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Believes in And takes his paper. One Dollar gets Reflector. This Office for Job Printing Thing Mentioned in our State Ex- changes that are of General Interest The Cream of the News. A meeting of the State Monument Association is called to be held in 24th. Goldsboro Headlight There are now twenty-three orphans at the Odd Fellows Home, near this city. Davis Knowles, of county, was drowned last week in attempting to cross a swamp His two stales also per- Washington The Beaufort County Lumber Com- have sold all their timber in and part in Craven to the Suffolk Co. Henderson Gold Mr. I. R. Fuller, who lives about seven miles from town, lost his pack- house, containing six burns of tobacco, by tire last night It is supposed that the fire caught from or was the work of an incendiary- says he was slightly A white man named Monday morning, was killed at the saw mill at A- R. junction, by being struck with a board which he was to a rip saw. He leaves a wife and children. He was a good citizen and much esteemed by his employees. Free Press About a dozen boys were up in court yes- for dice mostly. The defendants all submitted and judgment was pended on payment of costs. The solicitor stated that he desired for the public to know that all cigars or anything is against the law. Wilkesboro Chronicle Mrs- Lottie of Mulberry, is peculiarly afflicted. She spells of bleeding. The blood oozes out through the pores of the skin and stains her clothes all over her body. Her tongue, which has been swollen for some time, has begun to bleed. She is gradually bleeding to death and cannot last long. Morganton Herald One day last week James Smith, a son of George Smith, was killed on the lands of Mr. J. W. Garrison, a few miles south of Morganton- Smith was cutting trees in the woods for tan bark, and a limb thrown back by a fall- tree struck him on the head and crushed his skull. Smith was about thirty-five years of ago and was unmarried. Raleigh News and Observer Dr. William F. Lewis, son of Dr. R. W. Lewis, of Kinston, who had recently in medicine in the University of Maryland, has just passed the examination before the Army Board in New York and now ranks as Assistant in the army. He is at home awaiting orders. Dr. W- F. Lewis was one of three only that passed the board. Charlotte Tracy Worley, the 14-year-old son of this city, met with a terrible dent Wednesday, in the factory at Rockingham, where he is em- ployed. While at work, his left arm was caught in the machinery and so badly torn and mangled that amputation is necessary. His mother went to him day, and will bring him home as soon as he is able to be moved. Warren county has the smartest hog. Last week when the forest fires wore raging this hog saw the flames approach- her bed of straw, in which was her brood. The old porker quickly rooted out a hole near by and deposited her pigs in it. She then laid down over them, and the fire passed burning the bed and singeing the hair of the mother hog. The little squealers were saved and are now just as happy as little pigs should be. Wilmington At the base ball game at Hilton Park yesterday a was drunk, and in his hilarity insisted on occupying a position on the railroad. Trains were ever and anon, and as the had been jerked off the track three times patience was ex- so the police took him in hand and landed him in the house ms, a colored man aged about years, dropped dead yesterday evening about o'clock on Fifth street between Nun and Church streets- He was by him- self at the time but persons on the streets saw him fall and went to him. He was dead when they reached him. Coroner Walton was notified and upon he ascertained that the old man was subject to heart disease and that a few days ago he came very nearly dying from an attack. The old man had bean going about his work as usual the past few days, his means of livelihood being that of a and wool sawyer. He resided Fifth street near Castle, just in rear of The Eastern Reflector. D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner TRUTH IN TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance. VOL. XII. GREENVILLE PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY MAY 1893. NO. A TALE OF THE SEA. glad to see you've picked up. Here's Mr he's fond of paying us a visit down I had just got into the engine room of the Ocean Monarch, bound for Cape Town. I was the second engineer and had come aboard a week ago scarcely re- covered from a low fever. This was my first appearance and the chief engineer came forward to greet me. Mr. one of the passengers, with whom I hod made great friends, smiled. air does said he. suppose I had bettor depart in peace, as you two have plenty to no, said Paterson. know we shipped some frosh stokers, I answered; do you find have no I opened the door of the stoke- hole and looked in. put his head in behind me; ho always said the great red eye of the fire had a fascination for him. The furnace door was open, and one of the men was flinging on coals. The hot glare of light fell on him as he moved backward and for- ward. He looked I turned back hastily to Pater- is the third I said, man What do you mean What's the matter Logan, you quite are only two said following me back into the engine room. We heard the clang-to of the furnace door. I looked from one to the other. I felt scared. I I showed the feeling, for both men seemed I said, in a curiously questioning voice, as if I were not sure of what I had seen. son and the new don't know their better go to the doctor said Paterson; was in there five minutes before yon came; there were only Thomson and one of the new hands, there; and nobody has gone in I was silent; nothing could have been easier than to return to the and there and then set- the matter. But I had a sort of shrinking from seeing that strange red figure, and dropping the dispute. Thinking over it later, it seemed probable the others were right. That fierce light might produce- all manner of effects, and the third man had certainly looked shadowy enough to be only an optical de- But the second time I saw was in broad daylight. I mot him face to face and again there seemed someone behind filmy shape, and yet distinct I felt paralyzed. I thought the fever was still hanging about me, but I felt strong and well. took to watch- I asked Paterson and the third engineer if they saw any- thing odd about the man. Nothing at all, they said. Whenever I saw him I saw always that other man, like some haunted fate. Was I mad or was everyone else I said, one night, you believe in uncanny you mean exactly. I wish you'd let me tell you something, only don't laugh at for worlds. I am not an entire said If s about this Do you remember when I first saw him I told Paterson there were three were three knows whether the third was a I said in a trembling voice. is no have proved it to be none. I am not ill my nerves are not unhinged; they are as steady as yours. Always I see behind a shape you Scotch call a said warn- of his wraith is a likeness of the person warned. This shadowy form is not in the least like What does it mean. Why do I alone see it Is there some- thing for me to do and I do not know is very he said thoughtfully. may be that you alone are a ghost do not doubt me hardly know what to say. Can you describe this appear- is as clear as day, though so misty. It is a young man's white transparent com- like a person in bad health; -thin, aristocratic features; the fair hair falls in curls over the forehead; the eyes are brown womanish I paused suddenly. An from checked me. To my surprise, he had turn pale. you know the he said. mean in a to my said Dan- When we reached his cabin he fastened the door. He locked a desk, and laid a photo- graph in my hand. My blood turned to ice as I looked. There was the face I hod just described. see you said Ha oat down and his face. He seemed i cum. you were to said at last. have done How I have done told you Yes because I could no longer endure silence. What tell and you must help me. I am not for know I said, a little you are quick. I am a I said, springing up. Sit down strain. I was sent on the track of a We had certain that he had escaped to ca Borne weeks ago. lie is not the I I sat overwhelmed. quickly regained something of his professional quietude. pointing to the the likeness of Ir. Louis Temple, a young man of means, and an invalid, who was murdered by his man Perhaps you have I was ilL I heard man was a trusted half nurse. The murder, a peculiarly horrible one on a de- man, was committed evidently for a purpose of robbery. We shall find some of the spoil in chest The murderer es- in the constitution of caned, but we have evidence that will surely hang him. Now do see how great a service you have unconsciously Prob- ably but for this strange inter- position the murdered man would never have been Now I have ray hand on said the detective. is, of course, disguised. I will arrange a plan in which I shall need your entire ; can yet be- I am in my right senses. Why was I, who know nothing of the stances, chosen to bring this crime to there we get into the said the detective. That did not satisfy me, though I knew I could got beyond it The strange, the awful thing was that the next time I saw the shadow was gone. We made our plans, and I soon saw how necessary my aid was. The initial movement was to drug the man, get him into my cabin under pretense he was ill, and there satisfy ourselves of his make- I shall never forget the grim delight of the detective when this Views Upon the Resolutions and the Duty of democrats N. C, April Mr. few days ago I sent you for publication some res- passed by the Alliance of Wayne county, at the lost meet- and I have thought it proper to explain publicly my connection with said resolutions. I am now county secretary of the Alliance, and as secretary, I furnished the resolutions for publication. . They do not meet any approval- A large majority Of those advocating the resolutions care nothing for the or- except in so far as it will tear down and destroy the Democratic party, and will sustain and the Third party spirit and pro- for Third party effect. What is the fuss about and what's the cause of criticism of the legislature t It is that the Al- charter has been so amend- ed that now there is no liability upon any member, that any one who has put his money in the business agency fund shall have the right to withdraw it, and if the trustee of the fund refuses to pay, that tho Attorney-General shall bring an action which will enforce payment, and that salaries of the officers shall be increased beyond those the not fur- Hie order. These the amend- and there was cause for each. As to all except the last, I ask President Butler if be did not state in Raleigh that they wore proper, and ought to be made I The limitation upon the salaries of officers was in the interest of the farmers, who have their money in the fund, and it be ob- to, except by some one whose eye has been upon the fund and who, by the amendment is prevented from enjoying it. A great many of the lecturers of the Alliance in North Carolina last year were Third party dates- And still they were paid out of the Alliance fund 1.18. And if I am not very much mis- taken Mr. Graham was called upon to help pay that, and other expenses of the State meeting- At the last State meeting it was seen that the funds on hand were insufficient to pay delegates the amount allowed them by the con- And the committee re- commended a reduction. dent Butler ruled that this apply to that meeting as well plan succeeded, and tho wretched i as future meetings, and delegates who had left home understanding, what compensation would be made them, found it reduced, though at the same meeting borrowed by Mr. Butler, was en him, and he made no At the same meeting President Butler recommended that the bus- agency fund be taken from the trustee, a bonded officer, and given to the executive committee, without a bond. Many object to the provision lowing members to withdraw their funds. I think this was ply an act of justice- Many who are now Democrats, have joined the order believing it was and in this belief their money, they now believe it is political, and that its politics