Believes
Paper.
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TRUTH IN TO FICTION.
per Year, in Advance.
VOL. XII.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1893.
NO.
STATE NEWS.
Things Mentioned in our State Ex-
changes that are of General Interest
The Cream of the News.
Mrs- A- W- Frapps, of Raleigh,
committed suicide last week by
cutting her throat with a razor.
Hunters recently caught a she
bear weighing pounds, and
two cubs, on Ream's Creek. Bun-
county.
The Teacher's Worlds Fair
party will leave for Chicago on
the 27th of this month instead of
the 20th as first announced.
It has been semi-officially an-
that double daily mail
trains will be the A-
N. C- R- R, beginning about the
15th inst.
The Rocket that at public
at on June 29th,
stock in the wrecked Bank of
New Hanover brought per
share of
Dr. J. A- Hodges, of
ton, has been elected to the chair
of anatomy the College of
and Surgeons, of Rich-
and has accepted-
Goldsboro An
of distemper has broken
out among some of the horses in
in this section. Several fine
horses have died recently.
During the year ending last
Friday persons registered
their names at the museum-
These represented States and
a number of foreign countries-
During a thunder storm at
last week, Mack Tillery, col-
was struck and instantly
killed by lightning. Two other
men were knocked and severe
shocked.
Last winter a large crowd of
Mecklenburg and Union county
people removed to Texas, hoping
thereby to improve their
Several of the party have
since returned, they say. to never
leave again.
The Wilmington t Weldon
railway has its July
the reason being
that the payment of the 95.000
of back taxes in compliance with
the act of the lest Legislature did
not leave enough funds to meet
the dividend.
At the Richmond county court,
which adjourned last week, it is
said that the men accused of
were sent to jail each for four
months, and an old woman who
was found guilty of stealing a
goose was sent to the penitentiary
for one year.
Scotland Neck
While Mr. Cary White was haul-
at Mr. J. P Dunn's mill last
Friday, one cut a tree which
fell upon team and killed the
mule by the side of the saddle
mule on Mr. White was rid-
It was a narrow escape.
A young
man named an
of the Island Cotton Mills
at Catawba county, was
assisting in bidding a bridge
race at the factory last
Friday evening when a heavy
piece of timber accidentally fell
on him. crashing him so as to
cause instant death-
Raleigh Now
Light township last Sunday,
Daniel Wallace a Mexican soldier
years of ago, was married to
Miss who is
years old.-------It is rumored
that a Republican paper will be
tatted here soon, or rather it
be an paper.
It will coyer all opposition to that
party. Like Joseph's coat it will
be of many colors, Republican,
Populist and Prohibition.
PAINT ,
SOLD
WILES SAL.
YOUNG-
Sole Agents,
GREENVILLE, X. C.
WE ARE NOT MISSED.
If you or I
should die,
The birds would the same
row ;
The vernal spring
Her flowers would bring,
And few would think of us with
Yes, he is dead,
Would then be said ;
The corn would floss, the grass j hay.
The cattle low.
And summer go,
And few would heed us pass away.
How soon we pas-
How few, alas ;
Remember those who turn to mold ;
Whose faces fade
shade
Beneath the churchyard cold
Yes, It is go
come and go
They hail our birth, they mourn us ;
A day or more.
The winter
Another takes our place instead.
Selected.
SHE GOT THERE.
It was the hour of sunset the
United States of America. I
front of a picturesque log cabin j
situated in the State of Tonnes- j
see two people sat on a log.
They were male and female,
both young and tender. Neither
had ever loved before- He own-
ed a coon dog and mule, and
she could read, write, and cipher.
ho said, a long
silence.
hit
The sun disappeared behind
the Raccoon hills, and twilight
fell. Insensibly the gal critter
heaved a long, quivering,
trembling sigh. Insensibly
the man critter hitched toward
her on the log.
ho as
he looked straight into the
darkness.
what Tom she ans-
as she thumped the life out
of a mosquito which was trying
to carry her off bodily.
But. he stuck there, while the
darkness grew deeper and the old
man Sheppard trotted by on his
mule and an owl in the swamp
gave utterance to his lonely cry.
Her heart was beating wildly, but
a gal critter must wait for a man
critter to ask her. Insensibly,
however, they hitched in unison
toward the of the log.
Jen, pop was to
be eat up by a
was to git the
fever and die
He got stuck again. Ho pick-
up a chip with his naked toes
and worked it about in a nervous
manner, while tho owl whooped
it up for the next five minutes
for all there was in it. She
could hear his heart
ind he knew that she was red
clear back to her shoulder blades.
Insensibly they drew together.
Jim
should git snake bit and expire
he continued as he dropped his
voice to a whisper-
the cabin should burn
would do then
I'd go to
fur V
ax
Tho owl stopped his
hooting to listen Tom worked
his toes under a root and queried.
ax my if what
won't be mad,
won't git run
I'd go over to house
to ax if if she reckon-
ed I was old to git married
His arm stole around that gal
critter, and her head fell upon his
shoulder. The owl hooted, and
the bit, but they heard
nothing but the whispers of love
felt nothing but that
sense of happiness which
comes to calves who bite each
other's ears for the first time.
A STRANGE COINCIDENCE.
Edwin Booth Threatened to Tear
Down the Walls of Ford's Theater
After He Died.
Atlanta Constitution.
No greater argument is in favor
of tho spiritualistic doctrine than
the burial of Edwin Booth and
the fall of Ford's Years
ago Edwin Booth, in an outburst
of passion, made the remark that
if, after his death, such a thing
were possible, he would come
back tear that old barracks
to tho ground.
At the time the statement was
given publicity, the spiritualists
took hold of it and printed it
everywhere throughout the
try. The daily press laughed at
the thing, and it was soon forgot-
ton. Yesterday morning a
recalled tho old saying of
Booth's and spoke of it in that
connection. Booth had sworn to
destroy tho building after his
death. It was a place that had
made his entire life a nightmare.
He never went to Washington.
No money could him to
give a performance in that city.
If in his travels it was necessary
to go through Washington,. he
generally arranged to go at night,
when ho should be in bed and
asleep. If Washingtonians want-
ed to sec Booth perform, they
had to take a train and go to
There was not enough
money tho Treasury to get the
tragedian in the capital.
Now the spiritualists are
the question, did Booth keep
his word Is tho great tragedian's
spirit responsible for tho
of yesterday Did
he cause that building to fall
Men who knew this great actor
and his great heart refuse to
accept any such theory. It could
not possible that Edwin Booth
would cause the wide-spread dis-
tress that this accident causes.
Yet the spiritualists reply, he
made the throat and it has come
true.
At the very least, it seems a
most coincidence.
Booth states that, after death, he
would tear that building down,
and almost at the very moment
that tho burial service is being
read over his body tho building
collapses.
Was it coincidence
With the fall of tho old build-
and tho death of Booth, the
Lincoln tragedy passes from life
to eternity. Booth was the last
of his race. The has gone
forever. It is singular to think
to a tragic end most people
came who were with the
assassination of the President.
Secretary Stanton committed
by cutting his throat, and
Corbett, the man to whom was
accredited the killing of John
Wilkes Booth, died in a lunatic
asylum. These are but single in-
stances; violent deaths come
to nearly every one having a
hand in the affair.
Tho world will discuss tho mat-
the spiritualists will take
courage from it, and all manner
of will stop to ask.
Was it coincident
Specimen Case.
II. Clifford, New Cased, Wig., was
troubled with Neuralgia and
id- Stomach was disordered, his
Liver was affected to an alarming degree,
appetite fell away, and he was terribly
reduced in flesh and strength. Three
bottles of Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg,
had a running sore on his leg of eight
standing. Used three bottles of
Electric Bitters seven boxes of
Salve, and his leg is
sound and well. John Speaker.
had Ore large Fever sores on his leg,
doctors said he was incurable. One bot-
Electric Bitters one box
Salve cured him entirely. Sold
at Drug Store.
What the Local Paper Does.
An exchange says A sensible
minister has the following to say
of the local newspaper, which will
bear careful
local paper tells you when to go
to church, to county court, and to
send your to school, or
anywhere you want to go. It
tells you who is dead, who is sick,
who is married, and many other
things you would like to know-
It calls attention to public enter-
prises, advocates the best law and
order in the town, It records the
marriage of your daughter, the
death of your son, the illness of
your wife, free of charge. It sots
forth the advantages of your town
and invites immigration, and is
the first to welcome new comers.
Yet, in spite of all these benefits,
some people say the home paper
is not half so good as some other
that has no interest in
or success. The home
paper is too often neglected by
who benefit by
TRIAL BY JURY.
Kinston Free Press-
Some of our State papers are
haying some very rash and
wise things to say about the pres-
jury system. There are de
that have crept into our sys-
which ought to be
and ought to be changed this
does not by any justify
wholesale attacks upon the
ancient honored institution
of trial by jury. Such a course
only tends to diminish respect for
tho law and to encourage lawless
and lynching. We would
like to make this how
many of our friends who are so
severe in their criticism have ever
sat upon the jury and especially
a capital case, and is there
of them who if he summon-
ed on a jury in a capital case
any other would not appeal
to the court to have himself ex-
Here is where tho trouble
is. Our best men of all classes
seek to avoid service on tho jury
our laws have been extended
until a jury can be too easily
packed, good men in their
eagerness to avoid the
and to attend to private
business have winked at it too
long.
In the first place question
whether any class of men ought
to be exempt from the important
duty of serving on a jury, and then
no individual ought to excused
unless he has, at the time he is
on to act, a good and
excuse which ought to be
publicly made. Then there are
disqualifications that ought to be
abolished. There is no good
reason why a man who has
ed on a grand or jury within
the last two years should dis-
qualified from jury service-
There may be good reasons for
disqualifying a juror, for he
may be a and such
are justly objectionable,
is no good reason why the
of companies and
companies should be exempt
from jury service, and the very
fact that the law exempts such
shows that it holds out this ex
eruption as a price for pub-
service, thereby depreciating
tho jury service-
Again, there ought to be a
change the method of select-
jurors- The sheriffs,
knowing the aversion of our best
men to serving on the jury and
the desire of another class to
servo in order to secure the per
diem, too often pander to the
wishes of both classes. Some
safer method of selecting
ought to be adopted.
incline to the further
ion that in capital cases there
too many peremptory challenges-
If a jury is drawn from the box,
as we think it should be, there
can be no chance for
for or against the defendant. To
allow him twenty three
challenges besides those
lowed for cause does seem to be
objectionable and a change ought
to be made in this respect.
