Eastern Reflector

1- JOB PRINTING The Reflector is pared to do all wort. in this line NEATLY, QUICKLY, and IN BEST STYLE. Plenty of new mate- rial and the best of Stationery. The Reflector. D. J. WHICH Editor and Owner TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance. SKATING IN CHINA. its Utility in Carrying on the Trade of the Country. Skating, says the Pittsburgh Dis patch, is a with the China man, rather than a sport, for he contrives to turn frozen canals into convenient highways for his mer- as they do in Holland and Denmark. Passengers are in sledge chairs, propelled by an active Celestial on and there is no more enjoyable way of making a tour round the seventeen miles of wall which encircles the ancient city of Peking than in a sledge of this description. The canals afford ties for locomotion which are not to be in the streets, crowd- ed as they are with overworked It is not likely that the Celestials will ever astonish the world with a rival to our Smarts or Sees, for they do not aim at great speed of but they are, nevertheless, fairly qualified adepts in their way, and there have been some efforts made to introduce ice yachts out there, which would, indeed, be a grand thing not only for sport, but for the transport of goods at a. time when all traffic is practically at a standstill, owing to the impassable condition of the wretched causeways which do duty in China for high- roads. There are over seventy miles of the annually covered with ice several feet thick, bank to bank, extending from the port of Peking, to the mouth of the river at in the gulf of What a noble racecourse this would form for our fen skaters It is not commonly known that the capital of China is icebound for five months out of the twelve, or that the Chinese could ever be graceful skaters, yet both these facts are well established. The Chi- use a very inferior style of skate, of their own mere chunk of wood arranged to tie on the shoe, and shod with a rather broad strip of iron. There is no at- tempt at elegance of design or at anything approaching a spring fas- A pair of clamp when shown by the writer to some native students in the Chinese produced unbounded astonish- and admiration by their neat- and strength. On the other hand, the very cheapness and of the common native-made article tends to make skating gen- VOL. XIV. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 1895. NO. I OUR BOYS. HORACE GREEN AND CO. Organ Paradise. A whole village of well-to-do Ital- speaking English with an ac- cent, is one of the most astonishing things that Italy offers to the tour- They are retired organ grind- who have acquired comfortable fortunes in this country and gone back to their beloved native land to live in affluence with their families in this strange little colony which they have founded among the sweet Italian mountains. The stranger in walking through the quiet streets is often astonished at the sound of a hand organ sending forth the familiar strains of a once- popular air from within one of the houses, giving evidence of the in which the organs are held by their swarthy, dark-eyed owners, and which most of them cherish fondly in their ideal life of idleness. Boston Herald. A DUMB ROOSTER. The takes little interest in the school duties of his u. boy to Row all his duty is done. He the but teachers must the Gnu r st at i is a rub. Ii one cf schools low this for analysis is to light custom with How true The boy is the for live, or, six hours day. lie is under control, or ought to be, the other hours. One fourth f his under re at his time not at school. Where is the boy during those hours I Give him eight hours for sleep and vine more meals ; then we have hour- left. Where dot's this boy spend these hours Does he spend two of them in study at Ins Lome- Hardly. But give trim these two should give him. the one trial, benefit of every reasonable doubt,. us the says, charging the what becomes of the seven hours still Spent ii lawful, honorable this average help it and . he generally helps-it. He has learned to smoke the deadly the law j says that shall Dot be sold i minors. Ho has learned to use language, though the i fond mother declares that her boy is this respect.; He is expert gambler, though doting papa asserts that his hoy Beret heard of such a thing. He I unless to ardent though both patents i. v is a lie Again, this average youngster, remember, spends of bis time with those who think, very little of accuracy It had been Horace Green, dealer in general merchandise, for so long that when the people of South Farm- saw that the sign had been lengthened to Horace Green A Co. did not know whether to be- their eyes or not. Green was one of those men who detested part- of any kind. The only one Dun or Bradstreet. South Farm- merchants did not aspire to that abundant proof of his rectitude In financial affairs was not wanting and Mrs. Joseph Pea- body, of Columbus, became Horace Green's partner. So that wait the reason the sign was changed to Horace Green A Co. It took the curious townspeople months to learn the identity of the in fact they never j You Need Reflector this year., It will give the news every week for a year. Reflector and Atlanta Constitution Reflector, and twice-a-week a year. DAINTY BOUDOIRS. Where New York's De- Receive Friends. wait Parlor Room Ara Combined ad P Not less dainty than jewel cases Eu had ever entered into was when ascertained the particulars of the are the boudoirs of the young women married Nettie Gray, and even . me out winter as that failed to pan out to the faction of either of the interested parties. After five years spent in constant bickering and general connubial happiness Mrs. Green procured a divorce on the plea of of tempt r and left South Farm- for parts unknown, at least to Horace Green. The impression prevailed in South Farmington that her fancy had alighted upon some one whose will promised to coincide with hers more happily than that. of her ex-other half. But that was only supposition. new sign until their curiosity on that score was swallowed up In the surprise which another act of Horace Green produced, and the whole series of events were made public. The new firm had straightened it- self out had been calmly the sea of prosperity for about four months when the postman delivered electric shock to Green one morn- in the shape of a letter from Mrs. Peabody. It was a very looking letter and its words could be counted on the fingers of one hand, but they were of such a nature as to throw him into a cold sweat of anxiety. They informed him that ; Mrs. Peabody would be in South The momentous change in Horace Green's domestic life did not affect I Farmington on Monday, his business methods to any Many ideas as to what he should extent. He continued to buy do surged through his brain, but the and sell his general merchandise one that loomed up most prominent- with varying degrees of was that of getting out of town according as the times were good or i and leaving the Impression that he I bad, and kept his own counsel more I had not received the letter. strictly than he had ever done be- j But his moral forces had been too But there came a time when well tutored to allow him to stoop the debit side of his ledger, which that deception. The only thing was kept from other eyes j he could conscientiously do was to than his own, overbalanced the credit. He did not know just how it came about, but there it was, and figures won't lie. He tried by every means in his power to remedy the defect, but in vain. Undoubted defeat stared him in the face something unforeseen curred to tide him over the prevail- financial depression. After a weary wait of several weeks, during which things kept on going from to worse, he com- to cast for some re- lief outside of bis own resources. Of of language, and care less. Hew j all the plans considered, that of can you expect him to to the English language Now, then. With nearly very- thing to pull back, nod very little face his partner, even though she did happen to be a woman. He sat in his private office all Monday morning waiting for Mrs. Peabody to come. About noon the boy announced her arrival. her Green commanded, giving his cravat an extra twitch, avid Mrs. Peabody rustled through the door. But Green had no word of greeting. She held out her plump, white hand, but he did not take it. you are surprised she asked, with her mellow laugh. j didn't you say He found his voice then. A GHOST The Deserted Factory by Rhine Was Haunted. the a partner was the only one that he said, you know who it seemed feasible. The proceedings relative to the accomplishment of that extraordinary step were in- in mystery. There was no to urge him forward to a good one of his acquaintances to whom he education, how is it possible to his the average boy to be made into a reputable Is it any wonder that our lend swarms with youthful criminals and annoyers of the public peace If the parents of our laud do not wake up to the responsibilities the Greater has laid upon them, they may live to mourn for a country discordant, in Biblical Some of Hi Original Ways About Chicken Park. of Palermo, says that his deaf and dumb rooster just beats creation, and that's right, com- the Journal-, he wasn't created that way. Up to the time he was eight months old he could reel off a as flippantly as any rooster in the neighborhood, and then one unlucky day be got his head caught In a barbed wire fence in such a way as to mangle his neck and probably tear out his vocal cords. Just what made him deaf, though, is uncertain, but it is likely that when he lost his power to make he evidently forgot how to hear them. At least, now at the age of three years, he gives no of hearing. So this Leg- horn goes through life and He wake up the neighborhood at four in the morn- with an everlasting cock-a- doodle-do. Every time a cloud passes over the tun he does not scream and send the hens scaling for the barn in fear of hawks. No, but he is just as much lord of the chicken park as ever. There is nothing that he fails to see. He makes eyes an- for ears and voice, too. When the first glow of sunrise pears he begins the duties of the day by raising the rest of the fowls in the in his own original way. He walks around to each one and kicks it off the perch. There's no re- such an invitation to get up. It's so much more effective than crowing. When he gets a challenge to fight he does not stop to announce what he can do. He goes and does it. What is most remarkable, how- ever, about this deaf and dumb bird is that he can readily distinguish be- tween an admonition to invitation to come in and have something to eat. His owner thinks he does it by the motions of the and the general attitude of the person. At least he know what It what Jr STRICKEN The people of North Carolina should contribute to the relief of the stricken people of Nebraska. Read the following, which gives really but a faint idea of in that recent blizzard which swept the Northwest inaugurated a of sever, winter weather that has largely aggravated the already great destitution and sufferings of the people of the of Throughout a large section of that State drought last Sum mer caused almost a total loss of the corn crop. As a consequence, where the animals bad not starved, the people have been forced to sell off their bogs and other live stock which they could not feed, and sales always impose a sacrifice to sellers. en to serious straights by the de- of their chief food sup- ply, sufferings of he people have been increased by stormy wintry weather to a degree that is not and the accounts which come of the situation in Nebraska are truly terrible. The wretched sufferers wide expanses of open plain. which in Summer are subject to destructive droughts, while hi the Winter Northern rash down upon with fury. have little, or nothing upon which to live, and are destitute of means of get- ting away. They are making peals help, in this con it has been proposed to send them from South a train of meat and Slates Banished tram Boston The reasons assigned by the school committee for the of slates, slate pencils and sponges in public schools and substitution of paper, lead pencils and rubber erasers in their places, are as follows light gray mark a slightly darker gray surface is or less indistinct and trying to the eyesight- resistance of the bard pencil upon the hard slate is tiring to