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mm JOB PRINTING JOB PRINTING JOB PRINTING JOB PRINTING JOB PRINTING JOB PRINTING JOB PRINTING JOB PRINTING A SPECIALTY A SPECIALTY A SPECIALTY A SPECIALTY A SPECIALTY A SPECIALTY A SPECIALTY A SPECIALTY This Office for Job Printing. NORTH CAROLINA. Things Mentioned in our State Ex- changes that are of General Interest The Cream of the News. Ex-Sheriff W. F. of Ire- dell county, died y 1st. Mr. served his county as sheriff for sixteen Mocksville Times Mrs. Patsy died at her home near Liberty, this county, a few days ago. She had reached the ad- age of years. Statesville has got a move on herself and organized a big cotton mill company with a capital stock of to be paid in on the and loan place. Plymouth Beacon The ship- ping of persimmon wood from this section seems to be quite an enter- prise. The wood is shipped to Philadelphia, where it is used for making shoo lasts. North Carolina Teacher It is expected that Adlai E. Stevenson and his charming family will attend the session of the Assembly at More- head City in June. Louisburg Mr. E. C. Jones exhibited a hen egg here one day this week which beat any-j thing of the kind have ever; seen. Its weight was one pound I aDd one ounce- It was taken m a hen raised at Maj. R. A. Speed's, the hen baring been killed by a Kinston Free Press On Mon- day week Miss Fannie Broadfoot, of Fayetteville, who had been vis- in Goldsboro, took the cars ostensibly for homo- Mr- Will Jones, of Goldsboro, boarded the same train and went to Wilson, where he and Miss Broadfoot were united in marriage. They return- ed to Goldsboro the same after- noon. It was quite a to their friends and everybody who knew them. Raleigh News and Dr. Cameron died at his home in Hillsboro on the night of February at o'clock. Gen. John W. Cotten was re pointed Commander of the First Brigade State Guard. Gen. Cot- one of the oldest officers of the State, and was a good soldier during the war, and is greatly es- teemed among the military of the State as a fine officer and gentle- man. Charlotte The barn on the premises in town- ship, occupied by Mr. T. A- Connell, as a renter, was burned last Saturday afternoon at o'clock, with all its contents of roughness and, among other things, a threshing machine- The farm on which the barn was lo- is the property of the heirs of the late Capt. L. A- Potts. It is believed that the fire was of diary origin- Charlotte A colored man named Bose Simon lost his hand yesterday by coupling cars. He was employed on tho Carolina Central Railroad. About o'clock he went up the track at tho depot to couple a freight car on to tho train. Tho train came back too suddenly and tho hand was caught between the bumpers, cutting off three fingers and mashing it to a jelly. The hand was amputated at the wrist by Dr. E. C Register. Greensboro Mr. J. H- Phipps, who lives near Alamance Church in this had the misfortune to have his carp pond burst last week- The unusual freshet brought about by the thaw made such a heavy pressure to bear upon his dam that it save way and as a result Mr. Phipps was in town next day selling a lot of very Some of the largest weighed six or seven pounds. Tho breaking of the dam is a real misfortune, as it will cost quite a neat little sum to re- place it as it was before. Governor Can-, makes the fol- lowing staff appointments which are by Gen. Cam- Inspector General, A- L. Smith ; Quartermaster General, E- G. Harrell; Surgeon General, Hubert Haywood j Chief of En- W. G- Lewis i Paymaster General, Julian S- Carr; tor General of small arms practice, Cameron; General, Thomas W. Strange; Commissary General, Edward B. ; Aids de Camp, J. an Grimes, N. E. Alston, James H. Holt, Jr., and Clement Manly ; Military Secretary, Samuel F. Charlotte Yesterday a small colored boy undertook to see what was in a railroad torpedo, by means of a hammer which ho used as an opener. The opening took place on North Cedar street. Those who were attracted by the noise of the explosion saw a small spinning around at the rate of about a hundred revolutions a minute, with his hand clasped over his mouth and the blood streaming. The scene was in the doctor's boy and a and thread were in it- Ow- to the reef being taken in the chin and mouth the name of the youth could not be learned- The Eastern Reflector. D. J. WHICH Editor and Owner TRUTH IN TO FICTION.; per Year, in Advance. VOL. XII. GREENVILLE, PITT N. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1893. NO. HORSE VS. LION. A Battle Royal Won. By Man's Faithful Friend. my to the love of a said F. M. Hawkins, a member of tho Hour Club, in session at the Southern HoteL years ago I took a long horseback trip through. Colorado. My mount a fiery young lion that I had raised myself, and he was a as an arctic midnight, shapely as and proud as Lucifer. I never needed to worry when I lay down at night, for Nick was a trusty sentinel, and if he scented danger would take my blanket his teeth, and roll mo out of it in a hurry. day I was up in tho hills with my pick prospecting, while Nick crazed a couple of hundred yards away. Suddenly he neighed loudly and started to- ward me. The country was so rough that it required some tall scrambling on his part. I won- what was the matter with him, and leaned on my pick watch- him. He neighed again, and it was a cry of terror. heard the gravel behind me and look- ed around just as a large lion made a spring for me. I dodged, but was not quick enough. The beast bore me down and fas- on my shoulder. As ho did so Nick set his teeth in the var- mint's back and lifted it clear off ground. Then began the prettiest battle that I ever witnessed. Nick re- his hold with the tenacity of a bull dog, and tried to trample his enemy, while the lion squirmed, bit and tore at him savagely. I wont to assistance with my pick, but was so badly wounded I was of no service. Tho royal lasted for four or five minutes, and Nick was getting the worst of it, when, by a sudden effort, ho threw the lion off. Be- fore it could attack, Nick turned his heels and his iron-shod hoofs spattered its brains over mo. He literally scalped it. But it was no easy victory. The lion had torn tho flesh his shoulders to rib- Long Hours in Japan. More than once during tho last few years allusion has been made in these columns, says the Japan Daily Mail, to the severe labor performed by young people in Japan. It can said with truth that toil of this unremitting character is a feature of Japan's new civilization. In one branch, at any such is the case. to the embroidery hem- ming of handkerchiefs. Little children may seen occupied in this manner from early dawn late at night. They sit crowded together under very unsanitary conditions, and always with provision of light. Match making is another trade which furnishes similar examples. It is stated, on the very best authority, that the children in match in Kobe work from a. m. to p. m., with only two recesses of thirty minutes each. The thought of such hard- ship is terrible, involving as it does results that must be felt by tho next generation as well as this. do not know how it fared with the artisan in Old Japan. he had to suffer hardships after tho fashion of the time. But there were no factories those days, neither was there any tyranny of competition, such as has been in- by contact with the West. The new civilization brings with it new problems, and they have to be faced. We have as faith as any in official in- Besides, this labor question not yet come the Japanese public in a form. VAGRANT VERSES. Enough. One morn into a A bullet girl did With of the goods she won When In the big ballet. She showed it to a clerk Who a roll did seize To match the stuff, and then cried inches, Clothier and Furnisher. No Rivals. He who himself doth love full well We envy all. for ho Will never feel his bosom swell With cruel jealousy. the Acts. He told her the same old, old story. That night ere ho left her While the curtain hid for a little space Tho villain, the hero and bride. Through the dim-lit soft was heard The orchestra's soulful wall, Her heart was turned to tho music His face with desire was pule. Near drew his lips to her dainty ear. She turned with a conscious smile going to speak to a he said, be back in a Where the Shoe Pinched. have you made up your mind to buy that house yes; I've made up my mind, but somehow I can t make up tho amount of the first payment. Detroit Free Press. M AMATEUR DETECTIVE Mr- Jacob B. Gaunt. Bur- Co., J., thus gives experience I can say Salvation in a remedy for rheumatism. I had been almost a for eight or nine months with this malady, bat Salvation Oil it. I can now do as much as the next person. stories have always been my favorite form of I have read, I think, all there least, all there are have imbibed from them a thorough contempt for probability and the police. The first thing you to do in face of a crime, is, as I often said to Uncle to fix on the most unlikely man and stick to him through thick and thin. That was the course I adopted when Aunt earrings stolen, and that course led I must not begin at the. end. It was at breakfast time that the theft was discovered. Aunt came down late and burst into the room where Uncle Dora and I wore breakfasting. She bore traces of strong agitation and had forgotten her cap. are are bless my exclaimed Uncle dropping his tea- cup as if he had been shot, and leaping up with a yell of pain. He explained that the yell was at- to the heat of the tea, which was tackling down his legs; it might have been, of course. My aunt explained. The ear- rings were kept wrapped in cot- ton-wool in a jewel-box on her The box was never locked, and the housemaid had to the room. The girl had i in I y been in the house a week, and was known to have a My aunt and cousin leaped to tho conclusion that she was the thief, sent for a police- man, searched her box, and of course I could have told them that. Meanwhile, I kept my eye on Uncle He was the one person who could no motive whatever in stealing the earrings. He was very rich, most respect- able and slow and noisy in his movements; moreover, my aunt would have given him the earrings at any moment if he had asked for them. Evidently he was the last man to attract Accordingly. I narrowly watched Uncle We passed a perturbed week. The police running out and in. Dora cross-examined the housemaid incessantly. Aunt went about weeping and reminding everyone she met that the earrings were a present from Uncle on the occasion of their engagement. My uncle himself affected to make light of the matter, and went so far as loudly and ostentatiously to d------n tho earrings. He was wrong if he thought he could put mo off the scent by that clumsy I never left him alone, I tracked him to tho city, hung about all morning, shadowed him when he went to lunch, when ho returned, when ho crossed over to the Exchange; unknown to him I was on his inside if he rode on the top, and on the top when it rained and he stowed himself away inside. Ho never escaped me, except when he was shut up in his office. At last, after ten weary chase, I had my re- ward. I need not that the police had discovered nothing. The house was still and my aunt subject to tent hysterics. That wronged creature, tho housemaid, did her work with a mop in one hand and a handkerchief with innocent in the other. Her young man called and asked if any one desired to intimate suspicion of her, inasmuch as he was ready to deal with any such. I rejoiced to be able to assure him truthfully that I would stake my life on her innocence. But to return to Uncle On the tenth day, as he was brushing his hat before leaving the house, and looking at my aunt's visage, his conscience smote him, and he so far forgot himself as to exclaim dashed if I can stand this any The folly of tho man was in- credible. I had him now In an instant I was after him. He took a I took a cab, and we set out to the city. Now came the odd gave me the slip. How it happened I do not know, but when the pulled up at the bank Uncle was not to be seen. I questioned the conductor, but he had evidently been bribed, and told mo very rudely that he had something better to do than answer my He drove on, and