It is suggested by some that it
would better to lot the judge
decide the facts as well as the
law, while others favor a majority
verdict. We believe in adhering
to the right of trial by jury and
we think that any such on
as trial by the court would be
subject to objections, bat
we can see no good objection to a
verdict by a three-fourth majority
or by a majority of five-sixths. It
would be difficult to devise any
way by which one or two bad men
might not get upon a jury and
we would incline to favor a plan
by which any such would be
powerless-
Let the question be agitated
and fairly until all
necessary changes are made,
let us not forget that we are drift
towards a centralized govern-
and that the day may come
when this very bulwark which
some would tear down may be
the citizen's safety. Let it be
purified and preserved.
A BAD HABIT.
There is no habit so easy to
fall into nor one so hard to break
as that of borrowing. It is so
simple to say you lend
but when the time comes to pay
back the loan you are almost sure
to begrudge it and murmur some-
thing about for a dead
forgetting how much you
appreciated the kindness shown
you at the time you hesitatingly
whispered you The
woman who borrows sugar,
and becomes a
that her neighbors soon abhor.
Tho woman who wishes to wear
your hats, your jewelry or your
evening shoes you soon learn to
dread, and in fact tho chronic
borrower is a person whom all
sooner or later try to avoid. Do
not borrow unless it is an absolute
necessity, in which be certain
to pay back tho loan promptly
when you said you would- It is
much better to do without things
than to get into debt, for the love-
dress, hat or wrap will not
compensate for the heavy load of
debt that presses on your heart,
and which blots out the brightness
of the and looms up
before you eyes wherever you
may go. To live within one's in-
come is tho secret of prosperity-
PRIZES ON PATENTS.
HOW TO GET TWENTY . FIVE
HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR
NOTHING.
The has a Clear Gift of a Small
Fortune, and the Losers Have
Patents that may Bring
Them in Still More.
attorneys of Washington. In-
tending competitors should fill
out tho following blank, and for-
ward it with
submit the within described
invention in competition for the
Twenty-five Hundred Dollar
Prize offered by tho Press Claims
red dollars t it . . r . ., .
d carefully what follows offer for tho best
av see a way to do it. or architectural
Would you like to make twenty- j
five hundred dollars If
would,
and you may see a way
The Press Claims Company
devotes much attention to pat-
It has handled thousands
of applicants for inventions, but
it would like to handle thousands
more. There is plenty of
talent at large in this
needing nothing but encourage-
to produce practical results.
That encouragement tho Press
Claim Company proposes to
give.
NOT SO HARD AS IT SEEMS.
A patent strikes some people as
an appallingly formidable thing.
The idea, is that inventor must
be a natural genius, like Edison
or Bell; that ho must
years to delving in complicated
mechanical problems and that he
must spend a fortune on delicate
experiments before he can get a
new device to a degree
of perfection. This delusion the
company desires to dispel. It
desires to get into tho head of the
NO BLANK IN THIS COMPETITION.
This is a competition of rather
unusual nature. It is corn-
Happiness is tho heritage of tho public a clear comprehension of
one who adheres to tho rule, j tho fact that it is not tho great,
. complex, and
that bring the best returns
to their authors, but tho little
plan, all the competitor. risking
tho loss of their labor and the
successful merely selling his
for the amount of tho prize. But
Claim Company's offer
is something entirely different.
Each person is asked merely to
help himself, and the who
helps himself to the best
is to be rewarded for doing
it. Tho prize is only a stimulus
to do something that would
well worth doing without it. The
architect whose competitive plan
for a club house on a certain
is not accepted spent his
labor on something of very little
use to him. But the person who
patents a simple and useful de-
vice in the Press Claims Com-
competition, need not
if he fail to secure the prize- He
has a substantial result to show
for his work-one that will com
its value tho market at
any time.
Tho 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
Beaches the
By advertising in an
paper.
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a contented mind and an ever
increasing bank account will be-
long to tho who buys Only and cheap simple to worth patenting,
what he can pay for, and has I things that seem so absurdly The simpler the better. The per
wakeful nights worrying over a I average citizen would I son who best succeeds in
debt that must paid, for
; vial that the average citizen would
I feel somewhat ashamed of bring I simplicity and popularity, will
them to the attention of the i get tho Press Claims Company's
which is no money in wait- patent Office. twenty live hundred dollars,
Edison says that tho profits he The responsibility of this com
has received from the patents on may be judged from tho fact
all his marvelous inventions have that its stock is held by about
I not been sufficient to pay the cost hundred of the leading
colonel of W experiments. But the man newspapers of tho United States.
who conceived tho idea of fasten- Address tho Press Claims Com-
a rubber cord to a child's , John n,
ball, so that it would back i mg attorney, F. street, N. W.,
Washington, D. C
A Fair Understanding.
L. BLOW
I was talking with the
at his a man
came along saluted and said
Bingham, come to the hand when thrown, made a
There to B understand- fortune out of his scheme. The
in with modern sewing-machine is a
., ,, of product of
Who are yon of
Moses Roberts, an brains through a hundred and
rented cabin piece land fifty years, but the whole brilliant
down in bend of results rests upon tho simple de-
Well, What's the trouble vice of putting the eye
owns do wood lot across
from me. got a right smart
pigs in place-
Yes.
now, am do pint.
instead of at
needle at the point
the other end.
THE LITTLE THE
Comparatively few
Vance's Best Wit and Wisdom.
The very best of the many good
and bright and humorous things
that has
in tho last forty years is, think,
the following. It is very happy.
It is both witty and wise- It is
I but known and yet it is an-
, i Hero it is after
people re- . i
themselves as inventors, but Vance was elected to tho T
Sum day a am to everybody has been struck, States Senate and was not allowed
up on de bottom lands cum at one or another, with ideas to take his seat on account of his
that seemed calculated to ho was returning
some of the little
J. JARVIS.
BLOW,
KY S-AT-L A W,
GREENVILLE. N. C.
in all the Courts.
i. a. u. v.
TYSON,
N. C.
Prompt attention given to collections
MARRY
f l-HAM SKINNER,
N. C.
V JAMES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
GREENVILLE, N C.
Practice la all courts. Collections a
special
wood lot
when man counts up do
hogs he'll find two or throe mis-
I mt.
Usually such ideas are
war record, no was
In front
without further thought. lot him on the cars sat a Pres-
don't the railroad com-1 and a Methodist
make car windows so or discussing the doctrines of
I want to am that they can be their respective churches, election,
predestination, free grace, etc.
Coining to no agreement, as
might have been expected, for
two theological disputants of op-
posing schools never accomplish
TAR SERVICE
the
whether allow de without
scooped up hogs
carried em into de
of or
Or whether I'll suspect you of
killing them for your own use grumbles the cook. never I impossible feat of convincing
do pint, had to work over a stove, I each other of their gross errors,
back exclaims the
I were running the road I would
I make them in such a
was tho man that made
this saucepan thinking
Look here, Mose, said the
after due reflection, we have
never had a cyclone here.
But one may come any day.
Yes,
If I hear of one down there I
shall be down next day. If the
wind scooped up of my pigs
and tipped your cabin over at
tho same it will be all right,
but if a pig is missing and your
cabin is all right,
I see de Dar has
got to be a sort of
between the de hog,
my cabin, or a constable will
be around a
warrant. I see. I understand.
Maybe some high winds down
way dis summer, but I feel
mighty won't be no
speaking I
would have known how it ought
i to have been
such a collar button
growls tho man who is for
, breakfast. I were the
; I'd make buttons that would
i not slip out, or break off, or
I gouge out tho back of my
then tho various sufferers
forget about their grievances
begin to think of something else-
If they would sit down at the
next convenient opportunity, put I
their ideas about car windows, a. lady friend high
saucepans, and collar buttons price of lard will no make
into practical shape, and then a great many housekeepers eager
and noticing the interest of Vance,
. who was a to them both,
they asked him what he thong lit
of the question. Vance's reply
gentlemen, I'm a
P myself, but ray ex-
has taught mo that your
election is not worth a continental
if you don't have your disabilities
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An exchange nervous
looking man wont into a store the
the other day and sat down for
an or so, when a clerk asked
him if be wished anything. He
said no, he didn't want anything-
The clerk went away, and ho sat
there half an hour longer, when
the proprietor went to him and
asked if he wanted to be shown
anything. said the nervous
man, just want to sit around.
My physician has recommended
perfect quiet for me, and he says
above all things I should avoid
being in crowds. Noticing Unit
you did not advertise in the
newspapers I thought that this
would be as quiet a place as I
could find, so I just dropped in
for a The
merchant picked up a bolt of
paper cambric to brain him, but
the man went out. He said
he wanted was a quiet
ply for patents, they might find
themselves as independently
wealthy as the man who invented
tho iron umbrella ring, or the one
who patented the fifteen puzzles.
A TEMPTING
To induce people to keep track
of their bright ideas and see what
there is in them, the Press Claims
Company has resolved to offer a
prize-
To the person who submits to
it the simplest and most
invention, from a commercial
point of view,, the company will
give twenty-five hundred dollars
in cash, in addition to refunding
the fees for securing the patent-
It will also advertise the
free of charge.
This offer is subject to the fol-
lowing
Every 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 farther ex-
Otherwise he will be ex-
to complete his
and out a patent in the
regular way. The total expense,
including Government and Bu-
fees, will dollars.
For this, whether he secures the
or not, the inventor will
ave a patent that ought to be a
valuable property to him. The
will be awarded by a jury
consisting of three reputable pat
for a in consequence of
which I have learned to make the
nicest biscuit without a particle
of lard or butter. It is
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buttermilk and salt. Let it stand
morning and work in as
much soda as required. It re-
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soda from spotting. I am sure
that who tries this sample
recipe will delighted with the
result- If more dough is made
up than is necessary for one meal,
bake tho rest like bread and you
have tho nicest kind
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Is complete
n all its branches.
PORK
FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGAR,
RICE, TEA,
at Lowest Market Pricks.