the and the resistance to which the muscle are thus trained must be over- come when beginning to write with pencil or pen upon paper. Third- The of slates, slate sponges is n vary uncleanly and leads to establishes Boston stances and he could hit upon no satisfactory plan of the subject to a stranger. In his ex- he went to a lawyer who had diffused legal light around him when his divorce suit was and described the quagmire of in he had been hope- floundering for some time past. The lawyer listened patiently to the recital, of financial woes. that is he said, when had concluded and signified his readiness for for a partner. You had bettor take one of the Birmingham papers. The Bugle is a good medium; one of the best in the country, and it'll be sure to land you something The suggestion seemed to be a good one, and Green acted upon it. More than two hundred letters poured in on X Y Z in answer to the call for financial which occupied a prominent spot in the ad- columns of the ham Bugle. He waded through them all, then, being unable to make a de- for himself, he again sought the friendly counsel of the attorney. It took the legal nose three days to scent out good and bad points of the communications. After the law- had judiciously selected the let- which his judgment told him his client ought to deal with he called on Horace Green. he said, laying a heavy white sheet on the table, the one that meets with my highest It is written by Joseph Peabody. Perhaps you have not noticed how concise and sensible her letter Green picked it up re-read it. he said, did notice it, be sure. But what of If you can make any kind of a reasonable agreement with her, the mere fact that she is a female ought not to deter you from looking out for your own interests. If she will put up the money and give you the say -so of the management of the con- you have no right to be putting in any kind of a haven't thought much of en, you know, Simmons, yes, I hastily, there is no sense of letting that old rankle to the extent of you of the benefits of a good business guess you are Green re- you don't know bow shy I have fought of the sex, I'd almost as leave see a tornado burst was all the time What made yon do course I knew. Aren't you the only Horace Green here And well, what do you think I did it for Mr. Peabody died a year and a half she added, quite naively. don't ha stammered, I do she retorted. were both idiots in our younger days, but I suppose we've both learned a good deal in the last ten you willing to try it over he asked. she answered, and it was when they entered upon their life partnership for the second time that the neighbors learned the history of Horace Green A News. Man- Others Were by with Aid Popular Others by Allan Be Meats. It is a peculiarity about the public statues in New city that they have had to be provided by popular subscription, with little or no aid from the city. An exception to the rule is the monument in Madison square, erected in 1887 in honor of Maj. Gen. Worth. The city paid for that. Most of the other statues have been erected by private enter- prise. Individuals paid for bronze statue of Franklin on Printing House square, that of Alexander Hamilton in Central park, the statue of Daniel Webster in the same place, and the Irving statue in Bryant square. The Scotch residents of New York contributed to the erection of the Scott statue in Central park in 1871, and of Robert Burns statue in The German citizens of New York presented the bronze bust of Hum- on the one hundredth of his birth in 1869, and ten years before that they had provided for the expense of the Schiller statue in Central park. The French of New York raised the money for the Lafayette statue erected in Union square in 1876; Irish citizens for the bust of Thomas Moore erect- ed in Central park in 1880; the residents of New York for the equestrian statue of Bolivar in 1884, Aid the Italian residents of New York for two statues, that of erected in Central park in 1878, and the Garibaldi statue, erected in Washington square a few years later. The status of Holley, the civil en- was unveiled in 1890 by the civil engineers, and the telegraphers gave the statue of Prof. Morse in Central park, which was erected in singing societies contributed the Beethoven, through the door of in with a woman in them, if I bad to the furnished that of wait on her But go ahead; ;. in Astor place. I'll leave this thing entirely in vow Lincoln statue in Union square was hands. D you can make s dicker erected by to with Mrs. Joseph why. all right suppose everything . toe same turn ant shipshape lathe , square is In latest statue of that the steps street Is AM bony was brief ad So of seemed to be to concede to f T Say proposition -sign. t provided be York's heiress Many of these boudoirs, or as they are familiarly called, have been newly fitted up for this coming out season; and are as elaborate as money can obtain, while keeling the exquisite daintiness of a French boudoir. The much discussed and very pretentious little girl. Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, has a white boudoir as one of a set of three rooms in the Fifth avenue palace facing Central park. There is a sleeping-room, a dressing-room and a parlor or just as she chooses to call it. This last is a large, almost square room, fitted up entirely in white without so much as a dash of gold; nor are even brass, but of white metal. Between the two great front win- and banked on either side with growing plants, is a large oval mirror of French plate, so fine that once a new chambermaid walked into it thinking it another room. All around the oval mirror are wild flowers in a garland, whose ends are held by flying boys. Over the mantel, which is white enameled wood, there is a similar mirror, similarly treated, and a with the same floral design adorns the white wall. It Is not a bare room. There are too many fresh flowers, too many girlish me- for this. But its simplicity is so pronounced that many another and less favored girl would plead for something little The furniture is blue and white and the carpet, woven like a rug, is the same. room where Miss Gertrude's Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt, receives her girl friends on her somewhat brief visits to New York, is described by one of the young ladies to whom served chocolate one aft . found Connie lying upon a pile of bear rugs, and she begged us to excuse her if she kept one wrapped around her, as our New York days are so The room was hung with rugs, and upon the plate glass tables lay curios of all countries. We enjoyed looking at the photo- graphs taken by Mrs. Willy K , and we greatly enjoyed seeing a of oriental scarfs gathered by Consuelo herself on her last yacht- tour. a great deal of chatter, Connie drew out a china table loaded with cups and saucers across the water; and we had chocolate prepared by a French maid. The room was a combination of Spanish negligence and French taste that was very attractive but wholly different from any belonging to the other Another envied of the winter is Miss Edith Morton, the daughter of New York's governor- elect. Miss Morton is tail, fair, viva- and highly accomplished. Her private rooms in the mansion at abound pictures. Upon the walls hang bunting em- There are her spurs, her riding whip, her cap and tiny riding boots. There are fencing swords, too, for this young lady Is athletic, and a small gymnasium stands ready for her use. Miss Mabel Gerry, the daughter of the famous S. P. C. C. president, makes this winter, while yet an unmarried daughter, Miss Angelina, remains in the family. Miss Mabel can boast a series of homes. In the Gerry's Newport mansion she has her daintily pointed boudoir; in the Gerry town house she has the same; and, more than all, on her father's yacht has a parlor luxurious y fitted up as those of the mikado's pet daughter. Miss Gerry in dress, like nearly all the season's Miss Alice Shepard, a daughter of the late Eliot Shepard. will come out with her cousins the Vander- girls, and Miss Ethel Stokes, a less conspicuous but enormously wealthy girl, will make her appear- about the same Nearly all of these girls will come out at teas; and all will have a chance to entertain privately for a few weeks before undergoing the ordeal of s grand ball. The Oldest Lighthouse. The north coast of Egypt has bees guarded by a. lighthouse since B. C, when Ptolemy Philadelphia, toe Greek king of Egypt, and one of the successors of Alexander toe Great, built the so- called Alexandria. This was a lofty tower, placed st to en- trance of to harbor, with s great Are on its summit during to As H said toe artist to toe sculptor, made that bust of Were Heard Within- and the was walking along a side street in a little town along Rhine one said the man who has been around the world to a writer for the Louisville Courier- Journal, I saw a crowd of puzzled-looking people standing in front of an abandoned building. It had once been a factory, but the firm had gone by the board and de- cay was doing the rest for structure. The crowd was divided off into little knots of people who held their fingers up mysteriously and bent their heads as does one listening. don't you hear said one to his neighbor, and the crowd stood perfectly quiet. listened with the rest of them and heard a slow, steady flow of rasping sighs. It came from just behind the cracked wall. is every one asked himself. The sound was so mysterious that it became creepy. Some one suggested that maybe murder had been attempted and the victim, still alive, had been secreted in the building and left to die alone. Still no one had the courage to go into the building by himself and investigate. Finally one man more daring than the rest said he would go In if some of the other men would accompany him. little party was gotten to- and it made a complete search of the building. Nothing could be found to explain the strange sounds. The men, still puzzled, filed out of the building and took their places with the rest of the crowd. The muffled sighs still floated out. mystery deepened. While the crowd was, standing there looking at the blank wall with their mouths open, some one yelled In look in eyes were turned to one of the fissures In the wall. There thrust out into the daylight was a human hand. The women and screamed and ran. Some of the men took a second startled look and started off, too. A few held their ground, and as they watched they saw the hand disappear back Into the opening. Some of the weaker ones who stayed said It was the hand of a spirit warning us to depart. One of the stronger-minded ones said he didn't believe spirits had hands and was sure If they did they never wore black gloves. So he started into the building to make another investigation. None of the others dared follow him. While he was in the building, the mysterious sighing kept up right along. Sud- we heard a scream, and, I must confess, I was one of those who thought the venturesome fellow had run against something that wasn't human. When we saw three owls fly out of one of the crevices In the wall we were not a whit reassured. Owls and bats go with ghosts. one of the group, which had thinned out considerably by this time, said if there old owls in the building there were pretty sure to be owls, and young owls in breathing made just such a noise at we had been hearing. This settled it. We all dashed bravely into the building and found the brave German who had preceded us standing with a grimy little German boy by the collar of his blouse. He was talking to the boy rapidly and trying hard to keep from laughing. The boy looked defiant. In a little while he explained the mystery. He showed a false wall in room in which we were standing and a hole through which he had crawled. He said he had seen the old owls flying the wall from outside and went into the building to capture the young, owls be was sure were there. While was in there he heard the crowd on the outside talking mysteriously and heard them mentioning ghosts and spirits. He thought he would have a little fun, so be thrust his hand through the opening. He was hugely enjoying the consternation he bad caused when he was jerked put of his hiding place by the Highest of all in Leavening U. S. Report. Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE UNDER A TREE. There, as He Requested, Lies James G. Blaine, The graves of Walker Blaine and his sister, Mrs. Alice Stan wood Cop- pinger, in Oak Hill cemetery, are marked by plain monuments, says the Washington Post, the first a round-topped slab of marble, with- out a line of ornamentation except the inscription. This Blaine, born Augusta, Me., May 1855. Died Washington, January The grave of Mrs. Cop- is marked by a Celtic cross about four feet high, inscribed as About of James G. and wife of Col. J. J. U. S. A. Born Augusta, Me., March Died Washington, February 1890. Erected by her sorrowing Over the grave of James G. Blaine A Eastern can remarked in says the and Observer, be looked for wild within the next sixty days. He said that Western Republicans are in the saddle, at do not fully under- stand conditions in the East For this reason he for will be unsatisfactory and injurious to the East. Among changes which be expects is the substitution of a new system of which will put many counties under ruination This, he feels sure, will create such dissatisfaction as to cause a reversion of sentiment in th- East favorable to Like Judge this Re- publican does not favor rule over white people, but neither monument nor in- . . J . ii i . like the Judge, he thinks a uniform system of govern- WIRE NAILS ARE CHEAP. A Wastes Time In Stop- pins One Up. our remarked a well-known master carpenter, can always tell a green workman by watching to see if he stops and picks up a nail which he has dropped. Wire nails are now so cheap that if a carpenter drops one it is cheaper to let it lie than to consume the time required to pick it This naturally occasioned some prise, but the Speaker, after a little substantiated It as he continued, It takes a carpenter ten seconds to pl k up a nail which be has dropped, and that his is worth thirty cents an hour, to recovery of the nail cost cent. There are six-penny nails a pound, which is worth at ninety cents base and sixty-five cents average per keg 1.58 per pound. This would make the money, value cf the Or in other pay to pick up ton seconds of save a small with the G. At the head of the grave stands a blasted tree, which is, in accordance with the dead statesman's wish, his only monument. tree was a magnificent hickory, one of the of its kind that divide the honors of the hillside with the magnificent the cemetery its name. The absence of a monument is not a sign of neglect, but was his or.-n request. Upon death of his fa- son, Walker Blaine, the then secretary of state selected a lot in Oak Hill comet err, one down the hill from the little red sandstone chapel and overlooking the waters of Rock creek. Here Walker Blaine was buried, and when, not long afterward, Mr. Blaine's daughter, Mrs. died, he bought the adjoining lot, where she was in- On this lot there stood an old hickory tree. It had been struck by lightning some years before and had died at the top, but it was trimmed and revived, and now bids fair to reach as green an old age as any other tree in the cemetery. Mr. Blaine requested he bought the second lot that this tree should never be destroyed, and that on his death he should be buried beneath it. must obtain throughout State- IVORY FOR THE MARKET. The Supply Is Time- Suggestion. Naturalists and commercial ex- perts are bewailing the fact that there is danger that the supply of elephant ivory may soon be ex- At least sixty thousand elephants are slaughtered yearly to obtain tho amount of ivory to supply the world's demand. The value of ivory depends some- what on the locality from which it comes. West African ivory is the most valuable. It is exceedingly tine-grained, and some of the choicest specimens have the semi- transparent appearance of onyx. The best ivory comes from animals found in very warm and humid at- In northerly situations, where the air is cooler and dry, the product Is coarse and harsh, lack- the velvety elasticity of the other. Guinea ivory is slightly greenish at first, but whitens upon exposure to the air and light. Vegetable Ivory, is obtained from seed, and Is a valuable sub- for the real article. There are several manufactured ivories, of which celluloid is best known and Is, perhaps, the most valuable. In view of the enormous consumption of ivory, the establishment farms is suggested. animals are extremely docile in captivity, and when reared with domestic surroundings are manage- able and may at the same time be made useful as beasts of burden. N. Y. Ledger. of Thought. No man knows just what Le can do till he culture which does not reach heart is a failure. services. Sweet will grow from which we do no We Sow good ran them. Every evil to succumb is a lain strength of the lion to resist. first in good conversation truth, the next good sense, the third good humor and the fourth wit. Those who sneer habitually at human nature and to desire it are among its worst and least pleasant samples. It is only the great hearted who can true friends. The mean and can never what true friendship means. Montreal Star. Out of blind who are said by the census reports to be in this Slate, the authorities were to get the names of oily 1-5 and of these only be induced to the in- at Raleigh- The i i f parents and is the cause of their not availing tin n selves of the great W. L. Wilson, of West belief that an extra session of Congress will be unavoidable. z. V. A Jeweler, N. PRICK, and Civil N. C. Office at the House. DR. H, A. JOYNER, DENTIST, O. Office up stair's overS. E. AN AMERICAN COUNTESS. the Lady Randolph Churchill and Snake on Her Arm. There are certain women In the world who capture public attention to that degree that everything they do Is promptly chronicled. Lady Randolph Churchill Is one of them. When returning home from India with Lord Randolph, she noticed a British soldier tattooing a deck- baud. It dispelled the ennui bad upon her incident of ship life, and from watching the op from her deck chair she con- to try it herself. She had the artist brought before her, and asked him for some designs. He suggest- ed the Talmudic symbol of eternity a snake holding its tall In its mouth. Lady Randolph was charmed bared her arm for the operation. Lord Randolph swore and protested. But tattooing was it Is said, at it to described as a beautifully executed snake, dark blue in color, with green eyes red As a thing It It hidden from vulgar by a broad gold bracelet, but bar friends are q see. i, J. ATTORNEY N. C. attention to business. Office at old stand. J JARVIS. la SLOW A BLOW, w Practice the SKiNNER, has t. the it, AW, Prompt attention to collection K. Moore. L. W . Greenville. A MOORE. N. G Office Opera Ho . V Ms H f K A f I L I. r. , , I U s

THE REFLECTOR. Greenville, N; C. . Stilt w Entered it the at Greenville C , as mail JANUARY 6th TO. MILE POST. Eastern to-day enters upon its fourteenth, vol- For thirteen years it made its regular weekly visits, ten years of this throe under the sole management and ownership of its editor, it is with degree of pride that we can look back over these years and view has been accomplished in the. Of course there have been trials and difficulties along the way, many of these very hard ones, but they have always been confronted with a determination to surmount them- The paper speaks for itself whether or not it has succeeded. The Reflector has never shown the disposition to be boastful of its achievements, but has prefer- red to along quietly, doing what was deemed its duty, always to do all in its power for the and advancement of the community in which it lives. Yet we cannot feel other- wise than that it has done some good for Greenville and for Pitt county, and feel that it is our privilege to make this modest claim now. In its career some errors may been doubt not there have its purpose was always to do the right maintain the truth- While having cause to feel at what the done, we realize its success is in a large measure duo to its No newspaper can live without patronage. In this respect the has been fortunate- Its lot is among a gen- liberal people, whose con- is the cause of much gratification. We shall con to to merit this at their hands. We begin the new volume with as bright prospects were ever before us, and shall as in the past, to give the people the best paper our ability will permit- To this end we ask the continued patronage of every one. If you think the Reflector worth any- thing to your home, to your bus to your town, to your don't deny it a helping hand in being worth still more- Speaker Walser seems to be mere figure heard and moves as the Boss pulls the string- He is probably the first speaker of a North Carolina House of who was allowed to appoint his own but Mr. Walser had to submit to having a committee to name them for him, and then he has the pleasure of reading or their names to House. He pretends to this way of doing things- fact is this was the terms upon which the Boss consented that he should be elected Speaker. What a humiliation this would be to, any man except the Speaker of the present House of -1.1.1 COMMISSIONER'S an- the like The The theatrical that is on the road playing Tom's have recently met with much adverse criticism. The pictures they display by way of advertising, and the play grossly misrepresents the South- people- The company had billed to play Goldsboro day night, but upon arrival there were waited upon by a committee of prominent citizens and inform- ed that it was against the of the community for them to present the play there, and trouble would follow if they at- tempted it The company left at once for The question been the if we thought that at the close of we would be able to publish as good a build record for Greenville for the year as was shown for 1891. Of course it is too early yet to form any of what will be done, but we like so see more new buildings this year than the splendid record of last year chows. A gentleman who heard the question, remarked that Greenville to a cotton factory, a knitting factory and a tobacco factory this year. So it had. And mark this diction year of 1895, you will see 10,000- people living here by the year If Greenville will three such factories in this The action of the Populists and Republicans in taking away from Lieut Governor the right to appoint the committees as speaker cf the Senate was his-h handed and revolutionary and without At twice in the the Democrats had a majority in the Senate when there was a Republican Speaker and it was not even intimated that this should be done. In fact it has never. attempted before in North Caro- Talk about this being a con Legislature We the assertion never be- fore has there been more radical legislation than will be ease red before this mongrel body adjourn. another place some or at least one such measure is referred to. What a spectacle the body will present before their can be To a man on the outside mat- over the Senatorial question look pretty much muddled around Raleigh- Telegrams sent to the papers after the result of the joint caucus Tuesday night became known, said the of Walser for Speaker of the House had given Pritchard a black eye tor the while telegrams to the papers said the result Pop- victory and the car- out of the combination that was agreed upon when fusion was born last summer. is no toiling what developments may take place before the 23rd, the day on which Senators are to be elected, and there may yet be changes and combinations that will prise everybody. Judge Simonton, of the Fourth United States Circuit Court, and Judge Bradley, of the District Court of South Carolina, recently halt that 1255 of the Cole of North Carolina gives to parties personal in- juries a lien on a railroad and its property to that of a preexisting mortgage bondholder and the Supreme Court of North Carolina has very strongly that its interpretation of this section agrees that of the South Carolina courts. Ed- In the absence of dent Stevenson Senator who was speaker pro of the Senate, Senator Ransom has been elected Speaker pro tern of the United States Senate. This is honor worthily be- stowed. Senator has been in public service for a long time, and richly deserves any that can be conferred upon him. Eulogies or Senator Van be delivered Thursday of this week in the Senate by Senators Ransom and Jarvis and a number of other Senators. Represents live Henderson will call together the House delegation for the pose of making arrangements there in a few days. Perhaps every North Carolina member will