is injurious to the doctrines in which they believe. this ought their money to stay whore they think it injurious to their welfare The amendments were ed in the presence, and with the assent of Attorneys employed selected by the Alliance, one of whom was a Democrat and the other voted for Weaver. I do not know that they agreed that all the amendments were necessary, but am informed that they sub- so agreed. I believe the Alliance origins in an earnest desire to strengthen our institutions and benefit our people, but that it is now a mere machine, upon which men, who are not farmers, hope criminal was revealed in the in- sensible man stretched before us. That was his last hour free- It was a terrible scene. The man could not understand how he had been discovered. We learned that he had purposely missed the ship he had been re- to have sailed in, and had stoned on the Ocean Monarch. In chest were found jewels, plate, identified as the missing property of tho ate Mr. Temple. There was horror from stem to stern when it was known that we had a murderer on board. I think no one breathed freely till had been removed from our ship. I myself was the sensation of the hour, but I tried to avoid curious questioners. There was something awesome to me in the mystery in which I had been the to allow me to discuss it with every idle tattler. Was what I saw the spirit of the man, silently crying for vengeance I devoutly believe it was. But the question I had put to the detective remains . was made to play this part The Girl for Him. A society favorite who was de- scribing a young woman by whom he had been much attracted was laughed at for his extravagant ad- to your own state- said a. listener, girl hasn't a single redeeming was the earnest reply, she is the pink of neatness. Her gowns are always in perfect trim and speckles. Her skin is fresh and glowing, and shows that it never has been tampered with. Her hair is not dry and and all In short you can't imagine how fetching this one virtue she had no makes an otherwise rather I answered his friend. is the sort of girl that adore. I don't find too many objects for my adoration, either. Who Dropped It any one drop a SO cent piece here in the inquired a man on Second avenue car. Like a chain of lightning several men felt in their pockets and re- plied in chorus. Then the ma- walked out upon the platform, so that he could get off and run if necessary, and why in thunder don't you get down and and look for it before some one picks it up That's what I do every tune I drop money And as he skipped off the men who said they had dropped a piece kept wall screened behind their evening papers. struggled to secure and sustain Democratic supremacy, because we com- posed as our vast country is of all sorts and classes and conditions of people, it is essential to the and well-being of the try, that one strong political or- should be maintained as a rook of refuge and defense against all emergencies of danger and of wrong. The Democratic party has performed this service from the foundation of the Gov- to the present ways in some measure as either a check upon the abuse of power, or a power itself for the redress of wrong. Much is expected of it during its present lease of power much that is reasonable and due ; more, perhaps, that is other wise. The affairs of the country are in bad shape, and the people in a state of mind hard to satisfy. Tho Civil Service law has a de- weakening effect upon the enthusiasm of the average citizen by placing him under tho that it implies a compromise of the principles he advocates. It is thus working mischief to tho party affiliation and attachment, while its improvement of the civil service is by no means assured. It is notice served upon the mass of voters that far least as they are concerned the political dis- signified by their votes are without a differ- In our judgment, the law cannot repealed too soon if. political rule in this is to continue to be entrusted, as it should be, to one or the other of two great parties. Tho suggestion to which we wish to give importance in this is that the Democratic par- while it has the power to do so, should cultivate Democracy as a prime duty, looking to the opt th A Remarkable Feat of Strength. The other day in Washington a gentlemen invited Mr Walter R. Henry to the Athletic Club, of which there are four hundred members. There is a very heavy dumb bell there the athletic professor in charge said could only be raised up from the shoulder by but one man in tho club and the professor himself could only raise it times sue Mr. Henry grasped tho boll and, without his coat, raised it at arms length from his shoulder nine times. The pro- expressed great astonish- and said there was not an- other man in tho District of Col- who could do it. Any one who looks upon Mr. Henry's mag- physique need not Chronicle. PORTFOLIO. Green's Observations of Reasoning in Trout to ride into office. They have the ear of the people and, taking ad- vantage of our depressed seek to destroy confidence our public men, and to create dissatisfaction. They now that with our bone of con- their power and would be dissipated as the mist before the sun. I cannot join in their efforts, and will not do so. In conclusion, Mr. Editor, I would say, it now looks like all Democrats will have to retire from the Alliance, and all others who would teach the rising generation something besides being chronic grumblers- Very truly yours, J. A. Stevens- As we expected, and so stated at the time, we have received and publish above, a communication from Mr- J- A. Stevens, Secretary of the County Alliance, bearing the recent resolutions of the county Alliance published in these columns a week ago. The card of Mr. gives an uncertain sound and much to engage and hold sober thought and make men the truth. The has ever Democratic doctrine and Prizes for Southern Stories. An offer of prizes for original sketches of Southern life is an- by the Southern States magazine, which is published by the Record Pub- Co., of Baltimore. A prize of is offered for the best sketch or story dealing with Southern life and conditions, and will be given for the story that shall be judged worthy of a second prize. The only con- arc that the sketches sub shall present true pictures of Southern life, that they shall be original, and that they shall not exceed words length- This offer holds good until July 1st, and the prizes will be awarded as soon after that date as the submitted can be ex- This offer is made in the hope of securing of a character that will benefit tho South by their in the Southern States the New York Sun of a few days ago was an interesting upon the agricultural de- in Great Britain. The figures are given and the decline of agriculture in England appears from them to have borne a close relation, through recent years, in the degree of its progress, to that in the United States. The whole world seems to be down with the same profits decreasing and the value of farm- lands depreciating. The complaint is to no try nor to any particular section of any. The farmer on the fer- tile pains of Kansas howls as loud as his brother on the red hills of North Carolina, The more rapid- the world increases its ; the more mouths there e to be fed ; the more manufactures multiply and the more customers the farmer finds for his products, lower the prices and the poorer he gets. Where is the wise man who will rise up and tell us what is the matter Char- Observer- Remarkable Strength of Keeps the Walls of a House Free From Damp- Curious Deformity of a Lin- Eng., Family. Beth Green, tho celebrated American gives a most extraordinary account of tho acute reasoning power and memory of some trout which came under his observation. a pond he had some large brook trout which had originally captured by means of a fly and hook. The fisher- man who landed them had in to do so as quietly and gently as possible, and so the trout had ample time to examine the strange tackle which had played them so false. This according to Mr. Green, they never in life forgot. To illus- and prove theory ho would accompany a brother pro- in matters to the banks of the pond, carrying behind his back a long and a fishing rod. The trout would fol- low him along on the look-out for bread or scraps of liver. Sudden- he would swing his from behind him and flourish it in the air. Tho trout smiled, wagered their tails, and asked for another bit of bread. But when a moment later he took the rod with the reel and tackle from its con- the front fled to the furthest end of the pond, where they remained huddled up for tho rest of the day. They were care- trout, those of Mr. Green's. A Family. In a village live a family who suffer under tho cur- deformity of being Ibis peculiarity does not appear to one of those freaks of Nature, which may appear in one and not be transmitted to the next generation. So far as can be learned, the singularity has ox- in this family so far as history or tradition extends, and there seems at present no signs of its dying out as the grandchildren as devoid of fingers as their The hands of this re- markable family present the of having had the ringers amputated, or chopped off rough- and unevenly below the second joint, leaving a short stump. There is no nail or hard substance, and were it not for the absences of anything like a cicatrice, a casual observer would conclude that the defect was duo to accident; but as though Nature had attempted to compensate for the absence of fingers, the thumbs are large and strong. The family are in other fully endowed by nature, and do not appear to suffer the disadvantages the ab- of fingers might be expected to entail. One of the daughters, aged twenty, can write, sow, knit, and is in every way as dexterous and accomplished as other girls of her ago and station. When asked if she did not find it awkward to lie fingerless, she replied; If yon had never had fingers, yon would not know you needed Tho only drawback that seems to be occasioned is the cur- of the absence of fingers evokes from strangers. remedy is becoming to well and so popular as to need no special mention. All who have used Bitters slug the same son purer medicine doc not exist and It is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases the Liver and Kidneys, will remove Bolls. Salt Rheum and other affections Stated by impure blood Will drive Malaria from the system and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.