TOBACCO SNUFF CIGARS
we buy direct from Manufacturers,
you to buy at one profit. A com-
stock of
FURNITURE
always on hand and sold at prices
the times. Om goods are all bought and
sold for CASH, therefore, having no
to sell at a close margin
S. M. SCHULTZ.
N Q
V TOO WANT MM
or posts card to
COMPACT,
WASH
At
. FOR
SOLDIERS, WIDOWS,
PARENTS.
. Also, for Soldiers sod Is the of
la the or the War.
of the win of to
widows, entitled. Old and
s specialty. Thousands entitled to Ms.
THE REFLECTOR.
Greenville, N. C.
S, J. Miter and Proprietor
WEDNESDAY. JULY 12th, 1893.
Entered at th at Greenville,
M. Cm a mail matter.
WORTHY SENTIMENTS.
Tammany Hall. New York,
gloriously the fourth of
July. The following letters were
read from President Cleveland
and Senator David
President Cleveland's letter is
as
Mansion,
D. C, June
Croaker,
regret that I am
unable to accept the invitation of
the Tammany Society to attend
the celebration of the anniversary
of American independence on the
Fourth of July.
is a day in which all true
Americans ought to celebrate as
often as it occurs. When, how-
ever, the commemoration of the
discovery of the land we occupy
and the celebration of the day
when it was consecrated to
and popular government are
coincident the occasion should
revive and stimulate all the
and patriotic sentiments
which are essential to the safety
and perpetuity of
At such time it is fitting
that we rejoice in the
purpose and constant devotion
that have thus far marked the
way of our nation.
should lose the most
lesson of the day
if we forget that the labor
and diligence of those interested
in all self-government must be
untiring and always patriotic.
There has never been a time when
countrymen should be more
soberly reminded that they can-
not safely delegate their duties
and obligations of citizenship nor
neglect to cultivate their
and personal interest in pub-
affairs.
those who now celebrate
the of American
guard against the
did struggle for unlimited wealth
that stifles patriotism i if they ex-
act from public servants the
strictest accountability in per-
of public duties ; if they
hold fast to the idea
that work is honorable and econ-
is a virtue ; if they insist
that there should honesty and
cleanliness in politics, and if they
refuse to encourage expedients
endanger foreign or national
those who follow us will
joyously celebrate the day in
yet to come.
very truly,
The following is the letter of
Senator David B.
N. Y-, July
engagements
will prevent my accepting your
courteous invitation to
pate with the Tammany Society,
or Columbian Order, in the
of the approaching
Fourth.
critical condition of the
country at this time awakens the
greatest solicitude of every
citizen of its
success and prosperity. It
also demands from those whom
the people nave invested with
authority the exhibition of the
highest statesmanship.
is now, evident that the
question which so recent-
from various motives, was
sought in some quarters to be
ignored or pushed aside in be-
half of other issues, imperatively
requires precedence as well as re-
cognition, and its solution is de-
not by the adoption of
temporary expedients and
but by a
return to the sound monetary
principles of our fathers. Not
present relief merely, but the res-
or establishment of a
permanent financial system under
which our currency shall safe
regulated is the plain duty of
the hour. A fixed, vigorous, and
definite financial policy, rather
than a fixedly weak and
course; one that will settle the
question not for a day but for
decades, one that embraces
the interests of the
whole country rather than any
particular section, is the wise
policy the nation needs.
REPEAL OF THE SHERMAN ACT.
unconditional repeal of
the Sherman act, against the en-
of which, to their credit
be it said, every Democrat in
Congress voted, is the first and
essential step in the right
Such repeal is necessary to
lay the foundation for enactment
of that legislation or the
ration of that initial concurrence,
which shall ever lead us to the
goal of that free bimetallic coin-
age to which both of the great
political parties are solemnly
committed.
an honorable peace with
all nations abroad and
relations prevailing at home ;
with commercial confidence re-
stored and free elections
our country
Congressmen Benton
of Tennessee, and Clark
of Missouri, Postmaster Dayton
and Congressman John R
lows, of New York. We
from Speaker
there is uneasiness,
stagnation of trade, it can
be charged up to the Republican
party. The laws which brought
about these conditions are Re-
publican laws, enacted against
the protests of Democrats. But
we should be thankful that, by
the vote of the people last No-
the Democratic party
has set up housekeeping at
Washington on behalf of the
nation. When Congress
on August 7th, as far as
things can be remedied by
I am confident that laws
will be enacted which will re-
store confidence and bring pros-
again to tho
Mr.
to President Cleve-
land, said he stood to-day with
the flag of the Union in one hand
and the Constitution of the
United States upholding it in the
other. To the Democratic party,
was given the task of
a country that their
in office had let go to
ruin. They will give to the
try a currency that will be sound
and substitute a tariff for revenue
for a tariff for
These letters and speeches all
bristle with telling points upon
the living issues of the day. and
show that the Democratic party
has statesmanship and patriotism
within its ranks sufficient to deal
with the grave questions that
have been brought upon us by
the false legislation of the Re-
publican party for the past
of a century.
will enter upon a new course of
unexampled prosperity and re-
the full benefits which are
capable of being realized
American institutions. I re
main, fellow-citizen,
B.
Additional letters of regret at
not being able to be present were
read from the Vice President,
Members of the Cabinet, Gov-
Flower and many
Democratic Congressmen.
The speakers were Judge Crisp,
Speaker of the House of
COMMISSIONERS MEETING.
Greenville, N. C, July
The Board of Commissioners
of Pitt county met this day, pres-
C. Dawson, chairman, S. A.
Gainer, T. E. Keel, Leonidas
Fleming and Jesse L. Smith.
The following orders for
wore drawn
Winnifred Taylor 6.00, Martha
Nelson Margaret Bryan 3.00,
H D Smith 2.00, Lydia
Jacob 1.50, Nancy
Moore 3.00, Susan Norris 1.50,
Susan Briley 1.50, Luanda Smith
1.50, Patsy 2.00, Henry
Harris Emily Edwards 3.00,
Crawford 1.50. Polly Adams
2.50, Smith 1.50, Kenneth
Henderson 2-00, Eliza Edwards
2-00, Carlos Gorham 2-00, J H
Henry Sam
and Amy Cherry 4.00, Fanny
Tucker 1.50, J O Proctor
Alex Harris 12.00, Alice Corbitt
3.00, Polly 2.00, David
10-00, Patsy Stokes Jordan
and Hettie Andrews 3-00.
The following general orders
were
E H Clark
2.00, T A Thigpen 22.00, C Kin-
30.00, Oscar An-
drew Robinson 15.50, W H Taft
1.00, R R Cotten 117.98, Dr F W
Brown 4.00, W H Williams 20-00,
W T Smith 117-65, W L Smith
30.00, M Y Moore 22-00, W A
Barrett 26-00, I J Anderson 14-00.
J B Little 28.00, W H Williams
40-00, S S Rasberry 42-00, Jas
Long 14-00, W Dr
W E Warren 1.00, H A Blow
D J Whichard 1-25, R W
King 40-65, R W King 28-00, D C
Moore 30-00, Edwards
ton 1-50, J W Smith 1-05, H
13.75, W Harrington T
E Keel 8-00, Jesse L- Smith 6-20,
C Dawson 7-30, S A Gainer 7-70.
and Swift Creek
fence
Joseph 17.12, S S
Rasberry 4.00, C- 2-00-
Licenses to retail liquor were
granted to the following
C Edwards, B F
Anderson, W E Belcher, J A
Brady, Lawrence Hooker Co.,
Oscar Hooker.
T Pierce, M R
Owens.
S Harris.
Cobb, W B
Burnett. A H Joyner, T L
at his farm.
Long, Nelson
Gardner, E A Bland,
B Bullock agent F
F Bullock, B Garris, C L
Patrick.
S Hicks.
P. Moore, J O
Proctor Bro-
Cobb's D Smith-
Staton. J S
Powell.
Parkers X Fleming.
N Dudley.
R Davenport.
Ordered that the following per-
sons at Ayden be notified to
pear before the Board on Mon-
day, July 10th, and show cause
why the valuation of their prop-
in said town should not be
W F Hart, Frank
Hart, Jonathan W H Bas-
den, J J Smith, G W B Garris,
W H Harris, Geo W Smith, J E
Thrower, Mary E Hardy, Mrs
Moore agent, Chas Turnage, C L
Patrick, C T Savage, Lorenzo
John Ross, I A
Robinson, A G Cox, R H Garris,
A L Harrington, J R Smith, Jesse
T Hart- And the following per-
sons at J J B Cox, E A
Bland.
Ordered that the tax levy for
the stock law territory of Content-
and Swift Creek townships
for 1893 be cents on the
valuations and the tax levy for
Greenville township be cents
on the valuation.
Maj. Erwin, colored, and John
Hales were exempted from poll
tax 1893.
Easter Vines was dropped from
the pauper roll, and Patsy Stock
was given an allowance of per
month-
Fernando Ward and J R Con-
appeared and qualified as
members of the Board of
D. C Moore, claiming to have
been elected Clerk of an Inferior
Court for the county of Pitt on
the 18th day of February, 1893,
appeared before the Board and
tendered his bond in the sum of
The Board being of the
opinion that the said Moore was
not legally elected to such an
office and that no such court was
in existence in Pitt county, re-
fused to consider said bond and
declined to qualify said Moore
for such office, whereupon the
following demand was submitted
in
To the Honorable Board of
Commissioners of Pitt county
Whereas, The the Board of
Magistrates of Pitt county, in ac-
with the call of their
chairman which was duly
according to law,
bled on the 18th day of February,
1893, and established the Inferior
Court fer Pitt county to be held
on the second Monday August
November and February for each
succeeding year until
by said Board of Magistrates
of Pitt said court to
governed by chapter of vol. I
of the code of North Carolina ;
and whereas, said Board of Mag-
in accordance with chap-
vol. I. of the code elected
J. J. Laughinghouse, J. D. Cox
and J. B. Little Justices of said
court, J. L- Fleming Solicitor and
D. C Moore Clerk of said court;
and whereas this is the last meet-
of the county Board of Com-
missioners at which it would be
expedient to draw a jury for the
first term of said court and allow
tho acceptance of said clerk's
bond and the qualifications of
said officers, therefore we, the
officers of said court,
hereby demand formally that this
Board of Commissioners of Pitt
county accept said Clerk's bond
and allow the proper officers of
said court to qualify, and that
this Board of of
Pitt county do draw a jury for
the first term of the Inferior
Court for Pitt county directed by
the Board of Magistrates to be
held on the second Monday in
August. 1893 ; and this demand
we hereby make upon the Board
of Commissioners of Pitt county.