deliver an address. TH NEWS CONDENSED. Hon- Phillip congress- man from the Tenth Illinois Dis- is dead- Fire in Toronto, Canada, Globe building destroyed worth of property. Corbett, who is in Atlanta, says he will fight and then retire from the ring. , The residence of John Logan, near Bedford, Va, destroyed by fire, the family barely escaping. It has been agreed that a t will be taken in Congress Friday on the banking bill. De Witt C. Hays, treasurer of New- York Stock Exchange, is dead- Mrs. J. Head and her child froze to death in Camden county, Georgia. The New Hampshire can legislature W. E. Chandler for the U S. Senate- A. gang of dangerous counter- has been at Bran- s wick, Ga-, and the leader arrested The Republican caucus of the Montana legislature nominated J. H- Carter for U- S- Senator. C E- Whitlock, a wealthy man of Richmond, commit- suicide in Philadelphia. A large sugar house near New Orleans was set on fire and de- by Italian laborers, loss A collar factory at St Joseph, Mo., destroyed by fire, loss It gave employment to men. The California legislature can- State returns and de- J. II. elected Got mat. Another tire at Toronto, destroyed worth of property. Several very large buildings were burned. There is no hope for the re- of Vice-president Steven- eon's daughter, who. has been sick for some weeks at William Smith, an employee, was found polity of two cent postage stamps from the Bureau of Engraving and Print- He was from New Jersey Exchange Bank, of York S. C, was given a verdict for against Hub- bard Price merchants of New is two feet is N. Jan. Board of Commissioners for Pitt county met this date, C. Dawson, chairman, T- E- Keel, Fleming, J. L Smith and S. M. Jones. Orders for paupers were issued as Martha Nelson H D Smith Jacob Nancy Moore Susan Briley Smith Patsy Henry Crawford Jno and Hettie Ken- Henderson Ed- wards Carlos Gorham J H Henry Sam and Amy Cherry Fan Tucker J O Proctor Alice Corbitt Easter Vines I Alex Harris Winifred Taylor Mary Briley Staton John Ham W H Parker J G Nelson Winnie Chapman Polly Adams J W Crisp W F Williams John Crisp for wife James Long Amelia Edwin Haddock R E Mizell The following orders were is- sued for general county Chas Skinner It. L Joy- C John Flanagan D J W M King E A W R Parker W II Bagwell Edwards Broughton J W Smith W T Smith G H Leggett Andrew Robinson License to retail liquor for six months granted to the following Greene Co., W L Cobb, L Looker Co., Os car Hooker, W E Belcher, J A Brady, J Q Smith Co., H C Edwards. S Powell, Robert Staton. Bland, E Lang, Bryan Gardner. O Proctor Bro., T M Moore Go. B Garris, E C wards, H J Williams. B Burnett. T Pierce. R Davenport. E Fleming. S Warren. S Hicks. S Harris. Cobb's D Smith. S Keel. Dr. W. H- Bagwell, Supt. Health, presented report for De- which was ordered filed. Joshua W Smith appointed Supt- Home for Aged and Infirm at per month. Samuel R Ross, Jr., appointed keeper of bridge at Greenville at per month. H J Hoyle elected Standard Keeper. The following were exempted from poll tax for W J Manning, Austin Flood, Whichard, D C R L Moore, Henry Fulford, John G W Abrams, J F Hardy. The following were relieved of double tax for 1894 T J Jarvis. Alonzo Wilson, Oliver Smith, Mrs. M S Moore, T C Moors. W M Moore relieved from pay- on solvent credits charged against him. W W Leggett was released from payment on personal property erroneously charged against The following were allowed to list taxes for James E Roberson, Iredell Moore, Zeno Lyons, John T W Cox, W A Mrs M S Moore, Oliver Smith, W G Gray, G W Smith, Margret Smith, J E Thorough, Ed wards, M B Barber, Guilford Stocks, G W Venters, James Mo- Lawhorn, W J Jenkins, J D Sylvester Williams, Mrs. Margret Belcher, Mrs. Susan Blount J N Bynum and wife. B B Bynum and wife, E Thigpen- Jany. 8th, 1895. Board re assembled, all sent. The following orders were J A Harrington Dr B T Cox R W King J Flanagan Buggy Co R W King R W King R W King B S Sheppard O W Harrington T Carson S M Jones C Dawson L Fleming T E Keel Jesse L Ordered that Sheriff refund to Wiley P cents, changed against him Greenville Stock Law territory. Ordered that all delinquents who pay their taxes before May 1st, 1895, are hereby released from tax. W H Boss, Constable of township, tendered his official bond with W G Mizell and J R Davenport as sureties which was accepted and official oath administered. Dr. Charles Laughing- house tendered official bond as with and J J as sureties, which was accepted and official oath administered- The following jurors were drawn for March term of First W Brewer. R D J B Overton, J J Harris, G W Gainer, W V Hardy, G H Little, Wm Teel, Robt L Nichols, O Stokes, John F Boyd, Newsome John W Warren, G B Overton, Robert Grease Jr. Job a H Flanagan, TE Robinson, Second J ti P at M A James. W H Galloway, J R Davis, R D Cherry, L H Allen, J L Moors. Allen John D N Nobles, R J B Garris, W J Ban, J H Smith. O P Moore, Th U . THE LEGISLATURE. BOTH HOUSES DULY ORGANIZED of Hit WEDNESDAY. Both houses of met at noon; all members present. Those of the House sworn m by Judge Walter No- of several contests were en. Only members. Attendance of spectators very large- Lusk, of Buncombe, nominated Z. V- Walser, Republican, of Davidson, for Speaker and of Northampton nominated J. F- Ray, Democrat, of Macon. Ray 4-1 voted for , L. P. Satterfield, of Person, elected Principal Clerk J- M. Brown voted for by Democrats- John W- elected Reading Clerk; Democrats voting for H- A. Latham. Lt- Got- called Sen ate to order. Chief G Burkhead and H. E. King King elected. Spencer Blackburn an Wiley Rush nominated- Black burn elected. Door N. and W. V. Clifton nominated, elected Asst- Door Mr. Babb elected. Engrossing Clerk Wallace and Blair Wallace elected. Message was Bent to House notifying that body the Senate was duly and a com- appointed to wait on the Governor and inform him the Senate had organized and ready to receive any communication from him- Governor Carr's message to the Legislature was an able and makes a grand showing for the Democratic government and management of North Caro- affairs. Excellent advice is given the Legislature to beware of the enactment of partisan legislation and of changing the county gov- system and the systems of the various public institutions An increase of the pension tax to cents is recommended, as are also the equalization of taxes, the increase of school taxes to twenty-two cents. The Atlanta Exposition is heartily endorsed and the is asked to make an for an exhibit. Fifty thousand gent appropriation for the pen- is asked for and the chase of farms is mended- The Governor says that the Commission has been unable to enforce the oyster law, as it has no funds, and North have defiantly violated the law by dredging for oysters- The Governor emphatically de- that the present oyster law is a failure and suggests a new appropriation to carry it into effect Tie Fusion is began active work in the Legislature- Senator introduced a bill which, under suspension of the rules, was promptly passed, repealing the act of the last Leg which amended the char- of the Alliance. Grant and Patterson were sworn in as the Senators from and Smith, Dem not appearing or making any claim to seats- Senate session was very short. That of the House was longer. of State Coke notified the House that he was ready to exhibit all bills for print- under the new law. Bill introduced by French, of New Hanover, to repeal present election law and replace it by one box and one ballot system. By Ewart to repeal the county government law and establish county boards trustees and boards of audit and finance. By Winburne to make six per cent the legal rate of interest French was made chairman of the committee on rules, Ewart of the committee of privileges and elections. Notices of fine election contests were filed, these being in Edge- Pamlico and Halifax. In the Senate to-day the pal bills introduced were the legal rate of interest, per cent to allow Bertie county to convicts on farm, to repeal the act of last legislature order the public printing to be let to lowest bidder. This last bill was introduced by and was railroaded through Senate, sot being refer red to any committee, two Democratic Senators p ed against its passage on third reading. Another quick business was the adoption of an amend- to Senate rules by a placing in the hands of a committee the of all committees, thus taking away from the president of the his- to name all the committees- The had made all their plans and resolution naming a Populist and Republican as members of this end the president to name the third member, Th dent appointed Senator Adams, Democrat Adams mads -pro- test against the resolution and offered an to it, the President the power to appoint committees. He de- the change proposed by the to be the most red teat on record. The member of the be did m to if the FRANK WILL THROW MY OF ------ON THE MARKET TO BE------ Reduced by January it 1895, to make room for Spring Goods, and in order I sell you I will you Wonderful Bargains in Men and Boys Ready Made- Clothing This is a legitimate offer and if you will and see me I will astonish you in fit, finish, style and I have some lovely Suits, just the thing for the Christmas holidays. Don't forget this great Offer. I will also put in this sale my stock of IN HATS, AND FURNISHING GOODS. I have reduced prices on everything in order to reduce my stock by the 1st of January, 1895. Come on good people and let me prove to you that I have made a great reduction. Remember I will refuse no reasonable price Remember the name Frank Wilson, TEl in to increase the public school tax from sixteen to cents, by Dan- can to protect Carteret county fishermen monopolies, to allow the railway to be extended to or sound, to allow Greene county to levy a special tax, to extend the corporate its of Snow Hill, by Williams of Crayon to the time for holding of Craven and Bertie courts. The act of the lest legislature amending the charter of the Farmers Alliance regard to the withdrawal of the fund subscription was repealed by unanimous vote. SATURDAY. Office Pitt County, j The following is a statement of the number of meetings of the Hoard of of Pitt river c number of days each member hath and the number of traveled by each, and the amounts allowed to each member for services as for the fiscal year ending December OF Dawson hath attended T- E. Keel Fleming Smith S. A. Gainer C DAWSON. The General Assembly today For did nothing except of a local at per day A bill, which will pass, was u, on committee introduced to take the public At per day printing away from bidders and it miles travel at is said, give it out to Butler's or- TO MY MANY am pleased to state that since recovering from my recent sickness I have visited the northern markets to purchase NEW GOODS and am now prepared to show you an line of------ bore as To-day's session of the Senate was interest. A resolution to recall the bill sent to the House repealing the law letting the public printing to the lowest bidder was defeated. It provoked a heated debate. The first attack on city char- Mr- Grant, of Wayne, bill to amend the charter of the city of Goldsboro. Resolutions were adopted in- Senators and in to endeavor to secure the repeal of the per cent, tax on State banks, and objectionable features of the internal revenue, laws. A beaded debate arose over the proposition to elect a President pro tern. This procedure was by to be constitutional and without dent The constitution provides for the election of a President tern, in the absence of the Governor or when he the is Governor. The was defeated. . Total T. E. KEEL. Commission- at per day For days as committee at per day For miles travel at Bets For Total L. FLEMING. For days as Commission- at per day For days on committee at per day For miles travel at Gets at The Sheriff of R has resigned, moving to town. .,.,.,, getting up a large bond For 3-v miles travel at trouble than be , Total JESSE L SMITH- For as Commission- at per day For days on committee at per day For miles travel at HATS, CAPS Furnishing Goods, Etc, Etc. You will find all my goods strictly first-class and prices Come to see me and let me show yon what I can do. low Total A. GAINER. For days as Commission wan to undertake- -John Davis, the ton who Fifth street Methodist church of that city so mUch trouble, has escaped from the insane st D- J. Garter, editor of the Herald, rested for throwing rooks through the windows of a In default of bail he was to jail. acres of land in tbs of Jew port, have been ed for New Jersey farmers. families will more at an early day. A colony from and Ohio have also met kl Bertie county. A armed desperadoes the house of H. broke tbs, at per day For days on committee per day Total MB I, M. King, clerk ex- office of the Board of for the county, do Jon certify that the foregoing is s correct statement doth appear upon record in my office. WILLIAM M. KING, , Clerk Com. for Pitt Co. WILEY BROWN, GREENVILLE N, C. ESTABLISHED . GREENVILLE. N. C. Just Received Cars Bock Lime. KEGS STEEL NAILS, ALL Sardines i Floor, Bread . at. Soap. Star Lye. Box Cakes and Stick candy. r- Ship your produce to J C. Jr., Co. Cotton Factors Norfolk Personal Attention gives to Weight and tr tin. price on a cotton, St G Duet. Good Luck Sacks Coffee. to Tons Shot, Powder. i Gall A Ax i R- R. Mills Snug. Powder, a Three V. M. P. Cigarette. Va. cheroot, j case Oysters, j-. AT COURT HOUSE. AU kinds Risks placed in strictly FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES At AM mm PROOF PR