I was left for the first time at fault. It was evening before I saw Uncle I was going home in a very disconsolate state, when, about two hundred yards from our gate, I espied him ahead of me. Quickening my pace, I approached within a few yards of him. He opened the gate and passed in; noiselessly I followed. A further on, by the shrubbery, he stopped and. after a stealthy glance toward the house, took from his pocket cane. I stood on tiptoe just behind, and, with mingled horror and as I looked over his shoulder, I saw the earrings I was right Uncle sighed. I give to her or he said to himself. Tank waste. Still, it would keep her I watched the struggle bet weer Ins ms cm angel. Clearly the good angel had triumphed so far as to bring the earrings within fifty yards of Aunt but now came the tug of war. It was severe, and it ended in the- victory of eviL Uncle shutting the caw with a snap, all dashed take back no doubt, was the receiver; for my uncle went on in a satisfied make trouble about taking He was putting the case in hit pocket when my feeling overcame me. Respect for one's elderly rel- is a praiseworthy feeling, but it must not be allowed to every ride higher duties. I flung my- self Undo You cannot escape My uncle, under the force of my impact, fell heavily on the gravel path. I fell on the top of him and pinioned his arms to the ground. he exclaimed, the you is useless, I began, affect I had reached this point, when I was violently collared from behind, lifted bodily off my uncle's chest, where I had been sitting, and deposited on a grass plot, while a deep voice m my then, young man, turn it up. You're a lively you are. aunt, and now The newcomer was a policeman. Fishing in- his coat tans, he pro- a pair of handcuffs and put them on my unresisting wrists. Then I found my voice. are you handcuffing mo I demanded. the said he, grinning. you fool, there's the said I. He looked and saw the earrings lying on the ground by Uncle An expression of be- overspread his face as intense as that which covered my as, groping again in his pocket, he brought earrings. Then, gazing from the one pair in his hand to the other on tho ground, ho lated softly, and, to my oars, at least, mysteriously, After a pause he he said. said I. in my was found in your drawer, young man, wrap- hi cotton-wool. do you account for on tho re- found in Mr. kin's pocket. How do you ac- count for He shook his head sadly. Then he suddenly brightened up; ho had an idea. Ho produced another pair of hand- cuffs, clapped them on my uncle's wrists, and cried can't wrong we So Undo and I policeman between us, with a hold on each of our collars; and in this trim to Aunt to Dora and to the housemaid. The house- maid giggled consumedly; for which, under the one could hardly her. Aunt had a relapse, and Dora was equal to tho situation. She made us sit down, and gave us each a glass of Then the recriminations began. Uncle declared that his earrings were not the earrings at all. Dis- tressed at my aunt's sorrow, he had gone to the and bought her a precisely similar pair. They cost eighty guineas. The struggle I had witnessed was be- tween love and economy, not hon- and crime. I declared that my earrings, if the were the earrings I was far from had not got into my drawer by my act, motion or volition. you are both quite said Dora. earrings are not the earrings; and, Tom, do you remember having the tooth- It was clear to me in a moment. I had asked for cotton-wool, been directed to my aunt's jewel-box, grabbed a large handful and car- it off to my own room. Then, on reflection, I had tried brandy instead of and the cot- ton-wool was thrust in tho drawer cut of the way. The earrings had been buried in the cotton-wooL you were the thief laughed Dora. It was true If only I had strictly followed what my reading taught me For, improbable as it was that I should fix on Uncle it would have been still more improbable if I had fixed on myself. I lacked the full courage of my principles, and the result is that--Uncle and I do not speak. From tho St. Bud Fans for Picture Frames. A rather unique frame is a highly embossed metal fan, with three oval spaces for photographs. But it is not really so unique or so pretty as tho fan frame a clever girl made. She chose a vividly colored Japanese fan, and spreading it open lined the back with a piece of heavy linen paper. Then she cut out two oval spaces from the fan itself, inserted two photographs between the fan and the lining at the top, and added a stiff piece of pasteboard covered with the paper as a stand in the back It made just the right sort of frame for girlish faces she pat in. AN OBSTINATE JURYMAN. After an All Night Argument Good Trouncing, He Agreed. Mr. Williams, in his of a tells an am- using anecdote to illustrate th methods by which, sometimes, a jury secures the unanimity to a verdict A man named Watkins i charged with being the ringleader in a riot during a Parliamentary election. He was on one side, and a butcher of the other party had been heard to declare that he would get on the jury, and then have a leg cut off rather than ac- quit Watkins. When the trial be- butcher was found to be one of the jurymen. counsel stated to the Court the butcher's remark, and then gentleman will see the propriety of remaining in the jury box, and will at once shan't budge an an- the butcher, bracing him- self in his seat. never said what has been reported, and if I had said it I should stand on my rights as a Briton. I've a right to serve on the jury, and on the jury HI The Judge declined to interfere, but simply must rely on this gentle- man's good sense and the which he attaches to an The case lasted for two days, and the evidence was very con- Some witnesses swore that Watkins, mounted on a white horse, lead the rioters. Other witnesses swore that ho was in another part of the borough when the disturbance took place. At C o'clock on tho second day the jury retired to consider their verdict. At o'clock the Judge sent a messenger to them, asking if they had agreed. They came into court and stated that there was little likelihood of their being able to agree upon verdict. The Judge informed them that ha lock them up for the night. At o'clock in the morning news was sent to the Judge and that the jury had agreed. The court was opened, and when the names of tho jury were read over, only eleven answered. juryman has not responded to his said the Judge. It was the butcher; his name was called a second time, and a feeble voice answered, The Judge did not look toward the jury box; he had guessed ac- what had occurred. Tho butchers coat and waistcoat were torn from his back; his shirt sleeves were tattered, and his face was besmeared with blood. From the first the jury had stood eleven to one. After nine hours of the eleven had pounded tho butcher until he was willing to re- turn a verdict of Matches First Made In Sweden. The oldest and, it is said, tho largest match in the world is in Sweden. Matches were made there long before the old roughly-trimmed splinter of wood, tipped with was discarded with the tinder boxes, for which they were used. In twenty-five years the export trade of Sweden in modern matches in- creased boxes a year. Some of the machines for making matches which we used in days make revolutions a min- each and turn out about matches daily. more than five matches per head for the whole population are used daily in the United States. to say, the quality of these Swedish matches, in many cases, is so bad that the State intends to resume tho manufacture, and computes that the profits will produce a of Altogether there are in Europe about factories, and they yearly produce matches valued Sunflower Industry in Russia In 1842 a Russian farmer con- the idea of extracting oil from the sunflower. His schemes were considered most visionary, but ho persevered, until now the industry, is one of enormous pro- portions, there being acres under cultivation in Russia. There are two kinds, one with seeds that are crushed for oil, and a second which is consumed by the people in the same way that pea nuts are in this country. Along- With One Dress. If you are limited as to means, and must make one dress serve many needs, choose a color that is not of those that register themselves each time on the retina or stimulate the friendly to counting the number of times you have appeared in it. With certain change in the dress- of the neck, fresh knots of ribbon, lace or some pretty conceit of your own, a single frock in its time can play many parts. It is one of those touches of the homely that Howells sometimes uses with such skill, when, in speaking of two old maids, he told how their black silk dresses, from many makings over, retained the lines of small holes where the thread was ripped out, and how they wore them high at the throat when they went on their shopping ex- and at night them if they went out to tea. Even if there is a touch of pathos about all this, they were ingenious and KISS. Philology Make It Less Than ft Sounds The word is Anglo-Bas- on, and may, indeed, be taken an instance of how pleasant can be. The assures us that it is the Gothic a proof or test, and to the Latin a taste, which suggests the old saying, that proof of the pudding u the That same Gothic comes from the verb to choose, from which one would imagine that among the kissing went by favor. Accord- to Prof. writing with all the austerity and scholarship an expert, a kiss is gust, a taste, a something Rowena, the beautiful of the Saxon is credited with having introduced kissing into these fortunate islands; but ii seems to me that had the been so utterly unenlightened, the Romans could hardly to anticipate her. The had a really delightful word for a which came the mouth, and meant a little- mouth, a sweet mouth. mo a sweet little I be the phrase used little Roman boy asked his a kiss. Our English word nearly in its form in Anglo- Saxon, Dutch, Icelandic, Danish, Swedish and Gorman. And is worthy of note, because, natural as kissing may seem to many of it is a practice known to the Australians, to the Maori of New Zealand, the of New Guinea, tho of Tahiti, Africa, the of Brazil, tho ages of Terra the Lap- landers, the Most these benighted mortals have not got beyond tho low stage of rub noses together. the Norwegian Apostle of is one of tho most combative of men. One would think that ho must have been meant for a warrior; his head, his figure are those of a chieftain. When his gray flush under jutting brows, and his bushy hair looks as if startled by earthquake of passions beneath, then, with nil nether lip slightly pouting and his broad shoulders drawn back, he makes think of some old Nona Viking bent on battle and ready for tho of Review Misunderstood was looking over my topcoat to-day, and find that the moths nearly ruined it, don't you sue them for damages the moths for dip ages You talk like a child. didn't mean the moths; meant the pawnbroker Indianapolis Journal. Mystery Explained. is Miss B. wearing is in mourning for her she never had a bus- is why she mourns. She is grieving over the husband that she hasn't Siftings. The Mind-Reader at Poker- hear that won a big stake from you last night He played mo a mighty small was whistled save the when he drew cards, and his hands were full of kings and York . A Discovery. you know that play of that was hero some there's been a book writ- ten about it by a fellow named Familiarity Breeds Contempt Judge dare you come into court so Take your hat off Judge, you know I'm not a stranger tings. Spec Case. S. H. Clifford, New Wis., was troubled with Neuralgia and Ida Stomach was disordered, Liver was affected to an alarming degree, appetite fell away, and he was terribly in flesh and strength. Three bottles of Electric Bitters cured him. Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg, had a running on his leg of eight standing. Used three bottles of Electric Bitters and seven boxes of Salve, and his leg Is sound and well. John Speaker. Catawba, O., had live large Fever sores on his leg, doctors Mid he was Incurable. One bot- Electric Bitters and one box Salve cure him entirely. Sold at Store. CAUSES OF BASHFULNESS. Reason Advanced to Account for the Unpleasant Affliction. Bashfulness is what is known medically as a functional disorder that is to say, it does not d upon any actual disease, but is duo to some temporary with the natural action of the brain. When the natural ac- of the brain is thus interfered with, say it is inhibited. The first chief cause of bashful- consists in a man's attention being directed to himself. The man who is quite at ease in his is most often an attribute of the male comes self-conscious in the draw- room and very shy. Although capable of joining in the conversation, his witty re- mark is forestalled he is too slow in giving utterance to it, or too timid to hear his own voice. The ordinary action of his brain is inhibited by his self-consciousness. The second cause is emotion. The extreme bashfulness of many men when they are in love is prover- and the surprisingly few mar- men who suffer from bashful- is noteworthy. These causes are, however, usu- ally insufficient to bash- but must some further necessary condition. Many conditions predispose to it. For example, a highly nervous deficient moral with which is associated lack of self-assertion. These may re- as constitutional causes. Another predisposing cause is education. The general education may been neg- or the want of opportunity of acquiring self-confidence in society may have been experienced. Bashfulness is natural to youth. is the graceful, calm of maturity, bashfulness the charm of vivacious and unless a young man takes ad- vantage of opportunities of enter- society, he will retain air of bashfulness which is in reality tho want of habitual intercourse with the As long as 1570 wrote that a young gentleman be bash- and soon blush, they call him a and ill-brought up Deficient social education is therefore a cause of bashful- Habit to it. A mere indisposition to exert one's self, if indulged for too long a time, many eventually result in confirmed bashfulness. This in- difference may be due to a want of sympathy with the surround- or may have its origin in alloyed selfishness for many bashful men are extremely selfish or may be due to vanity. The man who is tho of the taproom because there ho can do no wrong is painfully ill at ease in the so- of his equals, and the be- of Hastings in Stoops lo is an example of this. Lastly, excessive smoking or ex- drinking and immoral or pursuits of all kinds are sometimes the of bashful Fashion Notes. Black and white lace is finding i place in the dinner and reception gowns for the approaching social The train, developed a or princess back, s used on afternoon gowns for the Little violet velvet toques are to worn this winter, with perhaps i tiny edging of sable, and a group f shaded velvet roses at one side. A tea gown in striped brocade a-Into, pink and The entire front is of draped with con- Tho outer gar- include an imposing full- carriage wrap, in faced with inserted sleeves of velvet. of bright ribbon plaited, or of two ruffles of silk on the and button- holed with colored ilk, are worn to brighten dark house dresses, and long bows of chiffon, shirred and tucked into shape, in all bright tints for indoor wear. . Changeable silks are used for skirts. Tho favorite trimming on simple taffeta petticoats is three ruffles of pinked silk overlapping each other. More elaborate ported skirts are finished with a wide ruffle of black lace edges and insertions over a colored silk flounce, A new mode of skirt is adopted for a dinner gown of striped bro- showing black in alternation with dahlia. The skirt is not trained, bat laid in full plaits all the way around. The waist has a of dahlia velvet confining a full of black chiffon. Of the latter material there is a encircling tho shoulders. Frank W Director of oil. N Brook V I. T. Messrs. John F. Son Dear Sirs. I bees your Got Violin Strings fur time, as have the members of my W now pleasure in that for strength and purity of tone they excel all others we bays ass, yours with best w. Undoubtedly. said Van watching Old Soak put down hit sixth absinthe cocktail, is undoubtedly the most absorbing topic of tho In That Way, Certainly surely do not regard poverty as a crime. Miss yes; at least it is punishable by bard labor. Truth PER PER PER PER II PER PER YEAR IN YEAR IN YEAR IN YEAR IN YEAR IN YEAR IN YEAR IN YEAR IN ADVANCE. ADVANCE. ADVANCE ADVANCE. ADVANCE. ADVANCE. ADVANCE. This Office for Job Printing. FEBRUARY FROLICS. Pound by the Pore- pa Folks Fond of Fun la he am glad to see you, said the Widow to the editor. obituary of my husband was beau- I wish he have read if The summer seeks the mountains Or the beach where the wild waves loam; But the girl who frets a husband Is tho girl who stays at home. sir, give me a few pennies. My wife is dead. Mr. alive What more do you want I MAKING UP THE DIFFERENCE. it strikes me that those trousers are too short. Moses mine friend, I give you a coat that's a little too long to make up the difference. CAUSE FOB IT. and Mrs. Brown not been living together since his bank The court separated divorce HIS QUIET REMINDER. She my tooth just dreadfully I don't see why we cannot be born without think, my dear, that if you will look up some authority on that point you will that most of mail service. An of the railway mail service gives the Reflector the following statistics from tho last annual At the close of the fiscal year there were railway post-office lines in operation. These lines covered 13-100 miles of railroad upon which postal were employed in the of mails. In addition there were steamboat lines upon which regular and acting clerks were employed. Those at work on railroad Hues miles ; those employed on steamboat lines, these together received, handled, and distributed 9.994.775 pieces of mail matter in transit, exclusive of 325,689.129 which were re- prepared for delivery. They also receipted for, recorded and properly dispatched registered packages and cases, and through registered pouch- es mid inner registered sacks. To the miles of railroad vice in operation July 1st 1891, of now service were added during tho fiscal ending July 1st 1891. of new service were ad- during the fiscal year ending July 1892- During the fiscal year ending July 1892 to every error, 5.466 pieces of mail were handled correct There were 44.256 to rail- way post offices during the fiscal year ending June 1892, in which clerks were killed, and slightly injured. In the spring of 1892 on the New York Chicago fast mail there killed postal clerks at one time, which was tho heaviest dent Jan. the fast mail goes from Washington D. C. to Charleston, S. C. The postal clerks will run the whole distance being miles without either sleep or rest. The clerks on that line are now required to work Florida mail in addition to the other four States, namely Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. Notice. I desire to announce to my friends and the public generally that I have opened office for myself just across the my residence and on the old Dr. Blow lot where I be found at any W. BROWN, M. D. L. JAMES. DENTIST, b- In FLEMING, E Y-AT-LAW. O. attention to business. at Tucker Murphy's old stand. J ALEX. L. BLOW BLOW, A W, GREENVILLE, N. C. ice In all the Courts. i. a. B TYSON, B. T. TYSON AT-LA W, N. C. Prompt attention Riven to L. O. LATHS. . j SKINNER, N. C. V G. JAMES. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, N C

IT Mr. to amend section of relating to the n method of administering oaths. t. The bill to allow a creditor to bring action against the home- stead of a debtor than It MU Kn, C- ml explained by Messrs. Ward and Allen. As it now stands the creditor has to wait to bring action till the would-be in the case are dead. This bill is to prevent covering a homestead with fraudulent conveyances, and to let the creditor have relief while the witnesses are alive- The bill i. j lilts , Announcement pawed its third Sal . will MUST OF, .,. . column one vex, .- Inch. ,. week, week month one i-a,, weeks, Inserted In Local as reading per tine tor each Insertion sue M Ad, i and Summons to Son-Residents, be charged legal rates Its PAID I OB IN , . it aw in or by r. Si v and . should be in by o'clock ii in lie i MEETING. N. C, Feb. The Board of Commissioners of Pitt met this day, present C. chairman, Fleming, T. E. Keel, Jesse L. Smith and S- A- Gainer. Minutes of last meeting read and approved. The following orders for pan- pen were issued s Winnifred Taylor 6.00, Margaret Bryan 3.00, H- D- Smith 2-0. Lydia Bryan Jacob Nancy Moore Susan Susan 2.50. Smith Patsy Harriett Williams Henry 2-50. Emily Edwards 3.00, Benjamin Crawford 1.60, Polly Adams In- Smith Easter Vines 1-50, George Tinner 2.60, Kenneth Hen- 2-00, J- C 1-50, Eliza Edwards ham J- H. Henry Sylvester Jones Samuel and Amy Cherry 4-00, J- W. Hudson Fanny Tucker 1.50. J. O. Proctor Bro Fanny Tucker 1-50. The following orders for general comity purposes were . P. Gaskins Lewis Ives W. M- Brown 35.10, J. J- 6.04- Andrew Rob- W. F. 1.90, John 418.10. C D. 7-96, W. H- Allen 1585, H. C- John Grizzard 2.11, T- J Stancill 1-55. C W. Exum. J. H. Manning W. S. Manning 5.27. Peyton Crawford 5-24, F. M. Smith 5.28, J. S. Allen lift Stan- Price James Porter 1.12, J. W. Smith J. W. Smith C. 10.00, W. F- 3.72, John Moore 3-25, A- J- Griffin 1.05. L. B. C P- ., Gaskins Clark D. , N- Nobles 1.14. James Long 14.00, third T R H. W. bee T. J. Stancill W- T- Smith 258-76, Dr. W. E. Warren 10.00. J. C Gorham 1.70, Silas M. T. Horton, Joseph J. J- Robt. W. R R. W. Bullock, Noah Tyson, J. P- Dennis J. J. Forbes, Joseph Tyson, Nelson Second A- Joseph I- Keel, Jess B-own, B. F. Shelton Joseph Forbes H- B. Smith, E- C C C Vines, Ward W. J. Kilpatrick, John A- Lang, Jesse Mumford, J. B, Cory, Robt. Staton, Adrian Coop- John Moore, Willis Hampton. G. W. Barker, J. W. Cannon, and Oscar Edwards, were allowed to list Uses for 1892- of agreements be- tween the Board of Commissioners and C. M. Bernard for hire of Jerry a prisoner in the county jail; and L. B. Barney for hire of Willis Sanders, a prisoner in jail; and Herbert for hire of Grant Brown, a prisoner in county jail, were signed by the chairman and ordered to be filed- The following statement of School Tax for 1892 was submitted From white poll 1876 colored polls 2,010.94 dogs 8.00 Railroad property 493.36 tax on S property listed by citizens 4,813.37 tax on property listed by colored citizens 131.52 ASSEMBLY.- Below we give some of the bills of interest have been intro- General Senator Mitchell, I n of the Code relating to public schools. Senator to inc the town of i land, The bill lo the crime of ii to two d of th first e to be with death, and murder of the second e be punished with of not less than two, or than thirty years, was tab d op, and r Battle dearly i the necessity such a bill. Cooper offer- ed an to . two years spoke in of e an failed. then reading. The bill i e trial of t; in the of and of land 2-13, B. S- 65.46, by i tax on bank stock tax on liquor licenses tax on property listed be- lore Co. Commissioners Jan Polls listed before Co. Commissioners including January 1893. overestimated insolvent for 1891, offices salaries than for mate purposes; that consequently the Census has become a jumble of figures and irrelevant inquiries ling volumes, which make their appearance so late that they are only useful for waste paper; and lastly, that the maintenance of a permanent Census Bureau would be at least treble the amount a year. The House passed the tine bill this week, and it is now in the hands of Mr- Harri ion. Mr. Morton looked as he really enjoyed presiding over the joint session of the Home and Senate held Wednesday to count the electoral votes and officially declare Cleveland and Stevenson elected President and dent, and probably did. Most men would, in his place- If the amendment to the laws, which have been approved by a majority of the House committee, become laws the Pension office will be transfer- red to the War Department and be under the control of detailed army officers, and the payment of pen- will be stopped to those an income of as as a year; to widows who married soldiers since 1870, and, except in cases of total disability, to all alien non-residents. 