J. J. Laughinghouse,
Chief Justice.
J. D. Cox, Justice.
J- B- Little, Justice.
J. L- Fleming, Solicitor.
D. C. Moore, Clerk.
The Board to draw a
jury as demanded, or to accept
the bond as tendered by D. C-
Moore, and also refused the other
demands contained in said paper
writing.
The Board adjourned to hold a
special meeting Monday, July,
10th.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
our Regular
Washington July 1893.
Secretary Gresham is
the only member of the cab-
who will remain continuously
in Washington until the opening
of the extra session of Congress,
on August 7- The rest of them
will endeavor to got a little rest
between now and then. Secretary
Lamont is now in Maine with his
family, and Secretaries
and Herbert are at the World's
Fair, while the Attorney General
is in Massachusetts. Secretary
Hoke Smith business
with his vacation, by making a
trip through the West and visiting
various subordinates of his de-
President Cleveland
does not expect to return until
just before the assembling of Con-
as he wishes to prepare his
message to Congress, will
be in some respects the most
he ever wrote, free from
interruption.
Notwithstanding all the news-
paper talk about an
for the extra
of Congress, it can be
stated that there will no
such thing as an administration
program President Cleveland
will in his message endeavor to
make the necessity for the repeal
of the Sherman silver law per-
plain to Congress, and in
that he will not the
bounds of his constitutional rights
but he has no idea of attempting
to dictate a to Con-
He will merely point out
what, in his judgment, ought to
be done, leaving Congress to con-
sider way and means of how it
shall be done, or whether it shall
be done at all-
The for the extra
session will be arranged by Con-
after it meets and not by
any single individual, and any
attempt to outline it before the
members of Congress have had
an opportunity to consult it
is nothing more nor less than
guess work.
Representative Holman, whose
ideas on economy in administer-
the are widely
known, says nothing would be
more conductive to economy than
the imposition of an income tax
by Congress. Speaking on the
subject this week he
possibilities for wealth in the
United States are beyond all cal-
The are -us. If
we tried to live up to the. in our
public expense we would
rate an era of extravagance in the
midst of which free institutions
could not live. Behind Congress
is the wealthier class of citizens.
It is to their interest that the ex
of the government
should be lavish They ere the
gainers by building co tracts,
by river and harbor cc. tracts,
and so on- You see pl of
lobbies of rich men or r rep-
here at each session
of Congress. You never see a
lobby of poor men. Yon may not
know it, but there is not an even-
that a member of can-
not dine at one of the clubs in
this city. The men who support
these clubs are not men who con-
tribute their fair share to the sup-
port of the They are
the people who profit by the ex-
of large sums of public
money. That is the strongest
argument- I think, in favor of
the establishment of an income
tax. If we make heavy
now, the weight of them
falls with the greatest force on
the poor. If the was
supported by an income tax, these
same people who are here urging
us to spend money now, would be
here in the same force urging us
to economize. Their interests then
would be in This
may be new to many but
it is none the less interesting on
that account.
The recent shake-up in the
Weather Bureau by which several
of its highest officials were retired
to private life, is believed to be
but the beginning of an entire
reorganization of that branch of
the public service. Secretary
Morton thinks it has been too
extravagantly run.
Many unsuccessful attempts
were made while Speaker Crisp
was in town this week to get a
from him as to who would
be chairman of the most
House committees in the new
House, his own re-election to be
Speaker being taken for granted.
There has been lots of talk about
President being op-
posed to this or that chairman of
the last House being given the
same place in the new House, but
a member of the cabinet stated
several days ago that Mr- Cleve-
land had never made any request
or even a suggestion to Mr. Crisp
concerning who should be chair-
man of any House committee. It
is altogether that some
of the old chairman will fail to
get back their places, but it will
be because the Mr.
Crisp is in favor of a charge and
not because of any interference
on the part of Mr. Cleveland, who,
although a wonderfully
man, could time
to do one-tenth of the things he
is credited with doing.
DOWN BY THE DEEP BLUE SEA.
N. G July
The large party leaving Green-
ville on Saturday for this delight-
resort have all arrived safely
and all are expressing vast pleas-
and enjoyment down here by
old ocean.
At Washington several others
from Pitt county joined our party,
them being Walter
Whichard, of Whichard, W. D.
and J. H. Keel, of G-
A. and J. H, Baker, of
last named being now from
Lunsford Fleming and
wife, Miss Thigpen and
L. Those coming
from Washington on the steamer
Gazelle were fortunate indeed.
Though it rained some in the
afternoon and early evening it
cleared off by the time the steam-
left at o'clock and the night
was just grand. The Gazelle is
the nicest little boat imaginable,
and in Capt David Hill she has a
master whose cleverness and
marine skill is seldom
He and Mate Harvey both exerted
themselves to be courteous
every passenger and make the
trip enjoyable, and well did they
succeed- This little steamer
speeds along at a ten mile rate
and landed us at the Ocracoke
pier shortly after o'clock Sunday
morning. Those coming on the
schooner did not have so rapid a
journey, but arrived Sunday
afternoon after a safe and pleas-
ant journey.
Everything is as pleasant as
could be wished for at Ocracoke.
J. W. Mayo is a hustler
and every guest is praising his
excellent fare- The man who
could complain at his feeding is
nothing less than a
Of course the bathing here is
much enjoyed both in surf and
sound, as this place surpasses any
other on the coast in this
Fishing is fine and several par-
ties of us go out this morning to
try our luck and will continue
the finny tribe. Uncle
Cherry is promising to make
the biggest catch, but some of
the balance of us are determined
to be close seconds if not a tie-
Col. E- Williamson, of Asheville,
is here and wears the belt for
landing with a hook the biggest
fish on record- Saturday he caught
what it called a coal fish that
measured feet and weight about
one hundred pounds. He
in landing this monster
by pulling him up to the top of
tho water and then shooting him.
Capt. Bill who brought
our party from Greenville to
Washington on steamer Myers,
displayed his usual affability to
his passengers and made us all
feel perfectly at home. Capt.
Bill and Mate George Doughty
are both a huge success.
Tell all the folks to come to
Ocracoke and swim, sail, fish, eat
and dance to their heart's content-
D. J. W.
Mr. Jacob
Made a New Man
have been made new man by Hood's
I bad palm In my back, felt languid
and did not have any appetite. hare taken
twelve bottles Hood's and can-
not praise it Jacob cot.
16th St. and Portland At. Louisville, Ky.
Hood's Pills all liver ill.
Notice to Creditors.
Having duly qualified before the
Court Clerk of Pitt county as ad-
of J. W. S- Tyson, deceased,
notice is given to all persons in-
to the estate to make immediate
payment to the undersigned, and all
persons claims against the estate
mast present the same tor payment be-
fore the 24th day of June, 1894, or this
notice will be plead liar of recovery.
This the 24th day of June. 1893.
NOAH W. TYSON,
of J. W. S- Tyson.
Notice
The undersigned having duly been
appointed by the Clerk of the r
Court of Pitt county on the 1st day of
May 1893, as administrator
of deceased, notice
is hereby given to the creditors of said
estate to present their claims to me
duly authenticated, on or before the
12th day of July 1894 or this notice will
be plead in bar of their recovery. All
persons indebted to said estate are
to make immediate payment to the
undersigned.
This the 12th day of July 1893.
JAMES T. JOYNER,
de non of Joy-
Notice
On Monday the of August, A.
D., 1893, will sell at the Court House
in the town of to the
highest bidder cash one tract of
land in Pitt county containing about
fifty acres and bounded as Sit-
in township, Pitt county,
N. C, adjoining the land of C. A. Ran-
Spier heirs and
tuts being the excess of the home-
stead of J. J. Hathaway, to satisfy ex-
in my hands for collection
against J. J. Hathaway and E. S.
on and which has been levied on said
land as the property of said J. J. Hath-
away.
This 7th day of July 1893.
R. W. KING. Sheriff,
Per Henry T. King, D. S.
Notice
On Monday the 7th day of August, A.
D., 1808, I will sell at the Court House
door In the town of Greenville to the
highest bidder for ts of laud
in Pitt county containing about one
hundred and twenty-three acres and
bounded as One tract contain-
about seventy-five acres in
township adjoining the lands of Israel
Edwards, James Galloway, Henry
son and being the land on which
Wm. Dawson, colored now lives. One
tract containing about forty-six acres
in township adjoining the lands
of Israel Edwards, J- Hudson, Jno.
S. Smith. Henry Hudson and others be-
land on which now
lives. One tract containing about two
acres more or less, in township,
being the land on which was located the
steam mill of E. S. adjoining
the lands of Dixon, Ed.
heirs, W. II. Arnold and others, to sat-
sundry executions in my hands for
collection against E. Dixon and J. J.
Hathaway and which have been levied
on said land as the property of said E.
S. Dixon.
This 7th day of July 1893.
B. W. Sheriff,
Per Henry T. King, D. S.
Notice.
Superior County.
L. U. Latham, Harry Skinner and A.
L. Blow, formerly partners as Latham,
Skinner Blow, In their own names
and in behalf of themselves and all
creditors of John A. Manning,
against
Charlotte Manning, executrix of John
A. Manning, Sr. John A. Manning, Jr,
W. A. Manning, W. D Manning, W. O.
Manning, E. D. Manning, B. R. White-
and Courtney Whitehurst his
wife, John Edmundson and Florence
Edmundson his wife, G. B.
and Mary his wife and Char-
Manning.
The above action having been com-
in this court on the 14th day of
June 1893 for a settlement of the estate
of John A. Manning, deceased, under
Chapter of the Code of North Caro-
notice is hereby given to the
of the said John A. Manning to
appear before me, at my office in the
town of Greenville, on or before the 27th
day of July 1893, and file the evidences
of their claims.
This the 14th day of June 1893.
E. A.
Clerk of Superior Court of Pitt Co.
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Culture prominent. Special
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dents.
Five general
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Scholarships and loans for tho needy.
