JOB PRINTING
The Reflector is
pared to do all worn
n this line
NEATLY,
QUICKLY, and
IN BEST STYLE.
Plenty of new mate-
rial and the best
of Stationery.
A Heart.
A heart is a curious thing
You may bruise and break it and
roughly fling
The b away as a useless thing
the warmth of a
kindly won
the ton Id's broken
And of life is within it stirred
By a word so pertly spoken.
Oil, i mi's knurl pi ice less worth
The love within has its birth.
Go search you'll rind there is
on earth
can rival the wraith of her
heart.
When once it is freely given.
Th it can comfort the sad, such joy
part
Though with her own i. liven.
Km heart a
With new a all its
bring
And freely be-tow. To its idol will
ugh the world may condemn. Ah, a
worn heart
To will never
She will peril her soul, scorn art,
barter her in heaven.
Will we cried, through night
day
By the lied of will tend lay
Her own Ufa down; through years will
watch pray.
For the of o woo could never
know.
ne'er believe, excel in part,
A strength of love, all the joy mid we
Mm in a woman's
he rt.
The Eastern Reflector.
D. J. WHICH Editor and Owner
TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance.
VOL, XIV,
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL
You Need
The Reflector this tear.
It will give the news
every week for
a year.
Reflector and Atlanta.
Constitution a yr
Reflector,
and twice-a-week
NO. IN. Y. World all for
a year.
Make Own Town.
A writer who evidently knows
what he is talking about gives this
which is always
good fur kind of a
yon want your to
Drove, improve it. If you want to
make your town lively, make it.
go sleep, but get up and
work for it, talk about it and talk
favorable. If you have property
improve it. Paint your houses,
clean up alleys and hack
yards. Make your surroundings
pleasant and will feel
your property will be worth more
in he market- It you
reasonably well, advise your
friends to and near
you. Work steadily for your
home dealers- Keep your money
at home as much as possible, and
it is likely to help you return.
The towns have been
made by pulling
together Public improvements
is an i Days. Don't
waste limn over dirty
and hold back your aid for
good objects through spite,
work for some good and will
find yourself
NEWS IN BRIEF.
twenty one earth-
quake shocks Monday.
Mr. J. Harding, of Oho-
aged SO years, died Mon-
day.
A heavy Storm prevailed last
night to-day all along the
coast.
Newborn people are taking
steps to secure a cotton
factory.
Ground will soon be broken for
Baptist Female University at
Raleigh
Lightning struck the Episcopal
church Ft and slightly
damaged it-
The dare for the next
fair ha fixed from Feb.-4th
to 29th, IS-16
A crack James Duffy
jumped of Brooklyn bridge
was drowned-
The Rev. Sam Small Las re-
signed editorial management
of the Norfolk Pilot. Too many
to suit Sam.
Harrison and Rob-
me, dry-goods importers or
Boston, have made an assign-
Liabilities
The ten year old son of Mr. C-
F. near bridge,
was instantly killed by a falling
Progress.
A- Battle, of
deliver the address at the
of Memorial Day, in
Washington, May 10th-
Wm- H- father of
State Auditor Robert M.
died in Tuesday of
aged years.
The two year old daughter of
Mr. Cam pen fell out doors and
broke her hip last
Washington
The well which Mr. Will Cook
boring for the Goldsboro
bar Company's at Dover has
now reached a depth of feet.
feet of the depth is through
solid Journal.
A Belgian one mist has
a process for making
cotton out of wood which
may be spun into thread and
woven into cloth, and he thinks
he has the dead-wood on good
thing. But who wants wood cot-
ton when the sure-enough cotton
sells for five cents a pound or
thereabouts Star-
comes that Mr. Joe La-
a few nights
ago shot his father in law, Mr
Dixon- They had some
when started
into house and Latham
fearing Dixon was coming upon
him armed shot him in the leg
and the arm. These are facts as
we heard them, bat we learned no
farther Scotland
Neck Democrat,
ROPE AROUND HIS NECK.
Was the Kind of Necktie Mr. R.
Williams Wore Sunday Night-
Further Attempts at
It was reported Monday that
Mr. William, a white
who is employed by Mr. B- N-
was out in the
woods night, about
o'clock, a crowd of masked
men, who attempted to make him
tell something about the
have been Kin
Many of our citizens
that Mr.
something about the first fire at
least. A rope was put around his
neck and he was up sever
times, so goes the report, but
if he knew anything he did not
divulge it, and we understand that
his consider him quite a
hero.
Mr. Wooten
crowd passed his house taking
Williams and that the latter
a great deal of fuss scream-
when opposite his house. Mr.
Wooten went out to investigate.
He saw a large number of deter-
mined men, he says, and before
he got far one of those guard
the rest shoved a pistol in
his face sad advised him to go
back, which advice he took-
All sorts of rumors were in cir-
Monday but little
else was talked Kinston.
Isaiah Hill and Henry York,
colored, were borne last
Thursday and saw two men
fooling at the side of the wooden
building owned I
mines, behind Mr. W. S
bar. The i through the
lot back of Sir. store,
upon being nailed. Hill and York
had weapons with them. Upon
examination a lot of shucks sat-
with kerosene were found
in the chimney comer.
t o'clock Sunday
morning Dr. Jno. A. Pollock
found the store of Charles F.
to on in-
side- was broken open with an
ax the fire put out before
damage of was done-
It seems that the firebug entered
the side door with a false key,
took the large lamp down
poured the oil a cracker box
set tire to a piece of paper to
connect with the oil in the box,
giving him time to get out before
it flamed Free Press.
Illegally.
The Mt. News says that
at the last term of court
eight young were reported
to the grand for practicing
medicine illegally tho grand
jury was instructed by the
to return six bills
each one of them. The News
this was done, and in moll
case, with possibly one
the Solicitor
judgment the payment
costs. of the young
was mulched to the In of
of which tutu th peek- ;
of the Solicitor. Now the
question arises, the
practice of medicine
by the Solicitor Heading one
bill against the as well
The law not enacted to
Solicitors, but for the
of the citizens of the State
against quacks and incompetents-
It is a good law and we are
heartily favor of it, are
glad this county was not made
an to its operations.
But we think it should be amend-
ed so that Solicitors will not be
allowed to operate it their
own interests. If necessary to
punish offenders let them be
lined and let the tine go to swell
the school fund to swell
the pile in the of a grasp-
Solicitor.
Bach Day.
Felling Tapes Electricity. J the minutes, and counting the
Trees are now felled to a w ,, .
,, . , , . . . . Counting the brambles, a c n
able extent by electricity. A plat-1 newels,
wire heated white hot by Counting the sunshine,
current is used, stretched between shower.
two as a saw. There is less L ll of a , .
work than with a saw, no sawdust is j
and the charring of the Hi t have will bloom
surface t division tends to prevent I again.
In some cases the time re- i I sure-o follow nil ,
quired U fell this method
is only one-eighth of that necessary hid,
tor sawing. Eclectic. daily vie bravely did.
The hone n down the
AT A
BALL, j Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Report
A First Experience
. y Fair
s it h and l
lie Win
All n Ills Practical .
Joke
Baking
Powder
Doc Had the Papers.
A few days ago, Doc
a colored man who works Mr
G. M. place at Mount
Holly, was warned out to work
the road. It occurred to Doc
that he had worked road
about enough for one but
he his age, couldn't
tell exactly whether he was road
free or not. So he hunted up his
tax receipts a-id took them to Mr
Shives to his age by.
There were even twenty of these
from the sheriff, footing
up a total of This
had paid his tax year after for
twenty and had the papers
to show i;. He is one of a thous-
and, of this sort. The count
showed that ho was forty-one
years old. He had to work the
road, but he had his tax papers
j the Gazette.
A Sunny Face.
Wear one- It is our privilege.
It has the qualities of mercy ; it
is twice blessed. It its
owner and all who come under its
benign influence; it is a daily
boon to him who wears it, and a
As a rule it is much worse for
a to be left with several
children than for a woman to be
so afflicted, but an exception to
the rule happened not many miles
from a few years ago.
A farmer was left with two
children by the death of his wife,
but he did not break up- He
constant benediction to all his
friends. Men and women, youth at
and children, seek friendship ind washing until they got
To the Pole by Balloon.
In the meeting of the Swedish-
Academy of Sciences . at Stockholm
on February the Andre,
road a paper about his proposition
to the north pole by aerial
navigation. He argued that the
conditions for a balloonist are most
favorable from every standpoint.
The present highly developed tech-
aerial navigation would en-
able a balloon rising at
in the early summer to take
of the warm aerial
blowing northward at this season,
and to the trip across the
explored Arctic regions in about
thirty days. He estimates the en-
tire expense of his voyage at about
thirty-five thousand dollars.
HI,
And the it full ,
The secret we hi our bosom,
that we know, or the tears
AC
In His care. He safely keep,
A ii over all.
He II Wood ward Pratt.
Too Sudden.
Clara, will you be my
I have tried every
sort of way to bring you to a pro-
I have experimented with
the baby stare, reckoned by my
friends as particularly fetching; I
have tried the soulful glance, and
also the down-drooping lid; I have,
with apparent artlessness, led
conversation up to a point where it
seemed impossible for you to avoid
asking for my hand and heart; but
all, all without avail. Harry, I will
not answer you at once. will think
the matter over. I will give you
time. I feel that to accept you at
were too sudden. Boston
From a letter by J.
of Mich., we
me to make this extract
have no hesitation in
Dr. KinK's New Discovery, as the re-
were almost in melon- In the
case of my wife., while I was pastor if
the Church at Rives Junction
she was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding with I. . Terrible
paroxysms of couching would last
hours with little interruption and it
seemed as if she c not survive them.
A friend recommended Dr. King's New
Discovery; it was quick in its work and
highly satisfactory In Trial
bottles free at John I,, Drug
Store. Regular and
Friends-Were Too Friendly.
John G. Whittier was greatly
loved by strangers, who not only
called on him, but thriftily insisted
on putting up with him all night.
has no said-his sister,
much time spends
trying to lose these people in the
streets. Sometimes he comes home
and sister, I had hard
work to lose him, but I have lost
him. But I can never lose a her.
The women are more pertinacious
than the don't thee them so,
of the sunny All doors
to help him; and he
are opened to who smile them too In
an
AH social cheer
a crowd of
wore b -i
A sunny face is
sesame to heart ail home. By ; I
it burdens c-t-es st, a n-r-. tricing I lie
banished, and f a I an
hope male to reign triumphant map
when fear doubt despoil of all who knew them-
had held high , All of I hem Lave d Well. How
Get the radiance is the old
such to the throne there's a there's i
permits to His own- Bring
from holy divine
a face with light and let
it glow and shine on all
A little child the street of a
great city wishes to at a
point where the throng
and passing vehicles made the
feat dangerous to the strong and
especially to the weak, paused,
Webster's Weekly.