-For of Headache, Indigestion try Electric satisfaction guaranteed or money c;. and per bottle at Drag A Canary Captured by a Spider. Tho strength of of tho spiders which build their webs in trees and other places in and around Santa Ana, Central America, is astonishing. One of them had in captivity in a tree there not long ago a wild canary Tho ends of the wings, the tail, and feet of the bird were bound together by some sticky substance, to which were attached the threads of the spider, which was slowly but surely drawing up the an ingenious pulley The bird bung head downward and was so securely bound with little threads that it could not struggle, and would have soon been a prey to its great, ugly captor if it had not been rescued by an onlooker. Advantage of The growth of ivy on the walls of houses renders the walls entire- free from damp; the ivy ex- every particle of moisture from wood, brick or stone for its own sustenance, by means of its tiny roots, which work their way even into the hardest stone. The overlapping leaves of the ivy con- duct water falling on them from point to point until it reaches the ground, without allowing the walls to receive any moisture whatever from the beating rains. Aged, Mrs. is fitted up with all the we have a picture molding in the parlor. Mrs. alive But your house must be awful damp To think of a picture mold- It must be the paste. I a A Woman of Many Points, Mrs. Dow, who owns and man- street-car interests in Dover, H., is said to be not only a business also skilled housewife, a judicious mother, a good shot with gun and pistol, a fine swimmer and the possessor of worth about A MISTAKE was fair cultured With In turban. She lived sod formed a a town And wont writ To for the Ho a my, runnier, Who no passion far the mas In whit or or to Ho to scorn to at And In tho A for tho Symphony, Ho made him weary; potter hr liked a minstrel With entertainment cheery. And to the Went always once a week. The wed mo hapless Tho nothing daunted. Hut soon he to pine and fade try M uncultured haunted, Ho. ton, dropped like a at fall. From to much music at she wildly cried, i-mils Mond not with he sighed, Is all stormy weather To one Uh whoso soul to dork To all. poetry and Next ho Hod to tho In hurry and The of the serve n. a She Joined which dwelt sport And nothing- knew but Just art. Oh. Boston of cultured tastes. To smile on drummer Jolly With years attuned strains, Is root folly. Pork must record tie. Who shuns the concert Symphony. Novelties in Lamp. As Limps are left in the room day it Is not altogether an easy matter to determine on a color that is harmonious with the room the daylight and yet looks well when the lamp is lighted. Certain shades of green are harmonious with many belongings and light well, but n- are most unbecoming, giving even the rosiest complexion a more or less ghastly look. Some of the more recently imported shades follow the general trend of fashion this season and are bouquets of color, so that they tho same office In tho room as a of flowers. Tho butterfly shade Is still used where a shade- that hooks on is avail- able. A little novelty In this sort of Is which Is a medium-sized paper doll dressed in fancy costume with skirts. It is fastened on a porcelain shade by means of a wire hook. Among the novelties In lamps ore those of mounted In ormolu. Tho lower part o these artistic lamps is a vase in which is placed the tube- like lamp part. These lamps are modeled with extreme delicacy and have dainty pagoda-shaped shades of silk that harmonize with the col- ors of the decorations of the Lamps In cut-glass, In as tea ex- pensive. Three are m of tho others ore very In They arc a globe on a slender, toll, round Stood, of and arc furnished with a little globe-shaped shade of the same Poet. A Little Girl's in Light, house Mr- Una keep, of the Gov. 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JAR VIS BLOW, El S-AT-LA W, GREENVILLE, r Practice in all the Courts. I. A. II. F. TYSON, Prompt attention given to collections LATHAM. HARRY I SKINNER, N. C. G. JAMES, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, R E E N V L L E, N C. Practice in all he courts. Collections a GENERAL AND IN his, Poultry, Cubs, Oysters, Fish, Caviar and All Country Products, Dock, Norfolk, V Reference Son Co., Bankers OLD DOMINION LINE. TAR RIVER Steamers leave Washington for Green. ville and touching at all land- on Tar River Monday, .-lid Friday at A. M. Returning leave Tarboro at A M. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays Greenville A. M. same days. These depart are subject to stage of water on Tar River. Connecting at Washington with steam- of The Norfolk, n and Wash- direct line for Norfolk. Baltimore Philadelphia. New York and Boston. should order their goods via Dominion from New York. from Norfolk more Steamboat from more. Miners from Boston, JNO. SON. Agent, Washington N. J. J. CHERRY, Agent, Greenville, N C ESTABLISHES 1870. S. M. SCHULTZ. broken son mat mat- or cans. Brown's Iron Bitten Rebuilds OLD BRICK STORE FARMERS AND MERCHANTS BUY their year's supplies will And their Interest to get our prices before Our stock is n all Its branches. PORK FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGAR RICK. c. s st M ark TOBACCO SNUFF A A R we buy direct from Manufacturers, you to buy at one profit. A com- stock of always on hand and sold at prior to suit the times. Out goods are all bought and sold tor CASH, therefore, having no risk to at a Respectfully, M. i. N U.

THE REFLECTOR. Greenville, N. C. J. Proprietor WEDNESDAY. MAY 17th, at th at G if. C, as mail matter. ESTABLISH THE INFERIOR COURTS. On the first Monday in June the Magistrates of the county will hold a joint meeting with the Board of Commissioners for the purpose of making the tax levy for this year, to elect a Board of and to transact such other business as may come before them. One matter to come for con- at this meeting is the re establishment of the Inferior Court for the county. The Mag- held a meeting while the Legislature was in session and decided then re-establish this court and elected the officers therefor. Some persons who were opposed to the court raised the cry that the action taken at that meeting was illegal because the Chairman of the Board of Magistrates had called the meet- instead of the call coming by the authority of the Board of Commissioners. To overcome this objection and remove any chance for technical advantage to be taken of any work done by the court, the Board of have given the full authority to consider the matter at their June meeting and to establish the court if they deem it wise to do so. The opinion of the as to the re-establishment of the Inferior Court has already been expressed. We think that Pitt county now needs just such courts- The best interest of and those persons in county who the intent of the court and law is to give justice fail to get it, demands some- thing in this direction. For proof of this we need go no further back than the begin- of this year. The opening of the year found the county car- a tremendous docket. The January term of Superior Court did nothing of consequence outside of the trials on its docket. The Legislature then in session increased the number of our Superior Courts at whose petition we are not prepared to giving the county three mixed and two civil terms a year. Under this new order of things the March term was for the trial of civil causes only. And what did that court do toward clearing the docket About as near as was possible. Jurors and witnesses were summoned to pear on Monday and the court did not open until Thursday. A calendar had been prepared but of course this delay made it of no consequence. Then when the court did open about four days of it were consumed in a case in which a few hundred dollars were involved, and after all that time the case not finally settled- The Reflector is attaching no blame to any one for this, but it is just what occurred. Next take April term of Superior Court which was for the trial of both criminal and civil coses. The criminal docket was light, and with the idea that it could be disposed in a few days a calendar was arranged and pub- to begin the trial of civil cases on Thursday of the first week. But the Grand Jury kept the court on criminal matters Tuesday of the second week, hence the work done on the civil docket again to nothing when its size is con- And what was the of the criminal cases that so much of the term All minor a penitentiary case in the entire eight day's every one of which might have been disposed of by the In- Court- Trying such cases before the Superior Court is much more ex- pensive than the Inferior Court would be, and by the Inferior Court there is not only a saving to the county of consider- able costs, but the Superior Courts would have time to work on the civil docket which would be more satisfactory to those greatest concern in the matter the tax payers and persons cases in court- Taking these things into con- the Reflector says es- the Inferior Court and es- it quick. The statement of town finances published in this issue gives the last year's Board of credit for handing down the largest sum of money to their that has come from any retiring Board. When the old Board took charge in May of last year they received from their the sum of and had to pay bills contracted by their predecessors amounting to which virtually had the town in debt at the begin- of their administration. Now at the close of their year, after paying every dollar of out- standing indebtedness against the town, they turn over to their successors the sum of With this sum to begin with, and the prospect of a few hundred dollars more being- saved in police the new Board certainly ought to give the town some per- improvements- They can make no better beginning than by giving the water supply ate attention- And when street improvements come up for con- let the work done on them be of a permanent character that will not have to be worked over after every rain- The Charlotte Observer its strides forward and is now a long way ahead of and paper in the State in its news service. Its Washington specials are a did feature. Sunday's numbers work on them is done is now six pages and full of the very best matter. The ought to have a good number of readers in this section- Verily there seems to be a con- among some of the banks for failing- Under one heading Saturday's Richmond Dispatch told of the suspension of eighteen banks in Indiana, Ohio and Mich The failure of several of them was due to the suspension o the Chemical National Bank of Chicago. A new phrase will be establish- ed now, and instead of asking what the Governor North Caro- said to the Governor of South Carolina, it will be, What did the Governor of Oregon say to the ox-Governor of New York Notwithstanding Greenville is the best town in North Carolina and the Reflector is printed no- where Richmond Dis- patch has dropped into the habit of getting us at Greensboro every time- THE INFERIOR COURT. of the N- C, May 10th, 1893- What will the Magistrates do about the Inferior Court I see that the County Commissioners issued a call at their late meeting which enables the Magistrates to consider the advisability of es- the Inferior Court when they meet the first Monday in June. The masses of Pitt county want the Inferior Court- Will the Magistrates establish it, or will they let a few lawyers for them as they dictated for the Legislature in establishing the present five term system of courts I hope they will con- sider wants of the people and not play into the hands of a few lawyers, for as I see the it is solely and only for the purpose of delaying and con- the docket to suit the selfish ends of a few. The people of Pitt county have now for several years been de- of their property rights by some unexplained condition of affairs, and it is high time some- thing was done for their relief- I heard a lawyer say that with the present system of courts we would soon have the business of Pitt county in good shape. Now let that lawyer tell what cases, giving the names, were tried by a jury at both the March civil term and the April mixed term, and how long will it take the five terms at that rate to dispose of the cases now upon the docket for trial by jury. True, a good railroad suits were compromised, but the courts cannot claim it for There can be no question as to the economy of the Inferior Court, and no one who has in the Superior Court it possibly has been for doubts that the time consumed in the trial of petty by a and District is needed for the trial of more matters. Establish the Inferior Court for the trial of all minor and criminals will be more speed- punished, and in my opinion it will not be long before it would be as it was when we had that court before, not as much criminal business to do and a clean civil docket. Nothing so puts down crime as speedy and wise punish- W. WASHINGTON LETTER. New York must be chock full of and its an easy matter to get and in shape for a in the metropolis- Sta- show there are bar-rooms in the city, which is our Regular Washington, D. C, May President Cleveland has this week been able to devote more f his time to important public matters than in any single week since his inauguration, owing to his having stopped the practice of granting personal interviews to applicants for Presidential positions; it they have had to devote almost their entire time to them, and less there is a they will be compelled to follow the dent's example and applicants for office. Those who pretend to be shocked at what they are pleased to call the dent's innovation have short as he did precisely the same thing in October, 1885. It would be advantageous to cants for places if members of the cabinet would also refuse to see applicants, for then they would have a chance to look over the papers on file and make to the President, thus hastening appointments. It is because Republicans know this that they are trying so hard to create a public sentiment in