Address.
PRESIDENT WINSTON,
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For and circular, address,
E. WARREN,
J. I I
THE LEADER.
It i with pleasure that I announce to
the citizens of Greenville and vicinity
that I have Just returned from tho
Northern Markets where I visited
all the fashionable openings and am now
the most beautiful and
stylish selected stock of Millinery ever
opened in this market. Come to see
me and you will get nothing but the
latest fashionable goods. Low prices
and satisfaction
Mrs. Georgia Pearce,
GREENVILLE, N. C.
Next door to Old Brick Store.
Roots,
Sash,
HASKETT.
HASKETT.
HINGES, NAILS, AND AXES,
Rope, Belting and Packing,
MECHANIC'S TOOLS,
DUMPS and
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 goods cheap for
the cash.
D. D. HASKETT,
GREENVILLE. N. C
FARMS SALE.
Prices Low,
Terms Easy.
The J. L. Ballard home farm,
Dam township, adjoining the lands
of G T. Tyson and Cobb. A line
farm of about acres, with good build-
and adapted to corn, cotton and to
A marl bed.
A farm near Ayden and lying
mediately on the own-
ed by Caleb B. Tripp, acres of which
are cleared. Good neighbor-
hood, churches and a school within
miles- Plenty of marl on the adjoin-
farms
A farm of acres, three miles
from Farmville and miles from Green
ville, with large, substantial dwelling
and out houses, known as the L. P.
Beardsley home place, lino cotton land,
good clay subsoil, 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
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 acres,
about miles from Greenville, on In-
Well house, etc., for-
owned by Cox.
ALSO TIMBER
A tract of about acre near
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 Wm. II. LONG,
Greenville. N. C.
THE-
nil
Boggy
GREENVILLE, C.
Can still be found
at the Old
stand.
pared to do
FIRST-CLASS WORK
on anything in the
Ml BUG. LIE
Fine Vehicles Specialty
Repairing done prompt-
and in best manner
Many Persons are broken
down from overwork or household can
Brown's Iron Bitters
execs of bile,
and cum malaria. Get the
A little drop of printer's ink,
Sometimes causes people to think.
. And want to impress upon your minds have
v ------received our new------
SprinG-.-StocK
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Goods
Our intention is to sell good goods at the lowest possible
prices We have the largest and most varied stock
kept in town. We keep almost every
needed in the household or on the farm and
invite inspection and comparison of our
goods. We can and will sell low for
cash. We want your trade and
will be R-lad to show you the
following lines of
DRY GOODS, DRESS GOODS,
NOTIONS, WHITE GOODS.
NICE LINE
AND PIECE GOODS FOR
MAKING MENS AND BOYS I
SUITS, ALWAYS IN STOCK.
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HATS, SHOES, CROCKERY, m
GLASSWARE, TINWARE, ff
WOOD AND WILLOW WARE,
j HARDWARE, PLOWS AND
FARMING UTENSILS,
HARNESS AND WHIPS,
Groceries, Flour a specialty. have the largest and M
, . . . ever kept in our
best line of FURNITURE Consisting in part of;
Top Walnut Suits,
Solid Oak Suits, Imitation Oak Suits, Imitation Walnut
Suits, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Tables, Buffets, Washstands.
of different kinds, Children's Cribs and Cradles, i
Mattresses, Tin Safes, Bed Springs, a full line of
Tables, Children's Carriages, Keep also a nice lino
of Lace Curtains and Curtain Poles, Matting and Floor
Oil Cloths. We cordially invite all to come to us
when in want of any goods. We will try to give you
satisfaction at all times.
COATS SPOOLS COTTON AT WHOLESALE PRICED
ft
ESTABLISHED 1883.
-WHOLESALE AND
N. C.
Cough
New Corned Herrings
C. R. Side Meat.
Tubs Boston Lard.
barrels Flour, all grades
barrels Granulated Sugar,
barrels C. Sugar,
boxes Tobacco,
barrels Railroad Mills Snuff,
barrels Three Thistle Snuff,
barrels Gail Ax Snuff,
Full stock of nil other
50.000 Luke Cigarette.,,
barrels P. Snuff,
box s Cakes Crackers,
barrels Stick Candy.
kegs Rand's Powder.
tons Shot,
c Bread
cases Star Lye,
2.5 barrels Apple Vinegar,
so cases Gold Lust washing
goods carried in my line.
Farmers, Make Tour Own Hay
WE CAN SELL YOU THE
BEST MOWER IN
THE WORLD FOR
CUTTING IT.
CALL ON US WHEN IN
NEED OF TIN WARE,
COOK STOVES,
PAINTS, OIL.
PLACE YOUR ORDERS for TOBACCO FLUES
S. E. PENDER CO.,
CRYSTAL LENSES
Tint tat
JAMES LONG,
Dealer in-
General Merchandise,
Has exclusive sale 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 arc not sop-
with those famous
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Notice.
SUPERIOR
Pitt Co f
Jane as
bur e Iron In her own name
and i lit briM f and all other
creditors of us deceased,
against
R. R. Fleming Fleming.
The above entitled action having been
commented In this Court on the 17th
day of May, for a settlement of
tho estate of Rufus Fleming, deceased,
under chapter of the Code of North
Carolina, notice Is hereby to the
creditors the said Fleming to
appear before me on or before the
day of July. 1898, and file the evidences
of their claims.
This the 17th day of May,
B. A. MOTE,
Clerk of Superior Court of Pitt Co.
For Malaria, Liver
BROWN'S IRON BITTERS
JULY.
All of this
month
have
ed to sell
our entire
Stock at
greatly reduced prices. DRESS
Our stock of Dress
Goods is complete, the best thing
in town our 40-inch Linen Lawns
at cents.
stock was
never bet-
We
have a big
lot Ladies
Gauze vest
and C-13
Corsets all
to be sold
cheat.
ClothinG
Our spring
and summer
Suits are cheap
and SHOES
and SLIPPERS to
match your dresses and
SAMPLE STRAW
HATS at cost. Everybody call.
HIGGS BROS.
GREENVILLE, N. C
THE REFLECTOR.
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 Rive as a matter of
Notices of church and society and all
other from which rev-
is to be derived will be charged
for at the rate of five cents a line.
Local Reflections.
BRIGHT SPARKS.
received a car load Sheet Iron for
Tobacco Fines . S. E. Ponder Co.
Encampment begins to-morrow.
town kept on ice at
Best Butter in
Do you want a bicycle
Reflector office.
Call at the
Fruit Jars Cheap
Store.
l the Old Brick
Sen-ices were livid in all the churches
on last Sunday.
Just received a car I Sheet Iron for
Tobacco Flues. S. E. Pender Co.
Your attention is called to the
notice by Jas. T.
The Best Flour on earth at the
Old Brick Store.
See advertisement of the Oxford Fe-
male Seminary in this issue.
Received to-day fresh X. C.
Butter at cuts per pound at the
Old Brick Store.
With plenty of vegetables and fruit
now the probabilities are that nobody
will starve.
-and ties from
Buy Your
Higgs Bros.
The load of of the
season came in Thursday morning of
last week.
Remember I pay you cash for Chickens
Eggs and Country Produce at the Old
Brick Store.
Attention i- called to the Notice of
Land Sales in this issue by R. W.
King. Sheriff.
Pairs S over
alls from cents up, at Higgs Bros.
We hear of quite a severe hail storm
in the upper part of the county Sunday
night but could get no particulars.
A large stock of nice Furniture cheap
at the Old Brick Store.
If you know anything of a news or
personal nature tell to some of the
Reflector force so it may be printed.
Mi Nannie Lawrence sent us an
egg that was a curiosity. On the small
end of it was a capital C plainly curved.
The Pitt County Rifles will leave
Thursday for Camp Bogart, near More-
head City. We wish them a pleasant
trip.
There is to be a big picnic in Barrett's
Grove, near Farmville, on Thursday,
27th lust., and a ball in Farmville that
night.
Mr. G. M. Tucker was the first to cure
a barn of tobacco in Pitt this season,
and is the first we have heard of any-
where, lie brought us a nice sample of
his own curing on Friday from a barn
he had just finished.
Land Plaster for
have just received a cargo of fresh
ground Lind Plaster to top dress Pea-
nuts. Can fill orders promptly
F. S Tarboro, N. C.
Personal,
Mr. J. J. Burgess was in town last
Sunday.
Mr. Alfred Forbes is better and at his
store we are glad to see.
Master Jesse Smith, sou of Mr. W. II.
Smith, is sick with fever.
Miss Ora returned Sunday
from a trip in the country.
Mr. J. B. Cherry went to Seven
Springs last Friday for a few
Mrs. Annie II. Burch was sick part
of last week, but is now convalescent.
Mrs. Dr. Freeman, of Murfreesboro,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. A.
Mr. B. F. Sugg moved last week in
the Fleming house next to the post-
office.
Mr. R. M. of Washington, N.
C paid us a pleasant visit Monday
morning.
Mr. Will Ricks returned last week
from a trip to Connelly Springs and
Master Will Blow left Saturday to
spend the summer with relative in
Nash county.
Miss Mattie Elliott, of Vs.,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. J. S. Jenkins,
of College City.
We are glad to see Mr. J. S. Smith at
his place of business last week. He has
been on the sick list.
Mr. W. T. Mangum, of Oxford,
rived Monday to make the boys hustle
on the breaks this fall.
Mrs. II. and daughter,
visiting relatives and friends
in and around Greenville.
Capt. Harry Whedbee left last week
for the at Chapel Hill at-
tend the summer law school.
Miss Lillie Baker returned Sunday
from a sojourn of several weeks to
relatives and friends in the country.
Mr. C. of Baltimore,
rived here Friday night and will spend
a few days with his many friends here.
Mrs. Julia Nelson children re-
turned home last week from a month's
visit to friends and relatives at Hob-
good.
Mr. Walter I. Ponder, of
Cove, N. C, a nephew of Mr. L. H.
Pender, is now in the employ of S. E.
Pender Co.
Mrs. J. S. Congleton and children re-
turned last week from a pleasant visit
to her mother. Mrs. Baited, a few
miles in the country.
Mrs. G. F. Smith and little daughter,
left Monday for her home, Beaufort, ac-
companied by Miss Janie who
has been attending school here.