Local Am i going to be lost in the shuffle or soaked in the soup Not if I know it; I am here to compete with all com- stock against stock and dollar against I am after the Shining Shekels and I expect to by giving value for them. I don't want on any other terms. Come see me and you'll find me Death on the Dicker. I take no man's dust Ion the trade track. I won't be bluffed out of the business game. I now have ready a fine stock of Fall and Win- Goods and they are all marked at a low Slice. Come and size up and you'll see Tm Fixed to in the Game Stay No or she- with me. A fair deal to all is my motto. H. C. HOOKER, MEN AND Boys Clothing, Gents U, St;. I 5th and Evans St. Greenville, N. C. Read the BULLETIN . i Cotton to if The river is pretty full Very little cotton in. The weather has moderated- Freshets are reported all over the State- Fertilizers is the biggest subject talked Car load fresh Flour, just in- D W. The and Observer comes a day late now. man in town should have advertisement in the The days are growing enough longer for the difference to be noticeable. Mr. H. Taft ft position situ J. B. Cherry Co. Mr. C. to his studies at University. Mr. L. left Monday even- to spend a few days in Miss Mary left Monday School, Grange. Mrs. Julia Nelson, of Hobgood, is visiting her. brother, Mr R. L. his ti; Cotton Seed wanted for at the Old Brick Store. Cash are different from cotton, they are down one day and up the nest- Handsome and cheap Oak Sets op stairs, Old Brick Store- A rich of gold is of the recent occurrences in county. D- M. Ferry's New Garden Seed at the Old Brick Store. Auction sales of horses seem to be popular. We notice that towns are having them. Complete line of Dry g at Wiley Brown's. There is talk again of having the portion of the streets leading wharf depot shelled It would be a improvement. Buy Cotton Seed Meal and Triumph Potatoes at the Old Brick Store. is called to the notice to creditors by W. B. administrator of J-L- W. Nobles. Remember I you cash tor Chicken Eggs and Country Produce at- the Old Brick Store. Just received car load of best Flour, lowest prices- D- W- Sunday's cold wave and the biting wind that came along with it, made the day one upon which people hated to get away from the fire. machines from to New Home Pitt gets one officer in the hen- Mr. W. p. Hall moved family from Lucy Tyson returned Sat- a visit toR and Oxford. Mr. G- A. of Ml. is spending a few days with Mr W. P. Hall. Mr. John William, ft dyer from is going to move to Greenville soon. Mr. E- former Solicitor of this District, last Fr here. Mr. a of died of fever Tuesday Mr. B. T. Bailey returned Fri- day fro u a to his at Va. Th large bill board pat October between and the railroad, nearly blew down in the hard wind Thursday. Mr. J. 8- Jenkins m walking by it lit the time and so near catching him as to give him ft so are- Jury. The for this week is com- posed of A. A. V. M- B- B L A. J. Walter Sims, L. G. Which B, W. son, Jesse W. 8- Pollard, Herbert G. M- Tucker. Zeno Moore, Haddock, W. B- Ricks, Lemon Johnson. Captured. The who shot at Mr. W. Hicks last week, was arrested in f n and brought here on the Friday- He has a bad wound in one of bis legs, which he says was by accidentally shooting himself, but he tells two or three different tales as to how it occurred, Second Potatoes, Wednesday afternoon Mr. W. S. Fleming sent us a half bushel of Irish potatoes for table use. They are of the second crop very Mr. Fleming raises two crops of potatoes every year and disposes of his second crop for seed- They are us in i size bettor for seed than . ,, . . . , -v-r those here from Miss of New . K York, and Miss Julia of Tarboro. are visiting Mrs. M- B- Lang. Mr. William Murray his moved his family into a portion of the building occupied by Miss Lela Cherry. Mrs. J. H. Weinberg, who has be mi Mrs- M R- left for her home in Monday morning Mr. Zeno Stocks and son, of White Hall, who spent some weeks with relatives in this have returned home. Mr. Charles Cobb, Farm ville, has his to Greenville and occupies the Fleming house in Mrs. . Lucy Hester, who was her father, Mr- Warren Tucker, near Greenville, returned to Goldsboro Saturday morning. Miss Williams is teach- a school at She is excellent teacher o You Can Help Us This Much. When you away from home, or have friends visiting you, or you are going to give a party or reception, or when your church or society any pro- or when you sell, buy or charge your residence or bus- or your son or daughter is married, or in a word, if you know or hear of any item of in- to public, bring or send it in. A Good Contribution. Saturday the Chick Medicine and Concert, Company turned over about fifty dollars to the Public School Committee, to be used in furnishing the new school build- This was one-fourth of the receipts of their entertainments last week. They will give the same proportion of this, week's receipts, by patronizing them you not only witness a good en but also help a pub- j lie enterprise. our most young ladies, j Mr- H. W. Whedbee returned I from Hertford were he has been a few weeks, j His health has considerably proved. A daughter of Mr. E- S. Phelps, Mr. A. J- of about two miles below Greenville, LANG will tell the news next Week. is door-keeper of the House. A large of nice Furniture cheap at the Old Brick If you don't see us on the street when you are in town, call at the office and renew your subscription for this year. A prominent merchant of Farmville township upon renew- subscription take six papers, but always look for the first when my mail is received- New assortment of Bibles from American B. S., just received. Wiley Depositor. Calvin Sutton, colored, while timber near Grifton Thursday, was nearly killed by a tree falling on him. C- T- new advertise- today tells you of best friend- Special bargains will be given for thirty days to make room for spring Use Orinoco Tobacco Guano. The highest price sold in North Carolina in 1894 was made from Orinoco Tobacco Guano. Call on G M. Tucker, A G Cox, Ormond Turnage, ville, R. L. Davis Bro., Farm- ville, J. Fountain. Falkland- Plenty of land mortgage blanks at office now, also chattel deeds and crop liens. For good reliable Shoes go to Wiley Brown. Tucker Edwards will have another lot of horses and mules at auction on Saturday, 26th. See announcement. People who write should make a note that Diamond Inks t be surpassed. Sold only at Re- Book Store. The Charlotte Observer showed enterprise in printing Got. message to the Legislature foil- It occupied sixteen col- of small type. During the coming season we will keep the very best horses and mules for sale. Call to Bee what we have before buying. We guarantee satisfaction. We also a first livery stables. Tucker A Edwards. A prominent tobacco man tells us that at least two more good are needed in Green- ville- Won't somebody with take the hint and build them. Book- keeper or Salesman in General Merchandise store. Will give satisfactory Apply for name at The Harriett Company telegraphed here to make a two engagement bat not get the Opera House. Oar would have been glad of an opportunity of hearing them. Mr- H- T. who purchased the from Mr- Joyner has name of the paper to will it. The feat tier We etas died Saturday of hemorrhagic fever. She was about years old. Messrs. C D. Osborne and Buck Meadows, of Oxford, are spending a few days with Mr. N. H. and looking at our tobacco market- Ma j. H H- Roger, represent- the United Banking Building Co., of Richmond, is in town looking after the of a branch board here. Mr. W. T- has moved his family to the Dancy house on Pitt street. We lived by more re- that th h ire moved out of Mr. L- H- Short, Co. of was here Thursday- He was a former conductor on the Neck branch before it was ex- tended to Kinston. Maj. H. Harding and Mr. B- F Sugg returned from Raleigh Sat- where they attended the meeting of the Grand of They report a very interesting meeting. The striking resemblance be- tween Judge Coble and Presiding Elder has been noticed by many people attending Court. We one man when did Elder become a judge- Work is progressing rapidly en Mr- R. L- new present indications cot- ton will cut a small figure in the crops this year. Make few debts early in the year and you will have less to pay later in the year. who keeps oat of debt seldom does any complaining about hard times. The man who shoots in church and won't pay bis debts had bet- use well what time has here- J. B. Cherry Co. have best selected stock of Merchandise to be found in goods and reasonable prices. Fair dealings reliable goods, low prices is the motto they go on. See their new advertisement. Solicitor Shaw is an able pros and that he came here and took hold of a docket with which he entirely unfamiliar ms success so far is remarkable. He and Judge Co- are both making a splendid impression- A great many are coming to t taking or from the merchants for spring good. The hotel people, many others who deal- with them, smile when of the grip come around. On account of the times rent and AH person's Kelp the Sufferers. We towns and counties in the State ate making up contributions of supplies and to help the thousands of suffering people in Nebraska. Pitt is a grand county and made a good corn crop the year just closed. Could not our people out of their abundance make up a Those destitute people need bread need it badly. He who gives quickly gives twice. A Pleasant Surprise. Friday night's express brought the editor a box which we very highly. It was sent by Col. J- S- Carr, of Durham, and contained a nice clock, a large package of the old genuine Liar smoking tobacco, of the famous Durham . cat and packages of the cut The clock represents an extra large size sack of Durham tobacco and has been given a prominent position in the office, and the force will enjoy many delightful of these excellent tobaccos. The clever Colonel has our heart- thanks for the box- pens following cases on the docket tare dis- James Foreman, carrying cm weapons, pleads guilty, fine and costs. henry Harrington, carrying con pleads guilty, fined one penny and costs. Abram Barrett, affray, pleads guilty, days in jail to ed on payment of cos a. Sidney Heater, Tom Hester and Anderson Hester, assault with deadly weapon, each days in jail and costs, with to commissioners to hire out. May, Wm. John Williams and Joshua Wit Hams, affray, plead guilty. May and John Williams each and costs, the and costs. Joseph affray, not guilty- G- A- Vick, carrying concealed weapons, pleads guilty, judgment suspended on payment of costs. G- A- Vick and J- C. ton, affray, plead guilty, suspended payment of costs. G. A. Vick, sci fa, on payment of costs. Sampson Harris, carry con- weapons guilty- Walter White, assault with deadly weapon, guilty. David carrying con- weapon, guilty- J. with deal not guilty. iT. with dead- weapon, guilty. costs. John to stock, not guilty. Tobe con u, Mills with dead- pended payment cost. day up to the noon recess J. A- Roderick all guilty. coats, ell and costs- Crawford and Isaac Nor- affray, judgment pended payment of costs- Walter White, carrying con- pi guilty, judgment on payment of costs- Pennie Williams, John Williams, Sarah Williams and W- M- Smith, affray, all guilty. and