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GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1895.
NO.
As it Impressed Uncle Zeke.
that box things
inquired Uncle Zeke, looking
down the showcase.
a manicure ans-
the
what
set- It's for the
nails you
Is a hammer
goes with it
no. It's for the finger
Trimming them,
cleaning them keeping them
in
that what them tools is
fur
the outfit be
dollars and seventy-five
sell any of
need fur
you git fur
exclaimed Uncle Zeke.
strolling to the next aisle
the d store,
some folks do for a if it
wasn't for the blamed
You Need
The Reflector this rear.
It will give the news
every week for
a year.
Bits of Wisdom.
The highest pleasure which
has indulged to sensitive
perception is that of rest after
fatigue.
The prosperity of a people is
proportionate to the number of
minds usefully em-
ployed.
LOST
Rose
Lost
A dimpled baby,
Young,
scarce one year old,
Eves
dawn-st-u
Han-
gold.
Seen,
in a
Hanoi
With Hied.
Small
month was Mailing,
Were strangely still.
The sad earth over.
Search
The glad BK through.
Beneath the clover;
Lost
Amid blue.
Leap
Ye heart or mothers;
Run
The loan round;
Hear
God's Last Day chorus
id
All children
Helen F.
A CAT'S WONDERFUL LEAP.
STATE DEM. EX. COM.
The following resolutions
were adopted by the State Dem-
Executive Committee
the evening of the 20th inst
They give forth no uncertain
sound as to where the Demo-
party in North Carolina
stands on the money question.
The free coinage of silver at the
is-
is not common to those ratio of to will be the
we cannot easily b j in the until we get
placed in comparison. .
Livery man ought to wish i
not by pulling others 1st- That the Executive Coin-
but by raising himself.
To strive with difficulties, and
to conquer them, is the highest
human
No money is better spent than
what is laid out for domestic sat-
men, when they should
labor, content themselves to com-
plain.
Men be social beings no
longer than they believe each
other.
of a Shelby
Year Old.
Four-
Two Indies and children were
Tuesday afternoon the
home of Mr.
and parents in Shelby. Two
children were in the
house, when little Beam,
the four year old son of Mr.
Mis. Augustus Beam, seized a
rifle in an adjacent room,
ran into the hill and pointing the
rifle at his little playmate, Bertie
Webb, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. C- M Webb, exclaimed,
b II shoot Then,
after a moment's pause, the little
chap says, I'll kill the
of Democratic party
of the State of North Carolina,
acting speaking for and it
behalf the party, republish,
reiterate and the de-
of the party made the
State Convention, August 1894,
favor the free .
coinage at the ratio of
to
That time and pressing
events ha proven the wisdom
of this latest declaration of the
party on all absorbing
we appeal to the Dem-
press and people of the
to give to it their loyal
open and aggressive support-
3rd. That in advocating the
free unlimited coinage of
by the Government of the
United Slates we are not asking
any favors or concession from
any one, but arc simply demand-
that the great wrong done the
masses of the American people by
the party 1873 be
undone and that silver be re-
stored to the position it occupied
Fifty Feet to the Ground and Safety
at a New York Fire.
An Incident of the Columbus ave-
apartment house fire on a recent,
night which was unobserved by
many of the thousands of spectators
was the escape from cremation of a
cat from a window on the fourth
floor facing Ninety-fourth street.
While the multitude was gazing with
bated breath upon Detective
geant Armstrong's rescue of the
sick man, Caesar Pinto, it was
parent that the flames had eaten
back into the rear of Prof. Kern's
flat on the top floor.
A dull red glow was soon followed
by the breaking of the window. At
this instant a large black cat with
shining yellow eyes appeared upon
the sill. It was apparent that the
rooms behind were a seething mass
of flames. Tom arched his back, and
his uplifted tail bespoke his
terror.
lie hesitated but a moment, and
then he launched himself into space.
His flight through the air was like
that of a squirrel. His poise ma
perfect and his legs were spread out
as wide as possible. He descended
along, graceful plane, seeming to
move slowly, as If buoyed up. There
was a curve to the descent, as if the
animal were an A re-
porter stood within five feet of the
spot where Tom landed.
There was no dull thud, although
those who had followed the black
streak through the air naturally ex-
to see a cat with all its prov-
nine lives crushed out in an
instant by the impact. The per-
distance was all of fifty
feet and the cat landed at a point
about thirty feet east of the line of
the window from which he had
leaped.
The spreading feet of the flying
animal seemed to group together
I just before the asphalt pavement
was reached. a single instant
i did the animal pause, as if to recover
from the shock it had experienced,
and then, with a long-drawn
that spoke only of terror, and with
every hair on end, it dashed down
the brilliantly lighted street and
disappeared in the shadows near
Central park. The cat was a pet in
the family of Prof. Kern. So far as
known it has not as yet come back
to the scene of its great scare and
still greater Y. World.
A TARANTULA KILLER.
HER MISTAKE.
ENGAGED TO-HARRY.
Upon the In soot That Gave
It Its Name.
A KITE-FLYING THRILL.
the
pointing towards the dog, it .
was shot by the four-year old from foundation of our Gov-
chap. The dog will die. That eminent up to the perpetration
from of that Republican crime.
That in our judgment the
immediate resumption of the free
unlimited coinage of silver
by tin government of the United
States as it existed prior to 1873
without waiting one moment for
the co-operation and without ref-
to the conduct or policy
of any nation on earth is the
great duty that now confronts the
American people, we appeal
to all men of every shade of
opinion in North Carolina
who believe as we do that the
restoration of the free and
coinage of silver means
girl had a narrow escape
Aurora.
Did you Ever See
FA lazy man who had time
A who wasn't pretty
A young man who know
An old man who don't remember
A politician who wouldn't prom-
A pretty girl who didn't loot
A town go forward rapidly when
part of its people pull against the
other part
of weather over which
did not grumble
A man who didn't know exactly
how every other business ought
to be run except his own
A mother who felt that her boy restoration of prosperity to
was to blame for anything , j t
A candidate who did not . , . . . ,
was the man after of which we intend
to wage to wipe out the
can crime of to
our beloved old State good laws
and government-
5th That send greetings to
our Democratic brethren of
thanking them for the bold,
open and aggressive stand they
have taken favor of the
resumption of the coinage
of silver and we send them
assurances of our hearty
thy and co operation in 1896.
Naughty
A little girl one day said to her
mother
calls me good, auntie
calls me good, and every body
calls me good; but I am not
am very said
her mother; so am said
the child, I've got a very
naughty naughty
think is naughty in-
side of on her mother
inquiring what she meant, she That regarding the
said when I could not of resumption of the free
and unlimited coinage of silver
as the overshadowing one in
American politics we urge that
action be taken by the van-
ride yesterday, I did not cry or
say anything; but when you
were gone I wished the carriage
would turn over and the horses
would sway, everything
; nobody knew it, but God
knew it, and he cannot call me
good- Tell me, how can
I be good inside of
cf the
State Commander writes us
from Lincoln, Neb., a
trying other medicines for what seemed
to be a very obstinate in our two
children we tried Dr. Kings New Dis-
and at end of two days the
entirely them. We will not
be without it hereafter, as our expert
proves that it cures where
other remedies F. W.
Stevens, not give this
great medicine a trial, as it is guaranteed
and trial are free at John L.
St or.
leagues as will open
the way to a union of friends
of silver coinage in their support
of a candidate for the Presidency
candidates for Congress who
can be relied to stand by
the people in their great struggle
for financial emancipation from
the evils of the single gold stand-
ard.
7th. That while we concede the
right of every citizen of the State
to go as a delegate to the so-called
sound-money convention, to be
held in Memphis this week, or to
be represented by delegates there-
to, we at the same time protest
that in so doing they do not re-
present the Democratic
of this State.
A Flash of Lightning Follows
Cord and Floors the Boy.
Kite is usually considered a
amusement, but that it is
not always such is sufficiently proved
by the recent experience of a
boy at near
France, who became,
while indulging in this sport, an in-
voluntary imitator of the immortal
Franklin. The lad. whose name was
was hi small
one, about twenty-seven
long. It had reached a great height
when a thunderstorm was seen
The boy at once began to haul in
his cord. The kite, however, was
still one hundred yards or so above
the earth when there was a brilliant
flash of lightning. Young
was thrown into the air, made two
or three somersaults and fell ten
or twelve feet away. The kite
had attracted the electric fluid,
which followed the cord, as in
Franklin's famous experiment, and
descended into the earth through
the boy's body. Wonderful to re-
late, the lad was not killed. After a
little he arose and made his way
home, trembling and crying. The
nails of his left hand, which had held
the string, were turned blue, as if
by a terrible bruise, while the fingers
were burned and covered with
Besides this, his face was
bruised considerably by his fall.