2,530.03 221.18 228.76 155.76 113,270.65 1,018.98 Less estimated Insolvents tor per cent, on i 1,655.67 It is ordered by the Board that John Flanagan, County Treasurer, Transfer to the school fund the sum of 911,655.67 from the taxes of 1802, the amount derived by for said year for school poses as per above statement. de- ll, at j . . p. Miller 3.55, J- B- Cherry home I Co J. B. Cherry Co 14.25. Edwards 63-35, C Dawson 7.00, S. A- Gainer T. Keel 3.70. Jesse L- Smith 2-80, Leonidas Fleming 5-00, W. J- no re 75.00, ii. 369.65, R. W. King -22365. D. J- Whichard M- Z. Moore R. W. Smith 5.90, J. A- K. Tucker 11.70. R. W. King f. E- Woodard 72-00, E-A, S. T- Carson . question Bullock 1.80, P. Gaskins 2-85, J. H- King 2-20, J. A- Harrington 1-25. R- Cory S. Keel 1.25, J- E. D- C Moore J- Lewis Ives E. Williams Jr A- G. W. Ed- less in value before th stead, came up and declare that was t we an upon the fended it was not an attack upon the a farther discussion in the i of . i p in ad f ; I D v was J. mi Days B. t th . ling. B r Battle bill i married m Q to the . . I v e effect and in the married r Battle said they in their own rights, an . by Pet ; w, I Jon ft opposed by Si rs Day, Posey, Little and . I to pass cam pl ti I d School in- the sum of and i The bill pass. I its i and n Bill to county passed second to lo. Mr. the co oil i, and to u and sale of i by allow a ii F. G. James 2-75, no i to I a lire test of Mr- i pr vent of secret political oath- bound Mr. Spruill off for the I i I m allowing them an of two days, an investigation of question tin ; the back taxes, of the Wilmington I Company. The resolution J and Me and n were Mr. ; th i to vote on the question of county government. Mr. low the to the of to be relieved Town 2.00. J. T Smith W. T. Knight Holliday A. J. Move W. H- son B. S. 1-75, W. F- M 1.45. F. P- Johnson 4.35, i; W. Forrest B. S- Sheppard shall acquire dominion 10.22, E. A. 1265. Henry Harding 27.88, A. 4.15. Greenville Stock Law territory -C H. Johnson 22-50, Henry n 7-50, B. W- Tucker 7-50. and Swift Creek Stock Law Lang 13.50, C Dawson 6-75. License to liquor were granted to the Charlie Cobb, Farmville; J. E Overton, T. Mobley. W. S- Hicks, Penny Hill. Hosea Knox was exempted from payment of poll tax for 1802- L B. represented to the Board he is charged with a poll tax in Pitt county when he paid his poll tax in Lenoir county, WASHINGTON LETTER. our regular D. C, Feb. An early extra session of the Fifty-third Congress now appears more certain than at any time since Confess met. Ex-Gov. Campbell of Ohio, one of the prominent Democrats who were in ton this week, who is believed to enjoy the confidence of President elect Cleveland, said here I think the chances of an extra session are good, if not most certain. The silver law should be repealed, and as it will not be done at the present session j from this week's attempt and failure, it must be done by an extra session. The democratic platform demands such a repeal a general sentiment in this direction the party ; the silver question was one of the main of the last campaign ; the party stands pledged to its repeal and it will keep its Campbell acknowledged that he could name several of the coming cabinet, but courteously declined to do so. Senator Morgan introduced a bill this week that will simplify the proceedings should the present negotiations result in the of Hawaii. The bill provides that whenever the United States over any country or place, by treaty of annexation or otherwise, the President, with the advice and consent of the Senate, may appoint a governor and legislative council for the same, whose acts shall be subject to revision or repeal by Congress. Mr. Harrison has not yet officially recognized the Hawaiian commissioners and their negotiations are all with Secretary Foster. It is believed that Mr. Harrison, who is known to favor annexation, is waiting to hear what the representative of the deposed Queen may have to say before taking any official action. In the meantime the Department is information about 1892. J. W. Moore, made complaint to board he is charged on the tax fist of Falkland township tor the year 1802 with solvent credits, when he only listed the sum of and petitioned that she same be corrected, which was ordered- F- B. Knight made complaint that he is charged on the tax list of Bethel township for 1892 with stock in incorporated company and all other personal proper- which he did not list, and up. Mr. . to lay bill on the table. Mr. called for of tax J. W. Allen on same. from which pay- was complained that a the ayes and Tabled by a of the land listed by him as rote of to 17- present to table. Mr. of Buncombe, t- as- c holidays in North i chapter of the allowing it through trains to run on our lines without stopping at in, pro- it least one train shall run each way on such roads b; the so the running of passenger trains d Sunday will not be inter- with. Mr- Allen said that this had been recommended by the companies; it passed its third reading. Bill to amend section of The Code, in relation the fees of them from s to cases of perjury, etc- and allowing them in every capital case, whether the prisoner is convicted or not. It was explained by Mr. Adams, and on motion of Mr- was postponed. By Mr. Russell, for the of families of dissipated per sons- for StoKes heirs 1891 and 1802 was listed also by H- F. Keel, and petitioned to be released from one seventh of the tax on said land for 1802. -which was granted. R. J. Cobb. President of the Greenville Tobacco Warehouse Company, represented that he list ed the Greenville tobacco Ware- house lot for the year 1892 at and the stock of said company at 2.475. and that the valuation of said stock is excessive and that the same be reduced to a reasonable and fair valuation, whereupon the valuation of the stock was reduced to so as to make the total valuation of the lot and stock John W. Carson, a tripled and infirm person, was granted license to peddle in the county free of charge- W. H. of township, was exempted from poll tax for 1892. CHILD BIRTH MADE EASY Friend is a scientific- ally prepared Liniment, every of recognized value and in constant use by the medical pro- These ingredients are con, in a manner hitherto unknown Notice. Having qualified as the Executor of F. Parker, I hereby not if y all persons indebted to her estate to make prompt settlement, and all person.- claims against the estate to present the same for settlement on or before the of January, 1894, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. B. F. Justice's Meeting. To the Justices of the Peace of Pitt county. You are hereby notified to meet at on Saturday the 18th day of February 1898 for the purpose of con- the advisability of establishing an Inferior Court for the county of Pitt. The Justices are requested to attend promptly, as the matter should be con- before the adjournment of the present Legislature. TYSON, Chairman. MOTHERS WILL DO all that is claimed for HAND MORE. Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Danger to of Mother and Child. Book to Mothers mailed FREE, con- valuable information and Voluntary testimonials. peat by express on receipt of price 1.6 per REGULATOR CO., Atlanta, Ba; BOLD BY AM, Notice to Creditors. qualified as administrator de non, estate of F. M. At- deceased on the day of Dec. 1802, notice is hereby given to all per- sons indebted lo the said estate to come forward and settle the same and all persons having claims against the said estate will present duly within the time prescribed by law or this notice will be plead in oar of their recovery. This the 31st day of Dec. 1832. J. L, SUGG, de non, of the estate of F. M. Atkinson. Notice to Creditors. The Superior Court Clerk of Pitt bounty, having issued letters of to me, the undersigned, on the day of January. 1893, on the estate of Fannie White, deceased, Notice is hereby given to all persons indebted to the estate to make immediate payment to the and to all creditors of said estate to present their claims, properly authenticated, to the under- signed, within twelve months after the date of this notice, or this notice, will be plead in bar of their recovery. This the 25th day of January 1893. J. W. SMITH, on the estate of Fannie White. FARMS FOR Prices Low, Terms Easy. BROS. OFFER FOR SALE The J. L. homo farm, Bea- Dam township, adjoining the lands of G. T. Tyson and J. II. A fine farm of about acre, with good build- and adapted to corn, cotton and to- A flue marl bed. A farm near Ayden and mediately on the railroad, formerly own- ed by Caleb B. Tripp, acres of which a arc pond neighbor- hood, churches and a school Within miles. Plenty of marl on the adjoin- A fine farm of three miles from Farmville and miles from Green- ville, with large, substantial dwelling and out houses, known as L. P. home place, fine cotton land, good clay subsoil, accessible marl. A smaller farm adjoining the above known as the Jones acres, dwelling, barn and tenant house, land A farm of acres in town- ship, about miles from acres cleared, part of the Singletary tract. Part of Noah farm, acres, adjoining the town of Marlboro, located in an improving section and can be made a valuable farm. A small farm of acres, about miles from Greenville, on In- Well Swamp, with etc., for- owned by Guilford ALSO TIMBER A tract of about acres near the with cypress timber well tutted for railroad ties. A tract of about acres in township, near the Washington rail- road, pine timber. A tract of acres near Johnson's Mills, pine and cypress timber. Apply to Wm. H. LONG, Greenville, N. C. OLD DOMINION LINE. Superior Court. Notice Is hereby given that by reason of a recent Act of the General Assembly Of Carolina the term of Superior Court of Pitt county will be for the trial of Civil Causes only and will be held on the FIRST MONDAY in MARCH next. AH defendants and wit- in actions bound, or to attend at March Term will be required to at- tend at the term of sold court to be held on the fourth Monday after the first Monday In March, 1893, and all such criminal actions shall be made to last named term of said court. E. A. Clerk Superior Court Pitt Co. Its a Lucky Day When you buy your goods of W. He is now offering a full line of Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats. Hardware, Tinware, Wood and Willow Ware, Staple and Light Groceries at such low prices as will always leave money in your pocket book. He also has the best Cigar for the money that can be had in town. If you want something Rood and sub- for Christina- call on him. W. H. WHITE, Greenville. X. C. induced receipts in evidence j and its financial condition and pros- of same, whereupon it was In order that Congress may that he ho. exempted from pay- act intelligently on the matter of poll tax in Pitt county for I a decision is reached by Mr. Harrison. The investigation of the money spent in the United States by the agents of the Panama Canal Com- now being conducted by a House committee, has just gone far enough to create a general de- for more information. It has brought the fact that a great deal more money was spent in this country than the public had any idea of, and that it was largely paid for secret services of some sort, the receiver giving no voucher for what he received. It is to be regretted that this was not started earlier in the session, as it is feared that there may not be time between this and the of March, beyond which date the committee will have no exist- to ascertain the names of those who received this money. The reported sudden which has been made the excuse for ex- Secretary Thompson's not appear- before the committee, accord- to promise, has been ably commented upon, but Col. Fellows, chairman of the commit- tee, says he believes it is straight and that Thompson will come as soon as he is able to travel. Representatives of In- ; Baker, of Kansas, and of Georgia, have united in a sharp minority-report against the bill providing for a permanent bureau, which has been favorably reported by the House Census committee, of which they are members. It says, among things, that the present Census Bureau is divided into twenty-five divisions, aH but seven of which should be eliminated; that many TAR RIVER SERVICE Steamers leave Washington for 