Summer School,
Tho Summer School at Chapel
Hill affords opportunities
to young men and
tug University education, as well
es lo teachers those
to teach. Instruction will be
and asked a I given mainly by University pro-
gentleman to carry her across, lessors, in English Literature,
It was the sunny face that History,
the child's Child- Greek, Algebra, Geometry,
makes no mistakes and
While looking aft u- a better
water supply tho Council
might consider the advisability of
putting wells somewhere on Pitt
and Greene streets. That section
of the town needs them-
Four Big
Having the needed merit to more than
make good all the advertising claimed
for them, the following four remedies
have reached a phenomenal sale. Jr.
Dr. King's New Discovery, for con-
and Colds, each bot-
Bitters, the
great remedy for Liver, Stomach and
Kidneys- Salve, the
best the world, and Dr. King's New
Life which are a public pill. AH
these remedies are guaranteed to do
just what is claimed for them and the
dealer whose name is attached here-
with will be triad to tell you more of
them. at John I,. Drug
Store.
Merit challenges competition.
Beware of the merchant who
wants t do business on the sly
and is not willing to compete
with the world for your .
Suva.
The In the world for Cute
Bruise, Sores, Salt um
Fever
Corns, and all skin
um positively cures or no
pay U is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded
cents per box.
John
The Dog in Law.
era will be given an opportunity
to see exemplified by experts the
best methods of teaching all the
subjects usually the
preparatory schools.
of satisfactory work the
dance, duly signed by and
dent of the University and the
professors, will be given to those
who complete the course and
stand the examination. Miss Ma-
Coffin, of Detroit, Michigan,
a celebrated teacher of young
children, will have charge of the
primary work-
The tuition fee of admits
to all instruction during the tire
weeks session of the June
to July 20th-, 1895.
For circulars apply to
Winston, or
Edwin A- Alderman,
i of
Chapel Hill, N.
TIME TO
Those who
separated from
party last year
of getting something better
in than they have
heretofore enjoyed, have seen
their hopes disappointed- Tho
Legislature which has just ad-
did not one promise
forty and no honest can
claim that it met the just
of those who elected it-
Beyond continuing the
heretofore made by the
Democratic party for the public
institutions, it did nothing that
will redound to the general
and many of its enactments
tie harmful, as time
will develop. of the
dents its proceedings
were openly and notoriously
It must be manifest to every
intelligent view of
everything that has happened at
Raleigh since the 1st of January,
and considering tho
things that not, that
is to be expected future of the
combination which constituted
this Legislature. It is a bad lot.
It not only failed to do nearly
everything it promised to do. Out
by what it did it
that it is not fit to govern
Carolina. universal cry
throughout State should be.
Away with it with it If
a or party fool you on e, it is
his or its fault; if he or it fool
you twice, it is yours. Surely
stronger argument could
to the people of this State
to persuade them to again lo
the party which governed so long
and so well, is I by a
review of of the
Legislature just adjourned.
Statesville landmark.
of practical
said a drummer one of the hotels
the other night, was the victim of
one of the most embarrassing I have
heard of for a long time. It was
during my first trip south, and, not
being familiar with he people of is
part of the country. I thought I had
found a really sociable place, when
three young of the town with
whom I had been talking the even-
before asked me to go with them
to a dance that was to be at a
female a few miles from
the city. I had been away from
home, for some time, and not having
had the pleasure of being in com-
of young ladies I was fairly
Absolutely pure
IN DAYs GONE BY. LOCAL DIRECTORY.
The Old
Overland Mail
Pacific Coast
to the
Manager of In
the of the Grout
Steam Horse or
first express ever run across
the plains was started a man
named In said;
Alexander of Montana,
manager cf the first overland ex-
OFFICERS.
Superior Clerk, K. A.
Sheriff. It. W. King;.
of Deeds, W. If.
J. L. Little.
Coroner, Dr. C. Laughing-
Surveyor
I T. K. Keel.
pleasant Journal. It started at Little Bock, Health, Dr. W. II.
L.
told them I would be pleased to
go, and, after hurried preparation,
we started. The young men laughed
at the idea of my paying anything
toward the carriage hire, and I felt
Bagwell.
County Home. W. Smith.
Pull. Ins., W. II.
Ark., and followed a southern route,
through Kansas, New Mexico, Ari-1
and then to Los Angeles. Cal. Ll--
About two years later, in our
company was formed for the
i pose of carrying the mails to the
that I had never been in the company , f. . .
,. , Pacific coast. It was known as the.
of a more hospitable set of men. r-i i i r.
on. i i Central Overland, California
we arrived at the place ,.
. j . j , , , . I likes Express WU
the dance had already begun. Wen an ,
. ,, ,, El. Russell, Alexander
left the carriage in care of a i j . i r j n i
j u ii a formed
man and entered the Of
Dogs have not the same property
value here that they have in Eng-
land, and this is so notwithstanding
the fact that dogs are property here
and they are not property in Eng-
land. This seeming paradox may
be explained from the fact that, ac-
cording to the old English laws,
was punishable by death. If
dogs had been property then, to
steal a dog would have been a
punishable by death. It was
not considered right that a man
should die for a dog, and therefore
dogs were held by the court not to
be property. There are foolish dog
laws in nearly every city and town
in the United States based on the
dogs are not prop-
but such laws would not stand
investigation and the interpretation
of the higher courts. A dog-catcher
who dogs and puts to
death is acting without warrant of
law, whatever the local ordinance,
for property cannot be taken from a
citizen without giving him an
to be heard before a court of
law and before a jury. The owners
of fine dogs are usually so of
them that the dog-catchers and
pound-keepers have small chance to
capture
of Ointments for that
Contain
as will destroy the
of smell d completely
whole system when it through
the ouch
should never be used except on
from reputable
the damage they will d 1- ten fold to.
the good you can d rive from
them. Hall's Cure
by F. J. Co., Toledo,
O , contain no and U taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of
In buying Hall's Catarrh Cure he
j on g.-t the it is taken
and n in Toledo.
by F-J. Co.
free.
by price per bot-
Some for Men.
Constant repetition of the
name of an article has no selling
power, for after awhile for
gets its he ever knew
remembers merely
that it's all right because it's
old friend-
Bargain advertising has be
come so thoroughly a part of the
regular of stores of
the very highest standing, it has
passed out of the doubtful
stage and become a good thing
all around for newspapers,
store keepers, and for shoppers
as long as it is strictly Lowest.
A good backed up
by good advertising, can always
sell good goods.
The man who advertises, i
one who often rises.
To be the in the
desperate race for wealth
With this one stipulation, that
he does with
he finds it too
to both hank account
health.
To advertise back if
is the very best
when such advertising is
possible.
The man who is convinced the
public ought buy what he has
for sale can make tho public
think so. too
advertisement that may be
good to day be poor
row. Times change, and ads,
should be changed with them.
All the business sense, all the
common sense, all the advertising
sense that can be condensed into
an ad is just what it needs.
There are bad spots in the best
ads , the as there are weeds
in the lust gardens. You can't
cultivate your copy too often.
What you've got to
been said by others a mil
lion times; the way yon say it is
what and counts in ad
Better too much space
not enough matter than too much
matter and not enough
To say your goods are
and is not enough, be
cause buyers think they have a
right to know why they are best
and why cheapest. Wise mer
chants tell them why.
People are tired of too much
reading in these days. let
aid. make them so.
Let it invigorate them with its
crisp, bright a
tonic, to create an appetite- for
for Ink.
w lb Its Itching
dry, hot akin U cm-ad by Sana.
It purifies the
course, I felt very strange at first
among so many strangers, but my
companions seemed to feel quite at
home, and insisted that I should
meet some of the young women at
once. One of the young men
me by the arm and led me across the
room to where there sat a young
woman who was rather pretty and
had an extremely neat appearance.
receiving an introduction
to her I sat down started a con-
Soon she was talking at
an astonishingly rapid rate. I be-
came rather interested in the girl,
but was very much surprised to
learn that she was the twentieth
daughter of a wealthy farmer. At
last she began to talk and laugh so
loudly that I began to feel a little
embarrassed, and asked her if she
did not want to dance. She was
her feet in an instant, and we had
danced a few steps when she sud-
yelled out at the top of her
-Don't Don't Oh, don't
hold me so tight. I am full of
And she uttered a yell that
made the cold chills run up
down my
turned her loose in an instant,
and stood simply horrified. I felt
like swearing when the other people
in the room only laughed and
on dancing. did not know what to
do. I knew I had done nothing I
should not have done, intentionally
ax. least, l started up to
an apology, when one of my com-
came up with a young
an on his arm. He gave me an in-
to her, naked me if I
would not dance the next set with
her. I did not feel like dancing a
bit, but there was no way of getting
out of it, so I told him I would.
While we were sitting down waiting
for the next dance she told me she
had been married fourteen times and
had a thousand children at home.
thought she was just trying to joke
me, and asked her where she lived.
She said she lived in Heaven. I
knew something was wrong with
her, and I made up my mind right
there that I would not dance with
Her. I asked her to excuse me a
moment and. without waiting for a
reply, rushed across the room toward
the door. I thought to myself that
if got on the outside I would
attend another
in Kentucky.
had got within a few of the
door when an old woman k ran up
and threw her arms around my neck.
She yelled out that I way her lost
son, who ran away from home four
hundred years ago, when I was a
mere child. I to tear myself
away from the woman, she
fainted at my feet. I made a dart
for tho door, and when I reached the
threshold I looked back and saw
persons carrying her off the
floor, I was dazed. I expected to be
arrested every moment. I saw a
man outside and asked him if there
was not a train leaving that place
noon.- He said there be one
going to Louisville in about an hour,
and I concluded to wait around the
little station until it was ready to
leave. I do not remember to have
ever heard a more welcome sound
than the whistle of that train, after
spending an hour in silent misery. I
reached my hotel in this city shortly
after midnight, but I could not sleep.
I had learned on the train that I had
been to an insane-asylum ball, and I
Was as mad as a hornet.
next morning the young
men came around to the hotel and
apologized, and now they are the
best friends I have in the
Courier-Journal.
Wonderfully Prolific.
A sow in Scotland
dropped a of twenty-three
pigs, twenty-one of which were
olive. Six of these were killed in
order not to tax the sow too much,
but the other fifteen are all alive.
The sow has now had five litters,
and the total of the pigs she has
brought forth comes to eighty-five.
ah average of seventeen per
sow of no particular
reed.
TOWN OFFICERS.
Mayor, L. Fleming.
i. E. Harris.
Treasurer, J. s. smith.
Police-W. James, chief. T.
Moore, seat; J. L. night.
K.
man named
the company, and the contracts with
the government for carrying mails
were made out in their names. I was
chosen manager, and had my office
in Denver. A,
southern route run by But-
did not have as much prom-1
as ours, which for years was I CHURCHES,
known as the route.