Mr. J. E. Rogers, of
was in to see us Saturday and will be in
our for quite a while. He is cur-
tobacco for Mr. G. T. Tyson.
Messrs. Warren and W. It.
Smith left Monday for Camp Bogart,
Carolina City, near Morehead City, to
for the coming of the boys.
Messrs. J. G. J. R.
J. B. Cherry, Jr., W. B. Wilson, J. M.
Moore and J. A. Andrews returned last
week from their trip to the World's Fair
well pleased and pronounced it a grand
affair.
Mrs. S. S. Cotton left last week for
Chicago. Sirs. Cotton is a member of
the Board of Lady Managua of the
World's Fair. She was summoned by
telegraph to attend an important meet-
of the Board.
The following left for Ocracoke Sat-
Messrs. J. J. Cherry
and family, Ola Forbes and family, D.
J. Whichard and family, U.
and family, of Kinston. Lunsford Flem-
and wife, G. M. Tucker wife,
Hisses Lillie Cherry, Rosa
Forbes, Alice Wilson, Thigpen.
Nannie Essie Sheppard, Dr. C.
J. son, Charlie, Prof. W.
II. Messrs. II. Long, B.
F. Tyson, Jr.,
R. D. Cherry, Waller J. B.
Jarvis, W, S. Masters John
Ivy Smith and Vick.
Travel over the of this sec-
of the State will be heavy for the
next few days taking people to the en-
Alfred Ross was in town on the
4th of July and and told us he had not
missed coming here on that day for
fifty years.
The Teachers Institute closed
its session here Friday night with op-
exercises and a merry festival
at the Opera House.
Your attention is directed to the ad-
of the Wilson Collegiate Institute. We
have the in hand and it is a
piece of work.
The Worker, edited S. Bennett,
colored, has been changed to a weekly
paper and will appear every S
Rev. P. W. Williams is now on the
staff.
The dedication services of the new
Disciples Church at Kinston, will be
held first Sunday in August. Rev. Mr.
Cleaver, of Brooklyn, N. Y., will
preach the sermon.
T. II. a native of will de-
liver an address on and
in the Methodist church July 18th, at
P. M. He Is said to be a very in-
and instructive speaker. All
are Invited to attend. Admission free.
WOLF IN CLOTHING.
Dr. Cy Thompson, a third-party
quack, made a professional visit this
way last week, and the assistance
of wet-nurse administered some
physic to the dilapidated and colicky
third-party infant. His first call was
the Farmville where
he tor four hours Tuesday
trying to show the baby what was the
course of its trouble. Ho might have
come to tho root of the disease in a
much shorter time if he had just told
that it is office he butler
and the rest of the gang want.
The doctor came on to Greenville
Wednesday to inject a dose the kid
here, but those of the
who come looking for
found that the stock was all
which if they succeeded
in swallowing could what good it
had done them. When he got ready for
the operation he discovered that the
Bail had thrown a brick over
the kennel and being of the
he had to indulge in a spasm of howling
before he could get down to business.
He yelped at the Reflector and the
Raleigh till lie
most forgot what he had come
least that is the conclusion of the ma-
those who heard him for if he
knew what he was talking about when
he did get down to his speech it
that they didn't. here by way of
doctor for once dis-
played mighty good taste by showing
that lie had been reading such excellent
papers as the Reflector and the News
Observer.
The doctor said nobody could report
the speech lie was going to make and
verily, lie told the truth that time, for
it was just an impossibility to tell what
ha was to talk about. lie came
under the guise of an Alliance lecturer,
but a dozen people have told us
heard only part of that from his
speech it could not even be told
he belonged to the or not.
He did throw out the Impression that
lie Alliance is in politics, by saying
that it was the purpose of the
to so strong that it could take
of and whichever
party should be in at the time
it should attain numbers.
are certain this did not meet the
approval of one member of the Alliance
who hoard it, for he came light down
to the Reflector office and said,
fellow yonder speaking is the
biggest fool or the biggest liar I ever
saw. The Alliance was not organized
for any such purpose as he
The. tried to expatiate a bit on
finances and currency, but his remarks
h wed that he had no
knowledge of these great questions and
is hardly less capable of instructing the
public on them than poor Sam Nelson
would be.
He whacked at the last Legislature
about tampering with the Alliance
barter and though talking on this for
sometime he took special pains to avoid
mentioning in what particular or for
what reasons the Legislature thought
the charter ought to be amended. Even
after blowing the body out he turned
right around and said the Legislature
had done a great thing for the Alliance,
as the organization had got down very
low and might have died if something
had not been done to infuse new life
into it and this charter business did the
work. The funny part of this is that he
should first abuse the Legislature so
roundly and then acknowledge that it
did the Alliance a good turn. To a
thinking man it is reasonable enough
that the Alliance should increase
membership after the charter was
amended by the Legislature. Under
the old charter people who put their
money in it had no way to ever get it
out and very naturally did not wish to
put funds into such a hole, but under
the new charter provision is made for
the members to get their money back if
they desire it, and anybody can sec that
this ought to make a big difference.
The doctor also gave it to the Dem-
party right and left. In a vain
effort not to appear TOO he
would toss the Republican party a play-
tap and then jump on the
camp with both feet. A blind
man could see through this, that the
Third party and party are
working together. Another Alliance-
man came down to the Reflector
office and expressed himself
came to town to-day to hear
a Alliance speech, but
have heard anything
The doctor spoke boastfully of having
a thousand people out to hear him at
Farmville the day before. The Re-
can't say as to th at, but we
have heard people who were present
say the crowd was not near large as
he says. However, we do know how
many heard him in Greenville and his
own estimate of the crowd is about
twice as large as it was, and no
doubt lie was fully as erroneous as to
the Farmville crowd. The audience at
Greenville was counted three different
times, twice by an and
once an outsider, and they give us
the figures. Just after the beginning of
the speech there were white people
and of the latter
being women. Thompson could not
hold his crowd and when the second
count was made the number of whites
was down to then when counted
some later the whites and
the The presence of so
many their remaining may
be accounted for from the fact that they
were holding a teachers institute in the
Court House and gave an intermission
for Thompson to speak. Then deduct
from the number of whites those who
were Democrats and went out of mere
curiosity, and those who
had no sympathy with his third-
party his number of
will be divided mightily.
Doubtless Thompson and some of his
the
thought he so buried the Reflector
that it would not be able to get out this
morning. But here we are, and no
notice of the suspension of the News-
Observer has been received either.
The fact is Thompson's effusion did the
Reflector good, so we wont bother
him for what he said about us.
added several subscriptions that day.
An came down and
heard that fellow going for you up
yonder, take this and me your
Another handed us a dollar
with the remark Reflector
the worth of Those were
And the same this
third-party man actually
brought us the names of people for
copies of last weeks Reflector to be
sent them.
Now to be plain with our Alliance
we have got some good
friends among U evident
that such men as Hoover, Thompson and
Butler are using the organization,
though contrary to the wishes of many
of the members, for the furtherance of
the third party. These cattle are going
the country speaking and working
for the third party their expenses
are being paid by the Alliance. Take
tho Alliance as it started and it was a
grand order and Its purposes were right,
but sore-headed office-seekers and dead
beats have allowed to take
of it turn in from its original
objects. That is just what Thompson,
Hoover and others of their stripe are
dead beats purely and
down and a failure at everything else
they have tried to do and are now run-
over the country drawing big
out of the hard-worked farmers.
The wonder is that many of the people
arc s gullible that they will continue
to be fleeced this manner.
Oxford Female Seminary.
invite attention to the advertise-
of this old and famous school in
another column. It easily ranks among
the most progressive schools of the
State. Its instruction is of the most
thorough kind, and its standard for
graduation high. It provides two courses
for including Latin and
French, leading to the degree of B. A.;
the other, omitting Latin, leading to
the degree of Bachelor of Literature.
There are also graduate courses in Mu-
sic and Art.
The teachers are selected with the
greatest being selected for
the special work which she can best do.
The following noted schools arc
the Faculty Wake Forest
College, N. C, the School of
Languages of the North, the Western
Seminary of one of the Brooklyn
Schools of Physical these
in Literary Department. In Charge of
the Music Derailment Is a of the j
Royal Conservatory of Berlin, Germany,
while the Vocal Teacher received her
training in a celebrated Philadelphia
Conservatory. The Art Department
will be of an a
North Carolina who is just com-
a very extended course in the
great Cooper Union Art School, of N.
Y., and under the best masters of the
city.
The location of the Seminary all
that could be I
for and the mid
culture of its life. Its grounds i
are among the most beautiful in the
State.
New desks, new mans, new art outfit
and new animated charts with new fur-
and new carpets in the sleeping
rooms have been added daring the past
year.
The handsome as any
we have ready for
Write President for
TO THE PUBLIC
OWING to the dull trade
we propose to close out our
Spring and Summer Stock at
prices that defy competition.
Such as CLOTHING, HATS,
SHOES, DRY GOODS and
NOTIONS. In connection
with regular we
have an elegant line of SAM-
SHIRTS,
SUSPENDERS, to be
EMPORIUM.
EMPORIUM.
SOLD at New York cost.
SHIRTS from cents up.
GENTS TIES from cents
STRAW HATS from
up. A big line of DRESS
GOODS at reduced prices.
We are also Sole Agents for
BROS, and E. P.
REED SHOES
and Call and
them and be pleased.
C. T.
GREENVILLE. K. C.
and Improvements
Riders of Victor Pneumatics carry an extra inner tube
to be used in case of accident. By simply removing a
inner tube through a hole in the rim,
effected in five minutes by replacing with a new
If you are going to ride why not ride the best f
BOSTON,
OVERMAN WHEEL CO.
WASHINGTON, DENVER, SAN FRANCISCO.
Died.
On June 20th, 1803, Hugh
infant son of Mr. Mrs. Aaron P.
of Farmville. Hugh was sick
only a days before his death- We
mourn for our darling boy, who,
has just passed over the cold dark
of death and gone to be an angel.;
i c shall see his loving face and mild I
blue eyes no more this life, but hope
to meet him hereafter. X.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L- of Scotland Neck, died at
their home III that town Friday morning.
7th. The remains were brought to
Greenville on the train that evening
and interred Saturday morning in the
funeral services
conducted by Rev. F. Smith.