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. M. same days. These departures are subject to stage of water on Tar River. Connecting at Washington with steam of The Norfolk, and Wash, direct line for Norfolk. Baltimore, Philadelphia. New York and Boston. Shippers should order their goods marked via Dominion from New York. from Norfolk A more Steamboat from more. Merchants ft Miners from Boston. JNO. SON. Washington N. O J. J. CHERRY, Agent, N C Notice. By virtue of of sale contain- ed in a certain Mortgage Deed executed and delivered by H. A. Boyd and wife F. Boyd to John Peyton on the 17th day of Dec. 1885 and duly recorded in Page in the Registers office Pitt Co., M. C. the undersigned will to public before the Court House in Greenville for cash to the high- est bidder on the day of Feb. at M. the described landed property, A Certain tract of in township, Pitt county, N, C. adjoining the lands of Chas. Elks, J. J. Laughinghouse c launders, containing about to satisfy said mortgage deed. This 14th day of January, 1893. JOHN PEYTON. All persons in Pitt county owing taxes for the year arc hereby notified that I will attend at the following times and places for file purpose of collecting the Wednesday, February Saturday, February 18th. 1898. Calico, Friday, February Grifton, Saturday, February 25th, 1893. Ayden, Tuesday, February 28th, Wednesday. March This is positively the lust call shall make for the taxes of 1892 and all who do not pay promptly, will lie proceeded against as the law J. A. K. TUCKER, Tax Collector. FLANAGAN Boggy GREENVILLE, AT, C. Can still be found at the Old stand. pared lo do FIRST-CLASS WORK on anything in the Fine Vehicles Specialty Repairing done prompt- and in best manner. WELDON R. B. m and No No No Jan. 1st, daily Fast Mail, dally daily ex Sun 12,80 pm pm Ar pm pm Stan Ar Tarboro Tarboro Rocky Mt Wilson Ar Goldsboro Ar Florence Wilson Magnolia ft- i pm pm p m pm am TRAINS NORTH No No dally daily The folio were drawn to of the statistics taken under the serve as at March term of last census are merely duplications Pitt Superior First J. Jas. J. B. Carroll, John J. A Moore, B. P. Smith, of reports made by other bureaus of the that the Bureau has been enlarged from time to time more to create J a vegetable made entirely of root and gathered from of with the beat result. It Martin l. T , Superior Court , 93- James A. Roebuck and wife, Mary E. Roebuck, vs. John T. Harrison, George et To Harrison ; You will take notice that an action en- titled as above has been commenced in he Superior Court of Martin county to foreclose a mortgage upon realty, situ- in township, aforesaid; and the said defendant will further take notice, that he is required to at the next term of the Court of said lo he held on the second Monday after the first Monday in March at the Court house of said county In N. C. and answer pr demur to complaint in said action, the plaintiffs to the court for the relief demanded in com- plaint. W. T. CRAWFORD, t Clerk Superior Court. This 1893. Sale of Land. Pitt County Superior W. Charles Hardy, trading as Hardy Bros., vs. J. T. Evans, J. B. Galloway. Pursuant to the and authority given in a mortgage executed by J. T. Evans to Hardy Bros., recorded in the Register of Deeds office. Pitt county, Book R page and In accordance wit a and decree of sale In above entitled action in the Superior Court, Pitt county at Term 1891 recorded in docket No case will offer for sale at the Court House door in Green- ville on Monday March 6th to the highest bidder for cash following tract of laud, adjoining lands of Frank Mills, John Carroll, Alfred ton and others containing fifty acres. Upon fail to raise a sufficient amount of money from the sale of said fifty acre tract to discharge and satisfy said judge- I will at laid Court House door on the said Monday, the 6th day of March 1898, offer for sale for cash tract a parcel of land described In said mortgage and decree as follows lot containing one acre on my now stands and all being the one tract of land on which the of said if. T, Evans now C. M. Commissioner. February 2nd 1883. Florence iv Fayetteville Ar Selma Ar Wilson Wilmington Magnolia Goldsboro No daily ex San. CARES AH manner of Blood diseases, from pestiferous little boil on your nose to the worst cases of inherited blood inch as Scrofula, Rheumatism, Catarrh Co. with a of energy to represent THE MICHIGAN MUTUAL CO AMERICAN ACCIDENT CO. To whom a good contract will given. Far terms, etc., W. J, District Agent for Eastern N. C, SHOW HILL, N. C. Happy contort is a boor with a harm with the of If so come to, see and we will -make you prices that our customers as being lower than can be gotten elsewhere. We ------have in Largest and Most Varied Selection of Furniture ever kept in town. 1280 Ar Wilson m pm Mont Ar Tarboro Tarboro am Daily except Train on Scotland Neck Branch Road leaves Halifax p. in., arrives Scotland Neck at 6.23 p. in., Greenville 7.58 p. in. Kinston 9.00 p. m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.20 a. m., Greenville 8.22 a, m. Arriving Halifax at a. m., Weldon 11.20 a. m. daily except Sunday. Trains on Washington Branch leave Washington 7.20 a. m., arrives 8.50 a. m. Tarboro 9.50; returning leaves Tarboro p. m., p. m arrives Washington 9.00 p. Daily except Sunday. Connects with trains on Scotland Neck Branch,. Train leaves Tarboro, N C, via A Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun- day, P M, Sunday P M, arrive Plymouth 0.50 p. m., p. m. Returning leaves Plymouth daily 6.80 a. Sunday 10.00 a, m- N C, 10.25 AM 12,20. Trains on Southern Division, Wilson Fayetteville Branch leave Fayette- ville a m, arrive Rowland p in. Returning leave Rowland 1215 p m, arrive Fayetteville n m. Daily ex- Sunday. Train on Midland N C Branch leave Goldsboro daily except Sunday, A M N C, A M. Re retuning laves H O AM Goldsboro. NO A M. Train Mount P M, arrive Nashville P Hope PM. Returning Spring Hope Nashville 8.85 A M, arrives Rocky Mount A except Trains on Latta Branch R. R. leave m., arrive 8.40 p. m. Returning leave Dunbar a. is., arrive Latta 7.15 a. m. y except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves for Clinton daily, except Sunday, it and SO A M Returning leave ton at A M, and P. X. cornice in at Warsaw with Nos. and Train No. makes close connection at Weldon for all point North daily. All via Richmond, and dally except sun- day via Bay Line, also at Rocky Mount daily except with Norfolk railroad for Norfolk and all General J. R. KENLY, T. agent Salve best salve in world for Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Salt Fever Sores, Chapped Hand. Chilblain, Corns, and all Skin and positively cure Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price cents box. For sale at Wooten's Drug Store. FOR and We buy direct from and can and will sell low down. Our stock 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, Ward Robes, Buffets, and Walnut Bedsteads, Bedsteads of all grades and colors, Wire Cribs and Beds Cradles. Marble Top Solid Wood Top Tables, Solid Chairs and Rockers Solid Oak Chairs and Rockers, Fancy Reed and Wood Rockers, Chairs of all grades, Lounges, Bed Springs, Mattresses, are headquarters FURNITURE and extend to all a cordial invitation to call on us when in want of any goods as we carry one of the best stocks of MERCHANDISE ever kept in town, Yours truly, J. B. CHERRY CO have just opened the most beautiful line of ever brought to Greenville Come and see what ex- low prices we are asking for them. We are selling a great many those good old Cook Stoves Respectfully, S. E. PENDER CO., O. take mum HIGHEST MARKET Special facilities for handling Seed in any quantity all Tar River Landings. Car Load Lots taken from any point in Eastern North Carolina and Virginia. BAGS FOR SHIPPING SEED COTTON SEED MEAL AND HULLS FOR SALE OH EXCHANGE FOR SEED. Oil Mills, N C. SAMUEL M. SCHULTZ, Agent, Greenville, N. C Mills on Tar River AT prices write K. V. Sec. Tress., Tarboro, N C. Owners and STEAMER BETA. Semi-Weekly trip between and Tarboro and Way

Something of to NO W that the planting season is again near at band, the question which is of the most inter- est to farmers, is, what shall I plant, where shall I plant, and how shall I plant it. After determining what to plant and when to plant, it is of equally as much importance how you plant and cultivate. We think it is conceded by all that no land will make a good crop unless prop- cultivated. The re- of last years crops, we think, goes very far to show that a judicious use of commercial fertilizers pays on the lands in this section- It is with much pleas- and satisfaction that we again offer for sale to friends and patrons the High Grade Brands of Fertilizer which we name below. The results from their use justify us in saying they are all well adapted to the soils of this section. We will sell them for cash, or on time, upon usual terms, and we to give you a better grade of goods as cheap or cheaper than you can buy elsewhere. Drop us a line for prices and terms, or call to sec, and will take pleasure in naming you low figures and explaining to yon the merits of the different brands. To individuals or clubs wanting a car load or more we will make figures- We offer for your consideration and choice the following well established and high grade brands of REFLECTOR. Reflections. Not including a few brands of made especially Capital Tobacco for early truck. This t the richest highest grade brand of goods offered for sale in the State. The results ob by our customers from its use justify us in saying we it the best goods for Tobacco sold in this section and we most heartily recommend it to your at- As a Potato manure it ranks with the best. National As all round p, . moderate priced fer- t is by few and excelled by none. This goods has been thoroughly tested tho past two seasons for tobacco and in no case has it failed to give entire satisfaction. It is equally good for both Cotton and Potatoes. Is too well-known tho State to at hands. It has been tested on all crops and never found wanting- It has been used on Potatoes with the most satisfactory results, for Cotton it stands at the head of the list. Such of our customers who have used it on Tobacco are pleased and say they want it again- Beef. Blood This of goods as its and implies is com- posed largely of animal Flesh, Blood and Bone, and all farmers know these contain the best properties of any thing they can use. This brand of Guano has been throughly tested on Cot- ton, Corn Tobacco and you will be entirely safe to buy it for any crop. Fertilizer. Wednesday. Another week of like weather, The Cycle Club had a Thursday night. The boys had valentines. a big time with their Dad weather Saturday and a small crowd town. The first white shad at Washington sold at a pair. The cheapest Furniture is at the Old Store. The recent nice started the trees to Cash given for Eggs Poultry at the Old Brick The pupils of Mr. school gave a party Friday night. Lent begins to-day Sunday, April If yesterday can ha taken as an Index will now have some good weather. Use Meal of Cotton Seed, at the Old Brick Store. There's many a follow feeling a little glum to-day over the he got last night. Bliss the earliest Po- at the Old Brick Store. The cod January weather caused many to what potatoes they had banked up. Cupid held high carnival yesterday and sent many a love to many sweet maidens. Black and While Seed Oats for sale. J. B. CO. The river fishermen arc getting their lip net- and boats logo in search of the shad. fair next, week. Fa e from Greenville including admission to fair is for the round trip. Cir load just ice, which will sell p. Co. I Peri on Ha Miss Nannie Wilson has been sick for several days. Tin- little child of Mr. and lira. S. T. Hooker is quite sick. Mrs. wife of the Senator from Pitt county. Is at the Carolinian. Mr. J. C. Tyson has moved his family back to Greenville and occupies the Perkins house on Pitt street. Miss Eva Fleming, of who has been spending sometime In Green- ville, home Mis. II. B. of Washington, has been spending some days here with her parents, Mr. Mrs. J. E. Langley. Mr. C. G. Joyner, a Baltimore whole- sale merchant, and a man whom Pitt comity will always proudly call