It started in at St. Joseph, Mo.,
every Sunday
ii Prayer
j meeting night. Rev. c If.
actor, at 9-30
running through Nebraska to Fort
Kearney, to Fort Laramie, , ,
thence to Denver, to Salt Lake City. M C l-
to Nev., and to Sacra- regular
Cal The whole trip ex-
tending halt across the continent. Sunday School at Mt
was made in seventeen days, M. w. n.
no accident befell, and accidents Methodist, every Sunday
i Prayer meeting
night. Rev F. Smith,
parlor. Sunday Sch at A.
Ellington, Supt.
Presbyterian. Services
morning
meeting night Rev. R. W.
paster. Sunday School Ht
A. M. B. D. Evans,
Cove Lodge I. . O. F-.
me. t. every Tuesday night. Dr.
N .
Lodge No. A. K. A A.
M., and third Monday night
Some of the were ready
to begin when
this rain and gave them
another set back.
The rains have caused the well
being dug near store
to cave in, Policeman Moore
says he fears it will he ruined
were not so numerous as some
have imagined. From St.
to Denver the trip look seven
days, and from Denver to Sacra-
was a journey of ten days,
That was. of course, by the
stage route, and little time was
in making it.
accommodate our business
had about one hundred and
coaches, most of which wen; kepi
running all the time. To haul
we had fifteen hundred horses seal-
along the route from St.
to Sacramento. In addition we
had six or seven thousand head M. W. I
cattle, which were used in
heavy freight and transporting feed
for the horses and provisions for our
men. You can see that the business
was not by any means a small one.
and it continued to grow as long as
there was any use for such means of
transportation. This was until the
completion of the Union Pacific rail-
way to California in 1870. Then
overland traffic and mail service
could be managed to hotter purpose
by the railroad, and our pony ex-
press went out of existence. Hut
up to that time from the day
the route was first opened in
its business had
great mistake was
to realize that the ostrich, being
still wild, could not successfully be
subjected to tho same treatment and
conditions under which domesticated
animals and birds will thrive. In
confinement they multiply but slow-
and produce feathers of an in-
grade, while their vicious in-
are still so strong that it Is
often impossible to remove the
feathers without killing the bird.
To make the business the success
expected it is necessary to gain more
experience in the proper manage-
of the ostriches, and by a care-
course of breeding to eradicate
or tame down the wild nature so
that they may be approached and
handled in comparative safety. Os-
farms will doubtless eventual-
prove a success, not only in Cali-
but in Florida and Texas, but
they cannot be made so in a year or
two. Time, patience and skill are
even more requisite this than in
other branches of
Even the building of the railroad as-
us. for our line was the best
adapted for carrying western
and
z.
F.
v r A Jeweler.
C.
X. w l.-t and
DR.
OSTRICH FARMS.
H. A.
DENTIST,
O.
Office stairs overs. E.
Hardware
R. L. MOO KB,
Williams-ton.
MOORE.
AT
V. C
in Opera House. Third St.
F.
ATTORNEY-AT-LA
G R F. L h R, Y i .
Practice In all the a
specialty.
l. L. JAMES,
DENTIST,
M. C.
Plenty of Hard and But
Money in the Business.
Ostrich j who rushed into
the business a few years when it
was first boomed have found that it
is not all their fancy painted.
of becoming multi-millionaires
In a few years, many of them have
not paid expenses, others have made
a little money, but less than the
same amount of capital and labor
would have brought them almost
v other business.
and the Farmer.
Ex-Senator of Michigan,
tells a good story of an old Michigan
farmer to whom he lent a volume of
Shakespeare's works. After allow-
time for a perusal of the book
the senator asked the man one day
what he thought of the book.
said the
is some good
In It, and I see the old man has
my Y. Mall and
H. J. L.
LOU FLEMING
K. C.
in all the Courts.
T AT.
AM
L AW,
L.
JARVIS A BLOW,
ET S-AT-LA
F all
John E. F. C.
N. C. Greenville, ST. C
WOODARD A HARDING.
N. C
Special attention riven to
nun of
r I
Considerable preparations and we
,. -Tery one in
N. C.
P. I
Entered t tie re at Greenville
X. C as second-class m I matter.
APRIL
. The rebellion in Cuba grows
is now assuming immense
proportions. No one can foresee
the result
Peace has been concluded be
tween China and China
pays an indemnity of one
millions of dollars. Japan
retains possession also of ail
she has conquered-
Mr. James W. Scott, editor of
the Chicago Herald, died
day. He was only in the prime
of life and was one of the bright
est and ablest of American
The Directors final-
succeeded in getting a quorum
together and elected
Kitchen of the
Penitentiary. It will now to
the Courts.
In 1885 there were six bicycle
in the United
States, which turned out
in 1890 there were
seventeen, which turned out
Now there are one nun
and twenty-six which it is
estimated will turn out about
half a million this year.
There has been a considerable
earthquake in Many
persons said to be killed, and
many others are injured by the
failing of buildings. The people
in the cities, frightened fled
the country. There were ten
hocks felt and even the
were wrecked-
It has been reported that
Senator Ransom, who was
pointed Minister to Mexico,
is not eligible on account of
some constitutional provision,
bat investigation shows
that he didn't qualify
his term of service as Senator
had expired and therefore the
report is without foundation
and lie will riot have to t rs-
appointed as bus been lied
Judge W. A- no
holding court at
decided the contest be-
tween Judge Thomas A.
Hon. H- G. Ewart in favor of
Judge Jones, holding that the
General Assembly Unit appointed
Ewart had no to make an
appointment. An appeal was
made, a final decision will all
probability be made by the
Court some time next
week.
Postmaster
States that the sale of stamp- for
the last quarter of amounted
to which was the
e it in the history of the
mint for a like He
this a
the revival of The
receipts from other so trees
of the Post M Department for
the last quarter of were
more for the
ponding period of 1803.
There is a mistaken idea, says
the reliable and authentic
son that means
to paint a little, to sing a little, to
dance a little, and to quote pas-
sages from late popular books.
As a matter of culture means
nothing of the kind- Culture
means mastery over self polite
charity, fairness, good tern
per, good conduct- Culture is
not a thing to make a display of ;
it is something to use so modestly
that people not discover all at
once that have it.
being made for unveiling of
the Confederate Monument in
Raleigh on the 20th of May. Va-
committees have been
pointed- The State Guard is ex
to be present- North
Carolina is invited and it is be
that a large of its
citizens will accept the
and show their appreciation by
being present. The railroads
are expected to give unusually
low rates and altogether it is a
great
How many people know that
the Legislature incorporated in
its revenue bill a provision levy-
a tax of per cent, upon all
purchases of seed It did- Any
merchant or other person who
buys millet
or any other of seed must
pay a tax of per cent, upon his
purchase. In the same paragraph
all persons who buy or sell drugs
are taxed per cent, upon their
purchases of these. We said, two
or ti weeks ago, that the
of that legislature bad not
half f w days afford
fresh proof of the statement-
Charlotte Observer.
Treasurer Worth says now
that he will pay all orders from
Superintendent Leazer leave
the Supreme Court to say
he is legally elected. It is
well enough that Mr- Worth found
out that he could not decide this
matter even though Mr. Butler
told him, it is said, to pursue the
course that he did- would
have Kitchen into the
office at once if he had had the
power, but the State of North
Carolina is a little too big for
one man to run it even alter it
has been so k u i luted the
The of Cook against
Mears for the Judgeship of the
particular and all oilier tobacco
growers in general to come for-
ward give us their, support
and encouragement in forming
our association for the benefit of
the tobacco growers of
North Carolina. In this matter
we menu business and sincerely
hope that in a short time we will
have a large, association to meet
regularly in Greenville a
month- In the columns of this
paper we will give a full report
of matter discussed at each
meeting so that all tobacco grow-
be by such
meetings- Who will be the first
to respond t
WASHINGTON LETTER
our Regular
Washington, D- C, April
President Cleveland's Andrew
Jackson in standing by
his financial views is admired
alike by those who agree with his
views who oppose hem.
There are timid Democrats
say that an expression against
the coinage of silver was not
politic, in view of the Knowledge
that many Democrats favor it.
Perhaps it wasn't but Mr. Cleve
land has never a politic
man. That is one of the reasons
why he has never got along with
the trimmers the Democratic
party. His tariff reform message
of 1887 was not a
but it resulted in
the Democratic party and in
tariff reform synonymous
with and is to-day re
by every Democrat as
of the best he ever did.
Democrats admire and
no Democrat will think less of Mr.
Cleveland for having the courage
to stand up for what he believes
to be right, regardless of whether
it be or unpopular with
the party at large. He invites a
contest the ranks of
Criminal Court of Nor h I party, and is that when
Carolina was in i all the arguments which can be
ton last Saturday Before Judge on both sides have
Hoke and was decided in favor j heard that an overwhelming
of Mears. Hon. D. L. Russell majority of the party will endorse
Col. L. C. Edwards j his views- lie may be wrong.
noted Mr. Cook and George Other democrat have been wrong
Rountree appeared for Mr. but
Mears. Cooks council admit- pother and
this mi all its bearings
committing the party lie i-
not A
of education is never sided-
I Let ever democrat hear what
both sides have t say in coming
there a vacancy and that , or silver question,
the Governor had a right to fill j arguments as he would
that vacancy and that O. P. the evidence if he was sitting on
Mean the appointee of the, a jury, and then decide which will
Governor is legally entitled to be the best for the country Up
I lie office. There was an appeal to this time most of the
to the Supreme Com t but it is has been done by one side,
believed that this Hon. B. Eaton, of
of the Giro, who claims to have drafted
the civil service law, and who
was the first Civil Service Com-
missioner, is in Washington
He paid the a high
compliment when he said For
the courage Cleveland
has shown this re
form, for his faithful adherence to
the law, he is of the
highest praise. I am a
can, this as in
sys-
of currency, Mr- Cleveland
has shown himself such a tine
patriot that all of par-
are lest sight of, he
Bethel, April 92nd,
A. B. Cherry wont to Tarboro
Sunday.
Messrs- Charles Skinner and
Buck, of Greenville, were
in town Sunday
Miss James, of
is visiting Miss Lola Peal.
Miss Mamie of Falk-
land is her Mrs, B.
F. Bryan.
There were no services in the
Methodist Sunday, Rev.
W- A. Forbes, paster, being in
Danville, Va., assisting con-
ducting a revival there
We bear that the hogs
with the cholera in this sec-
A little three year old son of
Mr. M- C- Manning was run over
last Friday by a log cart. He
died Saturday and win buried
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. T- F- Whitley re-
turned Sunday from their bridal
Mr. Johnnie Page and Miss
Alice Bullock were married last
Wednesday April 17th 1895, at
the residence of the bride's father,
Mr- James D. J- N. Page,
Esq, officiating.