Mr. Samuel Cory who was stricken
with as reported in our last
issue, died Sunday night at the residence
of Capt. C. A. White, and Monday
evening his remains were interred at
Red Banks burial grounds.
We deeply sympathize with Mr.
Daniels, editor of the North
Carolinian at Raleigh on the death of
his little daughter. Adelaide, which
curred on the 2nd inst.
On May 19th, 1803. Mr. Samuel
Moore, St., away. He was
years old. He lived town-
ship on the north side of Tar river.
sea get
healthy.
Steamer leaves
Washington on
Wednesday morn
and
day night after
arrive-.
tor the
round trip.
day, 81.50; per
week. Si to
according to
Per month
children
old
and servant half
price.
OCRACOKE HOTEL
NEW
an 15th
1893.
This Famous Summer-
Place promises greater
attractions than ever.
Address,
J. W. MAYO,
Washington, N. C
Fines Surf Bath
and
on the coal.
Table supplied
with Oysters,
Clam- and
right out of the
water, and the
best the market
affords.
Hotel large and
comfortable.
Transposition
by Atlantic Coast
to Washing-
ton, and by sail
or steamer from
W a s h i n g t o n
down the
to
the Island.
MACHINE WORKS,
Engines, Boilers, Saw Mills, Cotton Gins.
SPECIAL ATTENTION TO REPAIRING.
r-5-
THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Write for
and prices before buying elsewhere-
A few Second-Hand Engines for sale.
CONGLETON CO.,
----DEALERS IN-----
AND FANCY GROCERIES.
We arc again in business to and have a nice Hue of fresh
goods. Will be glad to have our old call and see us, as well as all
others who wish to get Groceries and Confections that arc pure.
Our goods will be in We pay the highest mar-
price for
Notice to Creditors.
Having duly qualified before the
Court Clerk of Pitt county as
administrator of Samuel Moore, de-
ceased, notice is hereby given to all
Indebted estate to make
immediate payment to the undersigned,
all persons having claims against
the estate must present the same for pay-
on or before the 17th day of June
1891, or this notice will be plead in bar
of recovery.
This 17th day of June. 1893.
J. N.
of Samuel Moore.
Administrators Sale.
By virtue of an order of the Superior
Court of Pitt county, granted on the
14th day of September 1888 in the cage
of Allen Warren, D. B. N. of
J. S. vs. Taft, Lena
Emma Taft, Ella Taft and Minnie
Taft, undersigned will expose for
sale the Court House Door in
on Monday the 7th day of
August 1893. one tract of land adjoining
the lands of J. J. Tucker, Harry Skin-
O. E. W. W. Tucker and
others and known as the place whereon
late Thomas Dunn resided, contain-
two hundred and fifteen acres more
or less.
Terms of sale cash.
ALLEN WAR HEX,
D. B. N., of John S. Taft.
New
Straight
Clean
Large
We are still making a specialty of
HI MR, ROT
km SHOES.
We have a first-class assortment and sell close. Do not fail to
get our
and parts for all kinds of machines are sold by us.
Respectfully,
BROWN BROS.,
Depositors for American Bible Society
Notice
Notice Is hereby given that tho Board
of Commissioners of Pitt county will
meet on MONDAY, JULY 10th, 1893,
in the Court House, in Greenville, as
required by section chapter of
the laws of 1893, for the purpose of re-
vising the tax lilt and valuations re-
ported to for said year.
All persons who to the
of their property or to the amount
of tax charged against them are y
notified to be present and file com
plaints and the same will be heard.
Any person who has failed to list his
taxes for year will be allowed
to list on that day.
By order Board Commissioners,
i HENRY HARDING, Clerk.
N. C, July 3rd, 1893.
HOW TO GET THERE.
Is Ocracoke you are thinking
of The way to get there is
to go to Washington by rail,
or from Green
ville, and from there
the splendid
GAZELLE
will take you quickly and safe
to Ocracoke. The Gazelle
will Washington
Saturday at P. M. and re-
turning leave Ocracoke at P.
l. Sunday. Also leaves Wash-
every Wednesday at
A. M. and returning leaves
Ocracoke at P. M. same day.
Fare for round trip
D. HILL, Master.
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Wishing to my many
friends for their liberal patronage
for both Merchandise and differ-
articles which I manufacture,
T take this method of
that while I thank yon all I
am also striving hard to secure
advantages that I can give
in order to farther merit you
patronage.
for other articles in our
such as Church Pews, Cart
Wheels, Brackets
Tobacco Hogsheads and Genera
Repair Work, you will do well
to correspond with me before
ranging with any else. I can
you some advantage.
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Commission Merchants,
FAYETTE STREET, NORFOLK, VA.
and Correspondence Solicited.
ALFRED
THE RELIABLE OF
Mien to the of Tin surrounding counties, of the following goo
not to be excelled this market. And tote n
pure straight good. GOODS of all kinds, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, GEN
FURNISHING GOODS. HATS and CAPS, BOOTS aid LA
and CHILDREN'S SLIPPERS, and HOUSE FURNISHING
WINDOWS, SASH and BLINDS, and QUEENS
WARE, HARDWARE, PLOWS and PLOW CASTING, LEATHER of
kinds, Gin and Mill Hay, Rock Lime, Plaster of and
norm Bridles addles
HEAVY GROCERIES A SPECIALTY.
Agent O. N. T. Spool Cotton which I offer to the trade at Wholesale
dozen, less i per cent for Cash. Prep-
ration and Hall's St Lye jobbers Prices, Lead and pure
Oil, Varnishes and Cucumber Wood Pumps, Salt and Wood
Willow Ware. Nails a Give me a and I guarantee satisfaction.
JACK WHITE
IS AGAIN
BEFORE YOU.
Bring me your
for
Indigestion.
BROWN'S
AH keep U, per
trade mark and red line on wrapper
Greenville, N. C.
In the CORNER HOUSE
New York Cheap Store.
NEW STORE. NEW GOODS.
Prices Lower Than Ever.
FIRST QUALITY GOODS
MEN'S AND
CHILDREN'S SUITS,
HATS, SHOES, SHIRTS,
Notice these remarkable
Men's Suits as low as 92.50 and up.
Men's Pants as low as and up
Children's Suits as low as cut
Shirts as low as cents and up.
Men's Shoes as low as cents
Shoes as low as cent up.
Other goods correspondingly up.
We are the place for LOW PRICES
solicit the patronage of the people
CHICKENS, EGGS,
TURKEYS, DUCKS,
GEESE, GUINEAS,
And in fact everything that is raised in tho country and I will pay just
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handle on a small commission anything that my customers may want
me to. Remember my headquarters is at the old Marcellus Moore
store, right at the five points crossing, the most convenient place in
town. Come to see me.
Yours to please,
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LOCAL
NOTES AND
JOTTINGS.
TOBACCO
have
prim-
stalk
A few days last week were
warm enough for any of us.
Numbers of our farmers
already commenced curing
In a short while the
will be coming
Miss May Murray, who for
some time past has been visiting
her sister in Trenton, Jones
county, has returned.
Since the attack was made some
time ago on our Eastern Pride
Tobacco seed because the rainy
weather had caused a tobacco to
grow off spindling, we
tell the number of farmers that
have already told us that the
Eastern Pride was just doing
splendid for them. good
things terminate well under per-
If Greenville only did have a
it is neither too stiff nor too sandy
but just enough of both to make
a rich gray soil, the best in the
world for tobacco. Tobacco
farmers, looking for homes in
Eastern Carolina, certainly could
not do better anywhere than in
this vicinity of Hookerton and
the over are anxious
for tobacco farmers and will give
them excellent terms on excellent
land. After eating dinner and
resting the horse for a couple of
hours, we made to the homo of
Mr. John Just before
good town clock to take the place I getting to Mr. we met
About twelve o'clock we reach-
ed Hookerton and here we want
to say that while this section as
yet is not planting very much to-
it only needs men who
know how to cultivate it to make
it one of the best tobacco growing
sections in the State. The land
is high and naturally drained
with oak, hickory and dogwood
never feeds his mules on corn or
fodder bat gives them all the
oats want and hence he says
there is no necessity for such a
large corn field. Until a late
hour at night, Mr. kept
us wide awake relating the history
of bis life and the methods by
which he arose from a poor boy
without a dollar of this world's
the principal woodland growth I goods, to a prosperous man with
of that old jangling, grating bell
it would place it in a much better
light in the estimation of the
numbers of visitors and drum-
that stop at the King House,
in perfect hearing of this old arm
and hammer reminder, who
ask what kind of a noise
that might be called We always
happen at that time to be too
busily engaged in some other
topic of conversation to answer.
Prof. Jno- who for a
number of years was an active
worker for tho educational inter-
est of Greenville and who for the
past two years has been in charge
of the Hamilton. Martin county
academy, spent Saturday night
and Sunday with us. Prof. Duck-
leaves Hamilton to become
principal of Lumberton College.
For three years we were a pupil
under Prof. while he was
in Greenville, and we know that
he is an honest and well meaning
man. and as he is now moving
among strangers we him
abundant success and that his
forts will be duly and truly
by the people among
whom he
GREENE COUNTY LETTER.
We should have to to
our readers in this letter for not
confining our remarks strictly to
tho cultivation of tobacco, but as
our trip through the good old
county of Greene took us through
a section of country that has not
long been growing tobacco. The
people of course will be ditches
; in thorough repair and now I
; want every reader to pay especial
attention to his reply. If you
Mr- M- C- and James Nor-
whose fancy brights sold
for such ringing tip top prices
on the floor of tho Greenville last
fall that Mr- has doubled his
acreage this year. We turned of
course and went back to look at
his crop and while waiting to
cool off before going into the
field Mr. came over and
So we all walked through the field
together. Mr. has excel-
lent crop, in fact never saw a
poor one in the entire county-
Mr. land is especially
adapted to the growth of bright
tobacco. It is naturally drained
and his present growing crop
shows that if it properly cured
he will get lots of fancy white
wrappers and cutters.
Having seen all Mr.
crop we all over to Mr-
of course thought
that we were going to the
horses and walk over the field
but no, first tho farm was too
large and second riding was just
as convenient as walking and we
could see it just as well. This
farm we venture to assert is one
of the finest if not the finest in
East Carolina.