The kite string was burned in two
by the discharge, and the kite, re-
leased. away to parts unknown
Smallest Republic in the World.
San Marino has an area of
square miles. Its population is
the capital claiming souls. The
composed of heads of
families, was its first political so-
This was developed Into the
sovereign council, a body of
elected by the people. The council
is represented by the captains regent.
These hold office for six months, and
are not eligible again for three years.
One stands for the professions, the
other for the agricultural classes.
To avoid favoritism, justice is ad-
ministered by a stranger. The army
is made up of all male citizens from
to CO years old. This consists of
nine companies of soldiers each,
or 1,300 men in all. The receipts
and expenditures about balance,
each being a little over Of
this amount is devoted to the
army. There is no public debt.
There are a public library, hospital, a
cathedral and a university.-
Mrs. William Astor's Rings.
Mrs. William Astor is extremely
fond of rings, and owns a superb
collection. She possesses the famous
Napoleon ring, which represents a
lily in diamonds, upon which
drops of pearls.
A unique ring among her
purchased in Egypt, looks like
a quivering snake. It is made of
fine gold wire, and each scale of the
snake's back is a tiny wire on which
is a ruby, an emerald and an
Another beautiful ring is
of the gems set to
form a of
A That Always Ci
the
Showing a Neat nit
of Economy.
Notwithstanding all the
la's great courage and pugnacity,
there Is one enemy the sound of
whose coming throws it into par-
of fear. This enemy of
which it has such an instinctive
dread is a large wasp known as the
It has a bright
blue body nearly two inches long
and wings of a golden hue. As it
here and there in the sunlight,
glittering like a flash of fire, one
moment resting on a leaf, the next
on a granite it keeps up an
incessant buzzing, which is caused
by the vibration of its wings. No
sooner does the tarantula hear this
than he trembles with fear, for well
he knows the fate In store for him
when once his mortal foe perceives
his whereabouts. This it soon does
I and hastens to the attack.
At first it is content with flying
in circles over Its intended victim.
Gradually it approaches nearer and
j nearer. At last, when it is within
a few Inches, the tarantula rises up-
on its hind legs and attempts to
grapple with its foe, but without
success. Like a flash the giant wasp
is on its back. The deadly fangs
have been avoided. The next, in-
a fearful sting penetrates deep
into the spider's body. Its
almost cease. A sudden par-
creeps over It and it stag-
helpless like a drunken man,
first to one side, then to the other.
These symptoms, however, are only
of short duration. While they last
the wasp, but a few inches away,
awaits the result; nor does it have
to wait long. A few seconds and all
sign of life has disappeared from the
tarantula; the once powerful legs
curl up beneath the body, and it
rolls over dead.
Then takes place one of those
strange incidents which illustrate
the perfect adaptation of
stances, everywhere so remarkable
in the economy of the insect world.
The wasp seizes hold of the now pros-
spider, and with little
effort drags it to a hole in the
ground. Therein it completely
buries it with earth, after having
first deposited in its back an egg,
which in course of time changes into
a grub, lives the carcass in
which it was born. The grub in a
short while becomes another
wasp, thus adding one more to
the ranks of the enemy of the spider
race.
The amount of slaughter which
these large wasps inflict upon the
tarantulas is almost incredible, and
it is noticed that those to which the
greatest destruction is due are the
females. It can only be realized
when it is known that though the
female deposits but one egg in each
spider, she has a large number to
get rid of, each one of which she
provides with a home, and its grub
with future sustenance at the ex-
of the life of a spider. From
the powerful character of the tar-
wasp's it may be in-
that they are dangerous to
human beings. But this is not so.
ft never annoys them unless teased.
Without a doubt it is man's friend
and not his enemy, and much would
dwellers in Mexico regret its ab-
were it
Journal.
LIGHTING A PIPE.
A Sportsman's Device When Matches
Failed to Do Their Work.
up lake last
summer in a birch-bark said
a New York sportsman, breeze
blew so hard and constantly that,
try as I might, I could not keep a
match ablaze long enough to light
my pipe. After a half dozen matches
had flared out in the lighting of
them, I made some remarks apropos
of my failure.
me show you how to do
said my companion, an old
who was handling the bow
paddle. me a bit of that
newspaper sticking out of your
took the piece of paper and
crumpled it up into a wad, which he
retained in palm of his hand.
Then striking a match he closed both
hands about it to shield it from the
wind, after the traditional manner
of the railroad navy in lighting his
pipe. The flame instantly set the
paper on top without
its breaking into a blaze. He passed
the burning wad tome and it served
as a pipe lighter equal to a live coal,
the high breeze fanning instead of
extinguishing it. It was the
invention of a practical mind,
which served my turn then and
afterward, and I commend the de-
vice to sportsmen needing tinder for
a pipe light or a camp
N. Y. Sun.
Penny Postage.
Penny postage for London and Its
suburbs dates from the pear 1681.
A Musical Museum.
the site of the Wart-
burg, the scene of the singer's bat-
and the has been
as the place for Richard
Wagner museum. A Berlin mer-
chant has given marks of the
that were needed.
An Elderly Woman Whoso
Was Misplaced.
Workings of tho Mind of a Young
Woman in
tier n
an
Man Was Offered a Scat
la lier
inert- is a on the West
side who still shudders when she
thinks of a blunder she made one
day in a Summit street ear, says the
Detroit Free Press. She is an elder-
woman, with sons old enough to
attend the high school, and is of a
mild and benign disposition. She
does not see well without her glasses,
and to this she attributes her mis-
fortune.
About eight o'clock In the even-
of one of the very cold days she
had a seat in a Summit street car.
It was crowded with shoppers and
men going home from work. Stand-
in front of her, with his back
turned to her, the other passengers
saw a very short man. He was
a very hard time keeping on his
feet as the car lurched from time to
time the slack of the
He was too short, to hold to the
straps, and the best he could do was
to hang to the man in front of him.
A look of sympathy passed over the
benign-look woman's face as she
witnessed his struggles. When
the car the curve at the
of Ninth and Washington streets
it gave a frightful lurch.
The little man was taken off his
guard, and landed squarely in the
woman's lap. He tried to rise as
fast as he could, and excuse himself,
when to his surprise and horror, he
felt that she was holding him where
he was. He tried again to get up,
but she held him tighter than be-
fore.
all right, little boy, sit
she said kindly, a smile.
Passengers were staring in amaze-
at tho unusual spectacle, and
the girl la the
of the car tittered
The undersized victim began to
squirm, but his captor attributed
it to his boyish embarrassment. It
was only when be turned his big
round eyes on her and said, in a
deep bass you kind
enough to let me go, that
she discovered that she had made a
horrible mistake. She had taken
him for a mere boy, and her mother-
instinct had asserted itself at
stand up ill a crowded car.
Her confusion was painful to wit-
She stammered a few words
of explanation, which the short man
was too rattled to reply to. The
passengers were cruel enough to
laugh, and they both looked as
though they wished themselves far
away. At the nearest corner she
got out, her cheeks still crimson
with mortification. The short man
took her seat, jammed his hat down
hard over his forehead and buried
himself in his newspaper.
Found a and Other-
wise It to the
PersonA Walk
with an Stomach.
Managing a Servant.
One of the most intrepid women,
speaking on the question,
said, with entire
have a fixed method of
or dismissing my servants and
I never vary from it. I am careful
not to seek them in their domain, as
they can there rattle dishes while I
talk. I always send for the offender
to come to me in, say, a quarter of
an gives them time to
lose their nerve and wonder what I
want. Then f always contrive to be
writing at my desk as they
room and I keep them standing
waiting while I finish my page. This
is wholesome also. By the time I
am ready I find my servant quite
subdued. All this sounds trifling
and it takes time but it saves
friction in the Harper's
Water Hyacinths Impeding Navigation.
An assisted immigrant is making
a lot of trouble in Louisiana. It is
a plant, a water-hyacinth, which a
man from New Orleans saw and ad
mired about three years ago while
on a visit to Colombia. He brought
some bulbs of it home with him and
and grew them in tubs in his front
yard. In about two years patches
of the flower appeared in the Bayou
St. John, which New Or-
leans with Lake Pontchartrain. in
another year the bayou was full of
it, so that navigation was impeded.
Now all the canals near New Orleans
are overrun and covered up with
this flower; great masses
of it are floating in the lake; rivers
running into the lake are choked
with it, and it has traveled a
miles to the westward of New
Orleans. It grows enormously,
spreads like rabbits in Australia,
chokes all the bayous and streams it
gets into, and is a tremendous
the limitations of which are
not in sight. In Colombia it is a
harmless, flowering plant that grows
in tubs, but in Louisiana the
suit It, and have developed it
into most flourishing and
pest the state has known since
she lost the Louisiana lottery.