Mr- Joseph of
was married to Miss Delia
James April 17th, 1895, at the
bride's father Mr. M- A. James,
in Bethel township. Elder
H- officiating.
Mr. E- Carson and Miss
Allie were married at
Bethel, on Wednesday, April the
17th, at o'clock P. M., D. C.
Moore, Esq, officiating. There
were ten couples in attendance-
After the marriage ceremony the
bridal party and invited
were went to the
residence of Mr. Bullock on
Pleasant street, where an elegant
and munitions supper awaited
The bride and groom re-
many handsome and val-
presents- May they live
long and be .
Items.
April 23rd, 1895.
C- W. his
regular appointment at S
Mrs. Silas Witherington spent
Friday Saturday here-
Messrs- L. J. an I L
C went to Greene
Friday business.
that lie was elected Judge
by the legislature two days be-
fore the bill creating court
was ratified. Jude Hoke held
that when the lull was ratified.
confirm the
court below.
Allot of Lenoir
is Mrs. E- A-
Miss
P. trick.
Mi E Urn-Is, of Ayden,
is relatives in
Mamie Gardner and
Dora of Ayden, spent
Saturday and Sunday at Mr. L-
J- Chapman's.
Messrs- J- R- Harvey and W.
E Morgan, of came
to church Sunday on their wheel;.
Fear visiting in
last Sunday were
a little premature. Never
girls w i e all growing old.
The Supreme Court has recent-
made ea of mi ch
to the firm
Durham Tobacco Company
as to the taxes of that firm. The
case was decided by Hoke the
that the taxes should be paid
Let Farmers of Pill, and
Adjoining Counties Organize To-
Growers Association.
We see that the farmers the
tobacco producing section of
South Carolina have organized
what they call a tobacco growers
association. The object of the
association is to improve upon his bravo stand for a sound
tobacco culture, y an interchange
of views as to ablest methods
of cultivating and taking care of
the crop. Here Eastern North
Carolina where we the finest
lands and best all around
for growing f to-
it occurs to us that as-
cf this kind would d i an
immense amount of good. In a
community where nearly every
farmer grows fine tobacco and yet
are two or three whose
lands are of the same formation
that have made a failure in this
crop by attending association
of this kind the evil would
be pointed out to and their
lauds soon made to produce as
of tobacco as any.
The failure to grow good tobacco
on laud in a good tobacco pro-
be
of the lack of the lack
of the proper of
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Vt, had a Blight
earthquake shock.
Chicago postage stamp
have been arrested.
A cyclone did considerable
damage in Washington county
Alabama-
The burning of the National
Saw works, caused
a loss of
Mr. and Miss
Lucy Hawkins, both of
were married Wednesday.
A block of going up
at N- Y, suddenly
republicans as he does from
own followers.
Attorney General has
filed a brief with the Supreme
against any of
the income tax which does
not include a rehearing that
portion of the tat declared to be
by the late de
If a is granted
by the com tit will hardly
place before October.
deserves just cs much credit from collapsed, burying four men
the ruins.
The Winston Sentinel says that
a three-year old child of Mr-John
at Sandy Ridge, died
some days since from the
of sucking the ends of matches.
Philadelphia, as usual, but this
decision was reversed by the
Court, so that this tax on
which has heretofore
given in taxed in Phil
must and paid
at Durham. State
county taxes on this sum will
to about
In of the townships in
Wake county of the
appointed by the
bad not qualified said
that he did not intend to do so.
A Democrat came to Raleigh and
reported this to Governor Carr
and be appointed him to fill the
vacancy. The Democrat then
went before Dan Young, the
Clerk of the Court, and offered to
take oath of office but Mr-
Young refused to administer
the oath to him. It would thus
appear that Young de-
fies the Attorney anon
whose decision the Governor
appointed the Democrat
of how to cultivate or absence
from soil of some
all of which could easily
and in a short while be remedied
by the farmers themselves coming
together and discussing tobacco
culture under its various heads.
Say for instance that the
of how to prepare land
for tobacco was under discussion.
Let the President of the
appoint two or three of
our bast from different
sections where of the
lands are different and let them
discuss this freely from
a practical standpoint, and so on
with the different topics
the head of tobacco culture. We
have here our county such
men as G. T Tyson, W. B Home,
R R. Cotten, D. M. v W.
J. J. J.
J. Bryan J Allen,
Jesse L. Smith, Ivy Smith and
hosts of others who could render
valuable information this all
important to the
STATISTICS.
Statistics of pro
duct of the United States for the
years f.-om 1881 to 1888 and for
the years 1893 and 1894, as fur-
by the Bureau
tics, show that the largest crop
during those periods was grown
in and amounted to
pounds and was valued at
In 1881 the crop, was
much smaller,
but fetched almost as much
money, 336- In 1893 the
yield was 483,023.963 pounds
worth and the 1894
crop is put at valued
at If these figures
are accurate course they are
not, but are somewhere in the
there has been a
of late years
Kentucky is credited with be-
as usual in the lead last year
with pounds; North
Carolina second with
and Virginia third with
pounds. These three
leading States stood in 1893
follows Kentucky, 216,926.385
pounds; Virginia,
pounds, and North Carolina. 44.-
pounds.
Maryland was a great tobacco
growing State not many years
but now it figures among
little ones. The crop
amounted to pounds,
and last year it was only
pounds.
produces about forty-
A man has arrested
Concord for passing a number of
counterfeit silver dollars . It is
said that is a baud of men
engaged in the same business in
that section.
Gen. Lee has been
appointed Collector of Internal
Revenue for the Western Dis-
of Virginia to fill the
caused by the death of Capt.
Ham Shepperd.
There is a report that the fee of
ex-Judge Armfield as counsel for
the the case,
which is to be tried at a special
term of Superior Court,
in July, is be
In Iredell county a white man
and u had a d over
cents owed by the latter to the
former, and knocked
the white man in the head with
a rock. He died the blow.
James W- Osborne, Esq., for-
of Charlotte, now a pros-
lawyer in New York, is
considerable drop in production to deliver the annual address at
Davidson College commencement-
He is a brother of Attorney Gen
Osborne-
The brand new woman, who sure-
is here,
May be all right in self-
imposed sphere,
But the same old woman who
shrieks at a
Will continue, as ever, boss of
the house.
The little sou born to Mr. and
Mrs. Albert H. of
a few days ago, has a
rather remarkable living ancestry.
The fellow baa three great
two great grand
two grandfathers and two
Working th
Col. Page, Iredell N-
tobacco as as
possible after the first of May.
When my tobacco has taken a
start to grow, break out the
middle of my rows and with hoes
around the plan, loosen-
crust that has formed
around the plant. The first plow-
after this should be with a
mall cultivator, running as close
as possible without tearing up
the plant. this plowing
pull a little dirt to tho plant.
The next plowing should be with
a cultivator a little
from the plant. After this
plowing use the hoe as before-
next and last planting should
be-with a cultivator the mid-
of the row- After this with
hoes a good
J- W. Guilford Co, N.
C-, should be
planted the first season May,
and in order to have good plants
by that time the beds
have guano put them before
rain, after the plants are
well small a
gallon to a bed ten yards square-
After your tobacco is planted it
should be worked as soon as the
bud turns green and tho roots are
beginning to take hold, but be
careful and shake the plant
loose ; if plant is loosened it
is apt to die in dry weather; do
not to it the first time it is
worked ; if so you are apt to re
its growth- Tobacco should
be worked three times, about two
weeks between times. It has
my observation that early
tobacco always for more
money than it will be
easier cured than late
J. M-
N- C, says eight or ten
days after the plants set out,
or soon as they begin to take
root into tin earth, the ground
them should loosened
or scratched gently to a I the
heat from the sun start the
young tobacco to more
hoes
should be u in the first work
afterwards larger plows
hoes may used-
and hoeing should be repeated
y ten or two weeks till
the tobacco is large enough to
top. Do not put too much bed
to the tobacco or make the hills
too high in hilling unless it be a
wet season. If the land be left as
level as in the last work
the tobacco will suffer less
from and will not at
the bottom of the plant. It is a
good plan to plow tobacco just
after a good rain, when the land
gets dry enough to plow, and then
put the hoes, as it is less liable
checked in its
Tobacco Journal.
Best
The on Hood's Pro
by Squire
Tim following testimonial comes M.
Esq., who Is well-known throughout Ken-
us court Justice and of the peace
Bath county. Ills words should Invoke the
confidence of all read his
I. Hood Co., Lowell,
will say for Hood's I bell re
It to be the best medicine the world. In the
winter of had a bad ease of the grip which
left my system In very had shape. I tried every-
thing I could find and got no relief. In the fall
of the tame year I bought a bottle of Hood's
The first dose I took
Made a Decided Change
for the better. When I began taking the first
bottle my weight was pounds, the lightest
since manhood. By the time the second bottle
had been used my weight was pounds. I
owe all this to Hood's and I
recommend It to all T. M.
Justice of the Kentucky.
Pills cure liver Ills, constipation,
biliousness. sick headache
. NOTICE
All persons baring claims against
estate the late W. J.
sent them to roe, administrator of i
estate on or before April 17th and
persons owing said will please
come forward and settle.
This April 10th 1805.
J. W. HiGGS.
Notice of Dissolution.
The of R. Greene Co. has this day
dissolved by mutual consent, R. Greene
withdrawing from the same. The
will be continued under the same
firm name.
This 1st day of April 1806.
R. GREENE-
W. H, COX,
Written for Reflector.
BURLESQUE ON POETS.
BY JOE BLUFF.
sew de to sing
de de
don't U-r Lear
blow
kind neighbors,
talks but never
In e grass
have never
What it's like steal lest
cotton, on
hoe;
When shorter,
de days
In de spring
grow.
Let Yin go into de Weeds,
de cows cuds.
out what didn't want
know;
skin reed patch,
mighty scratch,
In Spring time when de glass begins
grow.
Pen go
In- de
When sleep rest upon
de ;
de an de Hies.
de gnats all In
In de spring time when tie
grow.
Do as
dis lazy lime
do its only didn't
know;
ever made,
More de shade.
In de spring time when de
grow.
summer,
May ti r
III season when his labor ought to
show;
want tar Jen life's beauty,
I go out do duly.
de spring time when de
The people of Buffalo, X- Y-,
are anxiously awaiting tho time
the immense it power of
Niagara Falls will be transmitted
by electricity to that city
for industrial domestic
purposes- The is be-
watched with a great deal of
interest throughout the world and
if succeeds in harnessing
the power at Niagara now running
to waste, hundreds of places
throughout the world will
follow her example
Save time, money and I
bills. Go where you please,
when you please, as fast as you
please. Find pleasure, health and
economy alt in one.
Rambler Bicycles arc the acme of
mechanical perfection. Strong,
and reliable, with not an ounce
of useless material. The Rambler
is the wheel for record breakers and
for pleasure seekers.
