it between the lips and the teeth. The habit is an one, but it is practiced in the South by women as commonly us by men. fact, the consumption of snuff in this country is chiefly Dy dipping, and the bulk of the to- in this shape is consumed below Mason and Dixon's line, snuff is used largely by the Canadian French girls, who Lancaster Tobacco Journal. Farmers should bear in mind that the is not the only thing to be taken into consideration in buying a fertilizer says the Island To illustrate Suppose that the crop and soil demand largely phosphoric acid and potash and a little nitrogen, then a fertilizer with a high percentage of gen, but low in the other elements, would be of little value to the farmer, however high its value might The question is not how many pounds of fertilizer for the money, but how much potash, phosphoric acid and nitrogen and their form. It should remembered that potash is the most important of plant food. Tobacco is a very delicate feeder, and it is ab- essential that the potash phosphoric acid, and nitrogen be furnished. This question involves in a great measure the profits and losses in Pennsylvania farming. A Romantic Marriage. Concord Times. Mr. Garrison Bowen, of Texas, was here last Sunday on an important and romantic mis- Mr. Bowen is years old, but that did not prevent him from coming all the way from Texas to get a Cabarrus county woman for a wife, a woman, too, whom he had never seen. The bride is Miss M. A. Coleman, of No. who is years old. Some of her relatives in Texas told Mr. Bowen about her, and suggested that he open a correspondence with her. This he did at once, with the above announced. They had been responding only about three months. Last Sunday morning he arrived in Concord and hunted up a magistrate at Naturally enough the man secured to tie the knot was Esq. Jesse F. who always likes to officiate on such occasions, especially when it is spiced with romance. The bride and groom will go to their Texas home in about days. Mr- Bowen is reported to be a man of considerable means. Careful Assorting Pays. Farmers are often too about the manner in which they assort their tobacco. And when they fail to properly assort they themselves are the losers- It never pays to put a cutter leaf in a heap of fine wrappers. The buyer is sure to find it It never pays to put a few leaves of frosted or non- leaf into a bundle of good fillers. If you do you are the loser, the buyer will find it, and though it may be the only case of wrong assortment in the whole pile, yet the buyer thinks the other way and your tobacco sells far its value. Take this as a rule, your tobacco is very likely to sell for what the poorest sorts of it show up not the best. If you assort each grade to itself, in most cases, the buyer will not have to re-assort his purchase. This lows him to pay more for well as- compose a majority of the employ- j sorted stock. If your leaf is not m in the cotton mills all over the the buyer must United States, particularly when buys it and of course he makes allowances for . that expense. It pays well to as- . . ,, . sort your tobacco right. Put each Anton ,,.,, . ,. i , . Marx, St., st. Louis. Mo. grade strictly to itself and let no have suffered with get in. The wise planter the last two years, and have doctored .,, ,, . . , considerably but Salvation Oil is the only will never allow his tobacco to be remedy that has effected a poorly assorted. Consumed in the United States. In 1841 each individual con- thirteen ounces of Tobacco; in 1891 he consumed twenty six ounces. Yet you may almost any day hear what work the opponents of have done in suppressing the use of the weed which some people think so rant and others so Ago. If the Tobacco Ago means that each individual of the population would have but ounces credited to him out of the amount of co consumed in the United in 1891, it is woefully mistaken. The tobacco, snuff, cigars and cigarettes tax paid the United States in the fiscal year ending June 1891, would aggregate pounds at least, and on a population of this would give to each pounds, or ounces each- Then say the actual consumers of tobacco are per cent of the population, and it is plain to be seen that the average of actual of tobacco would be about ounces, or nearly pounds, this is only of the manufactured article, which is tax paid. Few people realize what an enormous amount of tobacco is used by the consumers until the official figures are Tobacco journal. Reports d by Joy ft Following we give market Common, Good, Fine, Common. Fair, Good, Fine, Goo Fancy, Common, Fillers Smokers, Wrappers Fair. Good, Fancy, to ft to ID to to to to Vi to to to to to to to to to Reported