It is divided- up streets so to
speak which are much better
condition than a great many of
our public roads. We rode over
the entire farm of nearly
and never saw a single fence nor
but one ditch on the whole place.
There are ditches of course but
they are hollow ditches. AVe ask-
ed Mr. if it was not very
a comfortable fortune to keep him
living in luxury and ease the
of his days, even though he
live forty years more and there is
no visible reason why he should
not. We could fill this entire page
with profitable information gain-
ed from this gentleman, but space
at prevents. We
ed ourselves and Mr.
also to visit him again and when
we do our readers shall have tho
benefit of what we learn. One
idea that we wish to bring out
before closing for fear that we
will not have an opportunity of
using it again and that is the fact
that he never buys anything that
he can raise at homo. He says
that he saves all of his seed from
Irish potatoes up and that he has
the seed oats to-day the first of
which he purchased in 1865 with
money that he made digging
marl at cents a day and paid
a dollar a bushel for the oats.
More
WORRYING THEIR SOULS
ABOUT UNCLE WASH.
instructed before they can in-
and hence we should have
to write a general way.
want to say, however, that
if in our opinion this letter could
not be made fully as instructive
as one confined strictly to the
cultivation of tobacco we should
certainly not write it. Hence we
invite your attention to our
Greene county letter, promising
nest week to again get back to
the tobacco field.
Passing along from Greenville
the old plank road about
miles and thence to the left out
by Dr.
and on to Hookerton is one of the
finest agricultural sections in
Eastern North Carolina. Cotton,
corn, tobacco and in fact all crops
are looking splendid. This sec-
seems to have been
ally blessed this year from the
excessive rainy weather that has
been so abundant on both sides
of the river.
As the above caption indicates
we will commence with Mr. F. T.
Carr's farm just over the Pitt j
county line on the border of
Greene. From our earliest
remembrance have been high-
impressed with this section of
Greene county on account of its
pleasant and
location. Turning to the left
at Dr. the road bed,
which is composed of yellow sand
with just enough of clay in it to
make it hard, makes a gentle
curve elbow shape for nearly a
mile. On each side of the road
beautiful evergreens are growing
and the adjacent fields have no
fences or high rows to detract
from its appearance- Judging
from what we could on the
road Mr. Carr has a splendid crop
but the finest tobacco that we saw
anywhere in the county was on
Mr. Robert Carr's farm. It will
average very near five feet high
and the leaves have almost com-
filled tho middles between
the rows. . It seems to be in a per-
healthy condition and if
nothing occurs to stop its
from now on, it is likely
that Mr. Carr will get something
like a thousand pounds of first
class tobacco to the acre. This
is the first year that tobacco has
ever been planted on his land.
Mr. Ed Louis with Mr. W. W.
Ormand has eight acres of very
fine tobacco. This is his first
year in tobacco also.
don't want to use his plan it may
benefit you in some other way.
. He said that the crop product
that grew over these ditches
where brier patches and hedge
rows were to grow in
a few years would pay the cost of
building them and the yield
thereafter would more than pay
for the cost building bridges
over tho ditches, time lost in
turning tho horse around when
plowing and other tilings
upon such a system caused
him to prefer the blind ditch.
Every farmer of course cannot
successfully work this kind of a
ditch, but where it can be worked
it certainly makes a pretty farm.
Just in front of his dwelling is a
tremendous field of oats and in
every direction from his house
can be seen cotton, oats and to-
I acres in oats acres
cotton and acres in tobacco
but no corn. asked where
his corn field was and ho said he
didn't have much, only about
acres down under the hill. Re-
member all this land of which we
have spoken is almost perfect-
level plain. We had seen all
his upland crop so we tied the
horses and proceeded to look at
the crop and his hogs. The
line between his upland and low-
land or swamp is marked by a
hill side on about degree slant
extending clear across his entire
farm and about hundred
yards across it. Thirty acres of
this slant he has planted in
peaches, plum and
divided in sections with
walling between, each one plant-
ed separate from tho other. He
has his orchard sown in
rye, and as we approached it
there was a rustling in the rye,
and from every quarter and from
behind every bash and clod of
dirt, small pigs and hogs seemed
to come. There were if we mis-
take not and larger ones be-
sides the mothers which were
large, healthy, fine bred stock.
asked how much meat he
generally killed and he said
about pounds, and he
scarcely ever feeds with
corn. His orchards support them
through the summer, his wheat
and pea fields through the fall
and he feeds them en corn a short
while before killing time. He
Several of our contemporaries
who are so accustomed to boot-
lick any and all members of the
cigarette trust have recently been
much concerned because we call-
ed attention to the fact that
Uncle Wash Duke began to look
sad over the prospect of his
welfare. These gentlemen
have lost sleep over this bold as-
of ours and each of them
have felt con-polled to write from
a half to three columns in
of Uncle Wash and his great
trust. They write this stuff and
send marked copies of it to Uncle
Wash, thinking that he might
send them a little donation or get
the to in an
These same fellows would kiss
the ground upon which a Dur-
ham Duke that wore
necessary to keep in the good
graces of that crowd.
And while they doing this
lavishing their sickening com-
upon the greatest
mies which the tobacco trade has
ever stop to
think in what a ridiculous
they place themselves
Their papers draw their support
almost exclusively from the to-
trade, and yet the very men
whom they compliment and laud
to the skies are the who are
trying to ruin everybody in the
tobacco trade outside of the trust.
Not satisfied with robbing the
of his cutters, the Trust
lifts its hand against tho
Did not the agents of
tho Dukes come right here in
Winston and try to crush out the
Magnolia cigarettes by threaten-
our merchants. Did not the
Allen firm cut prices
Lynchburg and try for nearly a
whole season to crush out tho
of Wm. S. Carroll. Is not
the trade tied up all over the
country in just this way and com-
petition kept out of the field t
Away with slimy
praise of Duke's Trust and Duke-
Trust methods. Every self re
editor, especially of a to
who is dependent on
the legitimate trade for support,
should have more regard for the
constituency ho is serving than to
be found thus wallowing in the
of senile
Tobacco Journal.
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An Amusing Anecdote.
The late Mr. of Mon-
says tho New York Tribune,
had the misfortune to be bowlegged,
which suggests an anecdote told of
Senator Sanders, of that state. Tho
senator has always been opposed to
Maj. of Montana, and has
been in the habit of his
course with considerable western
freedom. trouble with Maj.
he said on one occasion,
that he is all things to all men.
With a republican, he is a
with a democrat, he is a
with a Presbyterian, he is a
Presbyterian; and, by Jove, with
he is
Secretary and Pugilism.
Secretary is not a believer
in the manly and elevating qualities
of tho sport of as ex-
by Hon. John Lawrence
Sullivan, of Boston, Mr. James J.
Corbett. the eminent banker of the
Pacific slope, et A few nights
since when Mr. Dixon, a colored
gentleman of delicate physique but
preeminent as a despoiler of tho
countenances of his fellow men, was
exhibiting his skill in the art of de-
and offense at theater,
he offered fifty dollars to the person
who would undergo his
for the period of four rounds. A
young colored messenger from Sec-
school of finance,
essayed to
oppose his fists to those of Mr.
Dixon for glory and the emolument
aforesaid. Mr. Johnson made a
noble fight for three rounds and tho
curtain finally fell just as ho was
sinking to rest upon the floor. In-
and chair legs were wafted
about by his admiring friends, who
asserted that the fourth round had
been prolonged forty-nine seconds
before Dixon could put his
to sleep. Tho manager gave
Johnson five as balm for his
wounded feelings and face and as-
sured the public that he was
honor to the treasury
This view of Johnson's accomplish-
was not taken by Secretary
or else ho thought they
should have a wider scope for their
exercise. When the newspaper no-
showered upon to
the secretary's eyes he ordered that
the name of the young pugilist
should be stricken from tho roll.
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For the club of unmarried women
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TRAINS DOING. SOUTH.
No No No
April. 18th, daily Fast Mail, daily
daily ex Sim
12,30 pm
Ar pm pm
pm
Rocky lit p m C pm am
Wilson -2
Ar Florence
Wilson
Goldsboro
Magnolia
TRAINS GOING
No No
daily
Sun.
Florence G
Ar
Wilmington am
Magnolia
Goldsboro
Ar m
Wilson SO
At Rocky Mont
Ar Tarboro
Tarboro p m
Daily except
Train on Scotland Neck Branch Road
leaves 3.40 Halifax p.
m., arrives Scotland Neck at p. m.,
Greenville 6.28 p. in., Kinston 7.03 p. m.
Returning, leaves Kinston 7.20 a- m.,
Greenville 8.22 a. m. Arriving Halifax
at a. m., 11.20 a. m. dally
except Sunday.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington 7.00 a. in., arrives
8.40 a. m. Tarboro 9.50; returning
leaves Tarboro 4.40 p. 6.00
p. m,, arrives Washington 7.30 p. m.
Daily except Sunday. Connects with
trains on Scotland Neck Branch.
Train leaves Tarboro, N C, via
Raleigh R. R. dally except Sun-
day, P M, Sunday P M,
Plymouth 9.20 p. in., 5.20 p. m.
Returning leaves Plymouth daily except
5.30 a. m., Sunday 10.00 a. m-
Tarboro, N C, 10.25 AM 12,20.
Trains Southern Division, Wilson
ind Branch leave
ville a in, arrive Rowland pm.
Returning leave Rowland p m,
arrive m. Daily ex-
Sunday.
Train on Midland N C Branch leave
Goldsboro daily except Sunday, A M
rive Smith Held, N C, AM. Re
laves N C AM
Goldsboro. NO SO A M.
Train
Mount at P M, arrive Nashville SO
P Hope IS P M. Returning
Spring Hope A M, Nashville
8.86 A M, arrives Rocky Mount A
except Sunday.
Trains on Latta Branch R. It. leave
Latta 7.80 p. m., arrive Dunbar 8.40 p.
m. leave Dunbar a. m.,
arrive Latta 7.15 a. m. y
Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves Warsaw
for daily, except Sunday, at o
and leave
ton at A M, and P. M.
at Warsaw with No. and
Train No. makes close connection at
Weldon for all points North dally. All
rail via Richmond, and dally except Sun-
day via Bay-Line, also at Rocky Mount
daily except Sunday with Norfolk A
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