Harper's Weekly.
A Shy Authoress.
Mary E. Wilkins, the story writer,
Is so shy In general society, that It
is the general verdict among the
Boston and New York literary cir-
that no one feels acquainted
with her She scarcely speaks on
social occasions except to answer
when spoken to-
never go anywhere
with a newly engaged girl as long OS
I groaned the girl in the little
Dutch bonnet. brought
off in such a hurry Tin not even
sure that my gloves arc mates,
while every pin in my hair is jab-
bing clear into the gray matter of
my brain and feel like nothing so
much as one of Fox's martyrs. And
it is all because you wanted to get
out and tell mo everything Harry
said to you last
well, we hadn't long to wait
for our train said the girl
in the velvet capo.
but I verily believe you'd
have taken tickets for New York if
I hadn't stopped you, just because
you and Harry are going there on
your wedding trip, and you wore in
the midst of telling me about it when
your turn
well, this is a lovely
anyhow; Harry told
play is well enough, but I'm
fairly dying with hunger, you
hurried mo that I forgot to bring
a cent of money with
it's my treat,
smiled the girl in the velvet cape,
we'll have plenty of time for a
lovely lunch before our train goes.
Don't you think the leading man
looks a little like
considering that Harry's
hair is black, while that of the lead-
man is yellow, that Harry is
smooth while this man has a
mustache big as a policeman's, I
don't see much likeness; however,
with these small
Louise, do look the sleeves
of the woman next to me, she is just
starting out now; don't, you think
might have the ones to my going-
away gown made look I she
must have dropped her pocket book
as she got up; what shall I
it until she comes
back or send the usher for
she might not miss it until
too late. Wait, I'll be back in a mo-
She caught up with the lady, who
was hurrying out. me, but
you have dropped your
and hero it
The lady looked puzzled.
surely not; I had it in my pocket.
Why, where is my pocket You
see. this is a new gown, and I can't
the easily among all
these plaits. Where is the thing
I'm afraid I'll lose my
it must be yours. I found
it under your seat just after you
came
you over so much. I don't
know what I'd have done at the
with
The girl in tho velvet cape sank
into her seat just as the curtain was
about to go As they started
out she
so glad I followed that
an. She hadn't her loss.
Harry
along and let us got our
lunch said the girl in the little
Dutch bonnet. can toll mo
what Harry says while I
well. Why. whore on earth
is my I must
lost it. When did you sec me have
could it have
my goodness, yes; that was
just it. It was my own
and II fairly forced that woman to
take
replied the other girl,
with the calmness of despair.
shall have to walk all the way home,
and I shall probably die of hunger on
the way; but it served me just right
for putting any dependence on the
sanity of a newly engaged
Chicago
Mine.
The gold mine said to have the
largest output of any in the world
is the of
owned by John F.
Ho went to and took up
the after four other
miners had abandoned it because
they could not find a trace of carbon-
ates. When he was a poor pros-
two years ago, he became
acquainted with a school-teacher,
Miss Nellie May Daly. He could not
marry her because he was too poor,
but with an income of a
year, which he now has, that
has been removed, and they were
married in Denver a few days since.
He has ordered the construction of
a residence there to cost
Awakened by a Brass Ligament.
Tho study of etymology causes no
end of trouble among that class of
school children whose knowledge of
English is limited to words which
figure In ordinary street
and many curious results have
followed. The custom usually ob-
served by the teachers is to require
first a definition of the word, then its
derivation and finally a sentence in
which the word is properly used.
The word fell to the lot
of a rather diffident boy recently In
the school, at
and Norris streets. He de-
fined it properly as but
followed up the correct derivation
with the remarkable
was awakened up last night by hear-
a brass ligament going down
Record.
Highest of all in Leavening Report
THE INQUISITIVE CLERK.
He Finds a Customer Who Is Too
Much for Him.
The inquisitive clerk is every-
where and everybody has had an ex-
with him. One of tho genus
was in a remarkably
manner in a West end drag
store recently. A tall, solemn-
looking man came in and asked for
half dozen six-ounce bottles.
asked the clerk.
responded the
man.
or without asked
he.
was the response.
you suppose I want bottles
you've been keeping strychnine
The clerk said such an idea had
never entered his mind, and
do you want
responded the
customer, promptly.
The customer beckoned to him to
loan over tho counter and caught
hold of tho lapel of the clerk's coat
and
wouldn't want the neighbors to
get onto it, but I rather like to hear
crack. Just a whim of mine.
It's better than breaking windows
and gives mo just as much pleasure,
but my supply has given out and I
want a few to hold me over until the
oar load
Tho clerk looked at the customer
doubtfully.
well, of course; It's nothing
to he said.
what made you ask about
demanded the customer.
The clerk made no reply, but got
the bottles. As he was making
change, however, the spirit moved
him to
do you do with the
was the reply.
good for tho digestion. Try It some
Then the customer walked out and
the clerk shook his bead and lapped
his forehead, but he no more
Post-Dispatch
HE HAD
f LOCAL DIRECTORY.
OFFICERS.
Superior Clerk, E. A.
Sheriff. K. XV. King.
of W. M. Kin.
Treasurer, L. Little.
Coroner, Dr. C. Laughing.
MM.
Surveyor,
Fleming, T. K. 1-
Smith and S. Jones.
Health, Dr. W. II. Bagwell.
County Home. W. Smith.
Board R.
Ward and It. C. Cannon.
nib. Ins., W. II.
OFFICERS.
Mayor, Ola
Clerk, C. C.
Treasurer, W. T. Godwin.
W. Perkins, chief, Fred.
Cox, Mat; J. W. Murphy, night.
II. Smith. W. I,.
Brown, W. T. T. A.
Julius
CHURCHES.
Baptist. Service every Sunday
morning and night. Prayer
meeting Thursday night. Rev. O. M.
Billings, pastor. Sunday School
A. M. V. I.
Catholic. No regular services.
Episcopal. Services every fourth Sun-
day morning and Rev. A,
Rector. Sunday School at
A. M. W. B. t.
Methodist. Services every Sunday
morning and I Prayer meeting
Wednesday night. Rev O. F. Smith,
Sunday Ht A.
It. Supt.
Presbyterian. Services 1st and
3rd Sunday morning and night.
meeting I night Rev. Archie
Mil, pastor. Sunday School at
A. D. Evans,
But the Car Drive- K.-. led to Connect
Th m.
A very prosperous-looking
man boarded front platform
of a cross-town car, and. drawing a
well-filled cigar case from his pocket,
selected a choice-looking Havana.
The driver the man and
the cigar case, his mouth began
to water. The after biting
off the end of his cigar, began
for a match. Failing to
find one, he turned to the driver and
asked if he had a match.
responded the driver
with alacrity; you are,
said the business
man, lighting his cigar, and sending
tho fragrant smoke wafting
the driver's face.
convenient to
around, sir. I alien a point
of carrying
so many gentlemen pull out
then find they ain't got
Puff, puff, and silence.
quite a smoker myself.
I can't smoke on the car,
but then I enjoy it. all the more when
I get
suppose said the smoker,
gentlemen makes a point
of giving me a cigar, especially when
they rides regular. I ain't had my
after-dinner smoke
said the business man in a
preoccupied manner.
sir; I alters carry matches,
as I said before, when a
gentleman has a cigar and no light
he so thankful for it.
Generally gives me a cigar,
said the smoker, evidently
busy In his mind with something
connected with business.
The driver looked despairingly at
him, and after clearing his throat,
don't happen to have another
cigar In your pocket, do you,
I or
said the business man, testily.
what has that to do with what you
been talking
The rest of the journey was made
in Y. Tribune.
Covenant Lodge I. O, F.,
Met every Tuesday night. Dr. w. H.
Bagwell.
Lodge No. Kl A. V. A A.
M., and third Monday nights
W. M. King, W. M.
R. D. L. -1-4-
N. C
DR. H. A. JOYNER
DENTIST,
O.
stairs overs. K.
Hardware store.
Jas. K. Ii.
Williamston. Greenville
MOORE,
Office under Opera House. Third St.
LI JAMES,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
GREEN r ILL A V.
in all the courts. Collections
specialty.
B.
said the seedy man.
guess I am Thank you.
That will buy me one meal, at least.
Now, for Instance, I had a good
thing In a mine out
part of tho
just out west. I was cast,
you know, when I was booming the
mine. I named it the Oyster.
Took pretty well, till some fool
sprung what ho called a joke about
an oyster being more than ninety
per cent, water, and then the old
hoodoo got its work in on mo in the
the same old way. Couldn't sell an-
other of the stock to save my
Journal
Attorney and Counselor at-Law
Greenville. County,
in all the Court
Civil and Criminal Business Solicited.