by Owen Davis, Manager Davis Warehouse. MARKET QUOTATION. Lugs or Common to medium, to Medium to good, to Good to fine, to Fillers or Common to medium, to to Medium to good, to Good to line, 12,16 to Cutters or Best Common to Medium, to Medium to good, to Good to line, to Wrappers or Best Common to medium, to Medium to good, to Good to flue, to Fine to fancy, , to Common to medium, to Medium to good, to Good to line. to Fine, to fancy, to Primings to Fillers to good to to to Smokers to to Cutters tog Wrappers By J. S. Meadows, Reporter. Smokers common, to good, to Cutters common, to good. to line. to fancy, to common. to good, to Wrappers common, to good, to fine, to fancy, CO to LOUISVILLE QUOTATIONS. Alex. Reporter. Sales for week, month and year, with 1802 1891 1890 1889 Week Month Year Louisville market Dark. Trash, Com. lugs Medium lug, Good lugs. Com. leaf. Medium leaf, Good leaf. 1892 crop 1890 crop 8.50 to 3.75 2.00 to 2.50 4.00 to 4.50 2.75 to 4.00 4.80 to 5.25 Nominal 6.25 to 6.00 to 6.60 6.50 to 7.60 nominal EASTER WAREHOUSE GREENVILLE, N. C. -FOR THE- SALE OF LEAF TOBACCO. We are having daily breaks at our New Warehouse and are using our very best efforts to get high prices for your tobacco as can be had anywhere. The following sales were recently CO. Pounds 17.00 21.00 M 9.25 pounds average W. A. DARDEN. Founds 28.50 10.25 29.50 17.00 pounds ; average 120.50. G. W. Pounds 30.00 18.75 14.75 6.80 pounds; average EDWARDS MOTE. Pounds 51.00 45.00 40.00 1837 pounds; average R. A. Pounds pounds; average The Greenville market will be on an equal with every market in the State. The Eastern Ware- house, has every convenience toy selling your to- and we w-ii see that every pound brings full Value- rs Ample Accommodation for the Planter, FREE STABLES. FREE INSURANCE. FREE STORAGE. us a trial and we will please you. Your friends, Rostov GREENVILLE, I ON application. R. M. HESTER CO., GREENVILLE N. C. BUYERS AND HANDLERS OP ALL KINDS OF and Scraps, Helen to any member of the Tobacco Trade of N. C. Correspondence Solicited. BEATING THE CUSTOMS. Something That a Fairly Good Will Io When B II the You raise your eyes from your work. A little, lean, chocolate col- man, who looks as though he had a life engagement with an lent liver stands before you, hat in hand. It passes through your mind vaguely that the salutation is Span- for day, or some- thing of the kind. the senor No, the senor does not speak Span- he has only walked that way Francois, asks the partner of the torpid liver. No, does not any- thing but English. but I the bad. I some fine Spanish cigar to show the senor, and ho It's the racket, the very same that took you in two years ago. You don't want any. senor, but ho cos fine and chip. Ah, senor, oblige me; try Then the mauve, suave Cuban looks all around very cautiously, very and suddenly takes you into his confidence. He intimates in invertebrate English that the cigars, of which ho has but or have in some way dodged the and so he, humble benefactor that ho is, can sell them at about half what they would cost if the customs had not been defrauded. senor, he a what you call, eh bargain here he lifts his shoulders to a level with his ears. must to my dear Cuba. Come, senor, it The tempter holds a bunch of fifty before slender, shapely. There is a delightful fragrance in the room. Tho Cuban pushes a cigar through from the center of tho bunch. You it. You seem to be making tho selection yourself, for you are under a strange hypnotic spell. Delicious I Tho smoke wreaths curl about you as you puff away, filling tho air with a ravishing ma. Tho Cuban continues to talk a low, soothing monotone that dulls your conscience and puts asleep. Yes, you will assist him to rob tho government. There are some things about tho tariff you don't like very well anyway. Besides you will do a worthy act in assisting a Cuban ex- to return to his family and native land. So you buy a bunch of fifty, and with profound thanks the poor for- leaves. By this tho first cigar has burned out. In a delightful state of exhilaration you take a second. Hello, what's this Not at all like tho first. A villainous weed; there's a piece of rope in it. You try a third, a fourth, a fifth; not of them but would suffer in comparison with a Wheeling Journal. is a town In Uruguay, South America, on the rivet Plate. It would not be except it is where the COMPANY'S EXTRACT OF comes from, and in the fertile grazing fields around it, are reared the cattle which ere n make this famous product, which is known the world as the standard for QUALITY, FLAVOR AND PURITY. ON A BOSTON MAID. For Malaria, Liver BROWN'S IRON BITTERS Paying Bills BOTANIC BLOOD BALM THE GREAT