her son, was in our midst last week. Mr. J. W. Young, manager of the It. G. Dun commercial agency at Norfolk, spent part of the past week here looking after the rating of parties in this section. Mr. and Mrs. K. J. Cobb, Mr. and Mrs. C. W. and Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Forbes recently held receptions at their homes and parties of our people. suppers were served at each reception. Mr. W. F. in the Be of Greenville, spent a day in town hist week. The Democrat was glad to sen him. He took subscriptions Reflector, which is very popular with Scotland Node Neck Democrat. Pitt county is honored in the appoint- of one of her sterling men, Mr. J. Bryan Grimes, of upon the staff of Gov. Carr. While congratulate our young friend upon re- this honor, also congratulate the Governor upon the selection he made. He could not have made a better Col. Grimes will wear his with credit to himself, to his county and to his Stale. Standard , This is a new of goods on this market but understand tho business. It is composed largely of pure an- bone which think is very valuable and is of permanent to tho soil. It comes to us very highly from other sections and we do think yon will maKe any mistake to give it a trial. A Nearly all Acid Phosphate is the differs in the of Avail. Acid which it contains. We have a standard brand sale and guarantee it as good as the best. German. Some farmers con- that makes them a better return for their money than any fertilizers they use. It is with- out doubt a good manure. We have a large on hand and know it and pure as we take it direct from the We are in a position to make you very low prices on and it will pay you to see us before yon buy. Write us and we will come to see you, or to see us and we will make prices right and give you good goods- Yours truly, YOUNG N. C. This section had a hard rain Thursday of last week, and the second chap- of the same act came Sunday Skates for the rink are on the way, and Larry expects to have of our folks on before the week is out. The shad frog commenced This is a better indication that spring is not far the ground hog failing to see his shadow. Messrs. Cannon on yesterday selling their tobacco crop from acres. The net proceeds from their .-ales amounted to You arc not helping yourself any by grumbling at what somebody else is do- or by up faults other people. Always at There were several dances around in the country last week. The seemed to be getting in all the pleas possible before the beginning of Lent. The docs some talking on Its own account to-day. Turn to fourth page of this paper and just see how cheap are selling all kinds of stationery. have a column talk to-day about the different brands of fer- they are carrying season. These brands hare been tried and their merits are established. During l cut A ban will conduct set vices the Episcopal Wednesday mornings and evening-,, Fri- day evenings, second and fourth Sunday mornings evening. I. B. Cherry it Co. are the leading Furniture Dealers Pitt county. Call on them when you The man search of good fertilizer, and all the farmers want that kind, should not fail to read what G. E. Harris has to say this issue. He has two advertise- one on fourth page and one on this page. Wilson is putting up electric lights and Rocky Mount is talking about doing so, while Greenville continues to trudge along with her few smutty lamps lighted about e. o. n. printer's parlance this means every other The Pitt County had a drill Fri- day with twenty odd men in line. new members wen added. We hope interest in it will continue to in- crease until it becomes one of the largest beet companies in the State Guard. Attention wish to inform you that are still handling the celebrated Clipper, Hampton Boy, and Boy Dixie Turning Plows, Stone- wall and Climax Plows. A full line of Castings for these Plows always on hand. J. B. Co. It is time to begin talking up timber for town This year let the Board have more men on it who are property holders. There is nothing to to be said against the present members, but it looks reasonable that men owning property in a town will have the Interest of the town more at heart. The time for holding the weekly pray- in the Baptist church has been changed from Wednesday to Thursday night and services will be held there to-morrow night. Prayer-meeting the Methodist church at the usual time to-night. The two churches having their different nights ought to insure large congregations at both. Bight on the back of the Legislature failing to interfere with the of the dog, reports are out in several towns that the pesky canines are taking advantage of their unrestricted liberties and go mad at will plant their poisonous teeth in whatever comes in their way. The law-makers still have time to repent their folly, ought to make use of their remaining days by giving the dog a of as a Weiss, Gay St. Louis. Mo., have used your Oil several and find It equaled as a pain-destroyer. I was troubled with pains in my legs and tried several remedies which did me no good. I then used Salvation Oil and the re- were good. Married. At the home of the bride in at S o'clock this morning, Miss Eva Bomber will he married to Mr. W. P. White, of The couple depart on the morn- train for Hobgood- Greenville re- to lose this charming young lady, but the best wishes of the entire com- go with her. Two of Us Think Alike. The thinks itself worth every penny asked for believing every subscriber gets his full money's worth we offer no premiums to induce people to take TOR. Correct Brother. If a publisher thinks paper is not worth the subscription price he should reduce Current. Analyses for 1893. Bulletin So. of the Experiment Station already Issued contains all of fertilizers t during the past year, both spring fall. The used in the calculations are those which will be adopted for the coining are, for available phosphoric acid cents per lb; for ammonia U cents cents for and potash cents pet- lb. Analyses for 1898 of new samples will be issued every two weeks and will be to only those who apply. One application only is needed for all the bulletins. Apply on postal card to Dr. II. B. Battle, Dire tor, Raleigh, N. C. Cold Oat There. Mr. J. A. Manning, who last October left this county for Montana, writes us a weather item that far away State. Ho says It began snowing the middle of December and continued two weeks, the thermometer ranging all while from zero to degrees below. Dec. 30th it went down to It was equally as cold through January, and at o'clock p. m. on the 30th of that month stood at be- low. Poultry and stock froze to death in large numbers. COTTON MARKET- Reported by Cobb Bros-1 Va., 10th, 1803. The depression the cotton market, as predicted in last letter, has been very severe for the past week and less there Is a settlement of the shire strike troubles soon and trade in Great Britain and on the continent proves we will doubtless see a still fur- decline in prices notwithstanding the light movement which shows a sharp falling off from last year. Liverpool market is dull with prices in favor at for middling, a decline of during the week. 1803 1802 Receipts at S. ports for week K sports Stock at ports Plantation receipts Net receipts since Sept. 1st Crop in sight Visible supply NORFOLK SPOT As wired by Cobb Feb. 14th 1803. Good Low 5-16 Good PEANUT Extra The New Baptist Minister. Be. J. If. left here last Tuesday evening for Greenville, where he the pulpit of the Baptist that place for one. month. Mr. has been a resident of Box- for nearly eight years, and has a host of friends here who regret exceed- to see him leave. He is one of the most zealous workers for religion and the of the Baptist we ever saw. The Courier sends its best wishes with him. We earnestly e he may find devoted friends wherever he may make his Courier, Feb. 0th. Rev. Mr. arrived Green- ville Friday night held service Sunday morning and evening. the inclement weather large were out to hear him and all ex- press themselves as delighted with him. So man ever, from the very beginning, took a higher stand in the estimation of our people that lie has taken. It will a cans for congratulation not only to the Baptists here but also to the entire Community if ho can be induced to re- main here. The hopes may. He will preach again next Sun- day. For La Grippe. It is said that Mr. Joe Person's is a preventative and cure for the grip. We are prepared to believe this, as it is an excellent medicine for kindred around Goldsboro where the grip has been quite prevalent for time, Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy is used almost exclusively, and such h is proved its beneficial results, that it is looked upon by the community as a panacea for grip in all stages and form. It also prevents the disease from attacking those who take the Remedy in Argus. Spring Hope, N. C, Jan. 0th, 1803. I used Bone Fertilizer S. Royster, Tarboro, N. C-, last year, and picked from one acre pounds Hut cotton where I used pounds of Bone alone. J. R. N. C. was well pleased with Far- Bone Guano. I tried it side of other standards and think it made me more cotton to the acre than any other. I pounds on one acre and it made over 1,200 pounds of seed cotton. And where I put bushels of cotton seed and pounds of other standard fertilizer, I got only pounds seed cotton, which was the same cost, of the pounds Far- Bone. I expect to use Hone. B. D. M. Oakley, Pitt Co., N. C, Sept. of the 6th to hand. I used about tons of your Bone under cotton, Irish potatoes, gar- den peas peanuts, which gave general satisfaction. Yours B. Ross. To the People of the South. I have the honor to ask your attention Inauguration is March the 4th and Hotel Johnson is the only Southern European Hotel in Washington, D. C., and I ask you to stop there, with the as- that you hare the best at- looked after by and polite clerks. Mr. E. t. Johnson the proprietor, is a Southern man and will take pleasure showing you around. I was clerk there for quite a while and if you desire to meet the cleverest set of Southern gentlemen in this country, stop at Hole Johnson. Jack Cherry. Opinions of the Reflector. The Greenville one of our best exchanges, last week ended its eleventh year of journal efforts. Bro. Whichard has served his people well during all these years and as a reward he the liberal support of the town and community which his paper justly merits. May the paper continue for many more years to reflect the business and advantages of that section, with Bro. Whichard at the Bea- con. The Greenville Reflector is eleven years old and its usefulness increases with its age. It is one of our best ex- changes and is always interesting and spicy. Pitt county Is a good field country journalism and brother Which- ard is covering the ground and is doing good work for his community. He is entitled to the fine patronage which he Neck Democrat. The Greenville Reflector is one of the most sterling, wide-awake, fearless and cut spoken papers in the State. It is edited with industry and ability and has cause to rejoice over its success and prosperity. It deserves all It more. Editor Whichard has opinions of his own and he is not afraid to express them. note the fact that the Re- has entered upon its twelfth year the Gold Leaf hopes it may live to be one hundred under the Fame man- Gold Leaf. A gentleman whose estimation we prize highly, one of old Pitt's noblest sons, and one voice and pen have done service for his party and his country, and though a young man, one whose opinions have been quoted far near, takes to write us those kind words in renewing his sub- for two And for which continue sending me the Reflector. I wish to congratulate you upon the valuable aid rendered county and the State by your paper hat fall, feel that we should take a pa- pride in extending and your WON STOCK if COST New Straight Clean Large Stand catch the qualities as they tho knife this time with a grip of determination nothing shall stay our turn our backs on the loss of snap our finger at the sacrifice of truth of it is just Wilson stack has been moved to our Greenville we have not the room for you know we are not disposed to dabble in the future until the present is settled so