Makes a special of
lo recover land, and col-
Prompt and attention given
all
Money to loan on approved security.
Terms easy.
J. II. BLOUNT. J. I,.
A FLEMING
n. c.
Practice in all the Courts.
U . LATHAM. HARRY
fl.
N.
J. JARVIS. I,. BLOW.
A BLOW,
It. id
John t F.
Wilson, N. U. X.
WOODARD A
Greenville, W.
Special attention given to
and settlement of claims.
THE REFLECTOR
N. C.
I.
Entered at the port office it Greenville
U. c, s second-class mail matter.
WEDNESDAY, MAT 29th, 1895.
THE WISE OF STATE
COMMITTEE.
We see it stated in some of our
exchanges, in criticism of the ac-
of the Democratic Executive
Committee at its meeting in
on the of May, that the
Committee had no right to com-
the party lo the free and
limited coinage of silver. Those
who take that position must have
very short memories or they must
think the people have forgotten
what the party in convention as-
in August. 1894, said on
this subject- To refresh their
recollection we make the follow-
from the platform adopt-
ed by the Democratic State Con-
1st- That we
firm the doctrine of the party as
enunciated by the Chicago Con
of 1892; and desire to
signify as follows what is the con
placed by us upon the
section thereof relating to silver,
We hold that it is the duty of
the law making department of the
Government, now in hands of
the Democracy, to take immediate
steps to by legislation the
equal privilege of silver with
at the mints by the free and
limited coinage of both gold and
silver at the ratio of to such
being the rates of coinage which
heretofore has held in the United
Committee in their
adopted at the on
the simply say they
reiterate and emphasize the
declaration of the party made in
the State Convention August 8th,
189-1, of silver at the ratio
cf to Now how is it
for any reasonable, truthful
man to say that the Committee
has committed the party to any-
thing to which it was not com
by the Convention of 189-1
The Committee in the exercise of
its plain duty at this lime has
simply reminded the Democratic
press and the Democratic people
of the State of the plain and
equivocal utterances of their par-
in convention assembled. The
Committee does not attempt to
make any new declarations on the
question, but simply declares its
purpose to stand in good by
the commands of the party and
appeals to all who call themselves
Democrats to do likewise
Executive Committee
of the party they are honestly
trying to execute and enforce
the will of the party as declared
by the party itself in convention
we belong to those
who believe that the Committee
wisely- The only
we would make, if we were
to make any, is that the Commit-
tee ought to have commenced
this work earlier- We have a
notion that the failure of some
people to stand openly and firmly
upon the State platform of 1894
had something to do with our
defeat, but it is not our purpose
to deal in any or
recrimination. do, however,
insist that our Committee shall
forward now and do all that it
may properly do to execute the
will of the party The party has
said in as language car;
be used that it favors the free
ind unlimited coinage of both
silver gold at the ratio of
to It is the duty of the Com-
to strive to carry out this
command of the party and we do
not hesitate to say if there
is a member of that Com
who does not bound
by the declaration of his party,
and who does not in good faith
intend to carry it out, he ought to
resign. The same Convention
that appointed him a member of
the said to him in effect
go out as the representative of the
party and advocate the free
unlimited coinage of silver at the
ratio of to The committee
in its meeting on the 20th simply
answered back we will in good
faith obey our instructions, and
we repeat, if there is any member
of the who does not in-
tend to do so he ought to resign-
The Reflector believes in the
free and unlimited coinage cf
silver as advocated by the party
of the State and we shall be
among those who will cheerfully
hands of the Com-
and we shall from time to
time give to our readers
along this line-
A few weeks ago there was
somewhat of a sensation caused
here over spiritualism, and it grew
to such an extent that the pastors
of our churches felt it their duty
to refer to the matter and advise
their congregations to have
to do with such teachings, but
to show their disapproval by
keeping entirely away from the
meetings- The
press of the also took the
matter up and advised the people
of the community against it, be
that such teachings were
more corrupt and more damaging
to character and society than
open infidelity itself. About the
same time the man who was here
sowing the seeds of such a doc
received an anonymous note
to leave town, or something to
that effect.
From this the matter seemed
to die out -until Saturday night,
when the pastors of the
dist Baptist churches re
letters from the Secretary
of the Association at
Washington, which between the
lines rather insinuates that they
are responsible for the moue
letter, and breathes out threaten
against them for opposing
teachings as
their missionary is
ting. The pastor of the
church read his letter from
the pulpit Sunday morning and
expressed vary point
thereon in his sermon following.
The pastor of the B church
stated that he had received a let-
which he would have publish-
ed to-day, and would give it fur
attention in a sermon next
Sunday night. The letter will be
found in a communication in an
other column. A reading of it
seems to carry the idea that the
Association had gotten wind of
the anonymous note, apprehend-
ed that their missionary was in
danger of being persecute., that
the ministers were responsible for
this, and that they would head the
matter off with threats.
It was believed at the
time the anonymous note
was the work of some one bent
a of fun, not much
thought of it- Certainly it
was not a to pursue
and was not endorsed by any
right person, for
Spiritualist Association to even
insinuate that our ministers would
be parties to such, is an insult to
flora, to their congregations
to town
It is said that Marion Butler
is going to take a law course at
the summer law school at the
University this summer. If
there ever was a man who need-
ed take several courses, it is the
said individual. He could learn
as many things profitably as
most any man in the Stale.
There never has been a time
when there was more trickery
in politics than he has had
the past two years
THE EASTERN TOBACCO
ASSOCIATION.
NOTES AND
JOTTINGS.
TOBACCO
Organized.-Notwithstanding the Slush
and Ram Farmers were
Present and Subscribed Their
Name Members, Capt.
J. J. Elect.
ed Chairman, and Q. M.
Secretary.
BY O- It.
Pursuant to a call issued by
editor of the Tobacco Depart-
for the tobacco growers to
assemble in the Court House
Saturday, May 25th, for tho
pose of organizing an Eastern
Growers Association,
The commencement thirty live tobacco farmers were
present notwithstanding tor-
rents of rain that fell all fore-
of the Normal and
Industrial School is in progress
this week. Dr. Boyd delivers
the sermon and Hon. Carroll D.
Wright the address. This school
has been in operation only three
years and yet it has grown to
be one of the largest schools in
the State and would have
many more students if
they could have been
dated. It is destined to do a
great work.
The fight on silver is
proportions and will be wag-
ed to the bitter end. The action
of the State Democratic
Committee at it last meet-
in Raleigh shows that North
Carolina will take her stand on
the side of the free coinage of
at the ratio of to and,
this banner, in the hands
of the Democrats, this State
will for no man for
dent who is not fully in favor
of this measure.
The Winston Republican the
leading paper of that party in
it is said wants the Re
publican platform in this State
next year to contain these two
First, the system of cur
shall have gold as the
Second, we are opposed
to the free and unlimited coin-
age of The Populists
cannot stand this and
there must be a
among the next
year. Meanwhile it behooves
every Democrat to fight manful-
for the full, free and
coinage of silver at the ratio
of to
There will be several more new
prize houses built here during the
summer.
Greenville is expecting to sell
five millions pounds of
year just closed the
market sold between throe and
four million.
We hear the question frequent-
asked if there is not too much
tobacco planted- There is
ways too much common made but
the market has never sup-
plied with too much tine tobacco.
Two of Aldermen of the
city of Raleigh lost their
es last Friday night under the
election law passed by the last
Legislature. The law requires
a statement of all monies
in the campaign by any
date to be filed with the Clerk
within ten days after the
fixes the penalty at a
forfeiture of the office Under
this law no man who runs for
an office is elected unless he
complies with this Be
low we publish the section of
the law in reference to the mat-
candidate who is
for at any public election,
held within this State, shall,
within ten days after such
file, as hereinafter
ed, itemized show
in detail all the moneys-
contributed or expended by him
directly or indirectly, by him-
self or through any other per-
son in aid of his election. Such
statement shall give the names
of the various persons who re
the moneys, the specific
nature of each item, and
purpose for which it was ex-
pended or contributed. There
shall be attached to such state-
an affidavit, subscribed
and sworn to by candidates
setting forth, in substance, that
the statements in the paper con-
are in all true,
and that the same is a full and
detailed statement of all moneys
so contributed or expended by
him, directly or indirectly,
either by himself or through
any other person in aid of his
election. Candidates for offices
to be filled by the electors of
the entire State, or any
vision or district thereof great-
than a shall file their
statements in office of the
Secretary State. Candidates
for town, village and city
es shall file their statements in
the office of the town, village or
city clerk wherein they are can-
Candidates for other
offices, including all offices of
cities and counties in the State,
shall file their statements in the
office of the clerk of the superior
court of the county in which
the candidate resides or the
election occurs ; and any
date who shall neglect or refuse
to file such statement shall for-
if any he
Grand Jury After Judge.