Amanda Atkinson, F. A guilty. Adrian R u , assault with deadly guilty, and costs. Adrian use. c con guilty- Silas Knight, Walter Maggie Mary Moore, removing crop, n pros as to others not Willie Mobley, assault, guilty, judgment on payment of costs- Henry to animals guilty, days in and costs- Fernando Ward and G. A- Mo Gowan, Ward submits, Gowan guilty, judgment on payment of costs. Dennis carrying con- weapons, guilty, and costs. Vine's, assault, Porter assault with deadly weapon, guilty, days in jail with leave to Commissioners to hire out- Peter Plummer, assault with deadly weapon, not guilty. Porter Johnson, con- weapons, pleads guilty, judgment suspended upon pay- of Maker, assault with intent to commit rape, not guilty in- tent to commit rape but of simple assault- Marriage Licenses During last week Register of Deeds King issued licenses to twelve couples, seven white and five colored, as follows White-John Baker and Carrie Harris, Jas. L- and Mary E Cooper, J. J. and Lillie D- M. I, a whom and Delia Jackson, L. H. Edwards Sallie Norris. A- J. and Ada Cannon, Jar and Vain- right. and Rosetta James Brown and Forbes, Frank Streeter and Annie Johnson, Joseph Gardner and Florence March Vines and Amanda Tyson. Shooting Bat no Damage. A few days ago a works for Mr. W. B- Ricks, about miles from town, became so insolent that Mr Ricks order- ed him to leave place While they were talking he made a motion like be was going to draw a pistol when Mr. Ricks caught him and threw him down. The begged to be allowed to get up, declaring he did hot have a weapon. Mr. got up and was walking off towards the house when the fired three shots at him, but fortunately did not strike him with either shot Mr- Ricks on to the house and armed himself but was prevented by his people from going beck out where the was. Mr- Ricks fired one shot at the from the porch bat was too far to hit him- A train on the Burlington road was held up near Iowa, and robbed of several thousand dollars- The express messengers were bound and gagged. filing for of the will of the late Senator E- Brown, of Georgia, shows his es- to be worth No bequests are made, but the prop- will be divided among the heirs. A Georgia editor thus out the profit on a bushel of corn under certain conditions bushel of corn makes four gallons of whiskey, which retails for Oat of this the government gets the railroads the the the far- mer cents and the drinker delirium John Wanamaker has spent over half a million dollars in ad and keeps it advertising in m all sec- of the country, although no house in the country is known Mr. is the man who recently refused a , presidency a railroad he didn't have time to spare from business. The merchant who can't m the moral in this should immediately invest in doable barrel A Peculiar Case the Cyan. write to smuts baT. n Your Nearest Friend IS YOUR UNDERWEAR. Perhaps you are particular about it folks are. Needs to be well other Good Underwear has warmth and lasting qualities, and is not given to back-biting, like some friends. If you WANT A WARM of it this winter, buy Underwear from men, women and children. Your Next Best Friend Is your Overcoat and Clothes, and if your pock- is not heavy laden it is just the same, for our prices on Clothing arc so low every one can No doubt you have heard about our Dress Goods prices. The ladies of Greenville are all talking about the elegant prices so low. I remain, respectfully yours, C. T. Next door to bank. All the above goods will be sold at as near cost as for the next days in order to reduce stock for spring goods. In Poor Health means so much more you and fatal diseases result from trifling- ailments , play with greatest . if oat of ports, and .- hunted. no can't work, I . t- A bot- from very first and lo It Cures Dyspepsia. Kidney sod Liver Neuralgia, Troubles, Constipation, Bad Blood Malaria, Nervous ailment f complaints. Get only the has crossed red the I wrapper. All others are On receipt two ac. w . will send act of Too World's Pair View and CO. MO There is no Tariff ON to be found in Greenville. Comprising goods at reasonable prices. Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats and Caps, Furnishing Goods, Crockery, Wood and Plows and Castings Agricultural Implements. A full line of Heavy Groceries, Sugar, Coffee, Moat, Flour a specialty. The largest and most com- line of to be found in Pitt county. Ladies, men, children, farmers, mechanics and laboring people of any and every profession come to see us and get Cherry's prices fixed in your minds before you try to buy elsewhere. Black and Spring Oats and Seed Potatoes on hand and to arrive. Yours dealings, good quality and low prices, J. B. CHERRY CO. Stoves AND Stove Pipe that we sell. We keep a full line. Also a large stock of Tinware, Paints Oils which we are selling cheap. Well Tubing Pumps BICYCLES, Roofing, Guttering, and Repairing. GREEN-VILLE. N. C NEWS. Female college at Huntsville Ala., barned. Heavy snow storms throughout Austria. R. F. Pettigrew is named as his own successor in the U. S. Senate by the South Dakota leg Hon. r. Q. Harris is for the Senate by the Demo- of the legislature. Notice of Dissolution. The ft. of W. G, Lang Son doing N. C., was mutual consent on the 1st day January, 1895. i. with- drawing from the The business will be continued by W. M. Lang All indebted to are request- ed lo make payment to W. G. Lang. W. G. LANG. . W. M. LUNG. This 1st, 1895. Notice of The firm of J. J. Stokes Co., Hon. John E. Massey, of I business at Ayden, N. C, was l has instituted legal pro- . f the Norfolk r . withdrawing Pilot for libel. The President has agreed to let the Marine Hand, fifty nieces, make a concert tour of six weeks through South- They will start the middle of March, The store of J. D- A R. Christian, wholesale merchants of Richmond, gutted by fire, loss The Merchant's National Bank of Defiance, Ohio, was lobbed of by who blew open the safe. The West Virginia legislature organized by Republican officers. Stephen B. will get the State Treasurer Taylor, of South Dakota, failed to put in an appear to turn over the office and money to his successor, is absent with of the State's money. He was a heavy loser by several bank failures during the panic. O- Rollins and his found dead in their home at Min- A pistol found with them indicated murder and In a riot in Charlton county. Champ Johns shot and his son Frank. The boy shot his father in the leg be- fore the latter fired the the Arm. The business will be by Stokes to whom all persons indebted to the are requested to make payment. J. J. STOKES, J. Notice to Creditors. The undersigned having duly Bed before the Superior Clerk of Mat county as administrator of William Warren is hereby given to all persons indebted to of the said to make p-y to the undersigned, and per gong having the said es present I he same th 29th day of December or lie plead in bar at recovery. This day of Dec l-94. W. R. WHICHARD Jr. of Warren, WE WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR We will fill them QUICK. will fill them CHEAP We will fill them WELL -o- Heart Framing, 19.00 Rough ; 17.00 Rough sap Inches Sap Boards, A inches, Walt days for our Planing Mill and we will furnish you Dressed Lumber id to your door for BO cents a Terms Thanking you for past N. OLD STORE their year's supplies their interest to get our prices before n Ms PORK FLOUR, COFFEE, RICE, TEA, c, at MIFF we buy from Manufacturers, pus yon m bay st one A stock FURNITURE always co Ail NOTICE. The next session of James proved begins at Put Co., N. C. Monday Jan. 14th, 189-5, and cautions only four months. The principal guarantees good business to all who will attend his them- selves the next four months. people now is your chance, over the country mid see the and business young men women that the James School has to the public and be convinced that no in the state could advance you as fast as the James School. The principal guarantees a position to all who completes a course at. bis school. C. H. JAMES, Pitt Co., N. C THE GREENVILLE mm JAMES Prop. of plow, Stove and Brass castings, andirons, ac. Pipe, Machinery, Prompt and given, r Sat- Hogshead bat sate at OINTMENT On Saturday, 26th, at our stables in Green- ville, we will sell TRADE A lot of Good HORSES MULES At Auction. They will be sold to the high- est bidder without re- For the Cm ill Sim Sim put up will be taken down or bought in for its, knocked off t bidder This Preparation has been In use years, and wherever know has been in steady demand. It has been en- the leading physicians all and cures where U other with the attention the experienced physicians, have for failed. This Ointment to long and the high reputation awl t-n obtained Is owing entirely a. A -0 as bot little Ma ever mad to bring Ft before One tills Ointment t to any address on ON All Cash Orders a. tended to. Address all orders to T. r. CHRISTMAS, N, C

This I Hit You Toe management of the Equitable Life Assurance ; Society in Department of the Carolina, wishes to cure a few Special Resident Agents. Those who are fitted ; for this work will find this A Rare Opportunity It is work, however, and those who succeed best in it possess character, mature judgment, tact, perseverance, and the respect of their community. Think this matter over care- fully. Theres an opening for somebody. If it fits you, it will pay you. Fur- information on request. W. J. Manager, Rock Hill, S. C SHAKER INDIANS. A Sect That Flourishes In the Pacific Northwest. The Indians of this county have just closed a religious revival, and have left for Pacific county, where they will endeavor to rekindle a re- spirit the tribes there. religion is very unique, original and distinctly Indian. It is known as the Shaker religion. It is said that it first originated in the Sound country, among the Mud j Bay Indians. The story is that one of the tribe, i John Slocum, was taken sick and j gradually wasted away and died. ; Preparations were made for his funeral, but John surprised his friends by coming to life again the day the funeral was to held. lie stated that he had gone I to Heaven, but that he I back to earth again and help his I people; that they were very wicked, and that he must help them. His recovery was very rapid, and he at started this new sect. It for- The New York Herald gives a table showing the lowest points by the gold reserve in each of the past six years, as 1890 1890 September 147.981,732 The grip of n very deadly kind has become epidemic in New York city. This thing el a man taking oath when h wishes to sign an official bond that he is worth so o his liabilities and exemptions by law, when his he h-is taken before the be tax lister shows to the contrary, is rather in consistent and a was told to I TOBACCO DEPARTMENT Conducted by O. L. Joyner, Proprietor Eastern Tobacco Warehouse. I . .