Various models, all the same price
tells all about them
free, of course.
ft CO.,
WASHINGTON. D. C.
Truck Barrels, Pumps
AnD
All Kinds
We haw
the old
Moore store and are
prepared to furnish
any kind of
you want.
Special attention given
to putting down
and repairing
PUMPS.
All of Pipe
work and sat-
orders
tor Flues w
Greenville, N. C.
Skip your produce to
J C. blocking, Jr., Co.
Factors
AND
Commission
NORFOLK VA.
Personal Attention given to
Weights and Counts.
FRANK WILSON
Call it fiction, fairy titles, twisted j
truth, anything, hut don't let tho matter drop .
until you give me a chance to hack up every
claim I've made in favor of Clothes, Hats and
Furnishings. Try a Suit of Clothes, a Hat, some
will do the business, and help
to determine whether I preach facts or peddle
fairy-tales.
FRANK WILSON,
The Leader in Clothing, GREENVILLE,
f i
Get Your Tobacco Flues Cm Get tin Best
GREENVILLE, N. .
------have a large lot of the cleanest and host
you ever saw. are headquarters for Tobacco Fines. We will r
cheapest and guarantee our in every particular.
S. K. Pender Co.
Dealers in Stoves. and Moving M; .
eX.
ale
and
GROVES
Notice to Creditors.
The undersigned having duly
fled the Superior Clerk of
county administrator of E. C.
Blount notice is hereby given to
all indebted to the estate of the
said decedent to make immediate pay-
to undersigned, and all per-
sons having claims against the said es-
must present same before
14th day of March, 1806, or notice
will be plead In bar of recovery.
14th day of Starch, ISM.
B. C. C AW HON.
GREENVILLE. C.
Just Received Cars Rock Lime.
KEGS NAILS.
BO Sardines.
Bread Preparation.
Soap.
. Star Lye.
Boxes Cakes and Crackers.
Slick Candy.
Cases Matches,
O Dust.
Luck
Sacks toffee.
Molasses
2-5 Tons Shot.
Kegs Powder.
it Cars Flour.
Meat.
.- Tubs Lara,
ion Granulated Sugar,
P.
Ax Snuff,
R. It. Mills Snug.
Three Thistle Snuff,
Tobacco.
Dukes V. M. P. Cigarettes.
Old Va.
Oysters,
TASTELESS
CHILL
TONIC
FOB ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE
Mot. K,
rear. of
TONIC and
an-mi year. In all oar ox-
of II your, in haT
Sum m rear
and granted
J. L.
J.
Li ill Fin In Mil
N. C
OF PICK AT COURT HOUSE.
AH Risks placed in strictly
FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES
At current rates.
AGENT FOB. FIRST-CLASS FIRE PROOF SAFE
Sale-
By virtue of e authority In me vis-
ed by a decree of the Superior Court
I will offer for sale at the Court House
door in Greenville on Monday, the 22nd
day of April, 1893, the following de-
scribed tract of land, situated in the
county Pitt bounded as follows
to Adjoining the lands of Amos n.
Cox, W. H. and
containing acres
more or less. The said lands are sold
for the purpose of making for
of the debts of the estate or J.
. W. Terms of sale
W.
of the of J. L. W. Nobles.
1895.
Sale.
By virtue of the authority la me Test
ed by a decree of the Superior Court,
will offer for sale at the Court
door In Greenville on Monday, the 22nd
day of April, 1895, the following de-
scribed tract of Situated in
of Pitt. township,
adjoining the lands of L. Tucker. F,
Braxton, Alfred other
on Swift Creek,
acres more or less. Said lands are
old for the purpose of making
for the payment of debts of the estate
D. W. Braxton, Terms of
cash. W. B. W
of the estate r.
A Tyson.
arch
l CLOTHES
you buy of me admits you to
first place They
are right up to date and of
and shape. My
new a-soil men t is a marvel of
beauty, vie and excellence-
The material is f the highest
quality and the workmanship
is guaranteed the very best.
The low-price power can go no
with meritorious mer-
Let me show you whit the full
measure at bargain-giving
means in
Men and Boys
The Weather Bettor, But Hot
Scored a
Mn J. is sick-
Mr- J- is sick.
Mr Fred Cox is quite sick-
Mrs- Elizabeth Hooker is sick.
Mr. Sugg went to New-
born Monday.
Mr- Morris Meyer went to New
York Monday.
Lizzie Peebles is
friends in
Mr. E- O. went to
Monday.
Mrs. Latham, of Wash-
is here.
Mr- Louis Myer returned
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. W. II. came home
I boa Greene county.
Mr. Charles Skinner returned
I from Kelford Monday
Mr. Mat
spent Monday
here.
Ex-Senator and Mis. X- J. Jar-
Wednesday for
Mr- J. G. Rawls, of Wilson,
arrived Tuesday to see his
brother, Mr. S Bawls.
Mr- Allen Warren went to
Washington Friday in the inter-
est of Riverside Nursery.
Misses Ella Campbell and Ad-
die Williams, of are vis-
Mrs. H. C. Edwards.
D. L- James and Miss
James returned
day from
Mr- II- D- Harper, Jr., of
l r. who spent some days here,
returned home Tuesday evening
Mrs. Harry Martin, who was
visiting relatives here, left Wed-
for her home in Greens-
Mr. J- H- has a crowing
hen that causing no little
trouble. lie baa been seeking
some this unusual
caprice- We Would advise taking
the bun's bead off
her into a pot pie, if nothing else
will stop her from crowing.
You It.
Farmers who are engaged in
the cultivation of tobacco have
lost an opportunity in not buying
their for caring
purposes in February last. They
were lower than they have been
in many years past. They are
gradually rising and by August
will be way up.
CLOTHING,
Gents
Goods,
Miss Pat of
who was visiting Miss
Carrie Cobb, returned home Sat
Mr. W. G-Lamb, of William-
who has of friends
wherever he goes, arrived in
town Monday evening.
His many are glad to
Mr W. Taylor return-
to and accepted
a at the depot.
Mr-T. II. Jr., who
; uh been lure under the employ
of Mr. B- Moore, at the depot,
some left
for to accept M position
there-
DRY GOODS,
Just received a beautiful line of
H. C. Hooker
Greenville, N. C.
THE REFLECTOR
are
weather f
Sturgeon .
A large sturgeon was caught at
Goff Lauding early Monday
One of the got the
in his net and called
his assistance Several nets were
dipped under the fish and he was
finally broken down and stabbed-
Some of the nets were badly
torn up before the sturgeon was
broken down.
Tine
Almost everyone admires
pair of beautiful black horses Mr.
V. B. Pollard drives to Green
ville They are
did animals and it is worthy of
mention that Mr- Pollard raised
them himself- We have
believed that as good stock could
be raised in Pitt county as is
brought here from other States.
Warehouse at
All who are interested the
erection of a tobacco
at N- C, are hereby re-
quested to meet at the Masonic
Hall in Friday next,
April the at o'clock A-
M., to form a stock company for
competition of said work- All
tobacco farmers are especially in-
to Citizens.
A Horse Falls.
Tuesday night Caesar Ran-
Mr. was
driving a horse before a cart
down the Academy hill near the
bridge- The horse
slipped and fell, feet
getting caught under one
tho animal's heal under the
other shaft. The was not
d but could not get up until
harness were re-
a. o veil.
thing to iv
is.
up for a rainy
Local Reflections.
Straw are bloom.
Just received a car load of Cal-
la Lily Flour- It is going at
J- L- A- Co.
are
entirely,
in in Lou-
of bamboo and
Cash
Cotton Seed wanted for
at the Old Store.
The of the trees is
rapidly.
Handsome and cheap Oak Sets,
stairs, Old Brick Store-
D- M. Ferry's New Garden Seed
at the Old Brick Store-
No man can talk
not paying like tin man
who does not advertise-
I can take your
measure and have you a suit
clothes made to order- Fit
Frank Wilson.
Buy Seed Meal
Bliss Triumph Potatoes at the
Old Brick Store.
Sunday was a beautiful day.
and the new dresses bonnets
that not show themselves
Easter were out full blast-
Remember I pay for Chicken
Egg and Count iv Produce at the Old
Brick Store.
A peculiar insect has attached
the young melon vines south
Georgia and it is feared the
crop will be ruined.
Bring your cotton
Henry
Meal and Hulls. Car load of
just arrived sale cheap.
A large of nice Furniture cheap
at the Old Brick
The prettiest feature about
these new is the faces
under them-
A clean and wholesome youth
is one of the preparations for an
uptight and noble manhood.
Mrs. C M- Barnard gave some
of her pupils an and
ice cream supper Friday it.
Licenses.
Last week of Deeds
issued eight licenses, five
for white three for colored
iv Carson and
Allie T H- Everett
mil i T. F.
and Dora -lames, W- H-
Lizzie
sou and Edwards-
Forbes Rosa
Atkinson, Wooten and
Emily Moore,
house
Some prophet
weather will not
until the now moon.
says that the
become settled
the
on
The afternoon tea Mrs. Alfred
Forbes gave her lady friends
Thursday was a delightful
occasion.
S me that the coming
woman was so long in arriving
of her to adjust
her hat.
Mr-. W- C Harden, of Greene
county, bas beau appointed one
of the directors of the State pen
This kind of will make
you want spring Rs-
columns tell you where
to feet them.
has some bi
cycle caps, the best we have teen.
The riding part of the Reflector
outfit sports one of them.
Mired to His Waist,
Tun well near store
was to a depth of feet
a 2-feet stone pipe put in f-r
It was filled up around
curbing Saturday
of the dirt thrown was
soft, and slushy. Just as
Moore walking
along some sand had been
on top of the soft and the
officer to see how it
was packing down No
had his come the louse
than down he went almost
to waist. Thinking that he
might be going on down to keep
company with he called
for help to him out-
A pointer for business men
People will read the news about
your goods and store, just as
readily as the news about any-
thing else, if you make it fresh,
crisp interesting.
First of the
Spring Oats, Cheap at tho Old
Brick Store.
are the in
the for cents.
J. L Starkey Co.
just arrived at
Washington- See us and
prices. Forbes.
Tobacco Growers Attention.
We have just received a large
quantity of tobacco flue iron o-
good quality and clean- Patties
who have ordered flues from us
April ought to be satisfied by
now with the days borrowed from
March, but it looks like the whole
month is going to give us March
weather-
Thursday Mr. W- C Hines
seed to routed two white tramps who had
buy your taken up quarters in the old
house, near the
dist church-
Mr. David Andrew---, formerly
of Bethel, died in Tarboro Wed-
night from a stroke of par-
He leave a widow
seven children.
We learn that show
went to pieces at Washington-
Several of the men connected
with it were Thurs
day returning to their homes.