As stated in the Wilmington
Messenger, Judge W- R- Norwood,
a who was elected at the
last election, was gloriously drunk
when be turned up at Lumberton
Monday to hold court-
Yesterday several gentlemen
who have friends in Robeson re-
Utters, giving particulars
of this jag and the sub
sequent action of the grand jury,
which has presented him to the
Sheriff for
When the judge came in Mon-
day he was tight; by the time
court should have convened
was not a proper word to
express his
was the only word that would do.
So all day long the judge lay in
his room at the hotel while the
lawyers and solicitor were idle
and the who had
bled, drew their pay from the
county.
All that night Judge Norwood
was in the hands of his friends
and Tuesday morning ho was sit
ting unsteady it is true, but
there, in the judicial
chair. Court business grew mo-
however, and was
the head of the judge. So after
an hour's court ad
for the day. That after-
noon the Judge drank again and
Wednesday the court was
again idle-
Thursday morning there was
still no sign of the Judge, the
lazy atmosphere of the court room
grew oppressive. So Thursday
afternoon the grand jury
ed that it at least would do some
work. The first business was to
present Norwood for drunk
still the Judge is
jagged and no court is held-
Raleigh News and
noon of Saturday last d till
about o'clock. Esq. G. T- Ty-
son announced object and
aims of the Association a few
well chosen appropriate
words and declared nominations
in order for Chairman. Mr. J. J.
was placed in
nomination and receiving the
vote was declared
elected Chairman of the
Mr- Laughinghouse thank-
ed the assembly for the
and stated that the next
thing in order was the election of
a Secretary. Mr. G M. Tucker
was placed in nomination and
having received the
vote was declared elected. The
chair then appointed a committee
to draw up by laws
to govern tho organization
and ordered them to report at the
nest meeting the 8th of June.
The Secretary was then ordered
to canvass the house and see who
wished to join. Nearly every
farmer ordered his name enrolled
and while the rain prevented a
good many from being present
between members were
secured. Mr. O. L. Joyner then
stated that the objects and
poses of the Association were to
elevate the standard of tobacco
agriculture in the eastern
ties, to improve upon and renovate
tho present methods employed,
and by an interchange of ideas
to educate our farmers that
they might he enabled to enter
into th preparation and
i f the tobacco crop in an
intelligent and systematic man-
Mr. G. T- Tyson then arose
and said that lie was in
favor of such an organization,
that great things and possibilities
might be the result of such meet-
He very strikingly referred
to the present price of farm pro-
ducts of every kind and showed
very plainly that if tho Pitt
farmers make money now-
it must come out of
tobacco and good at
that, and the way to raise good
tobacco was for those who knew
how and were making it to meet
together and let others know the
secret of their success.
The much talked, cussed and
discussed subject of the patented
looping system of curing tobacco
was taken into consideration and
after an hour of explanations, and
criticisms the meeting adjourned
to meet again on the 8th with the
understanding that every farmer
present was to consider himself a
committee of one to solicit his
neighbors to present at the
next meeting.
Considering the bad weather
and other modifying
there was a much larger crowd
and the organization was much
complete than we could
expected, but we intend
for the eye and offer it as a
to every tobacco
farmer in the eastern section to
be present June 8th that is the
Saturday before the second Sun-
day in Jane, there will be
meeting for the purpose of effect-
more permanent organization
to receive as new
as possible- That an
of this kind will be of in-
calculable benefit to all those in-
in tobacco culture we
don't believe that there was one
present Saturday will dispute.
we urge and insist
that who can spare the
time will aid us all they can by
being present at the next meet-
L- J.
In a private letter Mr. R. H.
Hayes says he will go to
in a few days there
he examined by the physicians.
If they advise him to spend the
summer on the frontier he will go
immediately.
Reports are coming that in
the burly section of Kentucky the
cold weather has almost destroy-
ed all the tobacco plants. This is
rather premature just now, as
such was reported last year when
or inches of snow lay for some
time on the young plants, and yet
a fairly good crop was made-
The depositions taken in the
case of the -Machine Co.,
and the American Tobacco Co.,
against W. F. Smith Sons, of
Winston N. C, bring out some
very important facts to the east
em tobacco men. of the
leading leaf dealers in their de-
positions state that in eastern
North Carolina the finest cutters
are grown that the increase
in the tobacco acreage is mainly
eastern North Carolina where
brights are grown almost ex-
According to the
taken it was conclusively
proven that cutters 1890
have brought more money or sold
higher proportion than any
other grade of tobacco. H.
his deposition says that
cutters from 1880, sold for about
the same amount of money as
they have for the period since
January 1890 that is the four best
wrappers he says are
from to per cent, lower and
tillers fully per cent lower than
they wore from to 1890.
A good many farmers from
sections of the State also
made depositions and all them
say that cutlers have held up in
price better than other grade
and that they try to make tho cut-
grade heavier than any other
because they think to get more
money for it. As to the price of
tobacco from 18-15 to 1890, we
know but very but
1890 wrappers been lower
than they were that year. It is
true quality has had a great deal
to do with it
THE NEWS CONDENSED.
Twenty horses perished in a
burning stable in Richmond-
An unknown committed
suicide in the American House in
Washington, D- C.
Congressman of Mas-
died in Washington
City Wednesday
The Journal the first ship-
of new barrels
left Newborn on the st
tho Ohio
have been discovered dig-
a tunnel under the walls.
Minister Hansom in poor
health and has gone to the
Hot Springs for treatment-
A car load of flowers wore sent
from Savannah to Chicago for
decorating the Confederate
Decoration day.
Hon. Hugh died Sat-
at his homo near
Washington City- He was
of State from 1868 to
In Wilmington strawberries
have sold as low as cents a
peck. In Salisbury they retail
cents a and in Plymouth
cents.
The meeting of the North
Carolina Press Association will
be held the city of Greensboro
on Wednesday and Thursday,
July
young women met in the
Catholic church of
Conn-, and formed a temperance
society, and signed a pledge in
which they promised not to mar-
a mar- who uses liquor
J Fuller, of
There's No Mystery
About It.
The truth is I am doing a rushing May
Lively scenes about the store.
appreciate my superb styles and low juices.
I ask no man to buy a
worth here who feels he
can do better elsewhere, but
I do ask all men to
gate the broad claim we make
and the truth or falsity on
which we stand or Call, and
that is that we give better
values a given amount in
MEN'S BOY'S
SPIRITUALISM AGAIN.
Needed a Change.
There are some things
even the poor may get more of
than is necessary. The Indian-
Journal tells that a weary
and hungry man fell from sheer
by the wayside.
A crowd gathered at once, and
an officious bystander bustled for-
ward,
Give him air.
The fainting man rallied and
sat up,
V he gasped. me
air Why, gentlemen, I've bad
nothing but air for three
Latham, Alexander Co., on
the basis of replies from
responsible and cotton
dealers, estimate the decrease in
cotton acreage this year, as com
pared with last year, at 1-2
per cent- ,
Oxford Friend
has been enlarged to eight pages
in size and the last issue came
dressed an entire new outfit.
Besides being published in the
interest of the orphans the
asylum, the is tho organ
the Grand Lodge of Masons.
The Beaufort has en-
upon its third ear. It is
best paper Beaufort has ever
had-
Sad and Sudden Death of one of Greene
County's Best Citizens.
Mr. Jesse T- Forrest fell dead
in his field near Ridge Spring on
Thursday. The family has lost a
most excellent and
the county one of its very best
citizens, the neighborhood suffers
a great loss beyond expression.
He was a consistent member of
Disciples church at
Mr. surrendered with
Lee at Appomattox, home
completely threadbare, without a
shifting of clothing. Ho at once
engaged in the agricultural
suit and soon bought a farm and
has been very successful tiller
of the soil up to his death-
Those who were most intimate
with him knew most of his worth
as a friend, neighbor and
Oar heartfelt sympathy goes out
to the bereaved family and friends
and we can say the has
given and the Lord has taken
away, Glossed, on the name of the
Asleep in Jesus blessed sleep,
Front which none ever wake to weep ;
A calm and repose.
Unbroken by the last of S.
A Substitute for the Shawl Strap.
A parcel carrier for the pocket Is
being used in England. It is a little
article that can be carried in tho
pocket when not in use and is always
at hand when wanted. It is nickel-
contains lengths of nickel-
plated steel chain. Is twenty-four
inches long, and will allow a weight
of twenty pounds. It can be used
for books, parcels, umbrellas, etc.,
and is said to be specially patronized
by shoppers and schoolchildren.