favor of unlimited personal interviews ; the longer the heads of the de- are kept away from the papers on file, by callers, the longer the big offices will be fill- ed by Republicans. See The Weather Bureau has closed and Gen. Colby is now at work on the testimony, upon which his report will be based. What that report will recommend your correspondent has no means of knowing, but the evidence will certainly justify a general shake-up of the bureau from top to bottom, and it is together probable that Secretary Morton will see that it gets it. While nothing absolutely was proven against officials a state of affairs was shown to exist that calls loudly for a change. Secretary Herbert has correct and thoroughly Democratic ideas about the relations that should exist between naval officers and the U. S- Government, as his or- that no more leaves of ab- be granted naval officers for the purpose of allowing them to enter private employ fully proves. This practice, like many other questionable ones, is of Republican origin, and has grown into almost a scandal. Under it naval officers who have acquired special knowledge along certain lines after long study, at government expense, nave ed leaves of absence, in some cases for as long as four years, on two-thirds pay, in order that they might sell their special edge to the highest bidder among those to whom it would be most contractors who do business with the Navy depart- Secretary Herbert says that hereafter when any naval of- desires to accept private em- he must resign his com- mission before doing so, and every good Democrat will say amen So many complaints of one kind and another have been re- by Secretary about the methods and the ad- ministration of the New York tom-house he has determined to have it investigated from top to bottom, and has the following gentlemen to do it; ex-Secretary Fairchild, of New York city; Hon. Daniel of N- Y-, and Hon. Poindexter Dunn, of Arkansas. It is significant that upon the very day Judge the new Commissioner of Pensions, took personal charge of the Pension Bureau that frauds aggregating something like should have been exposed. And still more significant is the fact that all of these frauds obtained pen- through a single attorney W. R Drewry, of Norfolk, Va. That hundreds of similar cases will be is the belief here- Judge is of the opinion that the amount out for pensions can be reduced without depriving any man of what is justly and legally his and without changing the laws and he proposes to de- the correctness of that opinion- A number of prominent Demo- headed by Representative Bynum, of Indiana, are endeavor- to persuade President Cleve- land to call the extra session in June, instead of September. The argument of these gentlemen is that September is the most healthy month in the year in Washington, malaria being worse than at any other time. They say that if Congress comes to- in June the House can perfect its organization and the committees get down to work be- fore the hottest weather of the summer comes and then a recess can be taken to the first of escaping the malarial season. TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT. Report of Charles Skinner, Treasurer of the Town of DR. Jane No. To whom issued. in Skinner, street work J Hoyle, night watch B Johnson, night watch r, night night watch R D Cherry, night watch Amount. IS Sad and Gloomy Weak and Dyspeptic Hood's ave Strength and Perfectly Cured. J. R. White Birmingham, one to each persona. That , , ample opportunity for a haTe had , that hare not words enough to pM my for treat from a battles of Hood's I was weak, and it mad me strong-, I a and U eared b; I was sad and gloomy, It me cheerful and hopefuL And last, though not least. It made me an ardent sat Hood's s Cures working democrat. All who taken Hood's with report good re- I it to all E. X. D., Am. N. B. II decide to take Hood's Bar- do net be Induced to bur any other Insist HOOP'S. Hood's ax u best J R Move, street work J T Smith, police T R Moore, police J I, Daniel, night police M Williams, lamp lighter Hi F O James, M J Latham, muse Dr Warren, D J Whichard, printing Co, l. W Lawrence, July T R Moore, police S J I. Daniel, night police M Williams, lamp lighter J T Smith, police J J Stocks, rent S Chas Skinner, street work A J Berg, watch James, S Vines, rent Move, rent August 1892. J T Smith, police T R Moore, police J L Daniel, night police M Williams, lamp lighter Chas Skinner, street work A Dudley, board II Ha mdse James, S E J B Cherry A Co, mdse September J L Daniel, night lighter M Williams, lamp lighter J T Smith, police T It Moore, police Chas Skinner, street work F O James, J Smith. D J Whichard, printing G L I Co, lumber October J T Smith, police X R Moore, police J L Daniel, night police M Williams, lamp lighter F G James, S E Pender Co. mdse L W Lawrence, tax list B S Sheppard, tax list J J Stocks, rent F Greene, witness . A Dudley, board B Cherry, witness November J T Smith, police X B Moore, police J L Daniel, night police M William, lamp Heritor F G Printing Company D J Whichard, i December 1892. J T Smith, police T B Moore, police J L Daniel, night police M Williams, lamp lighter James, S E Pender A Co, mdse Flood, work E mdse D D mdse Chas Skinner, street work Ed Clerk January 1893. J T Smith, police T K Moore, police M Williams, lamp lighter J L Daniel, night witch F G James, T H Moore, wood J J Cherry, muse J J Stocks, J D Williamson, Chas Skinner, street work January A relief com. February 1893. J T Smith, police T K Moore, police J L Daniel, night police M Williams, lamp lighter Brown Hooker, mdse Chas Skinner, street work Alfred Forbes, mdse S E mdse S M Shultz, mdse H A Blow, police Dr Warren, March 1893. J T Smith, police T It Moore, police J L Daniel, night police M Williams, lamp lighter Chas Skinner, street work S E Pender Co, mdse F G James, A Dudley, D D mdse J B Cherry Co, mdse April J T Smith, police X It Moore, police M William-, lamp lighter J L Daniel, night police James, Chas Skinner, street work mdse S E mdse Hay 1893, J T Smith, police X B Moore, police J L Daniel, police M Williams, lamp lighter F G James, F G James, salary W B Greene, Chas Skinner, street work E B rent X R Moore, D J Whichard, SE mdse J T rent L Hooker Co, rent DO YOU W--N-T THE Latest Styles and Best MODS The Lowest Prices. -If you do we have them. We have just opened the------ Largest Stock of Goods ever brought to Greenville this Spring. A little drop of printer's ink, Sometimes causes people to think. ft And we want to impress upon your minds ------received our new------ we have SprinG-.-StocK ------and can now show a- BEAUTIFUL LINE OF GOODS; On account of being late we bought them at very reduced prices and now find that bought too many, so we are going to sell them at much less than regular prices. If prices is an object to you it will pay you to examine our stock before yon make purchases On and Dress Goods we can save you from to cents on dollar spend. We will save you Cents on the dollar on SHOES. We also carry a full line of Groceries and will sell you Good for cents per pound. Good Tobacco for cents. Good . for cents per pound, and the Best Laundry Soap for cents a cake. Coffee Flour are agents for Martinez's celebrated PAINTS Call and see us. YOUNG GREENVILLE, M C. FARMS FOR CRYSTAL LENSES Prices Low, Terms Easy. CB. Reed J It S James, tax Tit Moore, market Smith, police Moore, taxes 1,887 DB. To cash paid out No to per cent commission Cash on Due Fund For work, Report of T B Moo.-c, Town Tax for the year ending May DB. Amt taxes property and poll, purchase tax to July, purchase tax from to January, license on- By fire company insolvent per cent, cash paid Approved by Ed. H- C. C. Forbes, M. B. Lang. Report of Charles Skinner, Town Treasurer of the Town of Greenville, ending May DB. Amt reed from former treasurer, Amt reed F G James, Mayor, Amt reed from citizens of Amt from T B Moore, market Amt reed from J T Smith, fines A costs Amt from T B Moore, tax collector, 1,887 cm. town orders, By per cent, to 2,407.87 Cash on band, t Doe Fund. Approved by Id. H. M. The J. L. Ballard home farm. Bea- Dam township, adjoining the lands of G. T. Tyson and J. Cobb. A line farm of about acres, with good build- and adapted to corn, cotton and A fine marl bed. A farm near Ayden and lying mediately on the own- ed by Caleb B. which are cleared. Good neighbor- hood, churches and a school within miles. Plenty of marl on the adjoin- farms A line farm of three miles from Farmville and from ville, with large, substantial dwelling and out houses, known as the L. P. Beards-Icy home place, line cotton land, good clay accessible to marl. A smaller farm adjoining the above known as the Jones place, acres, dwelling, barn and tenant house, land good. A farm of acres In town- ship, about miles from acres t of the tract Part of the Noah Joyner farm, acres, adjoining the town of Marlboro, located in an improving section and can be made a valuable farm. A small farm of about acres, about miles from Greenville, on In- Well Swamp, with house, etc., for- owned by G nil ford Cox. ALSO TIMBER A tract of about acres near Cone- the station, with cypress timber well suited 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 Wk. H. LONG, Greenville, N. C. JAMES LONG, -----Dealer in----- General Merchandise, Has exclusive of these celebrated glasses in Greenville, N. C. From the factory of A Moore, the only complete optical plant in the South, Atlanta, Ga, Peddlers are not sup- plied with those famous glasses. Boggy GREENVILLE, C. Can still be found at the Old stand. pared to do FIRST-CLASS WORE on anything in the ma m Fine Vehicles Specialty Repairing done prompt- and in best manner Greenville, N. C. In the HOUSE New York Cheap Store. NEW STORE. NEW GOODS. Prices Lower Than Ever. FIRST GOODS MEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SUITS, HATS, SHOES, SHIRTS, Notice these remarkable Men's Suits as low as 82.50 and up. Men's Pants as low as and up. Children's Suits as low as ct Shirts as low cents and up. Shoes as low as cents and up. Shoes low as cent and up. Other goods correspondingly cheap. We are the for LOW PRICES and solicit the patronage of the people. id Our intention is to sell good Roods at the lowest prices. We have most varied f kept town We keep every thing needed in the household or on the farm and invite inspection and comparison of our We can and will sell low for cash. want your trade and will be glad to show you the following lines of DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS, NOTIONS, WHITE GOODS. NICE LINE of AND PIECE GOODS FOR MAKING MENS AND BOYS SUITS, ALWAYS IN STOCK. if. HATS, SHOES, CROCKERY, GLASSWARE, TINWARE, WOOD AND WILLOW WARE, HARDWARE, PLOWS AND FARMING UTENSILS, I HARNESS AND WHIPS, j Groceries, Flour a specialty. We the largest and kept in our line of FURNITURE Consisting in part of . , Top Walnut Suits, Solid Oak Suits, Imitation Oak Suits, Imitation Walnut Suits, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tables, Buffets, of different kinds, Children's Cribs and Cradles, . Tin Safes, Bed Springs, a full lino of Tables, Children's Carriages, Keep also a nice line of Lace Curtains and Curtain Poles, Matting and Floor Oil Cloths. We cordially invite all to come to see when in want of any goods. We will try to give you at all times, r SPOOLS COTTON AT WHOLESALE PRICE. hardware, Roots, HASKETT. COLUMBUS DISCOVERED And the people have discovered that they can get bargains by trading with WHITE MT GOODS have rived and are ready for examination. I want every lady to see the nice Dross Goods, and every gentleman to the nice CLOTHING and GOODS contained in my Mock. Bring along the boys and girls, too. as I have just what la needed fir every of them GROCERIES. Speaking of I have fresh rivals of such things as every house- keeper needs. Examine what have and you will be sore to boy. Yours to serve, W. H. WHITE HASKETT. HINGES. NAILS, AND AXES, Belting and Packing, MECHANIC'S TOOLS, THE It is with pleasure that I announce to the citizens of Greenville and vicinity that I have Just returned from the Northern Markets where I visited all the fashionable openings and am now receiving the most beautiful and stylish selected stock of Millinery ever l, i; J latest fashionable good. Low prices and satisfaction i Tinware, Hollowware, Stove Pipe, and Chimney Pipe, Paints, Oils, Glass and Putty, and many other articles kept in a first- class Hardware Store. Call to see me if want the cash. D. D. HASKETT. GREENVILLE, N. C Mrs. Georgia Pearce, N. C. goods cheap for Next door to Old Brick Store. Happy content is a home with a lamp with the light if write Farmers, Make Tour Own Hay WE CAN SELL YOU THE BEST IN THE FOR CUTTING IT. CALL ON US WHEN NEED OF TIN WARE, COOK STOVES, PAINTS, OIL. PLACE YOUR ORDERS for TOBACCO FLUES. S. PENDER CO., VS. O.