REMEDY FOR ALL BLOOD AND SKIN DISEASES Bu thoroughly by em- physicians and the people for jeans and never to A quickly and permanently SCROFULA, ULCERS. ECZEMA, RHEUMATISM. PIMPLES, ERUPTIONS. , I I and all manner of and I SORES. Invariably the most . blood If direction fol- I per bottle, bottles V For I by FREE , BLOOD BALM CO., Atlanta, TOBACCO SEED FREE, All About Growing Tobacco. II yon want to try this Horn; Hiking Crop. write SOUTHERN TOBACCO JOURNAL, N. C. name Ethel Forking, Not Ida Boo was and pink and dimpled, frivolous and street; No a, Bestrode her pretty nose. And nor fluffy golden And I talked of Holmes and Whom sh didn't seem to know, I spoke of Browning And his verbal I mentioned Kent. In a sort of way. And she listened most politely. But murmured, arc I bought scats for an Ibsen frowned what a shame Why didn't you get tickets For the Yale and I took her out to to lunch one day, ordered beans for two; turned her little aloft asked for oyster stew. Alas Alas My Boston maid, Tho Ideal of your kind You've shattered, and my hapless heart Is broken, too, I find. Beware, thou, sweet girt. For I'll sue. And I gain my precious suit, award I'll ask EVERYTHING BACKWARDS. Some of the Queer Customs of Queer Chinese- The Chinese do everything backwards. Their compass to the south instead of the north. The men wear skirts and the women trousers; while men wear their hair long, women coil theirs in a knot. The dressmakers are men; the women carry bur- dens. The spoken language is not written, and the written language is not spoken. Books are read backwards, and any notes are written at the top. White is used for mourning, and bridesmaids wear of being these function- are old women. Tho Chinese surname comes first, they shake their own hands instead of the hands of whom they would greet. Vessels are launched and horses are from tho off side. They their dinner with desert, and end up with soup and fish. In shaving, tho barber operates on the head, cutting the hair upward, then downward, then polishes it off with a small knife, which is passed over the eyebrows into tho nose to re- any superfluous and tho performance is completed by removing the wax from the ears with a bit of cotton wool on a wire. Pointed Shoes- Some Men Pay TEN CENTS FOR A CIGAR THAT IS NO BETTER THAN AN Virginia Cheroot. ARC SOLO I I v B FOR ,. fEN CENTS. BANNER OXFORD, re. O. Bullock Owners and Proprietors. Headquarters for Big Wees High Averages are still doing mum old stand, where prepared ever before to handle to advantage fine bright tho We have a very lane corp- buyers who are anxious for New and willing to pay good prices for it well on market and is eagerly after both by our order men and art very that we can to the of Pill and adjoining counties that nail better year we have known it in and that we look for good prices during the m. Hogsheads can b had FREE OF those planters shipping to us, by applying to s. M. A Co. Greenville, N. C. or to Amos g. Cox. X. C. bid lively on every pile put upon ml buy largely nil that we sell, and will see to It that yon shall have market price for pound sold with us. Recollect that it cost you nothing to collect our checks n they arc payable in New York Exchange without cost to holder. Don't forget to try us with a good shipment and will convince you tint we are from way- and that we every on prices and you know they talk . Will have graded for you in house by skilled at per Thanking friends for the very liberal patronage up n us In the past and pledging them our very to please them in the we arc with best wishes, Very truly your MITCHELL, Oxford, X. C -Manufacturer of- TAR SERVICE Steamers leave Washington tor Green- ville and Tarboro touching at all land- on Tar River Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at A. M. Returning leave Tarboro at A. M. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Greenville A. days. These departure are subject to stage of on Tar River. Connecting At Washington with steam- of The Norfolk, and Wash, direct line for Norfolk. Baltimore, Philadelphia. New York and Boston. Shippers order their market via -Old Dominion New York. from Norfolk more Steamboat from t Miners from Boston. JNO. SON. Washington, N. C J. J. CHERRY, Agent, Pointed shoes of course every shoe is pointed as everybody knows, must be a size or two longer than the foot within, and the majority of women go about with tho toe crushed in and therefore wrinkled in a fashion that will make any shoo ugly. How much better would it be if they would only take the pains to stuff tho toe with cotton, and keep the leather up smooth and firm; it is all a mistake to suppose that tho wrinkled appearance is