The insurance companies have
offered two rewards of each
for the detection and conviction
of parties guilty of causing the
fires in Kinston Feb. and
March 5th
Mr Statement
Mr. J. B- of Edi-
came up from
Washington Friday and it
the-night here. In conversation
nth a Reflector reporter he
said the clipping in Thursdays
paper in reference to his shoot-
his father law, Mr. DiXOn,
a as not exact dance
with the instances in the
case. He says he did the shoot-
lag purely self-defense,
Mr. had made two deadly
assaults on him and had just
tiled at him a pistol
he d the fire with a shot-
gun, shooting in the
limbs so as to disable him
thus protest his own life.
An
Le,
cats One in Greenville
One cf the farmers of the
county who is a regular
reader, told a few days ago
that he. often applauded our ad-
of factories for Green ville
and our efforts to build the
town, but there was one enter-
prise that to his mind so
that he why it
was never included among those
we mentioned as being needed
here. When asked what it was
he said a woolen mill. In ex
plaining its needs be said the
farmers of eastern North
who have sheep are compelled
to send their wool to the western
part of State to other
States, and they are often sub-
to much delay annoy
One farmer who sent
wool last August expecting
get the cloth back in for
i in his family bad not
received it yet. He said the
eastern part of the badly
needs a woolen mill and be saw
no reason why Greenville would
not be a good for one.
There are already enough sheep
raised in this and adjoining
ties to give sufficient work for the
maintenance of such a plant, and
if one was located here it would
increase the interest in sheep
raising a I'd draw patronage here
from a large territory-
The Reflector confesses that
the idea of an enterprise
bad not to us, we
are glad that our attention was
to it- The need of just
an enterprise is apparent
and we believe it would be a wise
step to establish a woolen mill
here. The business of
Greenville take the mat
under consideration- We be
such a plant would be a
pay investment in itself,
side adding materially to the vol-
of business of the town.
Harried.
T. F.
Whitley, Coast Line Agent at
Parmele. was by the Rev-
R. W. Hines, to Miss M.
James at the residence of the
bride's father, Mr- B M- W.
James, at Pitt c.
on April 17th, at o'clock A. at
The bride and groom left on the
north bound train for
D, C, and other cities, with
best wishes for a long happy
life from a host of friends.
RIOT AT BATH.
THE TOWN.
OF
Officers are Military Held
in to Sender e
Great Excitement Prevails.
TWO Ml,
One Accidental the Other
to
C, April
Negroes employed by the
Railroad v Lumber Com-
two miles from Bath, N. C.
and at the mill of A- B. Coving-
ton, several miles further, threat-
to go to Bath and
charge of the town- This threat
to Reflector.
Kinston, N. April
fire alarm given yesterday
afternoon about o'clock- Fire
was discovered on the roof of the
house belonging to Mr- Robbie
occupied by Mr. Her
man Sutton and his mother. It
ii to have been caused
sparks falling on the roof.
The fire company
prompt I v and the tire was quickly
alarm was given lost
o'clock, tire being
ASSIGNEE SALE
The big Dry and Notion concern of E- J.
Co., of Broadway, N. Y., went into
the hands of a receiver about days ago and
C. T.
the lucky buyer, happened there just in time to in
the great plums, always having the of his
patrons at heart, he is now able to offer some or tits
greatest bargains heard of under the sun, such
. . . . Mr. Moses
was carried into execution kitchen. Some one had
evening mob of about
armed with pis pis. clubs and the ed of th fife
entered tie little city and the weather
began drinking very freely. boarding to the ceiling. This
About o'clock at night also extinguished with but
disorderly, tilled damage to the building.
air with cursing, and alarmed
people by tiring pistols
Town Constable T- C
and Deputy Sheriff N.
attempted to arrest the
leaders of the disturbance. The,
officers were resisted and from
this a general riot started-
Paul was painfully cut on the j evening Peter's
head- G- W. also church, in this town, was
a very serious wound with to witness
the struck with a of
MARRIAGES IN WASHINGTON.
Special to Reflector.
Washington, N- C, April
club, from which it was feared he
would but he is reported as
of our most prominent
merchants, and Miss
being much better now lark, charming daughter
thought to be out; of danger,. Capt. James E- The
was performed by Rev.
N- Harming at o'clock. Miss
B. Wood, W. C Odom and Wiley
Shepherd, special deputies, all
received slight wounds.
The officers telephoned here
for assistance and Sheriff Hodges
ordered the Washington
Infantry to be in readiness to go
down as a Sheriff's posse.
company was called together
ll ,,.,,,, at
Bettie Hoyt played the wedding
The bride groom left
this for a visit to north-.
Silk Warp Embroideries, Laces,
is none lacking in the
He
Clothing
a here all all shapes, colors and styles can always
be found at rock bot torn prices. Remember we also
a large line of
These are stubborn facts
trial for spring trade.
all we ask is a
Next Door to Bank.
To Mr- J- W. Campbell, a
popular real estate agent, and
the home
lies e
clock Sunday The on Second
Nellie was steamed up for Harding,
j Sh-riffs but fortunately the
Ilk, was partially quited by
I clock Sunday
Early morning the
I Seers arresting Sol
r, Charles Stewart.
Sam Clark and Wiley Pitts. La
Diet resisted the officers and
compelled to shoot in
Older to arrest him. lie received
will
of
be
the
by
to
N. C. April
J D. Powell, from Jersey
City, who was visiting relatives,
died near here on Saturday t
the home of his brother, Ely Pow
ell. His sou daughter
a bullet in leg and a gun load g took his
Of small the other back f. Jersey City this
Was made. A no
morning.
a sail boat and was bore
I afternoon, six in
all that have been taken
B a very desperate
i is thought to be the
deader the not, and upon
i davit of officer Paul a
About
The Weldon News is twenty-
nine years old cud an excellent j. S.
was posted-
signed
The first number of the Wash-
Daily Progress made its
appearance Wednesday. It is a
five column p well
decidedly newsy and a
good advertising
The Free Press now
comes out now form, being a
ten page paper. The matter is a
little harder to find than before
but the Free Press is all right
showing of enterprise.
At this writing, A M ,
is reported quiet, bat much
prevails.
all
ex
An editor of an says
ha knows i people so exceed
modest that speaking of
a person's leg persist in calling it.
a limb That is so- but the
who, speaking of a
c breed t chickens, called
them Brown L i-.
led to the cake and whole bakery.
The Leaders Say
The eyes of the people are upon the merchants
who can and will sell goods cheap, cheaper and
cheapest in these times of depression and
for the future condition and prosperity of our
people. We claim to be the merchants of Green-
ville for you to trade with, for the following
sons We buy largely and buy for the cash, we
buy at close figures because of these two facts.
We sell for cash, we sell on credit. We help
of our friends who appreciate it and in turn
help us by telling their friends of our honest
goods and honest business methods in dealing
with all. We carry the the largest and best
line of
The pleasures of sin have
but their
death.
Picnic weather near.
Riverside had ripe
strawberries Monday-
Th interior of the Catholic
church is improved
A big race is on the
ii i
to be found in our county. We invite your in-
We invite comparison, dollars worth
with dollars worth, quality against quality
with any other stock in Pitt county. The signs
of the times point out plainly those merchants
with whom you should spend your cash. Do
not be led away with what some other man has
to tell you, but come to us and buy your
Gentle spring conies with all e sweet songs of
the birds and lovely flowers and so
does our our pretty
out the
Not J
A correspondent of the Wash
Messenger referring to the
dutch net law passed by the late
Legislature, said it was done in
the interest of the fisher-
men, that the
freshets this spring was a
these fishermen
so they not use their net.
If that correspondent would
make a trip up the river he would
be convinced that be is not much
of a prophet- The fact is up-
river skimmers
made the best catch this
season that has been made
many years, and we never saw
ton more abundant than during
this last big freshet-
for Friday
track.
Flour has recently
cents a ban el and oil certs a
We regret to that J.
F is much worse His
is quite serious
All need of Flour do
well to D- W Hard,
He ha-- a car load
bought the adv-i ice-
Win not hold a meeting hi
name the Democratic
for Ct
Notwithstanding the
the D still
have a fighting
do their duty.
All the congregations of
together in the
Baptist, Sunday
Rev. R W. Hines preached at
the in the
morning and Rev. G- F. Smith
in the Methodist church
this time of M the
almanacs say, out the
price of cotton to be going
up. It is planting time, and
after the farmers, misled this
worked up and manufactured
have plant d another big
the price will go down again.
Raleigh News Observer.
-and fine line of-
Come
Our are prettier and cheaper than ever
and they going- fast.
HIGGS
Leaders of Low Prices,
O-
Because the price of is
jumping up now at planting time
no guarantee that the price will
be up when harvest time comes.
Let every farmer be careful about
how he plants.
We learn that a little daughter
of Mr. Sutton, four miles
I town, while
i , d iv evening fell down and stuck
Notice.-We have just received a h p, and
self very painfully. t
Mr- S. M. has let the
contract to Mr. H. G. Jones to
add another story to the store
can get them now at any time
S. E- Co.
Pitt's
Superior Court Clerk
tells us that up to
day afternoon of the
E. A.
Thurs-
machinery and are expecting
several car loads of first class flue
iron in a few days. We are
pared to make any and ail kinds
of fines and will first
class work at reasonable prices-
Yours very truly,
O- L-
building he recently purchased
Material is being ordered and the
wilt begin soon as it
ARE YOU
constitution undermined by ex-
in eating, by
the laws of nature, or
physical capital all gone, if so,
NEVER DESPAIR
Liver Pills will cure you.
For sick headache, dyspepsia,
appointed by the late Leg- j sour stomach, malaria, torpid
liver, constipation, biliousness
were additional appointees.
There are still more who have
not qualified, but Mr-
says that because of errors in the
names of of for
and can-
not qualify, and the Governor
will to make appointments
if the places are filled.
Since the above was written a
decision has been reached by
Attorney General that where the
Clerk satisfied who was intend-
ed by the incorrect name, they.
should be qualified. So all
this county will qualify, as there
hardly a doubt who the
I incorrect names referred to.
TO NOTIFY,
Notice to Creditors.
The be-
the Superior Court of Pitt
to the of
D. W. e U
hereby Riven to all persons in to
tin of said decedent to n
mediate payment to
all having claims
th said must present the same
; before the day Bar. or this
notice be plead In bar of recovery
This 8th oaf of Mar. MM.
of D. W.
Dress Goods, Hats and Caps, Boots and Shoes,
Goods, Heavy Domestics, Bleached
Unbleached Sheetings and Shirtings, Hardware
Plows and Castings, Nails, Shovels, and
Axes, Hollowware, Tinware, Pots, Spiders,
Crockery, Queens ware.