we arc going to set- it this of the a mite of money is worth a mountain of stock to there yet remains months of service for these will be the ear that does not hear the breaking of these the eye that cannot see the purse that cannot claim a share of this monster sac- only be for days and don't take advantage of it Respectfully, C. T. Fill Cheapest and Best Fertilizer on the Market for Has been used tor twenty years and has the endorsement of hundreds of practical and successful Southern Farmers. BRANCHVILLE JOTTINGS. Editor the past wee we have had some nice sun- shiny days which we appreciated very much after the recent severe weather. It gave us line to thaw out. The Saw mills have started to work again after having been Christmas. They give employment to quite a number of pat nils. Gray Vincent have sold their e-t in their mills here to S. Mitchell, and will mills at They are clever gentlemen and we regret to them leave. Mr. Mitchell, the new- owner, is popular and we welcome him to our midst. Minnie of N. C. left for borne a few days ago. Miss Nannie Joyner is visiting friends near Franklin. Several parties at making a desperate for the at that place under the incoming and we are informed that W. M. Is in lead for the prize. As for tills place, the present postmaster, J. C. James, is good enough for us and we are satisfied. He is a Democrat from the word and has held the office during the present administration by his personal popularity. Quill Paw. BIG MONEY IN CORN. HOW Mil. A. PAGE RAISED OVER BUSHELS OF TO THE ACRE ON TEN ACRES OF LAND. From Wilmington Messenger, Nov, 1802 Mr. A. B- Page, of Nichols, S. C, has this sea- son gathered the enormous yield of 49-66 bush- els of corn from ten of land. This makes an average of over bushels to the acre, and it will be interesting to know how Mr. secured such results. In a letter to Messrs. Worth Worth, of this city, be writes follows, telling how it was showing result of a ten field of corn cultivated by A. B. Nichols, C Laud was broken with two-horse turn-plow, November, 1891, having been highly manured for several years before this. February, broadcast bushels green cotton seed per acre, broke them in with turn-plow, then oat in seven and one- foot rows. I then put in water furrow seven tons compost made from Carmer for- for Homo Fertilizer. On this I reversed two turn furrows, planting one double row of corn with corn planter eighteen inches apart to seven and one-half feet, March 15th. As soon as com was up I cultivation with inch plowing deep and keeping land as level as possible until last plowing, which was done about the last of June with a Stonewall sweep. During cultivation I applied in furrows side of corn pounds cotton seed meal. In the field there wore sixty-eight rows. rows were measured with flour bar- yielding an average of barrels to tho row, or flour barrels to the ten acres. Each barrel yielded pounds shelled corn, pounds or bushel to the ten acres. A- B. Jackson, N. C, Oct. 17th, 1892. Messrs. Carmer Co. Gentlemen In reply to your as to the of Home Formula, I have used tho same for the past sis years in quantities varying from to tons. I con- sider it one of tho most reliable fertilizers I have over used and, cost considered, cheaper than other fertilizers that I have used. My experience is confined to its use under and by the side of corn and cotton only. When carefully and properly made, and used as per directions, I consider it unequaled. Respectfully, GEO. P- Ga., August 12th, 1892. Messrs. Boykin, Carmer Co. Sirs have tried two tons of year for tho first time, and I can safely say that it has thoroughly proved recommendation. I have tho best cotton and corn in my vicinity. Please write me terms and lowest prices for ten formulas, delivered to Ga. If it will add to the sale of said Fertilizer to use my name, do so. Yours truly, DAVID Everett, K C, Sept 30th, 1889. Messrs. Biggs Davenport- Gents have used for several years and I consider it the cheapest that I use. I in- tend using it every year. Respectfully, WHITE. For Sale By G. E. HARRIS, Greenville, N. C. We are still making a specialty of am urn. We have a first class assortment Do not fail o get prices and parts for all kinds of machines are sold by us. Respectfully, BROWN BROS., Depositors for American Bible Society ESTABLISHED 1883. . A, WHOLESALE AND GREENVILLE. WT. C. Half Rolls CO Bundles New Arrow Ties. Small Full Cream Tubs Choice Butter. Tub Boston Lard. Boxes Tobacco, all grade, Cake and Cracker. Stick Candy. New Corn Mullet. Barrels Gall Ax Snuff. Barrels P. Barrel Railroad Mills Snuff, Barrels Three Cur load Side Meat Car load Seed Oats. Cur load all Kegs Powder. Tons Shot. old Virginia Cheroots. Full line Case and everything alas kept in a Hist class General Merchant, O. -----Manufacturer of the- COX COTTON PLANTER and dealer in Brackets, Turned or Scrolled Work, Church Pews and all Building Supplies. My Tobacco in all sizes are for sale at S. M. Schultz Co., Greenville, and at my mill. Will make satisfactory arrangements with to furnish their customers. It. COBB, x. c. c c. Pitt Co., n, a VAUGHAN BARNES, COM MISSION MERCHANTS BOTANIC I i THE GREAT REMEDY Ml ALL W i aw saw penal J SCROFULA. I t BALM CO, AIMS. a. The of the cotton crop thus far this season would indicate that there was some foundation for the bad crop accounts daily reaching us from all parts 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. i S i. fa a -3 COBB BROS, ft Cotton Factors -----AND- Commission Merchants, STREET, NORFOLK, VA. Consignments and Correspondence Solicited. THE RELIABLE OF C to the buyers of Pitt and counties, a line of the following goo not to be excelled la this market. And to be pure straight good. GOODS of all kinds, NOTIONS, CLOTHING GE GOODS. MATS CAPS, BOOTS and and and GOODS, WINDOWS. SASH and CROCKERY and WARE, HARDWARE, PLOWS and PLOW CASTING, LEATHER of kinds, Gin and Mill Hay, Rock Paris, and Put Hair, Harness. and HEAVY GROCERIES A SPECIALTY. Agent Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton which I offer to the trade at Wholesale Jobber prices, nu per dozen, less C per cent for Cash. Bread Prep ration and Hall's Star Lye At Prices, Lead and pure Lin- seed Oil, Varnishes Paint Colors. Wood Pumps, Salt and Wood Willow Ware. Nails a specialty. Give me a and guarantee satisfaction. Seeing is And a good lamp must be simple; when it is not simple it is good. Simple, Beautiful, words mean much, but to tee The Rochester will impress the truth more forcibly. All metal, tough and seamless, 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 purer and brighter than gas light, softer than electric light and more than either. Look for If has the centime will send lamp by from Start in I he World. CO Per New LIFE AND FIRE INSURANCE AGENT, GREENVILLE, N. C OFFICE A JAMES OLD STAND Ail kinds placed in strictly FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES At lowest current rates. AGENT FOB A PROOF SAFE

TOBACCO TOBACCO JOTTINGS LOCAL NOTES. Now is time to prepare plant beds and get wood for purposes. Mr. Ola Forbes has sold his in- in the Greenville Warehouse to Mr. W. T. Brogden and is now auctioneering for both houses. In order to have good healthy plants the tobacco beds should be thoroughly prepared and well ma- Strong plants grow off from three to five days earlier than weaklings. Mr. C C- Joyner, that young and efficient tongued of Messrs. Joyner has resigned his position to attend the spring term of Prof. Z. D. school at Bethel. The best fertilizer that can be used under plant beds is from a half to three quarters of a pound of fish scrap guano. It contains a very large per cent, of and we have never known it to fail to make vigorous thrifty plants- Messrs. Edwards and sold on the of the Eastern last week three lots of wrappers that ranged way up from fifty-five to eighty-five besides some inferior grades, the lowest of which brought fifteen dollars- We heard a gentleman from Danville say that he had not seen any prices to compare with those this year. for Greenville. hope will be of interest and value will at the proper time appear. And now in conclusion let me say that I am working very bard to build up the tobacco interest of Eastern North Carolina in general and Greenville in particular, and I ask your assistance. With you all can be accomplished. Without you nothing. My intention is to make the tobacco department a newsy and interesting feature of the Reflector and to place it in the hands of every tobacco man in Eastern Carolina. L- Joyner. By an arrangement that I have made with Mr. Whichard, one page of the Reflector will here- after be devoted to the tobacco in- of Eastern North Carolina- The object of this is to place within the reach of every tobacco farmer a paper that not only contains the local news of general interest but also reliable tobacco reports from the tobacco growing sections, both of this State and Virginia. We have some farmers who have made splendid success in the cultivation of tobacco, whose views on the cultivation and management of tobacco I shall attempt to procure and in due time place them in the columns of this page for the fit of others who are just beginning the cultivation of tobacco. I am now in correspondence with a gentleman at Greensboro who has made the curing of tobacco a care- study for years and if tobacco can be successfully cured by his plan, which he argues is the only natural way of doing it, it will save many, many nights of weary unrest to the tobacco curers- This and many other things which I For a number of years past, the Winston Tobacco Journal edited by H. E. Harman. has been exposing and the fraudulent methods of the American Tobacco Co. In this until of recent date he has been entirely alone- Every newspaper and tobacco trade paper remained silent while the poverty stricken and depressed of North Carolina and Virginia were sacrificed at the altar of their fish greed. For his bold and manly denunciation of this king of can trusts frequent attempts to boycott him have been made but all to no avail. He stood and invulnerable against the blasting threats of this irate band of legalized robbers, and now not only the New York World and other leading northern papers are lighting the trust but also the Southern a paper that has been considered warm in the interest of the American Tobacco Company has the grit to come out and say in the American Tobacco Company's competitor, the cigarette that what is most needed has come to pass-a stiff upper lip and plenty of back bone a bold print and the ability to protect its own interest in leadership and generalship and to tyranny of trade. Alas after continued friends at the methods of the trust Company and when through the shrewdness of business scheming linked with the power of capital another com- is brought into that is able to take care of itself the Winston Journal finds itself rein- forced on all sides. We say all honor to Harman to whom all honor is due, for it was he who first began to expose this lists curse whom coils grasped the weak farmers of the bright tobacco belt of North Car- J. W. Yates, Tenn. does me good to praise Botanic Blood Balm. It cured me an abscess on the lungs and asthma that troubled me two years and that other failed to ATTENTION FARMERS Do you want a strictly C Do you want a Fertilizer that has been high grade Fertilizer tested by your neighbor and found to superior to all others. IF SO Call on the undersigned and buy any of the following brands which are guaranteed strictly reliable. ORINOCO SPECIAL COMPOUND, PREMIUM, PURE GERMAN I will sell these goods on terms to suit all purchasers. G. M. TUCKER, GREENVILLE, N. C R. W. ROYSTER CO. us r. N. C. buys References and type samples f on application. BANNER WAREHOUSE OXFORD, o. Bullock Mitchell, Owners and Proprietors. Headquarters for Big Prices High Averages We are doing business at the same old stand, where we are better prepared than aver before to handle to advantage the fine bright Tobacco from the Golden We have a very large corps buyers who are anxious for New Tobacco and are willing to pay good prices for it. stands well on our market and is eagerly Bought after both by our order men and speculators. We are very