Hard ware.
Decline with Thanks.
I write my name the
received payment on this asked
the collector, who likes to put things
us delicately as possible
thank replied Mr.
no
Notice to Creditors.
The having duly
lied the Superior Court of
us administratrix of Wini-
deceased, notice la hereby
all persons holding claims
against the estate to present them to
the undersigned for collection on or be-
fore the 6th day of May 1896, or this
notice will be plead in bar for re-
indebted to raid
estate will make immediate payment.
This the 0th day of May
MRS. CANNON.
of Winifred May
Saturday evening's mail brought
the following communication to
Bro. Smith myself, which no
doubt was written for our special
that might turn
our feet unto the testimony of the
truth and escape the the
forts of life tho immortal
wall of
Washington, D- C, May
To the Pastor of the Baptist Church
Greenville N- C-
Mr. P P- Babcock, an Honorary
Trustee and Missionary of our
National Spiritualist Association,
a man whose character is above
reproach, is endorsed by our As
will be protected in
his rights as a free American cit-
the Constitution of the
U- S A- which recognizes no re-
a national religion and
more than that asserts all men are
free an equal and shall the
right to believe and teach what
they believe to be true.
Francis B. Sec
For Trustees Null
At first my equilibrium was
somewhat off of balance
when I called it for
as to who acquainted the
Spiritualists Association of my
existence in low grounds
of but a moments med-
removed all mystery ; for
I am convinced that nothing,
anybody, can be concealed
from the unseen communicants.
Now, if any living being had
thus made a false impression on
the of the Secretary of the
above named Association, we
would know what steps to take in
self we are entirely
at our row's-end when we are
by the unknown
spirits-
Accompanying the above letter
a liberal amount of literature
was received, the benefit of which
I will give my congregation next
Sunday night.
What concord hath Christ with
or what hath he that
belie with an infidel II
6-
C- M.
Mi
who killed Parker last was
at home a tow days
ago to Mi. Lola the
lady to whom he was engaged at
the of the homicide.
A very interesting occasion
will be the celebration ii-morrow
at Fayetteville, of the Jubilee of
of the Episcopal
church, it being tho fiftieth
of his elevation to the
priesthood.
Robert a
living near tho
of was found in
tho back lot of a shop in that
Saturday night almost dead.
His skull was fractured one
of ears oft.
Mr. Iredell Williams, one of the
most prominent farmers of Nash
county, gave a big the
other day in of the 87th
birthday of his father. The old
gentleman is strong, and
seems likely to pass the mile
post-
A named shot and
killed Policeman Vickers in Win-
Saturday Mrs- Vick-
who was in poor health, was
prostrated the sudden death of
and has since died.
The was placed in jail and
fearing that a lynching might fol-
low he was moved to
That jail has also been considered
an unsafe place for him and
removal to Charlotte made-
Hats, Caps,
Gents. Furnishing,
SHOES
for men, women, misses.
for maid, wife, mother
J, C. LANIER CO.
GREENVILLE, N- C-
-DEALER IX
MARBLE.
Wire and Iron Fencing
sold. First-class work
and prices reasonable.
Marble Yard erected on the old
lot, on the Street as
WALL PAPER.
I removed my Wall Paper to
to Marcellus Moore and
have added a lot of samples.
Conic before the prettiest are
selected. The best opportunity yon
ever had to your house at
a email cost. Prices as low as
three cents a roll of eight yards.
A. B. ELLINGTON.
than any competing concern anywhere.
stock is more varied, my styles higher, my
prices lower and my methods more modern,
more liberal, more
my business is greater and growing larger.
Come and see me and I will treat right.
FRANK WILSON,
THE KING It.
TOBACCO I
Flues are How Ready for Delivery
C-M by
S. E. Pender Co-
Prices greatly reduced.
Terms Cash.
Same
price
to all.
Opposite Wooten's Drugstore.
ESTABLISH
Andrews.
g-
GREENVILLE. C.
Just Received Cars Rock Lime.
KEGS STEEL NAILS, ALL SIZE.
Cars Flour,
Meat.
NOTICE.
Every time you see a boy dig-
in the garden now it don't
mean that he's got a smart streak
on him- Fishing worms are the
foremost things in his mind.
It It In the lire
and rims that Rambler
are
excellence U most
likely to burst or break than any others, and
are most easily and quickly repaired. All
styles Rambler None better
at any so good the same or
Catalog free.
CO.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
Court. S.
Dennis Simmons,
vs.
W Grand, A II F I.
W Hunter wife, Sophie E
Banter, B Taylor, and wife, Anna
E Taylor, Elizabeth Balance, U
Carter and wife, V W Carter. J O
wife. Jessie M Guthrie
and H W S Trustee, John F
Reed, W T Heed. C O
Martin, Simmons, Sidney M
B Mary E
J W Hayes, Mary
L de-
The defendants will take notice that
the plaintiff has begun an action against
them In this court for purpose of
selling for a division that Swamp prop-
in Martin county in which said
defendants are tenants In
common, commonly known as the
Grandy con-
of a track of swamp laud con-
by e live thousand
acres, and a lot of canoe, and the said
defendants are required to appear at
my office In on the 3rd day
of June and answer or demur to
the complaint or petition in said action.
The defendants will notice that
if they fail to appear and answer or de-
to said complaint or petition the
relief demanded by said plaintiffs will
be granted. my hand
and seal at office in Williamston, N. C.
this April 1st N.
Clerk Sop. Martin County,
Cat-cs Sardines.
H Bread Preparation.
Soap.
Star Lye.
Boxes Cakes and Cracker.
Stick Candy.
Cases Matches,
Gold Dust,
Good Luck Baking Powder.
Sacks Coffee,
Molasses,
Tons Shot,
Kegs Powder.
Hay,
Tube
Granulated
P.
Ax Snuff,
R. K. Mills Snug.
Three Thistle Snuff,
Boxes Tobacco,
Dukes V. M. Cigarettes.
Oil Va. Cheroots,
Cases Oysters,
J. Hi.
IS
GREENVILLE, N. C
OFFICE AT THE COURT HOUSE.
All kinds Risks placed in strictly
FIRST-CLASS COMPANIES
At current rates.
AGENT FOB FIRST-CLASS FIRE PROOF SAFE
Notice to Creditors.
The undersigned having teen
pointed by the Clerk of the Superior
of Pitt as administrator of
George W. Hellen deceased and having
duly qualified as such on the 25th day of
April 1895, notice Is hereby given to all
persons holding claims against the es-
of said W. t
sent them to the undersigned for pay-
on or before the 1st day of May.
or this notice will be plead in bar
of their recovery
All persons indebted to said estate
will make Immediate payment to the
undersigned and save costs.
This 29th day of April, 1395.
SARAH E. HELLEN.
of Geo. W.
A Blow Attorneys,
Ship your produce to
J, C. Jr., Co
Factors
AND
Commission
NORFOLK VA.
Personal Attention given to
i Weight and
HOOKER'S
DRY GOODS
BAZAAR.
A full and complete
line of all the latest
shades and makes
of lovely
Silks, Sicilians,
Mohair, Silk Warp Hen-
Serges, Jae-
Lawns,
Sateens,
Organdies, Ducks,
and
in Dress Goods just re-
and would be
pleased to have the la-
dies call and examine.
line of
Men and Boys
CLOTHING,
Gents Goods,
DRY GOODS,
Notions, Boots Shoes.
H. C. Hooker
Greenville. N. C.
THE REFLECTOR
Local Reflections.
Strawberries continue plentiful
and cheap.
The building for tin fire engine
is about
Irish potatoes are worth a
barrel now New York
Remember I pT you cash for Beeswax,
Chickens. Ens and Count iv Produce
at the Old Brick Store.
Flour, meat and sugar all con-
to advance in price.
A large stock nice Furniture cheap
at the Old Brick Store.
I have for
Now Howe Sewing Machine
keep a supply of machines,
needles and attachments at H. C-
Hooker's store,
For
Po is, b J. L Starkey
Co
Housekeepers are complaining
about flies being so numerous.
Needles and Attachments for
all makes of Sewing Machines
kept by James Brown at H. C
Hooker's store.
Bring your cotton seed to
Henry Sheppard, buy your
Meal Hulls. Car load of each
just arrived tor sale cheap.
If you wish t get full value for
the money you pay for the goods
you buy always go to those who
advertise. They Are to
sell their goods and they will sell.
That's the reason they advertise
Remember I can take your
measure and nave you a suit of
clothes made to order. Fit
Frank Wilson.
arrived at
Washington. See us and get
prices.
Tobacco Growers Attention.
We have just received a large
quantity of tobacco flue iron o
good quality and clean. Parties
who have ordered flues from us
can get them now at any time
S. E. Co.
The closing exercises of
ville Academy, this county, will
take place Thursday, May 30th.