THE RUSH. -ALL ARE- RushinG -----AFTER THOSE Beautiful k Lovely DRESS GOODS In all the new Shades and Trim- to match- REFLECTOR. Local Reflections. Rules Adopted by the N. C. Press The sum of not less than five cents per line will be charged for of of and obituary poetry; also for obituary notices other than those which the editor him- self shall give as a matter of news Notices of church society and all other entertainments from which rev- Is to be derived will be charged for at the rate of five cents a line. ClothinG We have a beautiful line of nice and genteel for Boys and Young Men, to fit anybody and suit all SHOES Slippers. Shoes and Slippers match your dresses and at very low prices, at HIGGS BROS., GREENVILLE, g, C BRIGHT SPARKS. Shoes at Call on B. Cherry A Co. when you want good Flour cheap for cash. J. B. Cherry Co. have a nice line of Ladies Slippers. They are here. Strawberries and Fruit Jars at the Old Brick Store. Bros. Fine Shoes for Ladies and Children at Get the best Butter and Cheese that money can buy at the Old Brick Store. Seed Peanuts and Brick Store. at the Old Lace Curtains and Curtain Poles at J. B. Cherry Co's. We are requested to announce that the next debate at Frog Level will take place on Saturday night, 20th. Buy ties from Bros. Nice line of Floor Oil Cloths and Matting at J. B. Cherry Co's. Remember I pay you for Chickens Eggs and Country Produce at the Old Brick Store. For breakfast, dinner or supper and Cheese at the Old Brick Store. Mason's Lined Fruit Jars at J. B. Ch First appearance in Seedless Oranges of delicious sweetness at the Old Brick Store. J. B. Cherry Co. have a nice line of Children's Carriages. Pa i its S ample over alls from cents up, at Higgs Bros. A large stock of nice Furniture cheap at the Old Brick Store. Fob fine black Mare Colt months old. Sired by George Apply to LA. Genuine Climax and Stonewall Cotton Plows for sale by J. B. Cherry Co. A full line of Castings kept on band. Arbitrator Flour at at J. B. Cherry A Co's, guaranteed the equal of any on the market. Money returned if not O K. Fob Institute, beat school building in Eastern Carolina. Healthy location, good water, In a live town with back country. For further Information apply to Alfred Forbes. Greenville N. C. Handsome Residence for Sale. The I. A. Sugg property, situated on Fifth street and occupied by him Is for sale. The dwelling is nearly new, mod- In style, and contains IS rooms. The lot embraces about acres and has all necessary out houses, barns, stables, carriage house, etc. Excellent water, highest elevation in the town and the comfortable and convenient home in the community. For terms apply to When you speak or even think of spring medicine, how quickly Hood's comes to your mind. Take It now. Has the weather settled A baby show is being talked. Marked Improvement the weather. The shad and herring season is almost over. lot of blank deeds at Reflector office. In some sections cotton chopping ha started. Strawberries got as low as certs a quart Saturday. The Reflector Book Si on; now cabinet sire envelopes. Flies are on the increase and next the mosquito will be lay. Mr. J. W. Mayo, of Washington, will run the Ocracoke hotel this summer. Some of the finest bananas we ever saw have recently been on sale here. The Racket Store's I n let in No calls for your attention to-day. Be sure that you read it. Attention is called to the notice to creditors by Elizabeth Clark, executrix of Week H. Clark. Greenville has not got a bicycle. We doubt there being many towns the size cf this without one. It is reported that the freshets dam- aged the State farmers near to the extent of One by one the plums fall. Mr. John W. Bryan has been appointed postmaster at Goldsboro. Mr. James Evans tells us that out in his neighborhood the cut worms are destroying much of the young corn. If you are not a subscriber to the Re- and happen to read this, stop and ask yourself if yon ought not be a subscriber. The Old Delaney building on the near the Court House Is getting a new roof on it. The improvement was badly needed. Only forty-seven out of eighty cants for license before the State Board of Medical Examiners, at Raleigh last week, passed the examination. The Old Brick Store some fruit that is a real that are entirely seedless. They came from California and arc delightful in flavor. We have a HI nine in this office that takes the place of any Standard. We have a in this office that the off of any tree. Yesterday Mr. E. Buck showed us some of the finest oats we have seen so early in the season. They were three feet high and fully headed. R. L. agent, last week re- a reaper and binder he has on exhibition at his It is a complete machine in re- The store building the corner of Fifth and street has been converted into a nice dwelling house. It very much improves the corner. Some communications intended for this Issue had to be left over for the present because of a rush of other mat- This will explain to the writers their failure to appear to-day. Talking about county fairs, It strikes us that If Pitt county would just turn her head in that direction she could hive the equal of any county in the State. We throw this out as a hint. We arc indebted to Miss Nannie Cox for an invitation to the dedication and first annual commencement of the State Normal and Industrial School, Greensboro, May 23rd and 24th, The Baptist Sunday-school will go on an excursion to Yankee Hall to-morrow and have a there. The steamer will leave at o'clock, all who expect to go must be at the wharf in time. Mr. of Beaver Dam told us Saturday that out in his neigh- the cold weather of last week and week before gave the crops a serious set back. Much of the young cotton was dying and corn was looking mighty yellow. An editor wisely If you have a grudge against a man it is better to in- him out behind the barn and there settle the matter for better or for worse, than to rush into a printing office and try to make the editor an innocent club with which to thump your antagonist. After July 1st the mail route from Kinston in Lenoir county, to Johnson's Mills in this county, will stop at G i if ton and omit going to Mills, so we see stated in the dispatches If this is so the entire route had as well be abolished, as the service between Kin- and Grifton is supplied each way daily by train. We are requested to tell a young man in New York who writes letters to Greenville, and who sometimes uses nine sheets of paper no two of which are alike, that if paper la scarce In the city send down to Greenville and he can get some. This is not advertisement for the Reflector Book Store, either, but we do sell something to write on mighty cheap. Hereafter when any society adopts resolutions of respect and Includes the request for publication of the same, they should not overlook to issue and order on their treasurer to pay the paper to which they send it. Reference to the rules recently adopted by the X. C. Press Association, which we publish at bead of this page give the needed on this Personal. Mr. Larry has gone to Tarboro to spend a few weeks. Dr, Frank W. Brown was called to Plymouth Sunday on Mrs. T. G. Skinner, of Hertford, is visiting Mrs. Chas. Skinner at Hotel Macon. Mr. Andrew Joyner, has been made manager of the Keeley Institute at Ash- land, Va. Miss Theresa of Tarboro, has been spending the past week with Mrs. M. B. Lang. We bear sermon in-1 he Court House, last Wednesday night, spoken of an excellent one. Mrs. Warren and children, of Hill, have been visiting the other fatter, Mr. B. Wilson. T. J. Jarvis and Ma. L. C. Latham arc the committee appointed to act as escort to the remains of lion. Jefferson Davis as they pass through North Carolina. Rev. Rector of the Episcopal church, left yesterday to eon- duct a week's meeting at Kinston. family accompanied him and will spend the week in Kinston. Rev. J. II. is In Scotland Neck conducting a protracted meeting for Rev. R. T. Vann. Rev. Mr. Vann will preach In the Baptist church here next Sunday morning and evening. Mrs. J. B. Cherry returned home Monday night from Oxford where she had been attending the meeting of King's Daughters. In reports of the meeting published we see complimentary men- of her singing. Her son who was at school at Oxford came home with her. Mr. J. T. a member of the Junior Class of Trinity College, Dur- ham, has accepted the of the Academy, Ashe county, and will open the summer session begin- May 15th. Mr. Erwin is a native of Pitt county, and son of Mr. S. P. He prepared for College under Prof. Duckett at Greenville. Our townsman, ex-Gov. Jarvis, is much in demand to make literary ad- dresses at commencements this year. He goes to Burlington Academy on the inst., to the State Normal School for women at Greensboro on the 23rd, to Wilson Collegiate Institute on the 30th and to Fremont Military Institute on June 1st. As great a friend to as he is it is no wonder all the schools want him to make addresses. Dr. Charles who re- graduated with distinction at the Philadelphia Medical College, returned home Saturday. He came by way of Raleigh and stood the examination for license before the State Medical Board and pissed with high rating. He will engage in practice here with his grand- father, Dr. C. J. The RE- congratulates him upon the high stand he has taken all through the pursuit of his studies, and wishes him success as he out the Big Find. Last week Lieut. A. Teel came to the conclusion that some of his guinea hens were laying, and went in search of nests, found two, the first having eggs in it and the other having the astonishing number of He was still on the hunt at last accounts but has not reported an additional find. . Large Families. We have seen an Item about a woman in Pennsylvania who was years old and was the mother of twenty-two children; that the woman weighed pounds and her children were so f it at birth that only one of them lived. There is a colored woman in Greenville this same years Is the mother of eighteen children and twelve arc living. She is an able bodied woman and one of the best nurses in the community. Starts His Court. Mayor Fleming had his first cases be- fore him Saturday. Two were up for reconciliation and their troubles adjusted by each paying a fine of and costs. A young white man from the country tried to destroy too much of the bad liquor these town keep, and it seems that the liquor got into legs and tongue and put him In bad shape generally. Being his first the Mayor let him off with the payment of costs and that he should not do so any more. Trinity College Commencement. This year's commencement of Trinity College, Durham, will occur June , and include, the following Important features. Baccalaureate sermon, by Rev. Dr. R. N. Richmond, Va., at A. Wednesday, 7th. Literary Address before the Columbian and Hes- Literary Societies, by Hon. A. M. Waddell, of Wilmington, at P. M., Wednesday 7th. Annual Address be- fore the Alumni Association, by Walter P. Andrews, of Atlanta, at P. M. Wednesday. Graduating Exercises at A. M., Thursday, 8th. Stray In the State news column last week was an item from the Courier about a buzz with a steel trap and attached to his foot that was seen flying in that section. Mr. Ralph House tells us that he lost a steel trap in that way, and may be the one seen near was his rather his trap He says he set a trap for hawks, that the buzzard got in It, broke the chain and carried the trap off. Bear Last week Messrs J. H. Mills and Cal- Mills, two brothers who live near Black Jack, killed the largest bear that was ever They wrote us a letter about it and say that the bear weighed pounds, was feet