Furniture, Sets,
Bedsteads, Bureaus,
Lounges, Tables, Hall
Rack j, and Cradles,
children's Carriages,
Chairs of many kinds and
styles from the cheapest
Plush Seat Rockers
Matting and Oil cloths,
Meat,
Salt, Oils, Flour
asp grades,
Lard, Baking Powders.
To the Ladies we would
especially say do not fail
to see our beautiful line of
Misses and Child-
Slippers, Cotton and wash Dress Goods,
Laces,
White Goods, Dimities Lawns. To the
men to buy our Reynold's Shoes, every pair war-
ranted to be solid To every buyer w e say
and see our stock. We will be pleased to show
what we have to sell. We set the pace, others
try to follow.
BUILD UP HOME
By patronizing Home Enterprise.
their friends and the
trade that they have
bought out the
Racket Store and CO,
it i of DURHAM, N. C,
Will engage in gen- s tine Che-
, roots and a can be found on
the market. Their leading are
OF
a dime cigar for a Nickel, hand made.
Havana tilled.
and all kindred diseases.
Liver Pills
an absolute cure.
WALL
If you wish to beautify your
at my can, be seen,
at store S. B. a Co., or
I will o
will I for of
largest dealers in.
Arc .
Havana filled, hand made
and Clothing Named In honor of Col. Buck Black
. . .
We are receiving
Office at Warehouse,
HEADQUARTERS FOR
HIGH FERTILIZERS.
See before buying and get our prices. We I for or on lime
sell Hie well known
Capitol Tobacco Beef, Blood
i Durham Bull.
. Ac id Phosphate,
FORBES
rill
National
Peruvian Mixture,
Alliance Official,
Very Truly,
Everybody invited to-
all and see us.
Respectfully,
a fine five cent Cigar, Sumatra Wrapper
hand made, Havana filled, a Hire win-
Named In honor of Col. J.
Carr, cf Durham To-
Co,
LITTLE
Ten cents.
OLD CHUNK
five for cent. The fine, t smoke for
Ike money.
NORTH STATE
Three cents, a hummer that
ways pleases.
Stick to home and send your or-
brands put when de-
sired. Address m
DURHAM CHEROOT CO.
N. C
NOTICE.
Sale of valuable land.
Sale.
By of the authority vested in
me a of Eliza Jam, de-
ceased, In ft special before
the Clerk of the Court of Pitt
county. I shall offer for wile the
House in on Moil-
the 6th May. the follow-
tract o situated In
one hundred
am more or less mid adjoining the teen aura more or less,
lands of Gray and Brier Swamp situated In the same t
and known no James
Terms of sale cash
In two equal installments six and
twelve mouths after date with interest
after date. Title retained until pay-
In full.
JENKINS.
of
E. and L, L Ally's.
virtue of the In me
by a of the Superior
on t. I w ill offer sale Court
door in Greenville on Monday,
of May. the following
tracts of land Put
one I -act ill town-
ship a the lands of S. Jack-
son and K. H. containing
other tract
township
u Hi of T. J. and
W. I. acres
more or The said lands are sold
purpose of assets for
payment of debt of the estate of WU-
deceased. Terms of
H. HEATH,
of
lit
c ;
This
The management of the
Equitable Life Assurance
; Society in the Department of
the 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, those
who succeed best in it possess
character, mature judgment,
tact, perseverance, and the
respect of their community.
Think this matter over care-
fully. There's an unusual
opening for somebody. If it
fits you, it will Fur-
information on request.
W. J. Manager,
Rock Hill, S. C
i-.
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Charlotte, N. C
K.
AND BRANCHES.
AND FLORENCE RAIL ROAD.
Condensed Schedule.
TRAINS GOING SOOTH.
Dated
Mar.
1806.
gap a j
a.
cave ; II
r. Mt
means so much more than
. and
diseases result from
ailments neglected.
Don't play with Nature's i
greatest
If you are f
out o sorts, weak
and generally ex-
have no appetite
and can't work,
begin at once
the most
strengthening
Brown's Iron Bit-
A few bot-
comes from the
very first dose it
stain four M
and Its
pleasant la take.,
It Cures
Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver
Neuralgia, Troubles,
Constipation, Bad Blood
Malaria, Nervous ailments
Women's complaints.
Get only the has crossed red .
lines en the wrapper. others are sub-
e wrapper
receipt . .
will send set of Ten Beautiful World's
Fair Views ard
BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE, MD.
ii
1875.
AT THE
OLD BRICK STORE
FARMERS AND MERCHANTS 151- V
their year's supplies will
their interest to get our prices before
n all its branches.
PORK
RICE, TEA,
always at Lowest Market Prices.
SNUFF A CIGARS
we direct M Mas
you to buy at A
stock
FURNITURE
always unhand tad prices to suit
the times, out goods bought and
sold having no risk
to ;. close
A. M.
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Train Scotland Meek K ad
leaves Weldon 3.40 p. m., Halifax
arrives Scotland Neck at 4.55 p
n., Greenville 6.37 p. m., Kinston 7.36
p. m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.20
a. m., Greenville 8.22 a. m. Arriving
Halifax at a. m., 11.20 am
daily except
Trains on Branch leave
Washington a, arrives Parmele
8.40 p. m., Tarboro
leaves Tarboro 4.50 p. in. Parmele 6.10
p. in,, arrives Washington 7.35 p. m.
Daily except Sunday. Connects with
trains on Scotland Neck Branch.
Train leaves Tarboro, N C, via
Raleigh R. R. daily except Sun-
day, at p. m. a no P. U;
arrive Plymouth 9.20 P. M-, 5.20 p. m.
Returning leaves Plymouth daily
Sundry, 5.30 a. in. Sunday 0-30 a
arrive Tarboro 10.25 a. m and 11.45
a. in.
Train on Midland N C Branch leave
Goldsboro dally except Sunday, a.
arriving a in. Rt-
leaves a. m.;
arrive Goldsboro. a. m.
Trains on Nashville Branch leaves
Rocky Mount at 4.30 p. in., arrive
Nashville S p. m-. Spring Hope
p. in. Returning leaves Spring Hope
a. m Nashville 8.36 a. in., arrives
Rocky Mount m., daily except
Sunday.
Trains on Latta Branch, Florence R
R. 6.50 p. arrive Dun
bar 8.00 p. m. Returning leave Dun
bar a. m. arrive Latta 8.00 a. m.
Daily except
Train on Branch leaves War-
an Clinton dally, except Sunday
at a. in. Returning Clinton
at 1.00 p. m., conn-ting at Warsaw with
line trains.
No. makes close connection
at Weldon ail points North daily, all
via Richmond, and daily except
Sunday via Portsmouth Bay Line
also at Rocky Mount with Norfolk .
railroad tor Norfolk daily and
all points North via Norfolk, daily ex
Sunday.
DIVINE,
General
J. M. Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Manager. J
M.
N. C
This Reminds
i You. every
in the month
April that if
you have
your Printing done
at the
REFLECTOR
JOB OFFICE.
It will be done right,
It will be done in style
and it always suits.
These points are
well worth weighing
in any sort
of work, but
a Dove all tilings in
Your Job Printing.
The Tobacco Department,
G by O. L. Joyner, Proprietor Eastern Tobacco Warehouse
There will not
tobacco planted
April.
Mr. J. N. Gorman, of Rich-
down Saturday and
spout a few in town.
If has kept
test of tho fall we should be
be very much I Last Monday we went up on
this year in , north side of the river to the
owned by G- A.
to meet him to
look at hie tobacco. After
business we together
rode through the farm. It is
truly an old southern farm ten
, , , , years ago adapted and used only
if they would tell us what it- K. m T.
. . as a cotton and corn farm. It is
has in this section up to
now.
It would be a good idea this
year to commence cultivating
your tobacco and cultivate it
rapidly just as as the bud
begins to turn green after it is
Grown up hedge rows along
ditch and fence lines are
not good indications of neat farm-
nor do they hold the owners
good repute as a model farmer
to passerby.
Four wall
ed, well cultivated and properly
attended to will out more
eight
acres half half
The house situated on
Dickerson to
R. W. Royster Co. was sold
Monday for division and settle-
It wan bought by J. N.
Gorman Go. at seventeen
sixty five dollars.
Perhaps your business is in
need of a prescription. Here it
Mix a little brains with a lit-
ink. That done, take a little
cash with you and inject the mix
into the local newspapers
Repeat the dose as often as
which is every day.
The Pitt county farmers to day
as a whole are further advanced
in agriculture and are
better equipped to successfully
conduct a scientific system of
we venture to say, than
any in the eastern part of
the State. How would it com-
pare with some of our sister
ties fifteen years ago.
To be a successful it
ll very large plantation and we
noticed several squads of hands
dotted here there all it
and we asked him why this
was, and he said that as he was
not much a firmer he
relied principally- on corn, grain
and hogs so he had to work
hands to the best
that he divided his land
off in crops and gave each crop
an equal number of By
this he could tell which
paid the best, which fields
the best crops, and I
he says he is enabled to keep his
work nearer because each
squad naturally works against
others for fear of haying their
wages docked. This is a capital
j idea and it strikes us that every
farmer in the country who
more than a one horse crop
would do well to pattern after
this fashion. It also enables him
to tell accurately the value of all
his farm hands how much he
should pay each one, basing his
calculations on the amount paid
bis lead or highest priced baud
and the amount of work done by
this one. With same amount
of manures and cultivation he can
soon tell exactly which fields
paying, and calculating from this
base any observer can
tall what is needed to build
up and the impoverish-
ed fluids. There are numbers of
farms in this and adjoining
ties that are not paying their
owners per cent on their value
and by pursuing this method in
detail, even under present
we see no reason why farm-
should not be made
Of course ii order to
CUPID REIGNS.
A Festival at Which the Lit-
tie God la Supreme.
A singular and ancient custom
takes place the first Thursday in
December year in the little
Belgian city of This is the
celebrated Nicholas festival, and
rt is probably
to find in my other country.
Peasants, male and female, enter
the city in the early morning, all
dressed in their holiday dress and
all bent on being married. The
young men and women march up
and down market place, as
soon as a young peasant sees the
girl for whom he has a liking he in-
her into one of the many
cabarets or that surround the
market, and here the agreement and
conditions for the marriage are
talked over.
The young peasant is always at-
tended by an important personage
called This per-
son plays a most important part,
and without him no marriage could
arranged. This man enjoys the
confidence of both parties; he knows
the qualifications of every young
peasant and how much of a marriage
portion each girl Is provided with.
It is he who does the talking for
both parties, and if an agreement is
entered into and a wedding is the
result, ht receives a certain part of
the portion, a new high hat
and a pair of boots. As long as the
consultation between the two
commenced at the festival,
continues, the spokesman has a good
time. He is entitled to the best of
food and drink, and if he successful-
carries out the negotiations he is
the first to be invited to the
wedding.