Literary address At A- M-, by
F- O. Harding, of Greenville.
We return thanks for an
The Register of Deeds issued
only one marriage license last
week. That was for Jerry Worth
Harris.
have just received
our machinery and are expecting
several car loads of first class flue
in a few days. We are
pared to make any and all kinds
of floes and will guarantee first
class work at reasonable prices-
Yours very truly,
O- L. Joyner,
Oscar
PODS.
These Are Bed
There was frost in fifteen
States in the northwest
day morning.
Forbes will soon put
up a large prize house near the
Planters warehouse.
The Raleigh papers did them-
selves proud their illustrated
editions of the
A Brooklyn woman fell four
stories, lit on a news-stand, jarred
her teeth, and walked away.
Tho new warehouse of
tree, Brown t Co. has been shut
in and will soon be completed.
The exercises
of Carolina College at
take place June 5th and
6th.
Lang is showing a nice line of
suits for children, what catch-
es the boys is a whistle with eve-
suit.
This weather may stop
things, but the cut worm and
potato bug go right ahead with
their
Mr. tho artist, is
some splendid pictures here-
We have seen some excellent spec-
of his work.
Friday morning Mr. J. E- Love-
a building upon
which he was at work and was
considerably bruised-
the Parker
Pen, so say all who
A new assortment just received at
Reflector Book Store.
The Rifles returned home from
Raleigh, Tuesday evening,
say they had the biggest kind of
a time at the
It is estimated that
the worlds population is taking
place at tho rate of nearly seven
and a half millions a year-
The Daughters re-
a rolling for the use
of invalids. Tho chair was a
present to Patience Circle.
The that there is
a great deal of sickness among
the children of Washington Four
died there in the last few
days.
Col. I. A- Sugg says he has a
turkey gobbler that has taken a
big notion to sit became so
persistent in it that ho had to be
shut up.
lino Irish
toes, Thursday that come from
the farm of Mr. S- B.
near town. They were as
hen eggs.
The commencement exercises
of School at will
take place Friday, Ma e
thank Mr J- J. Hathaway for an
invitation-
Saturday brought
some of the new potatoes
to town that have been shown
this season. They were as large
as goose eggs-
We pick up a paper
without seeing mention of a i
Greenville ha- not caught;
the fever y t, as the rain don't let I
up l en ugh.
Mr- L H Pender tells us he
has that left their 3-
weeks-old biddies and went back
to laying. The little chicks are
out for themselves.
The lady who male
words out of last
has run away from home.
Her mother wanted her to make
three of bread out of flour
Tho two most widely separated
in the United States
are those in Key West, and
in Alaska, six thous-
and two hundred and seventy-one
miles apart.
the parade at the
veiling Col. F- A- Olds was heard
to that Co. County
Rifles, had the most handsome
and best drilled set of In the
State Guard.
Sheriff R. W King tells us that
since he saw the first item about
the blue lie has on the
lookout for them in his travels
over the county, a month
has only seen to.
There was still fire in
Kinston Tuesday, the dwelling
house of Mrs. E. E. Parrot being
destroyed about noon. This lire
was accidental. We did not learn
the of the loss or if there
was insurance.
who spent Tuesday
here, tells us that he has just been
a through the upper
of Craven county, and that
crops in that section are in a
much poorer condition than they
are in this county. In addition
to the excessive rains, hail storms
have almost ruined some of the
crops-
On the first Monday in the
county commissioners will take
charge of all the school
matters in the county under the
recently enacted school laws.
County commissioners are
ed on that day to appoint the
school committeemen, and it is
made the of the Clerk of the
Superior Court to appoint the
county examiner.
Quoth the Washington
Bland says the Democratic
party must put Mr Cleveland
overboard. Will Mr. Bland vol-
to superintend the job
Reminds us of the occasion in
the Democratic State convention
of when Buck
in, of Halifax, decided that it
was time for Capt. J. J. Laugh
of Pitt, who was
a speech, to suppressed
He to superintend
the but as he got closer and
ran his eye up and down Laugh
figure, he got his sec
wind and thought better of
his
THESE FOLK
or Went and Their Names dot
in Print
Mrs- IV- M. Starkey is quite
sick.
One of the editor's children is
quite sick.
A little child of Mr. O. L. Joy-
is very sick.
Miss Mattie Hearne is visiting
Mrs. G- E- Harris.
Mr. A. P. Murray has returned
from Nash county.
Mr. C. C Vines, of Falkland,
was here yesterday.
Capt. E. M- Pace returned Fri-
day from Greensboro.
Rev- A- returned
Monday from Parmele-
Mr. J. L- Fountain, of Falk-
land, was here
Mrs. D. D. Haskett and one of
her children are quite sick.
Mr. B- F. Tyson returned from
Raleigh Thursday evening.
Mr. J- E. Langley, of
arrived in town Tuesday evening.
Ex-Gov. T. Jarvis returned
from Raleigh Wednesday evening.
Mr. G. W. returned
Wednesday evening from
Mr. G- E. Harris has moved in-
to his new residence on
street.
Mis- Russell, of La-
is visiting Mrs. Lovit
Hines.
Mr. W. R. Smith returned Mon-
day from a visit to his mother at
Mrs. W. P. Hall children
returned Tuesday from
Olive-
Mrs. B. R- King, of Goldsboro,
is visiting the family of Sheriff R-
W. King,
Miss Mattie left
day to the commencement
at Littleton.
Miss Blanche of Ply-
mouth, is visiting the family of
Mr. W. B Wilson.
Superior Court Clerk E. A.
Move returned Friday evening
from Raleigh.
Master Willie Parker, of Farm-
ville, is visiting his father, Mr.
W. R Parker.
Mr. Charlie Hines, of Sampson
is visiting his brother,
Ah- W. C. Hines-
Mis. Ada Moore came home
a visit to relatives
in Craven county.
Mrs. R W. King little Mat
tie returned Wednesday
from
Mr. J. E. after spend-
a few days here, left Saturday
morning for Richmond-
Misses Sadie Short Sarah
Hooker returned Wed-
from Raleigh.
Misses L Hie Wilson and Jen-
returned Saturday
from a visit to Parmele-
Mr. S. C Hamilton left Mon-
day for
for the Lumber
Co.
Mr. Herbert White, who, was
recently kicked by a horse, was
able ride out Monday
Mr- E- C- Williams his
brother moved into one of
the Elliott buildings
street-
Mrs- and Miss Adi
die Johnston are their
sister, Mrs- Dr. Powell, Greene
county.
Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Master Willie returned Wed-
evening from a visit to
Raleigh.
Mrs. W. M- King returned home
from a visit to Wilson- Her
Mrs. Wells two children
her.
Mr- F. M- Dupree, a me in her of
Uncle Sam's at Fortress
Monroe, is visiting his brother,
Mr- J. A- Dupree.
Mrs. Margaret Tyson, of
arrived Thursday evening
to see her sister, Mrs. Martha
King, who is very sick.
Mr- B S- Sheppard returned
home Monday bringing
with him his little son, Bonnie,
who has been to at
school.
Rev. R- T. of
who has been assisting Rev-
L H. Joyner in a meeting at
Chapel, left for home Sat
morning-
Messrs. J. H. Mac
Williams, Henry and
John Jolly left Monday for
Raleigh as witnesses in a case
before the U. S- Court.
Misses Ada Tyson, Mamie Ed-
wards and Bettie Tripp, students
from this county to the N. I-
College, returned from Greens-
evening.
come to see LANG for
your commencement outfits-
Potatoes are now from three to
four dollars in the northern mar-
I have a lot of the nicest
known Peas my house
or at Greenville. I. A. Sugg.
No, Greenville is not having a
boom, but is growing right along
in a solid, substantial way.
Wash Suit. Wash Suits
For Children and LANG'S
Dr. W. M. B- Brown received a
telegram announcing the death of
Mr- Zeno Greene, of Whitakers,
which occurred Monday night. Mr
Greene was a brother of Mrs. Dr.
Brown and Mrs. Dr- Williams.
We Are Growing.
The number of buildings that
have gone up and ethers contract-
for so far this year, show that
Greenville is going to surpass the
big record she made last year.
We make the prediction now that
not much less than
be put in buildings here this year.
We have one more fellow
in about tho same fix as ourself-
Every time the Reflector says
the weather is fairing off it rains,
and the Standard
that every time it declares the
backbone of winter is broken a
cold spell follows. Pretty good
weather prophets, both.
A Strong Team.
Combining the energies and ex-
of two such prominent
tobacco men as Messrs. G. F. Ev-
ans and O. L Joyner, who to
conduct the Eastern warehouse
the season, will make that
One of the strongest houses in
the State- The success of this
market in the past is due largely
to these
That Spring Chicken.