glad that we can say to the Pitt and adjoining counties that tobacco has better this year than we hare known it In years and that we look for good prices during the season. Hogsheads can be had FREE OF CHARGE by those planters shipping to us, by applying to S. H. Schultz Co., Greenville, N. C or to Amos G. Cox, N. C. that we bid lively on every pile put upon our floor and buy largely of all grades that we sell, and will see to it that you shall have highest market price for every pound sold with us. Recollect that it cost you nothing to collect our checks as they are payable in New York Exchange without cost to holder. Don't forget to try us with a good shipment and we will convince you that we hustlers from way. and that we get every time on big prices and you know they your tobacco graded for you in our house by skilled hands at per Thanking friends for the very liberal patronage bestowed upon us in the past and them our very best efforts to please them in the future, we are with best wishes. Very truly your friends, BULLOCK A MITCHELL, Oxford, N. C HIGHER TAX ON TOBACCO. Congress Disposed to Increase the Rate. Inquiries among leading Demo- and Treasury officials who have discussed the subject of In- Revenue taxation reveal an interesting state of affairs. It be- gins to look as though it was a certainty that the tobacco pro- vision of the present Internal Rev- law would be repealed, and the law in force prior to the pass age of the Bill enacted again. The revenues of the conn try, these Congressmen say. must be increased. Whiskey will have to stand a higher rate of taxation, as a matter of course, and tobacco industry also must carry an extra burden. Some of the coming leg- favor a considerable in- crease, spirits say it will not be wise to do more than return to the rates imposed before the ill-starred Congress ed the internal taxation. This pro- posed policy would result in the re-imposition of an eight cents a tobacco and snuff tax, in- stead of the present six cents a pound tax; restoration of the special taxes, especially on dealers and a return to the former concerning cigars, etc. One exception, however, is noticeable. An intention to make war on the cigarette tax, will probably be in- creased to one dollar a thousand, unless special efforts are made to prevent it The latest comparative state issued by the Commission of Internal Revenue shows that there will be a very great increase in the revenue collected by his during the present fiscal year, judging from the of the past six two millions in the tobacco items alone. It believed here that the re- tail dealers in leaf tobacco will be legislated out of existence by the coming Congress, as special tax formerly imposed would, if imposed again, drive them out of the business, and in- to this effect are not York Leaf. Reported Joyner A Fillers Green, Common. Good. Fine, f Common. Smokers, Fine, f Common, Fair, Howl, L Fancy, Cutter Wrappers It is Inexcusable in to go to church, and disturb the public worship, or go to a public meeting and annoy the audience by unseemly exhibition of themselves in coughing, when a few doses of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup, that peerless remedy for and cold, will surely cure their cold. Try it. Fair. Good, Fancy, to to to to to to IS mu to to to to FERTILIZER WILSON E. M. Pace, Reporter. Our receipt this week have been heavy, necessitating two sales some days. The has been all we would ask. Bibbing spirited and sellers wearing smiling faces over prices. Reported by Owen Davis, Warehouse. QUOTATIONS. Lugs or Common to medium, to Medium to good, to Good tonne, W to Fillers or Common to medium, to . to Medium to good, to Good to flue, to Cutters or Best Common to Medium, to Good to line, B rs or Best Leaf I Common to medium, to Medium to good, , to Good to line, Fine to fancy, to medium, to Medium to good. W Good to flue. 13.18 P Fine to fancy, to Primings Fillers to S good to Hue to Smokers to Cutters common to tog Wrappers By J. S. Meadows, Smokers common, good. Cutter common, good, fine, fancy. Fillers common. good, Wrappers common, A good, line, fancy. OH I AM NOW ON THE MARKET WITH THE Largest and Best Line -OF- porter. to to to to IS to to to M to to The Eastern Tobacco Warehouse, FERTILIZERS I have ever handled and am prepared to offer to the FARMERS- OF PITT and the adjoining counties reliable Fertilizers at from 12.50 and Up. MY are too well known to require comment. Results from a thousand fields speak praises that would cost too much to re- hearse here. fills up the paper and saves the editor work but he makes mp pay for it the Prices of have advanced and some manufacturers have been com- to advance the prices of their or run the grades down, but my people had laid in a fall supply of mate- rial the advance and are enabled to offer the same goods at same prices. you want to buy a good Fertilizer come to see me. If I can offer you bet- inducements than any one else you, . have saved money. If I cannot you lost nothing. Therefore I say com to see me, hear what I can offer and then if we can't trade you can go to some other dealer and buy just as cheap as you could if you had never seen me. Yours respectfully, G, E. HARRIS, GREENVILLE N. C. Do YOU Write THEN YOU MUST HAVE PAPER FENS, ENVELOPES, PENCILS, INK. ---------SEE WHAT THE-, Reflector V Book Store CAN OFFER YOU IN THESE. Legal Cap Paper to cents a quire. Fool's Cap Per to cents a quire. Letter paper JO cents a quire. Note Paper i to cents a quire- Envelopes to a pack. Box Paper from cents up. Gilt Edge caper to cents a quire. Pure Linen Note Paper, ruled and plain, to cents a quire- Nice Square Envelopes to match the Paper. Fine Tablets at all wan price THESE ARE NO THIN, CHEAP PAPERS THAT WILL NOT HOLD INK but FIRST-CLASS. Tablets, Slates, DINER PROPS. THANK our friends and patrons for their kind and liberal patronage during the past year and promise that we shall work as hard during the present year to protect their interest. market has re- sales after the unusual long cold weather and all grades of tobacco are in active demand. We have the same force of buy- with increased orders for all grades and can truly say that we can get yon as much money for your tobacco as . ., . tobacco we will distribute free a few packages choice variety tobacco seed. Give us a trial, . Your friends truly, JUST SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. Bring on your tobacco and we will please you with a high average. To those who wish to plant Joyner Greenville, Pencil Tablets, Letter and Fools Cap sizes only cents. You pay cents for these same tablets elsewhere. Slates cents to cents. Slate Pencils cents per doz. Fancy Colored Crayons per box. Pens per dozen. Fine Assorted Pens cents per dozen. Plain Lead Pencils cents per Rubber Tipped Lead Pencils per dozen. Pen Holders cents per doz. And lots of other tilings just as cheap. Pf ct- of co p. Do You Read Then yon want the best We handle the leading Harper, Frank Leslie, Review of Reviews, New Peterson, etc., at usual retail prices. Besides we carry a line of popular paper covered Novels at only cents and nicely bound Novels These embrace books by the best writers, a list too large to mention. Any book wanted that is not on hand will be ordered. RUSSIAN Violin imitators and Followers But No Competitors JOHN F SON'S tot Violin Strings Ho Dealer Musician need by poor Strings If be desire to buy JOHN F. SON, your for them and ft a cannot to . o Goods Band Sold at Retail. It cannot injure the finest fabric ft WASHING COMPOUND THE GREAT INVENTION For Swing Without To Color Or NEW YORK. corroding, destroying the of animal flesh. purging. Chemical analysis will prove that Pearline has no caustic qualities, but that the ingredients of which it is made have, been so skilfully manipulated, that Pearline stands to-day the greatest household detergent known. Science it; its rapid adoption by intelligent and economical housekeepers, who use many millions of packages each year, is proof positive that science and are right. These facts should lead those who do not use Pearline, try it at once; directions for easy washing on every package. I Peddlers and some grocers are offer- J V- IT'S are not, and besides are dangerous. PEARLINE is never but sold by all good grocers. , Manufactured by JAMES PYLE CARTS DRAYS Factory Is well equipped with the best Mechanic, put up nothing We keep up with the and the improved styles material used in all work. All styles of Springs are you can select from Brewster, Storm, Coil, Ram Horn, King We also keep on hand a full line of Ready Made aim Whips which we ell at the lowest rates. Special attention given to repairing. T- ID- Since its first introduction, Electric Bitters has gained rapidly In popular favor, until now it is clearly in the lead among pure medicinal tonics and nothing which permits its use as a beverage or intoxicant, it U recognized as the best and purest cine for all ailments of Stomach, Liver or Kidneys. It will cure Sick Head- ache, Indigestion, Constipation, and drive Malaria from the system. faction guaranteed with each bottle or the money will be refunded. Sold at WOOTEN'S STORE. New Barber Shop. I take this r urn thanks to my many customers who have given me their liberal support in the past I have opened a new shop in the old Club House and would respectfully solicit a of my former patronage. I will assure all that they shall receive every attention besides getting the be.-t and hair cut in town. All I ask is s trial. Satisfaction guaranteed. All of the latest improvements in the rial art will be in use my shop. Alfred Having completed my store at Whichard Pitt county, N. I am opening a stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, and cordially invite the public to call and examine DRY GOODS, NOTION'S, GROCERIES. Our motto is Standard Goods at Rea- Prices for Cash. Examine my stock before buying elsewhere. It the goods prices do suit we charge nothing to show them. Country produce taken In exchange W. R. TO -----If you want to save----- then of a and from Ten to Fifteen Dollars In the purchase of an Organ address ADOLPH COHN, NEW N. C. General Agent for North Carolina, who now handling goods direct from the manufacturers, as HIGH GRAPE PIANOS, for tone, workmanship and and endorsed by Dearly all the musical journals In the United Spates. Made by Paul G. who Is at this time one of the best mechanics and In- of the day. Thirteen new patents on this high grade Also the NEWBY A EVANS RIGHT PIANO which has been sold by him for the past six years in the eastern part of this State and up to this time has given entire The Upright Piano just mentioned will be sold at from to Rosewood, Oak, Walnut or Mahogany cases. the ORGAN from to In solid or Oak Ten years experience In the music business has enabled him to handle nothing but standard goods and ho doe not to say tint he fell an musical Instrument about per cent cheaper than other agents now to all hanks in Eastern PATENTS obtained, and all business In the U, S Patent office or the Courts attended to for Moderate Fees. We are opposite the U. S. Patent Of- engaged in Patents Exclusively, and can obtain patents in less time than more remote from Washington, the model or drawing is sent we advise as to free of charge, and make no change unless we ob- Patents. We refer, here, to the Post Master, the Stint, of the Money Order Did., and to officials of the Patent Office. advise terms and reference to actual clients your own State, or address, C. A. SNOW Co., D. C. OINTMENT MARK Tor the to o all Sb This been in use over fifty years, and wherever know has been in steady demand. It has been by the leading physicians all over -be country, and effected cures where all other remedies, with the attention of the most experienced physicians, have for year failed. This Ointment Is of long standing and reputation which It bus obtained Is owing entirely a Its own efficacy, as but little has ever been made to bring it before the One bottle of this Ointment will b sent to any address on receipt of One Dollar. Sample box free. The usual discount to Druggist. All Cash Orders promptly attended to. Address all or- and communications to T. F. Sole Manufacturer and