Inches long, measured inches across the breast, inches across the foot, had claws Ion and teeth inches long. That was a large bear sure, and was built right for making a bad light. Help the Board. The Board of Councilmen at their meeting Monday night adopted for the government of the town which will be published In a few days. Every good citizen of the town should lend his encouragement to the Board and do all he can towards assisting in the observance of the laws. The best administration is that in which the take an Interest. Lets help to u. hold the hands of those we have chosen to direct these matters. BRANCHVILLE JOTTINGS. Both Democratic and vein ions have recently held in this county to nominate candidates for the various county offices. The cans did not nominate any candidate for clerk but endorsed B. P. ire. the present clerk, who is a Democrat and very popular. Mr. J. C. James who has been ill Is able to be out again. Last Friday night some thief effected an entrance into the store of J. C. James and succeeded in getting about In money and some goods. It is supposed that the thief must have been concealed In the store when It was closed as he left by the front door and no fastenings were broken. Mrs. A. C. of Petersburg, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Duke. R. W. who has been very ill with pneumonia is out a Quill Pen has a broad smile on. It's a boy. Pen. Many people who sing is my never seem to suffer from home Observer. A Sure Sign. A perfect town Is that In which you see the farmers patronizing the home merchants, the merchants patronizing home printers, the laborers spending the money they earn with their own tradesman, and they buying their things at home instead of going abroad. The spirit of reciprocity between business men and mechanics, tradesmen and laborers, the farmers and manufacturers results every time in making the town a good one for Democrat. More Than a Centenarian. a colored woman who lives on the premises of Mr. J. B. Cherry, Is more than a hundred years old, but lust how much over that age has to approximated. In olden times she be- longed to the Pearce family, and is pro- for in her age by descendants of that family and their connections. Mr. B. C. Pearce tolls us that she was the nurse of his father in infancy, and as his father was born in 1795-98 years ago-it is evident that Roxie,, must have been several years old at that time or she would have been too to entrust with the can of an infant. She sometimes talks about remembering the Revolutionary war, but It is very probable that she has reference to the war of No doubt ate was a woman when latter Wat occurred. What the Paper Does. An Illinois newspaper real power of a new draw trade to its own town, or direct the trade in other channels, can hardly be estimated; and what is more, It is a matter that is hardly ever considered as an important factor in the towns prosperity, for the simple reason that it is not thought of by men. He who will give the matter a moment of unbiased thought will be the last to pooh pooh the idea. The local paper, that is receiving a good living patronage from the town in which it is published, will guard well the interests of that town with jealous care, just the same as the merchant guards the Interests of his customers. The Revival. The meeting in the Methodist church continue- this week and the services are attended by large congregations. There Is much interest the meeting, though as yet there have been few professions. Rev. R. A. Willis, of who has been preaching twice each day for more than a week, is sowing seed that can but be productive of a good harvest. He has delivered a number of excellent Sermons, the one Sunday being exceptionally good and delightful. His text that was walk by filth, and not by and the was a feast indeed to Christians. He an earnest, faithful minister of the Word, and has m a host of friends while here. The pastor, Rev. G. F. Smith, is also doing zealous work during the meeting, and his words of exhortation at services show his earnestness and love for those among whom he Is laboring. The doors of church will be opened for members at next Sunday mornings service. A weekly exchange says that the re- cent cyclone In south Georgia upset things generally, changed the day of the week, wed the off of a bar- and left the bung hole, and scared a red-headed woman. Notice to Creditors. Having qualified before the Superior Court Clerk of Pitt county as executrix the Will of Weeks H. Clark, ed, notice Is hereby given to all persons indebted to the estate to make ate payment to the undersigned, and all persons having claims against the estate must present same for pay- on or before the 10th day of May 1894, or this notice will be plead in bar of recovery. Tills of May. 1893. ELIZABETH CLARK, Executrix of Weeks H. Notice to Creditors. The undersigned having duly as Mary ton, deceased, notice hereby given to all persons indebted to the estate to immediate payment, and all per. sous having claims against the estate must present the same for payment at before the 1st day of May, or this notice will be plead bar of re- This lit day of May, 1893. J. KEEL, Mart- Notice to Creditors. The undersigned having as administrator of W. A. deceased, notice is hereby given to all persons Indebted to the estate to make payment, and all persons having claims against the estate must present the same for payment on or be- fore the th day of April, this will be plead in bar of recovery. This day of April. 1698. B, o W. In our Dress Goods Department WE WANT YOUR We have the right goods at the low- . est prices and guarantee satisfaction- Bedford Cords, Suitings, dress . of all kinds. A line of China and Plain Silks. In Irish Lawns, Scotch Cambrics, Black Lawns, Figured Lawns, Fig- Mulls. Ac. Big Bar- in and reduced from and cents to cents. White Goods from cents . In Clothing. If you will look at I WE WILL HAVE YOUR styles and good fitting j TRADE. Suits for Men, Boys and Children- Boys Suits cents and Yon will be sure to buy our Ladies . Shoes and Ties, in all colors, if you SHOES. SHOES- see them. Gents Patent Leather Shoos, and Shoes of all grades and prices. . And everything in the Notion line. j FURNISHINGS. Big line of Stiff, Felt and Straw Hats. . Everything sold at the lowest prices. C. T. GREENVILLE, A. C. RACKET STORE BULLETIN NO. -o Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, Shoes, Slippers, In fact in all of different Departments goods cheaper and better than ever. Cf I IN ALL LATEST SPRING SHADES But come and get our prices before spending hard earned cash. We are the people for you to spend your gold, silver and greenbacks with. Yours for reliable goods and low prices. GREENVILLE, N. C. No trouble to show goods. One door south of Bank. WELCOME SPRING Toil bring us balmy air and blue skies. Under your influence nature wakes to a fresh beauty productive- n People yield to your influence and their pulses quicken. Everybody and everything is awake and the watchword of the season is I have just returned from the Northern markets and am opening a beautiful line of Dry Bonds, Dress , Hats, Caps, Boots, Shoes and Furnishing Goods, the public at a close margin. We do i Ives. I will be glad to see my old CLOTHING MACHINE O- Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Cotton A SPECIAL ATTENTION TO REPAIRING. E BEST IN THE WORLD. Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Write for and prices before buying elsewhere- A few Second-Hand Engines for sale. ESTABLISHED 1883. I. A WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GREENVILLE. HT. Half Bolls Bagging, Bundles New Arrow Ties. Small Full Cream Cheese. Tubs Choice Butter. Tubs Boston Lard. Boxes Tobacco, all grades. Boxes Cakes and Crackers. Stick Candy. Kegs New Corn Mullet-. Barrels Gail Ax Barrels P. Snuff. Barrels Railroad Mills Barrels Three Thistle Car load Rib Side Meat Car load Seed Car load Flour, all grade. Kegs Powder. ons Shot. old Virginia Full line Case foods and else kept in a first class eats I- -J J y Q. a o O o a k M P Wishing to my many friends for their liberal patronage for both Merchandise and differ articles which I manufactured I take this method of that while thank you all I am also striving hard to secure advantages that I can give you in order to merit you Mi fl If Is I shall offer to the public at a close margin. We do no blowing, our goods talk for themselves. I will be glad to see my old customers and friends. Tor other articles as Pews, Brackets Hogsheads and General Repair Work, you will do well to correspond with me before ranging with any one else. I yon some advantage. A. G. COX, Winterville, N. Joshua COBB BROS CO., Commission Merchants, FAYETTE STREET, NORFOLK, VA. and Correspondence Solicited. OUR SPRING SUITS arc doing duty to-day. Grand, good ones they are. got In quality. I desire to get I am trying to do better- All the colors, all the cuts, proper lengths, nothing but a tit. one I I am located the store formerly by Mr. of goods in the store. Give trial I am sure I can pie; Cox. Not you. FRANK WILSON, GREENVILLE, N. C. New. Straight Clean Large We are still making a specialty of- MB mm We have a first-class assortment and sell close. get our prices- Do not fail parts for all kinds of machines are sold by as. Respectfully, BROWN BROS., THE RELIABLE OF to the buyers of Pitt and surrounding counties, of the following go not to be excelled in this market. And to be pure straight good. DRY GOODS of all kinds, CLOTHING, Gill FURNISHING GOODS. HATS and CAPS, BOOTS and La and CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS, FURNITURE and HOUSE GOODS, DOOR., WINDOWS, SASH and BLINDS, and WARE, HARDWARE, PLOWS and PLOW CASTING, LEATHER of kinds, Gin and Mill Belting, Hay, Rock Limb, Plaster of Paris, and Plat Hair, Harness, Bridles and addles HEAVY GROCERIES A SPECIALTY. Agent Clark's O. N. T. Spool Cotton which I offer to the trade at JACK WHITE IS AGAIN BEFORE YOU. Bring me your CHICKENS, EGGS, TURKEYS. DUCKS, GEESE, GUINEAS, And in fact that is raised in the country and I will as much in cash can be had anywhere in Greenville. I will also handle on a small commission anything that my customers may want me to. Remember my headquarters is at the old Marcellus Moor store, right at the five points crossing, the most convenient pm m town. Come to see me. Yours to please, JACK WHITE. C J. L. SUGG. LIFE AND FIRE AGENT, GREENVILLE, N- C t JAMES All kind, placed in FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES At lowest current rates. for American A FIRE PROOF BAH