- It isn't easy to shake off habits Tin re is an old lady in Export, Maine, who years ; ago contracted the hi bit of bids the use oil as an as quilts, and it still dings also, the use of tobacco her a age- S. She has I Salve. The in world for Cat Sores, Salt t Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and positively Piles or i o pay required, it is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction r h d Price i cents per box. For sale y John I., of Property. On Wednesday the day of the of Fer- Fleming decease., the under- signed will expose to sale for cash, at farm in township, tin the estate the deceased upon said consisting of bogs. mules, horses, torn, tobacco, cotton seed and implement., Sic K day. Thursday, the h of at the Old Ad m Fleming Homestead in Greenville town- ship. Pill county, the proper- of the said Fernando FL the said consisting of hogs, mules, fodder, cotton, cotton seed and i g implements, Fernando Fleming, Dec. P. R AND BRANCHES. AND FLORENCE RAH. ROAD. Condensed TRAINS GOING eave el-ion Ar. M. a M. Ar Tarboro l-v Rocky Mt Wilson Selma Ar. tS SB T e no Goldsboro Magnolia Ar M. A. H Dated . f. -If Flam Ar M-7 OS 2.1 3.1 Magnolia Goldsboro Ar M OS i. H. Ar Rocky M-1 M n a M M. Tarboro L- Rocky Mt Ar Train on Scotland Meek leaves Wei Ion 3.40 p. in. Halifax COO p. m., arrives Scotland Neck at p at. Greenville p. in., 7.86 p. in. Returning, leaves Kinston 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 V m. arrives 8.40 a. m. Tarboro 9.50; returning leaves Tarboro 4.50 p. m., Parmele 6.10 p. arrives Washington 7.35 p. m. Daily except Connects with trains on Scotland Neck Branch. Tram leaves Tarboro, N C, via A Raleigh R. R. daily except mil at p. m. Sunday P. M arrive Plymouth P. M-, 5.20 p. Returning leaves Plymouth daily 5.80 a. m., 9.30 a. m. arrive Tarboro 10.25 a. in., and -5 a. in. Train on Midland N C Branch leaves daily except Sunday, a, m. a m. leaves a. in. a- Goldsboro. Trains on Nashville Branch leaves Rocky Mount at 4.30 p. arrive Nashville p. m. Spring Hope 5.30. p. in. Returning leaves Spring Hope a. m., Nashville 8.35 a. m., arrives Rocky Mount in., Trains on Latta Branch, Florence R. R. 0.50 D- m. arrive Dun- bur 8.00 Returning leave Dun- bar a. m. arrive Latta 8.00 a. m Daily except on Brand, leaves r daily, except f, a. id. leave at n-. at Warsaw with line trains. No. makes close connection at Weldon for all point North daily, all -ail via and daily except via Portsmouth and Bay Line also at Rocky with A railroad for Norfolk daily and via Norfolk, daily ex Sunday. General B. t. m. i and intoxicating liquors of any kind. j It has worked wonders among the county Indians, who were not noted for their mo- or sobriety. One who has witnessed some of their meetings a candidate announces a desire to join he is placed in the of the room on his tip-toes, with his arms extended full length over his head. The crowd circles around him, singing, shouting, ringing bells and hammering away at anything that will make a noise. Frequently one of the heavy bells is broken, and this is hailed with delight, as it is supposed that the bad spirit has left the candidate, and entered into the bell, filling it to bursting. When this happens the candidate is com- cleansed from all evil, and is born again. The candidate for ad- mission, after standing in this for a short time, commences to shake through fatigue. This is taken as a sign that the good spirit is entering; and the noise and din is, if possible, increased as the poor victim's shaking increases, until from sheer exhaustion, he falls trembling upon the ground. His conversion is then complete, and he is admitted into full The Preservation of Rolls or of Folded Sheets. It was only writing was made upon separate pieces, or sheets, of pliable and perishable material that binding proper was in- vented to hold the pieces or sheets together and give strength to them and protection and beauty. But, says the Fortnightly Review, we must distinguish. The pliable written sheet may be either or folded, each giving rise to a form of binding peculiar to itself. The rolled sheet Is bound by fastening each sheet to the other sideways and rolling the whole from end to end, the last sheet serving as a cover to all the rest. This form of binding is no doubt the more ancient of the two, and it was a long time in general use. was used, for ex- ample, by the was probably invented by it was used by the Greeks and by the Romans, and groat libraries of rolls existed for some time after the Christian era, and many industries were engaged in contributing to the perfection of the binding. It has, however, been superseded for many by the folded form of literature, the invention of which is attributed to king of whom, too, comes our parchment, or skin, prepared for writing in the third century before Christ. But, if the form has disappeared, the terminology of the roll has survived, and the word originally a thing that is rolled or wound up, i. e., a roll, is now applied indiscriminately to its substitute, the book of folded sheets. The folded sheet, at section, as it is called, is bound by simply sew- or otherwise fastening the parts of the sheets to one another at the back crease or fold, and a number of sections are bound by fastening each of them to some common sup- port at the back, so that when all are sewn or otherwise fastened they may be free to open and to shut at pleasure at the front or The invention of the folded sheet thus gave rise to the invention of modern binding, which in its essence is the union at the back of the folded sheets, which together constituted one folded book, or, as I may say, despite the latent contradiction, the folded volume. pine past year and ft half. All Free. who Dr. King's know value, and I hose who have not, have now to try it Free. Call on the advertised Dr and get a Trial Bottle, Free. Send name and address to II. K. A . Chicago, and get a sample Dr. King-s New Life, Pills Free, as well as a copy of Guide to Health and Household instructor. Free. All of which is guaranteed to do yon good and cost you nothing at John L. Drugstore. LOCAL NOTES AND TOBACCO JOTTINGS. BY O. L. JOYNER. All the tobacco re- turned from various Christ- mas resorts and now ready for duty on the breaks- While in Danville a few weeks ago we heard numbers of the there say that he crop was equally as poor poorer than the previous o nearly was an advance in prices on tobacco after the holidays. LACK OF TIME. A Woman's Excuse In the Light of Its BLUE DENIM. Who Cannot find Opportunity for or Improvement for Thinking the Mot it not e, g for good Numbers of our the side of the river who have never plan tobacco are of g i into it this ye those we would to plain too go at it slowly, well, cultivate well it properly. In this kind of a there is more th in double the acres half manured sad half cultivated, and half the expense preparing. The New Jersey court of errors appeals decided that the heirs of a man killed by a mail pouch thrown out a passing train could not recover from the railway company. They must look to Uncle Sam. The Steam Engine's Work. In the manufactures of Great Britain alone the power which steam exerts is estimated to the manual labor of four billions of men, or more than double the number of males supposed to inhabit the globe. THE BICYCLE. Appellations Given to It by Those of Foreign Tongues. Here, says the Courier is an amusing linguistic con- on the subject of the de- nomination of the velocipede in languages. In French it was called and Then came the words bicycle, and at last The word which has also been given to it, is taken from the Argot. Its etymology is unknown. It signifies simply machine. In Italian it is called velocipede, and The same In Spanish. In Germany it is or simply rad, just as in English they say The Chinese call it some- times which means and sometimes They also it But the palm must to the Flemish. In to the appellations, and so forth, some of the wags on the banks of the Es- t have baptized this winged con- the centipede e a d n ens fertilizer works of Griffith t the acid works of G. H, C- T. the stable, office, and home trade warehouse of the Standard Oil Company, t Canton, Baltimore, destroyed by fire, loss will be the effect of the of the one million toes Cuba sugar in. America on top of the surplus million tons of beet root sugar is of the unknown quantities of the coming year. Gray's Statistical. Dealers in playing cards, in Kansas, don't sell them- They them, the rent charged be- the the pack- This is The way they dodge the tax- That's a regular sneak game. The report of Postmaster Gene giving the operations of th Department of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1894, has been received. According to statistics four out of five suicides are men, from which it may be inferred that men do not follow the men so much j'S some people say they do. Free Pills. Send address to B. E. hi. ago, set a free b of Dr. King's New Life rills. A trial will convince yon of their merits. These pills are easy in action and are particularly effective in the cure of constipation and Sick For Malaria and troubles they have proved invaluable. They are guaranteed to be perfectly free from every substance and to purely vegetable. They do not weaken by their action, but by giving tone to stomach bowels greatly the size per by John L. Wooten Druggist. M. N. H. Whitfield, the clever and genial book-keeper of Evans Hayes Co., says there is a of in the neighborhood around At a recent club meeting, where formed the sub- for discussion, one member was heard to tell another that she had not bad time to read during the sum- though the members of the I organization had been allowed time from May to November for this on agreeable says a writer in Harper's Bazaar. is so much going on these complained the delinquent member, one can't get time to read anything but the papers and This woman was a fair of the well-to-do, comfortable house-mother. She had taken a trip to the Thousand islands during the summer just past and had spent weeks in her cottage on I Long Island sound. She had I pied herself with a dressmaker ; most of the spring months, fit- ting up her three daughters with finery for the season. Her two sons were members of a famous college, and quite able to take care of them- selves. Her responsibility in her household was comparatively and extending oat by light She had two through Greene by servants, with outside aid when re- and through Lenoir and her daughters were not counties that produce j inefficient. One would think that the equal in texture she have read a dozen book tobacco the equal m and color to the once far famed section of county; that there is plenty of land Eastern Carolina that can be made to bright co, but this particular strip which is only a few miles in width is composed of a soil which, does not give to the tobacco a in four months and still have given considerable time to periodical liter- and to the fancy-work which in reality she liked better than any- thing else. In point of fact, she knew perfectly well that she might. She knew as well as anybody else that the modern woman, unless absolutely engaged in a long-drawn daily battle for bread, can make time for almost superior color, yet it is peculiarly anything she really wishes to do. This estimable lady had found time adapted to the growth of rich mahogany wrappers, the kind of tobacco that brings money now. This strip of land may be and very likely is an extension of the strip in Gran- ville, composed of the matter and formation requisite to the growth of mahogany tobacco, but as it peaches our Eastern section it be comes richer, more fertile an adaptable to the production of a to embroider several jokes and fronts for her winter gowns and make half a dozen She had spent innumerable hours in bootless chatter with on hotel piazzas and the decks of steamships. She had had no time for doing half the things which she had she had done them nevertheless. Many good women have no time to concoct toothsome but unwholesome , dainties for the demoralization of A German philosopher know of but two lovely things in the starry sky above heads and the of duty within our Green, the wealthiest woman in America, baa the collection of diamonds in the country but never a gem does she wear. It has taken science years to discover that kissing is deadly, and it will take science years longer to get any one to pay at- to the No town can prosper citizens endorse and work for en- that give to home labor develop home re- sources- It is proposed to construct an underground railway in New York city which will cost Governor cf is a candidate for the United States Senate, to succeed Mr. Berry- Rheumatism is primarily by acidity of the blood. Hood's purities the blood, and thus cures the disease. The grip has made its appear- New York again- in The render of this will be pleas ed to learn that there is at least one dreaded disease that stance ha been able lo cure in all its stages, and that is Catarrh, Hall's Cure the only positive core known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a disease, requires a constitutional Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly on the blood and mucous, surfaces of the sys- thereby destroying the foundation of the dinar, and giving the patient strength, by building up the and assisting nature in doing its work. The proprietors have much In its powers, that they offer Ons Dollars r pa Hut it fails to Send for list of i their families, but some of superior grade of tobacco to that . custom which grown away up Granville. j keepers gratify their family palate Irrespective of any other impels them to do it. They have no lime for haunting the shops when they have nothing to buy and there is nothing important to see. They have no time to spend in empty society functions, nor in less, formal, old-fashioned calls. On the other hand, only the most strenuously employed have not