As soon as the couple are engaged,
which must be done before the
festival is over, the custom is for
the beau to purchase some oranges
and candy for his girl, and she
her intended husband with a
pipe and a package of tobacco.
The of this marriage
val is lost in obscurity, but it is
faithfully observed by the people of
this province year after year.
Dr. De Letter.
SENSE OF TIME.
Which Knew When One
Particular Train Was Due.
am always Interested in the
trifling things of a long
aid the trans-continental traveler,
I find as much entertain-
in them as in the scenery and
in my fellow-passengers. For In-
stance, I was traveling from San
Francisco to Portland, Ore., recent-
and we stopped for water at some
little station in lower Oregon. I
learned that It was the custom of the
porter of the buffet car to throw
away the scraps at that station. To
my surprise I found a group of
chickens drawn up waiting for the
train to stop. The buffet car was at
the rear of the train, and the porter
appeared on the rear plat-
form just the train came to a
standstill. The chickens recognized
him at and set up a clucking
and a talking that showed that they
were then; for purpose.
the porter threw them
some bits they screamed and raced
and scrambled for them in a fashion
that set the porter and the
few spectators who knew what
was going on into great laugh-
The porter had his favor-
and especial friends among
the chickens, and gave them curious
names as he tossed out-bit after hit.
The chickens stood and looked at
him first with one eye and then with
the other, and the porter declared
that they were winking at him. He
took care that each chicken got a
square meal, but the fowls didn't
leave until the train had started.
The porter told that for a year he-
had been feeding those chickens and
their intimate friends. He only
passed through the place three
times a week, but every time he
came through those chickens were
on hand. The curious thing about
it, the porter said, was those
chickens knew the days of the week
and were able to keep track of them
in some Y. Sun.
DOG EAT DOG.
At a recent exhibition of dolls In
Chicago a doll was shown which once
had a letter addressed to it by the
late Dr. De Korea, the great
high church leader. It was
get I as
quires more careful sober the full benefit from Dear I am glad to hear
to know exactly what you are i of that are
doing one must start at be- I named for that are of
the exercise of more superior
any other
because there are so many
things that attention at the
same time in giving -this at-
unless serious
is given in the most
t mt thing may be neglected at a
time reparation in
t ire may be impassible, yet
as a profession it is looked upon
by many as only fit for those who
have faded at everything else in
which they have engaged and as
a last resort find themselves
the agricultural to degrade and
drag down standard of the
most healthful, most useful
most noble employment of man.
There is strong talk here now
of the fifth warehouse for Green-
ville. From this it only seems
that as a tobacco market, old
is getting a move
her. Let come, the more
the merrier- Probably in order
to keep from blocking sales we
will have to run a double sale
here next season, that is if all the
houses can get full- How about
the tobacco acreage How much
will it be increased are
that are daily asked and
answered, or rather speculated
upon- Some have put the in
crease away up yonder while
are more conservative. If we
can venture an opinion we don't
believe that the increase will be
near so large as a good many
think. A number people are
judging that the increase will be
large on account of the new barns.
The old opes are worn out and
they are being replaced by new
ones good many instances.
A factory, a tobacco a
smoking factory will be
built in Greenville, we venture
to remark within less than a year
from now. On last Saturday Mr.
G- T. Ty sou brought a load of
scrap to market and after he had
disposed of it and was about
leaving- he said that it was he
who contributed and the first
to pay in money for the erection
of a tobacco warehouse here, and
that now be was mighty anxious
to contribute a like sum to build
a smoking tobacco factory- He
said that he would head the list.
at time when there was a
probability a factory
started. Since then we have
men tipped the matter to some of
our young mercantile friends and
they say they are at any
time to contribute in this
Moore said it was a
business that he had been con-
for some time and be
did pot why it was
that Greenville bad not built a
factory before now. These facts
and names are mentioned in
order to show to public which
way the winds are blowing now,
and further to convince the out-
side world that our people are
beginning to open their eyes to
interests of tobacco
cf the first expense and
keep an accurate account of all
the expenses attached to
each farm. This done intelligent-
at the end of the year or when
the crop is sold only a few minutes
work will show the exact stand-
crop and how
profit or
TOBACCO
wax. You could not be of better
stuff for a minister. You will look
sweet; this will please the young;
you cannot talk too much; this will
please the old. You can wink at
things, which you will have to do.
You will eat little, you will need but
small pay. When you are bruised,
you can be put on the shelf without
a word, and a doll. new. fresh and
with red cheeks, will take your place.
if you to be a martyr by fire
you will melt easy and save pain to
those who have to put you but if
Following is the letter of Mr. you do good to even one little girl
F. E. Emery in to our let-1 like life be worth a
asking his opinion of M i f , v r
f the causes Every
I great deal.
; affectionate friend, J. De
farmer should read it. It will be
cf service to the old tobacco
growers as well the ones
just beginning-
N. C- Agricultural
Experiment Station.
Raleigh, N. C, April
Mr. O. L- Joyner,
Dear Sir -Yours received
and contents noted. I have had
no experience with
and know little about it. It is an
affection which accompanies a
cold, wet season or makes its at-
tack on plants when set on cold,
Mistakes Will Happen.
The Telegraph Age tells how a tel-
editor in a Boston newspaper
office wrote a note of remonstrance
to the telegraph operator because
the latter in his copy had entirely
omitted the letters and
where they should have appeared.
The replied to the note,
are liable to happen in the best
regulated to type-
writers as well. It is, indeed, a very
but the
and the. fell out and are lost.
This morning I called at the
the gentleman whom I
wet and consequently perhaps j rent this but to
sour land. It is probably a fun-
disease which flourishes
under these peculiar conditions
overcomes the plants which
are not thriving as they should
they have too little
warmth and the soil is too wet
for them.
this in view
we would adopt meas-
in selecting a warm, well
drained soil, or the field we
wished to grow tobacco in. Au
application of lime would also be
indicated to help change the soil;
make it more friable and thus as-
in freeing it of excessive
by promoting drainage.
The disease may have been
studied and more known about
it than has come my ob-
If any notes relating
to this which throw more light on
the subject come out in a reason-
able time I will try to send you
word of it Yours sincerely,
Frank E. Emery.
A in Richmond stole a
ten toed chicken and got twelve
months in Too many
toes.
days must be dark and
and this has been one of
The lands submerged by the
freshet in the river will not be in
a condition to plant for sometime
The room was full of students reg-
and paying for the courses
elected by them or parents.
As tall boy from the woods
the desk clerk looked
up, wondering a little what this boy
had In mind. He found but.
want to take be an-
. t
He mean t chemistry, a
the college was net
Hero was a to band
him in; in the
says he will not return
or days. I don't
the this variety spelling
but will get the specials
a I, myself, con-
sider this no but a serious
yours, J. Lo-
A Story of Mascagni.
The Philadelphia Record tells a
good story of Mascagni, the com-
poser. During his recent visit in
London, while in his room at a hotel,
be beard an organ-grinder play the
intermezzo from
man playing tho piece
entirely too fast exasperated Mas-
and descending in to street
the composer addressed the organ-
play entirely too
fast. Let me show you bow it
ought to be who are
asked the wandering minstrel.
happen to be the composer of the
replied Mascagni, and then
he played the intermezzo for the as-
organ-grinder in the
tempo. Imagine Mascagni's
surprise when on the following day
he saw same organ-grinder in
front of his with a placard on
the organ, on which was Inscribed
large of Mas-
, Supposed Mrs. Livermore Did.
Mrs. Mary A. Livermore is a
an revered alike in her family and
neighborhood, yet her greatness
does not always appeal to a certain
small boy who belonged to a family
residing in the vicinity. He was
one day found by his sister swinging
L on the gate. hen she reprimanded
him for doing what he was forbidden
the Irreverent youth
don't care for you, nor ma, nor pa,
nor ox, nor the ass, or anything
that's
exclaimed the shocked little girl,
you know wrote those
words you use
was the reply. Livermore, I
Journal.
A Street Fakir Who Met with His
Equal for Once.
The street fakir was stationed on
a corner with a machine that an In-
could spin around, and it
stops at a watch get the watch,
but if it don't of a
Such was the language of the fakir,
says the San Francisco Chronicle.
A man stood by and watched
things for a few minutes. He saw
several cigars given to speculators,
but the bright steel index never
stopped on the watch or the revolver.
He carried a very stout cane.
Going up to the turntable he stood
abreast of the watch, and held his
heavy can. up and down. He
put down a nickel, gave the index a
twist, and, to the surprise of all, it
stopped right over the watch. The
crowd cheered and jeered, and the
fakir tried to look as If he liked it.
After depositing the watch in his
pocket the stranger edged around
the table till he stood abreast of the
revolver. The cane was again held
straight up and down, and another
nickel was thrown on the table. The
index was sent flying around and it
stopped right over the revolver.
The crowd was too surprised to
cheer any more, and before the fakir
had recovered his composure the
stranger walked off.
An officer from one of the ships
near by had watched the whole pro-
and going after the
asked permission to see the cane.
The stranger handed it to the sailor,
who found it weighed eight or nine
pounds. It was a powerful magnet.
was one of the cleverest cases
of dog eat dog that I ever said
the navigator.
HIS LITTLE JOKE.
Fred Douglass Merely to Lend
to the Occasion.
Fred Douglass, though very
on the subject of any
drawn between and
mulattoes to the disparagement of
the former, was always ready to
crack a joke on his own color. He
often laughed over the witticism of
Mrs. Fred Grant at his expense,
when they met at the Chicago con-
of 1883. convention
had been tn session several days,
and there had been some balloting
the day ho said, relating
the story to a friend. was sit-
ting with Mrs. Grunt and her party,
watching the balloting. To my
prise one vote was cast for me for
president of the United States. It
had no sooner been announced by
the tellers than Mrs. Grant turned
to me and, with the most charming
smile imaginable, must be
the dark horse of this convention,
Mr. At a meeting of
the free religionists in some
years ago he was among the speak-
Referring to the rule of the
assembly which limited the time of
the speeches, he said he never made
a short speech that he was satisfied
with, and never made a long one
that anyone else was satisfied with.
came said he, to
speak, but to listen, to learn, not to
teach; in he added, came
here merely to give color to the
Mayor the Bride.
Whatever else may be said of
Mayor Strong,
executive of New York, he is no
mugwump. A few days ago he was
the chief agent in the ceremony that
made Miss Isabella a re-
pretty actress, the wife of
some fortunate youth. Subsequent
events are thus described by a re-
ceremony was over,
the bride turned smiling toward
Mayor Strong and presented
lips. There was no resisting, and
the mayor's whiskers met the lips
more than half way. There was a
sounding smack, a blush on the face
of bride, and a twinkle in
eye of the
The incident acquires significance
because Mayor Strong is the first
of the city hall to kiss a bride
since S. Hewitt took a
advantage of his position to
plant a buss on the fair brow of the
duchess of Marl borough in 1888.
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