TOBACCO Conducted by O- L. JOYNER, Proprietor Eastern Tobacco Warehouse. AND TOBACCO JOTTINGS. Mr. who for some time has been quite sick is now get- ting able to be out again. The financial panic which threatened Wall Street a few days ago to hare affected the price of tobacco as it is now a little off in value. M. W. T. Brogden, who has been associated with Green- ville Warehouse for the past three months returned to his home in Oxford last week. Esq. G. T. Tyson, of Beaver Dam township is one of the most forward and progressive farmers that we have. He is one of the get up at o'clock in the morning kind and ha makes things move around bin-. The Winston Tobacco Journal says that Greenville N. C- is tined to be one of the leading to- in the State, situ- in the midst of a fine tobacco section and with of the best dealers in the tobacco trade there is no reason why it not- Thanks to Bro. Harman, we are moving slowly but surely- Lexington Ky. is situated in the of the far famed blue grass region which covers an area of about five counties and is noted world over for the production of beautiful horses and charming women. Greenville N. C is sit- in the of the New Golden Belt, whose bright and silky product is winning for itself a world wide reputation, and our women well they can vie with the fairest of Italy's fair eyed daughters- We have been hampering on the house question now for nearly five months and have not met with much success yet, still our determination is just as strong now as when we first took up the pen. Perhaps we have not tried right- Believing this to be the case and having failed in getting any built by individual effort we are going to try co-operative fort There are parties here now who are willing and anxious to sign a contract for a house x to give thirty dollars a month for it by the year. This house complete will cost eleven and fifty dollars. Now three men by taking four hundred apiece can put this house and within three years it will very near pay for itself. The land can be had on reasonable terms without spending a dollar cash and thus the cash required will be about six hundred dollars. Let hear from you. In the summer of 1885, Mr- Leon F- Evans was traveling in Nash county and while- there he met Mr. J. T. Seat, who at that time was superintending a large tobacco farm near Nashville. Mr. Evans noticed that the Nash county soil was something like that of Pitt and told Mr. Seat if he would come down he thought it likely that he would get up a club of tobacco growers as the Pitt county farmers were getting tired growing cotton, to which Mr. Seat agreed provided Mr. Evans would go home and find out the sentiments of the people in re- to culture. Mr- Evans came home and went personally to see a good number of farmers in his ate community and finding the sentiment in favor of the project he wrote Mr. Seat to come down. The time appointed for him to come was bet and accordingly on a winter night in the early part of the month of December there gathered together at the home of Mr. A. A. Forbes the following gentlemen who cultivated the first crop of tobacco that was ever grown as a monetary crop east of the Wilmington Weldon R. R. I Leon F. Evans. G F- Evans, A A. Forbes, T. J. Stancill and cob Joyner. After parleying over the matter considerably they finally agreed to employ Mr. Seat at five hundred dollars a year. This was the first price that was filched out of the farmers of east Carolina by Granville county tobacco experts but thousands of dollars have since been carried away from county alone. All arrangements being made, Mr. Seat returned to Nash to make preparations for coming to Pitt county, but before he had Mot home tone of the number who employed him became easy and ordered Leon to direct Mr- Seat not to come. It was too late, however, for before the letter got to Nashville, Mr. Seat was here ready to enter into his duties and thus it was under these circumstances that Eastern Carolina first made its exit in the From that little section three miles west of . Greenville on the Tarboro road the cultivation of tobacco has spread like wild fire over Eastern Carolina. Central Carolina hoot- ed at the idea of the Eastern counties ever becoming her rival. Granville county boasts of Dutch- ville, her Beaver Dam and her Sunny South side while Pitt county as a whole is the peer if not the superior of any of these sections in the production of the golden weed, and surrounding her is her sister counties Greene, Le- Craven, Wilson, Edgecombe, Martin, Beaufort and numbers of others that are now just begin- the cultivation of tobacco. The Southern farmer to-day is not solely dependent upon his cotton crop for a living. In west Tennessee, Arkansas, pi, Louisiana and Texas, while some few are following the old plan of purchasing food and planting cotton, the vast majority are raising diversified crops, and each succeeding year will see this plan carried out in a greater de- In the States of Georgia and North and South Carolina cotton-raising soon hold sec- place, as to value, among the agricultural products of the States, not necessarily because less will be raised, but because of the increase in the production of cereals, fruits vegetables. Through the western part of the cotton belt such a condition will not be likely to exist, but cotton will never again be raised in of food products, as has done in the more Manufacturers Record. The sentence above that refers to the States of Georgia, North and South Carolina should Tie read carefully by every farmer who has a tendency to cotton culture. The class of farmers to which this sentence should especially refer grew up in helium days- Then the true type of the South- gentleman was the owner of large of southern lands with slaves enough to keep them in o proper state of cultivation. At that time cotton was about the only monetary crop grown in the South, it brought large prices and of course its cultivation began to increase. But when the slaves were set free the cost of cultivation increased and this with the continual de crease in the price paid for cot- ton soon made the cost of equal to or greater than the price obtained. Now with these conditions confronting our intelligent farmers what hopes can encourage them in the one crop cotton culture. To those who still persist in the cultivation of cotton we would suggest that you note the advice in the above clipping- King cotton stand aside, other cereals will take your place. We are not opposed to the of cotton solely because we are interested in tobacco hire, but for plain and plausible reasons first because there are other Southern States that can grow cotton at so much less ex- than we can that it knocks competition out cf the question and second, the present price will not pay the cost of cultivation. These two alone are proof in the of this vexing problem. If the Southern farmer would free himself from debt and be an independent man he must surely his attention to the diversification of crops. It is not natural that our Sunny South with its warm and genial climate and diversified fertile lands that grow and op almost every species of from the heady oak to the delicately constituted orange tree and all kinds of fruits and flowers should be the home of the great- est number of poverty stricken and distressed humanity and yet such is the case- FARMERS READ THIS. Now that the tobacco crop is well under way and nearly everybody that plants the weed knows pretty accurately how many acres they intend planting, we wish to ascertain the number of acres that will be planted in Pitt and the adjoining counties this year It is almost or quite impossible to get the exact of acres that will be planted but in order to get as nearly a perfect statement as possible we have decided to have posted at some convenient point at every post office in Pitt and a good number in the adjoining counties a blank tobacco acreage register which will be so arranged as to shew the name of the planter the number of acres planted, in and the number planted in which course show when difference in acre- two years, whether an a decrease as the case maybe. When this register is filled out through the kindness of the postmaster it will sent back to us. We of course will pay the postage. Now to have these registers printed and mailed to the major- of the post offices in Eastern North Carolina will cost us no small amount of money and a great deal of time and to walk probably not further than five steps from where your mail is de- livered to you and write your name and the number of acres of tobacco that you are planting will be but a small trouble and cost you nothing. Hence we earnestly insist that every one who plants a half acre and from that up will do us the to register their names and acreage properly. The posters will be sent out between now and the first of June and by the 5th of July we want to have them all re- turned properly filled. Allow us again to impress you with the expense and time this information will cost us and sincerely ask that no one who plants tobacco will treat us silence when the re- turns are rendered for it is for your interest as well as ours that this investigation is being made. TENEMENT CIGARS. Important Amendments to the Factory Law Now in Operation. Several important amendments to the factory law of New York State went into effect on Monday lost. They are as No room or apartment in any tenement or dwelling house shall be used, except by the immediate members of the family living therein, for the manufacture of coats, vests, trousers, knee pants, overalls, cloaks, hats, caps, jerseys, blouses, waists, waist bands, underwear, neck- wear, furs, fur trimmings, fur gar- shirts, purses, feathers, flowers, cigarettes or cigars. No person, firm, or corporation shall hire or employ any person to work in any room or apartment in any rear building or buildings, in tho rear of a tenement or dwelling house, at making in whole or in part any of the mentioned in this section, without first obtaining a written permit from the Factory tor, his assistant, or one of his deputies, stating the maximum number of persons employed therein. This permit is revocable by the Factory Inspector or his if at any time the health of the community or of those em- ployed may require it. A written register of the names and address- es of persons to whom such is given is to be kept by the man- to be produced when demanded by the Factory tor. The following clause then No person shall knowingly sell or expose for sale any of the articles mentioned in this section made in any dwelling or tenement house or rear building without a permit- All goods so made shall be labeled on a tag. Unclean goods shall be labeled and the Board of Health shall be notified to remove and disinfect them. The penalties for violation of this law are not less than nor more than fine for the first not less than nor more than for the second, and for the third a fine not less than and not more than days U- S. Y. Tobacco Journal. HOW TO HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR NOTHING. The Winner has a Clear Gift of a Small Fortune, and the Losers Have Patents that may Bring Them in More. and of Vienna, have subjected tobacco smoke to analyses on a large scale, having drawn the smoke of Havana cigars by an aspirator through a series of six bottles, the first of which contained carbonate of soda, the second and fourth clear water, the third diluted sulphuric acid, the fifth and the sixth ether. The contents of the first four bot- were found to be tinged dark brown, while those of the last two assumed a light yellow color. Analysis of the contents of the first two bottles showed no trace of prussic acid, while analysis of the contents of the last bottle gave no indication of any poison- substance. Land Sale. By virtue of a decree of Pitt Superior Court made at March term, the case of Turner Smith and wife vs. Sam- Cory, the will sell, for cash, before the Com t House door, in Greenville, on Monday, the 6th day of June, 1803, the following described piece or parcel of laud, in county of Pitt, and in township, adjoining the land of Jo- Henry Samuel Cory and others, acres, more or leas, being the piece on said Turner wife lived in 1885. This April 30th, 1893. A. L. BLOW ft F. G. JAMES, Commissioners. Needing tonic, or who want late Bureau. M Hi ; Malaria, Indigestion, Would you like to twenty- five hundred dollars t If you would, read carefully follows and you may see a way to do it. The Press Claims Company de- votes much attention to patents. It has handled thousands of for inventions, but it would like to handle thousands more- There is plenty of talent at large in this try, needing nothing to produce practical re- That encouragement the Press Claims Company proposes to give. NOT SO HARD AS IT SEEKS. A patent strikes most people as an appallingly formidable thing. The idea is that an inventor must be a natural genius, like Edison or Bell; that he must devote years to delving in complicated problems and that he must spend a fortune en delicate before he can get a new device to a patentable degree of perfection. This delusion the company desires to dispel. It desires to get into the head of the public a clear comprehension of the fact that it is not the great, complex, and expensive that bring the best re- turns to their authors, but the lit- simple, and cheap things that seem so absurdly vial that the average citizen would feel somewhat ashamed of bring- them to the attention of the Patent Office. Edison says that tho profits he has received from the patents on all his marvelous inventions have not been sufficient to pay the cost of his experiments- But the man who conceived the idea of fasten- a bit of rubber cord to a child's ball, so that it would come back to the hand when thrown, made a fortune out of his scheme- The modern sewing-machine is a of product of the toil of hundreds