time for an hours good reading each day, an hour's healthful exercise in the open air, clearing the brain and sweetening the soul, an hour for the cherishing of choice friendships by genuine letter-writing or face-to- face exchange of thought and and more than one useful life- work in philanthropy, art, literature or science. These are the things for which we have time. Time was given us on purpose that we might spend it in such duties as these, which should be grafted upon the necessary routine of every woman's lire. Even the young mother, the teach- the shop-girl, the milliner, the dressmaker, may devote on the aver- a taking a year together, an hour each day to that which feeds the higher part of us. There is no need that any but the very slaves of the market places should spend them- selves on drudgery or fritter them- selves away on unworthy trifles. As for the well-to-do woman and the society woman it is exasperating to hear them prate of They have plenty of time for good work in many directions. They have no time for the pursuits in which they are too apt to spend themselves. It is said that the chief defect of mind is in the sense of pro- portion. It is easy to believe this the things that the modern woman makes room for in her life, and compares them with those lofty and soul-nourishing ties for which she explains that she has GROWING The year that has just closed has, think, very clearly demon- to our the of the tobacco market There is no line of industry in midst but what has in some way by the money paid out on the breaks tor co. Cotton it present prices will be planted in much quantity than usual. The acreage in to will be greatly increased in the section to this market. The warehouses are go- to prepare to handle the in- creased crop, but we will need more prize room for our buyers, our facilities for handling will not be to this year's crop- Can't some of our capitalist build more houses, we need several more. There is no need of any one with money being afraid to invest now- The tobacco market here is now on a solid basis. We are as the market of the east, manufacturers of the bright grades are sending their orders her and arranging to increase their business. expect sides next season to be increased over this year's by hundred per cent. Without a change of on the part of th j planter, Greenville, the mistress of the New Golden Belt, will sell more tobacco than any other eastern Last year John of Lawrence County, Pa., killed a couple of skunks and sold hides for each. He concluded that at that rate it be a profitable business, says an ex- change, to raise the animals for hides. He built an of some two acres, arranging it so that the animals could not burrow under the walls, and flap- some thirty skunks to stock it. He now has and expects next year to have The skunk breeds twice in the year and produces seven to nine at a litter, so the rate of increase is kept down by a habit animals have of killing the first litter when the second one is born- Mr. feeds the animals with from the slaughter house, refuse meat and milk- He says that his pets are very tamp and inoffensive, and never emit their characteristic odor save when He that. skunk farm will soap make Dim Independently The Henderson Gold Leaf claims for Vance county the championship of the State on big hogs. The porker which it wins the prise weighed gross, pounds net. and m of lard. Apartments Made Very with It Bow a Material May Ce Very Artistically for a Pretty Bed Chamber. Blue denim is to most people simply blue denim and nothing more, but this same prosaic material in the hands of an artistic worker in fabrics can be so manipulated as to produce results both charm- and surprising. One of the latest things in household economy is a dining-room in which denim is the article most used for decoration. The fabric is cheap, as few others are, and its texture strong, so that it does nicely for a carpet, if plenty of good. sot lining be used in the laying, and again it has the of being easily kept clean, as a spot can be washed off with hot water and soap. Any sort of a plain old couch can be freshened and made attractive by recovering it with denim finished with a flounce, the hem of which is worked with a good-sized feather stitch in white or linen embroidery thread. Cord tassel to match the thread can be used as an additional A few big and comfortable sofa pillows are needed to complete the couch. These are covered with the same material and embroidered with the same thread. Any of the art- designs now in vogue may be used in stamping. There is some- thing exceedingly stylish about a denim sofa pillow if it is large and well made. The sideboard for this pretty blue dining-room is covered with a denim scarf, edged with the same thread and finished with a fringe to match, or, if preferred, a white scarf may- be used, embroidered with dark blue cotton. The table appointments should match the color of room. The center piece is worked in dark blue cotton, as are the table napkins, if they bear a monogram or initials. A set of white and blue china, some bright flowers and a pretty lamp complete the furnishing of the room, which for comfort and beauty might rival a much more expensive A blue denim bedroom may be ranged just as easily and made to look equally as well. A white An- rug or two stretched across the denim carpet relieves its plainness and looks soft cozy. The dress- table can be adorned by trim- ming the denim with a white or cream-colored fringe or small A toilet set of art bunting combined with light blue silk and some wide, light-blue satin make the bedroom bright and pretty. Another feature of a clever home, in which she displays her taste skill, is in her center pieces, carving pieces, etc. The stores are full of coarse linen pieces, hemstitched or fringed by machinery, which come within the means of the average housekeeper and with which she con- tents herself. There are a few pieces made of very fine linen and beautifully embroidered or worked in fine Spanish drawn work, which can be purchased only by the rich, and yet any wide-awake woman may have them by simply doing them herself, for it is the labor on them which makes them expensive. There's No Choice in Bicycles. The Victor tire rival. It is more durable than any other and the inner tube can be re- moved in case of puncture in less than five minutes. The inner tube removable through the rim. All Victor improvements are abreast with the times and meet re- Victors are BEST. OVERMAN WHEEL CO. YORK. ruin CHICAGO SAN DETROIT DOUGLAS SHOE A KIM. People wear the W. L. and All oar They rive the best value for the shoe Ir. fit. Their wearing qualities are The prices are uniform on other makes, cannot supply we can. Calf and 83.60 Police Shoes. tote. 1.60 and S She If dealer you, write for w. L. Douglas, Boswell, Co., Greenville, N. C. R. L. Davis Bro., Farmville, N. C. II. nib. X. C. CO. it X. i . Skinner, i i c. C. COBB mm Commission Merchants STREET NORFOLK, VA and I I Mutton. regard to mutton, old mutton is now a thing of the past. Formerly people could not dine unless a saddle of mutton out from a four-year-old sheep; now mutton sent to table is from eighteen months to two years old, and the younger generation are not sure that Is not preferable to the much-prized four-year-old mutton. The saddle is still considered the prime joint to serve. The very high-sounding word etiquette had a very humble origin. for etiquette a Edwards gives the received its significance from the foot that a Scotch gardener laid out the grounds at for Louis XIV. was. annoyed at tho walking pis newly-made paths, and at had labels placed to Indicate where they might pass. At first these labels were not attended to, but a from high quarters that In future the walks of the courtiers must be within or labels was promptly attended to. To keep within the etiquettes be- came the correct thing. Tb Of Vb widened and fa now universally SEEMED QUITE NATURAL, The College Athlete Thought the Town Had a Strong Rush Line. The young man was hurrying along the street with bis hat pulled down over his eyes. He was so oblivious of all his surroundings that he got in front of a big delivery wagon without even seeing it. That was when the sport began. The muscular corner policeman reached out and caught him by the collar. Quick action was necessary, and he gave him a yank that lifted him off his feet and shot him against a passing cable car. The car turned him over or twice, and then some projection caught in his coat he was dragged half a block. He managed to wriggle out of his coat, and by an almost superhuman threw himself clear of the car, but directly in front of one coming from the opposite direction on the next track. That caught him squarely in the back, and carried him fifteen or twenty feet, part of the time in one position and part of the time in another, all of the being decidedly awkward and uncomfortable. When the car was stopped the carefully pulled him out from under the- fender, and yelled for some one to call the ambulance. But it wasn't necessary. The young man his feet, shook himself once or twice, and then, with a dreamy, far-away look in his eyes, scrimmage. I've never played against a team with a stronger rush And he on his way to the university gymnasium. of Chicago Nowhere are old soldiers so dis- as in China. In 1890 Em- issued a which read in part as To thank Heaven that it has lowed us to reach the age of twenty years, we herewith raise all active soldiers of the eight banners of Man- and Mongolia to the rank of the nobility. To those who have passed four score we give in addition a piece of silk, ten measures of rice and ten of meat. Those who have passed their ninetieth birthday are to receive double measure la each, When the crack of the army contain men almost a. century old, it is not difficult to understand the success the --------IS AT FRONT W A I EXPERIENCE has me the be Is the Rope, Build s. m ,., , necessary Millers. and general .,. , Hats. Shoes. Ureas Goods I have M i,,. quarters for Heavy and o r Cotton, keep courteous an i attend e X. C. WANT Will p y th high -s I, iii mail or lot. to, isle i -i-.-d Meal and Hulls. SHE V i Notice to Creditors. The having; lie- the Superior Court Clerk of Pitt county to the i stair of Fernando Fleming, deceased, is hereby given to all persons Indebted to said decedent to n mediate payment to and all is having claims th- said estate must present the before 88th day Dee. 1886, or this notice will plead In recovery of Dec. Fl of Fernando Real and Rental Agent. Houses and lots Rent or terms easy. Rents, Taxes, and open accounts and any other of debt placed in my hands for Collection have prompt faction guarantee I. solicit your patronage. HALE N. C. next Basel m of this l will begin on the day and continue week-. PER MONTH. Prim English Intermediate English Higher English language The instruction will continue through. Discipline mild out If necessary an additional teacher will guaranteed u pupil- enter early and attend regularly. For r a ply to W. II. EDMONDS PRIORS . Opera e. GREENVILLE. Call in when you good work .-, ., . A R. R. TIME in December 4th. ISM, GOING Sun. Ar. P. i m T s P. M i i n . hem P. M Ex SERVICE Ste leave Washington for Green ville and Tarboro at all land on Tar Monday. Wednesday Friday at A, M. leave Tarboro at B A. M. Tuesdays, Thursdays Saturdays Greenville A. M. same days. These to of water on Tar River. Co net ting at w steam of The Norfolk, and w h- direct line for Norfolk. Philadelphia. New York and Boston. Shippers should good marked via Dominion fr tn New York, from Norfolk a more Steamboat from Haiti- more. Miners Boston. JNO. ON. N. , Tun connects with Wilmington A Weldon train hound North, leaving a. in., and with leaving p. m ----FOR---- Cotton, Corn and General Crops. Used and endorsed by leading far- in r In North Carolina and South for past twenty rears. Head th following for I for ml sin, testimonials. ,,. N. V. Sept. SO, Messrs, b of you for malting to give satisfaction. only it mi You know I must think It I. or I should not lave sad long. mike lit or IT years I and lit oat baa a me i be to pay f i r It h not. on PT tune. Yours truly, S. Ch ; -w. S. 1884. Messrs. Us rater Go, It gives in pit a live say we II one tor more tin an I to to do so. Of, rouse, we ; re entire d that . US to Use J. R. M. Boykin, Carmer Co, Baltimore, Md. R. HARRIS.