desirable, because revealing that tho foot is so much shorter than the length of the shoe. A Chinaman's Definition of Mercy- wonder how many of you know the meaning of said a teacher in a mis- school, and a dozen brown hands were held up. Now you, Chang, may give us an illustration of its And Chang lady give Chinese boys to wash. One plate fall on floor and in thousand pieces. lady Evaded the A gentleman lately dismissed a clever but dishonest gardener. For the sake of his wife and family, however, he gave the man a char- and this is how he worded hereby certify that A. B. has been my gardener for over two years, and during that he has got more out of my garden than any man I ever Off His Base. yelled tho call player, you must be replied the umpire, smilingly. you that are off your BUGGIES, GAITS BRATS. A Match Breaker. Mrs. wish, my dear, that you would get married. probably would if you had father send little Johnnie to boarding school. No Frank would you say if I asked you to marry me May as little as is Last were that last words didn't know it war By the Way. If s the doctor whose profits ill-gotten. Even the organ grinder has a little pride, and is always ready refute the imputation that he can't play for a cent. It is easy to win a girl if you re- member to always praise her for the good points you know she doesn't possess, Th nightcap has gone out of fashion, according to a While this may be true of the kind that is put on, the one that is put down is still very much in vogue. Short Sermons. It is the and I search of a wife, who wants a lent partner. Women love the beautiful, and the only odd figures they like are the ones at the bargain counters. When a man dies and leaves all his money to tho church it is bet- not to inquire how he came by it It is said that a woman loves only once, and judging from the number of bachelors in the world very few of them get the second y Factory is well equipped with the best Mechanics, put up nothing WORK. We keep up with the times and the improved styles t material used in all work. All styles of Springs are need, you can select from Brewster, Storm, oil, Ram Horn, King also keep on hand a full line of Ready Made Harness Whips we ell at the lowest Special attention given to repairing. T. Greenville. N. New Barber Shop. o return thanks to my customers who given me their liberal support in the past I have opened a new shop in lite Old House and would respectfully a of former patronage. I will assure all that they shall receive every attention besides getting the he-i shave and hair cut in town. All I ask i- trial. Satisfaction guaranteed. All of the latest Improvement In the rial art will he use in my shop. TO THE PUBLIC. -----If you want to save----- nut then purchase of a PIANO and from Ten to Fifteen Dollars in the purchase of an Organ address ADOLPH COHN, NEW If. C. General Agent for Worth Carolina, who Is now handling goods direct from the manufacturers, as HIGH GRAPE PIANOS, for tone, workmanship and and endorsed by neatly all musical journals in the United Suites. Made by Paul G. who is at this time one of the best mechanics and in- of the day. Thirteen new on this high grade Piano- Also the NEW BY EVANS UP. RIGHT PIANO which by him for the past six years In the part of this State and up to this time has given entire The Upright Piano just mentioned will be sold at from to 1350, Rosewood, Oak, Walnut or Mahogany cases. Also the CROWN PARLOR ORGAN from to in solid or Oak cases. Ten years experience In the music business has enabled to handle nothing but standard goods and he doe not to say that he can sell an musical instrument about per cent cheaper than other agents now offer Refer to all Eastern NEW GOODS I Having completed my store at Bounty, N. C, am opening a stock of GENERAL M NOISE, cordially invite the public to call examine DRY GOODS, SHOES. NOTIONS, GROCERIES, Our motto is Standard Goods at Ba for Cash. Examine my stock before buying elsewhere. the goods and prices do not suit we charge nothing Country produce taken in exchange or goods. W. R. PATENTS obtained, and all business in the U. S Patent or In the Courts attended for Moderate Fees. We arc opposite the U. S. Patent Of- engaged in Patents Exclusively, and can obtain patents In less time than those more remote from Washington. the model or drawing Is sent we as to free of charge, and we make no change we ob- Patents. refer, here, to the Post Master, the Stint of the Money Order Did., and to the U, S, Office. For advise terms and reference to actual client in your own State, or conn, address, C. A. Snow Co., Washington, D. C. OINTMENT TRADE For Bent. 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