of busy brains through a hundred and fifty years, but the whole brilliant result rests upon the simple device of putting the eye of the needle at the point instead of at the other end. THE LITTLE THINGS THE MOST VAL- Comparatively few people re- themselves as inventors, but almost everybody bus been struck, at one time or another, with ideas that seemed calculated to reduce some of the little frictions of life. Usually such ideas are dismissed without further thought. don't the railroad com- make its car windows so that they can be slid up and down without breaking the exclaims the traveler. I were running the road I would make them in such a , was the man that made I this saucepan thinking of j the cook. never had to work over a stove, or he would j have known how it ought to have such a collar button the man who is late for I were in the I'd make buttons that would not slip out, or break off, or gouge out the back of my And then the various sufferers forget about their grievances and begin to think of something else. If they would sit down at the next convenient opportunity, their ideas car windows, saucepans, and collar buttons into practical shape, and then apply for patents, they might find them- selves as independently wealthy as the man who invented the iron umbrella ring, or the one who patented the fifteen puzzle. A OFFER. To induce people to keep track of their bright ideas and see what there is in them, tho Press Claims Company has resolved to offer a I prize. To the person who submits to it the simplest and most invention, from a commercial point of view, the company will twenty-five hundred dollars in cash, in addition to refunding the foes for securing the patent. It will also advertise the free of charge. This offer is subject to the fol- lowing competitor must obtain a patent for his invention through the company. He must first ply for a preliminary search, the cost of which will be five dollars. Should this search show his in- to be he can withdraw without further ex- Otherwise he will be ex- to complete his and take out a patent in the way. The total expense, in- Government and Bureau fees, will be seventy dollars. For this, whether he secures the prize or not, the inventor will have a patent that ought to be a valuable property to him. The prize will be awarded by a jury consisting of three reputable patent of Washington. Intending competitors should fill out the following blank, and forward it with their 1898. submit the within described invention in competition for the Twenty-five Hundred Dollar Prize offered by the Press Claims Com- NO BLANKS IN THIS COMPETITION. This is is a competition of rather, an unusual nature- It is common to offer prizes for the best story, or picture, or architectural plan, all the competitors risking the loss of their labor and the successful one merely selling his for the amount of the prize. But the Press Claim Company's offer is something entirely different Each is asked merely to help and the one who helps himself to the best advantage is to be rewarded for doing it The prize is only a stimulus to do something that would be well worth doing without it The whose competitive plan for a club house on a certain is not accepted has spent his labor on something of very little to him. But the person who patents a simple and useful de- vice in the Press Claims Company's competition, need not if he fail to secure the prize. He has a substantial result to show for his that will command its value in the market at any time. The plain man who uses any article in his daily work ought to know better how to improve it than the mechanical expert who studies it only from the cal point of view. Get rid of the idea that an improvement can be too simple to be worth patenting. The simpler the better. The per- son who best succeeds in simplicity and popularity, will get the Press Claims Company's twenty-five hundred dollars. The responsibility of com- may be judged from the fact that its stock is held by about three hundred of the leading newspapers of the United States. Address the Press Claims Com- John attorney, F. street, N. W., H. C. A Ten Story Clubhouse. Think of a club house ten stories high. This is what the Iroquois Club of Chicago proposes building on tho corner of Adams street and Michigan avenue. The second floor is to contain the rooms of the club, the third floor will be a large reception room for use on formal occasions; the fourth and fifth floors will be fur- into rooms for the members, he sixth floor will contain a largo ball room, and ninth floors tho dining rooms, and servants will occupy the tenth floor. This is the most ambitious effort in the way of a clubhouse that has as been projected. People Who Rarely Wink. There are people who rarely wink. How they manage to get along without doing so is a mar- but somehow or other they do. Some eyes are naturally more moist than others, and the very moist eye does not so much need the assistance of the lids to keep the eyeball bright It is a matter, for winking though under the control of the, will, is done so quickly that it is practically an involuntary action. Men wink when they that the eye is uncomfortably dry, and when it does not dry the necessity for winking is not felt. The Moon. The moon is a fossil world, an ancient cinder, a ruined The moon was once tho seat of all the varied and intense activities that now characterize the surface of our earth. Its life age was, perhaps, reached while the earth was yet glowing. E. J. Hertford, Mass., says bra has been cored of Scrofula by tho bottles of after having had other treat- being to quite a low condition of health, as it i as thought she could not live. Cured little boy all over bis For year I had hoPe f his was to use of the disease remain. Has. T. L. Miss. book Blood an Skin Disease milled free. SWIFT Co. Atlanta. C. The Fundamental Principle of Life Assurance is protection for the family. Unfortunately, however, the beneficiaries of life assurance are often deprived of the pro- vision made for them, through the loss of the principal, by following bad advice regard- its investment Under the Policy of The Equitable Life you are provided with an ab- solute safeguard against such misfortune, besides securing a much larger amount of in- for the same amount of premiums paid in. For facts and figures, address W. J. Manager. Rock Hill, CHILDREN are com- pounded from a prescription widely used by the best cal authorities and are in a form that is be- coming the fashion every- where. act gently but promptly upon the liver, stomach and intestines; cure dyspepsia, habitual offensive breath and head- ache. One tubule taken at the first symptom of indigestion, biliousness, dizziness, distress after eating, or depression cf spirits, will surely and quickly remove the whole difficulty. may be of nearest druggist are easy to take, PATENTS obtained, and all business in the If. S Patent office or in the Courts to for Moderate Fees. We the S. Patent Of- engaged in Patents Exclusively, and can obtain patents in less time than those more remote from Washington. model or drawing is sent advise as to free of charge, and we. make no change unless we ob- Patent,. refer, here, to the Post Master, the Supt. of the Money Order Did., and to of the U. S. Patent Office. Fox advise terms and reference to clients in your own State, or address, C. A. Snow A Co., Washington, D. C. R. W. ROYSTER CO. GREEN N. BUYS ONLY. References and type samples furnished on application. We want one A I I town to handle the JACK FROST FREEZERS. A Scientific Machine made on a Principle. cost a times a year. It is not mussy or sloppy. A child can operate it. Sells at nigh. Send for prices and discounts. St., Cream in thirty -Manufacturer of- BUGGIES, DRAYS OINTMENT MARK Tor the Cm all Ski Diseases Tills Preparation has been in use over fifty years, and wherever know has been in steady demand, it has been en- by the leading physicians all over e country, and has effected cures where all other remedies, with the attention of the most experienced physicians, have for years failed. This Ointment is of long standing and the high reputation which it obtained is owing entirely x its efficacy, as but little has ever been made to bring it before the public. One bottle of this Ointment will be sent to any on receipt of One Dollar. Sample box free. The discount to Druggist. All Cash promptly attended to. Address all or- and communications to T. F. Sole Mai- Proprietor, Greenville, N. C My Factory is well equipped with the best Mechanics, consequently put up nothing but FIRST-CLASS WORK. We keep up with the limes and the improved style. Best material used in all work. All styles of springs are you can select Brewster, Storm, Coil, Ram Horn, King We also keep on hand a full of Ready Made Harness Whip, which ell at the lowest, rates. Special attention given to repairing. ID- Greenville, N C. Do You Write THEN YOU MUST HAVE PAPER. PENS, ENVELOPES. PENCILS, INK. SEE WHAT THE- A WELDON R. B. and Schedule TWAINS SOUTH. No No No April. 18th, Fast Mail, daily daily ex Sun Weldon 12,30 pm pm Ar pm pm pm Tarboro pm Rocky Mt p pm am Wilson Ar Florence Wilson Goldsboro Magnolia Ar ti TRAINS GOING NO No No H dally daily daily ex Sun. Florence Fayetteville Ar Wilson Wilmington am Goldsboro Ar Wilson am p m Wilson Ar Rocky Mont Ar Tarboro Tarboro p m Daily except Train on Scotland Neck Branch Road leaves Weldon 8.40 Halifax 4.00 p. in., arrives Scotland Neck at p. m., Greenville p. m., 7.03 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 7.00 a. m., arrives Parmele 8.40 a. m., Tarboro 9.50; returning leaves Tarboro 4.40 p. m,, Parmele 6.00 V. m arrives Washington 7.30 p. m. Daily except Sunday. Connect with trains on tin Neck Branch. Train leaves Tarboro, N C, via Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun- day, P M, Sunday PM, arrive Plymouth 0.20 p. in., 5.20 p. m. Returning leaves Plymouth daily except 6.80 a. m., Sunday 10.00 a. m- arrive Tarboro, N C, 10.25 AM 12,20. Trains on Southern Division, Wilson and Fayetteville Branch leave Fayette- ville a in. arrive Rowland IS p m. Returning leave Rowland p in. arrive Fayetteville IS ; m. Daily ex- sept Sunday. Train on Midland N C Branch leave Goldsboro daily except Sunday, A M arrive N C, A M. Re laves If C AM Goldsboro. NO A M. Train Mount at P M, arrive Nashville M P Hope P M. Returning Spring Hope AM, Nashville 8.85 AM, arrives Rocky Mount A except Sunday. Trains on Latta Branch R. R. leave Latta 7.80 p. m., arrive Dun bar 8.40 p. m. Returning leave Dunbar a. arrive Latta 7.15 a. m. y except Sunday. Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw for Clinton dally, except Sunday, at and teat ton at A M, and P. M. lug at Warsaw with Nos. And Train No. makes close connection at North dally. AD rail via Richmond, and dally except Sun- day via Bay Line, also at Rocky daily Sunday with Norfolk A Carolina railroad tor Norfolk and all points via Norfolk. General J. R. T agent. 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 cents a quire. Note Paper to cents a quire. Envelopes to a pack. Box Paper from cents up. Gilt Edge to cents a quire. Pure Linen Note Paper, ruled and plain, to cents a quire- Nice Envelopes to match tho Paper. Fine Tablets at all prices. THESE AWE NO THIN, CHEAP PAPERS THAT WILL NOT HOLD INK but Strictly FIRST-CLASS. Tablets, Slates, JUST SEE WHAT WE HAVE FOR THE SCHOOL CHILDREN. Pencil Tablets, Letter and Fools Cap sizes only cents. You pay cents for same tablets elsewhere- Slates cents to cents- Slate Pencils per doz. Fancy Colored Crayons per box. Spencerian Pens cents per dozen. Fine Assorted Pens cents per dozen. Plain Lead Pencils cents per Rubber Tipped Lend Pencils per dozen- Pen Holders cents per doz. And of other things just as cheap. CO Do You Read Then yon want the best We handle the lending Ma Century, Harper, Frank Leslie, Review of Reviews, New Peterson, etc., at usual retail prices- Besides we carry s line of popular paper covered Novels at only cents each, and nicely bound Novels at cents- These embrace books by best writers, com a list too large to mention. Any book wanted that is not on hand ill be ordered. SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN TO ALL TH LEADING PAPERS A M