Our devil helps us out with one.
He says a chicken's life from the
hatch et to the hatchet is one con-
American.
Ours says from its eggs to the
it by
Durham San.
Ours says that between the
necks the annex there is lots
of fuss feathers.
An Announcement.
This is attributed to the
Ga-, Enterprise. New-
ton colored preacher made
the following from
his pulpit last Sunday
will open a distracted
this house of
the first Sunday in May, if
is and de weather
permit, if not den de next Sunday,
whether or
The New Order of
The twentieth century dude who
goes
Up stairs to his room at night
ill, probably after he doffs his
clothes
And ere he puts out his light,
Stoop by the side of the
conch or not
And lift the edge of the spread
To satisfy himself t ire's not
A woman under the bed.
Married Twelve Times
Hungarian papers are
for the statement that a
man was married the
twelfth time the other day. She
is but old. and last win-
lost her eleventh husband,
with whom had made a trip
around tho She will
tho twenty-fifth
of her wedding next fall
at the side of her twelfth partner
lite-
Colored Revival.
At Hill Baptist
church, colored, there is the
greatest revival in progress the
people have ever had
here. R-v. J. M. Malloy, of
Goldsboro, is conducting- the
meeting, and is said to be a
preacher of much earnestness and
power. Up to Sunday forty
candidates had received for
baptism and there are still up-
wards of half a hundred penitents.
Rebuilding
It gives pleasure to copy such
items as the following the
Kinston
Mess. Bros, have com-
on their largo brick store.
Mr. G- R. has
ed a small iron warehouse back
of his store. Mi J. A- is
rebuilding to the walls of his
stores. Mr. Harvey is
a dwelling erected on north
Gordon street. Or. Tull's brick
office is completion. The
of Kinston is going
ahead quite rapidly.
Postal Officials Disagree
The at
has gotten into trouble- His house
needed repairs, and he claims that
it was to tumble down over
bis He tried to borrow
some to fix it up, but his
security not satisfactory.
several hundred dollars on
band of money order funds, and
believing in a paternal govern
he that money to
his house, asking the
government to wait until he could
pay it back. Ho thought this was
fair, but Inspector Con
rad differed with him, and on
Wednesday last, after requiring
his sureties to make up the
the Inspector the
over to a lady who was
selected by tho bondsmen to
duct the business for them until
the Department at Washington
select a successor. The
postmaster has his repair-
ed, but ho is out of a job.
North Carolina in Front.
The old veterans art
some good incidents touching
their trip to unveiling at Raleigh.
One of the- best we have heard
was told by Lieut. C D.
tree. He says that when the vet-
were up
for the parade, Col. Kenan
went to make them a speech, and
before concluding his remarks said
there were a large number of
Virginians present and he wanted
the North Carolina veterans to
every courtesy to the vis-
comrades and give them the
post of honor in the parade.
exclaimed one of
the Virginians did
us that honor by us in
front when the Lee monument,
was unveiled in Richmond
just here an old battle scarred
of warm encounters
caused everything to be drowned
in old-fashioned rebel yell by
adding sir, Virginia always
did put us in the front
A gold mine in
caved in a few days ago op a
man named who was
working in it, and he was taken
out dead.
DOUBLE
Three Folks and Two Wheels Mix Up.
There was both a head to and
rear end collision near the
depot Thursday evening. It
curred in this wait-
for the train Walter Pender
and Zeb Highsmith were riding
their wheels between the tracks
down to the switch and back-
Some colored children were at
play beside the track and one of
amusing
himself by jumping across the
track just in front of the
as they car. e by. They rang
their alarm I alls for the boy to
keep out of t e but the bey
jumped just he same. Once he
made his most too late, and
fro t wheel giving
a broad side, sent the boy whiz-
zing several away, the rider
in the meantime turning a
sault over his wheel and landing
square on top of the boy. They
had hardly got settled before
Highsmith. who bringing up
a close rear, butted into the pile
and heaped weight on the
by landing on top of Pen-
When they all untangled
both bicycles were found
bent, the front fork of
being almost ruined.
The riders had a good shaking
up but fortunately neither of them
was hurt.
ANOTHER HOUSE ON FIRE.
to
KiNston, N- C, May 1895.
There was another effort at ins
hero last night. The
alarm was sounded about o'clock
when it was found that the
house of Mr. J- T. had
been set on fire- had been
saturated with turpentine and
placed the house.
the lire was discovered and
put out before much damage was
School Closing.
Saturday Mrs. C- M. Ber-
closed her school and award-
lug of medals was the main
There were not any regular
exercises, but for the two
weeks a rigid examination was
gone through with. The girls
were all excitement guessing and
wondering who the successful ones
would be- On Saturday at two
o'clock the suspense was broken
tho following medals were
awarded
The first honor to be bestowed
was a gold medal to the one
the highest average in all
studies and in nil grades. Miss
Lizzie Moore years re-
this, she making the high
average of
In the 7th grade Miss Hattie
Smith made the average of
and received a of handsome
pictures.
In the 8th grade s Blanche
Flanagan made average of
was awarded a beautiful
gold pen.
In tho Miss Sarah
Hooker had en average of
was with lovely
gold pen.
For attendance there v is a tie
of between Olive Dani
and Minnie Both were
presented with a beautiful picture.
Rev. G. F. awarded the
prizes in his usual happy style
and thus this session,
a very school. W
hear of many merited
accorded Mrs. Bernard-
Cotton is Poor.
This morning Mr. J. G.
showed us a handful of cotton
plants taken from a acre field
on his farm, which he said was a
fair sample of his crop. In what
he had there was only one plant
with as many as four leaves, and
he said that was the largest one he
could find in his whole field. Ev-
plant looked blighted
shriveled, and presented a mighty
sorry prospect for a crop. A week
more of bad weather would have
killed most of the plants
The Was Enterprising.
Slade, the
oner, seems to be a very enter-
prising
Colonel Handy
if You bet I Tell you what
he done last summer when the
circus was here. One of the cu-
in the show was an
Egyptian mummy- He rounded
up a jury, brought in a verdict of
from unknown and
charged the his regular
fee with compound interest from
the time of
den Notes.
N- C, 24th, 1805.
The flags have received
for the i a
here
Mr. Wm. of Grifton,
is visiting his daughter. Mrs. L-
T.
T. Forest, A Greene
fell dead on farm
o'clock yesterday. He had been
in poor health for home time.
Mr. W. J. Branch shipped two
barrels of potatoes from
yesterday. As Alf
ton put them with one of bis
houses.
That clever and jolly gentleman
Mr- Ben here
day joking with h
The boys are ; glad to have
a call from him.
Mr- Jerry passed
through here vet-tore with his
second bride. just wedded
Miss Emma Harris, laughter of
Mr. Harris.
May
D. M. Johnson went to
ville Saturday.
Mr. J. L. Patrick went to New-
last week.
Mrs- S- E. Sutton spent a few
days in Kinston last
Mr. Jas. of was
on business yesterday.
Mr. . P. went to Kin-
and returned
day.
Mr- Robt. Best spent a few
days here last week with n r
brother. Dr. W. L. Best.
Miss Sarah Harding returned
i home from Greensboro last Fri-
i day where she h is been attending
N- and I- College.
Mr. L. J. Obi and Mies
Essie Brooks went to Grifton
on their wheels.
Mr. and Mrs. Spencer
went to Kinston last Wednesday
returned Thursday.
Bethel Items.
Bethel. May 27th 1895.-
Mr H. A. Gilliam, of Tarboro,
was in town last Thursday on
Mr, Green-
leaf Johnson Lumber C-, was in
town Thursday.
I. A. Dupree, of Greenville, was
here Saturday.
Zeb Highsmith, of Greenville
was here Saturday and to day-
Rev. R. J. of Wash-
N- C, will deliver the ad
dress at the close of Prof-
school on the 13th of
June-
Mrs. Martha Whitehurst died
last Thursday- She was quite old
We hear much complaint of poor
crops the farmers in this
section.
Saturday was a dull day in town
It was so rainy few people
came to town.
Shoes, Slippers and Gents Fur-
reduced rates
at LANG'S.
Little Martha Leo gave
a delightful birthday party this
afternoon to a few her friends-
The mud holes street
are tilled with shells
dirt thrown over them. That is a
good step-
Those who will not stand up
for Greenville should sit down
make room for those who are
trying lo stand.
Tuesday morning Mr
was driving a horse on the race
track he was kicked by the
animal and seriously hurt-
he first shipment of new
from Greenville this season
left Tuesday's freight. W.
II. U shipped two barrels
Old winter has pulled his
out of the spring cake long
enough for the to lick the
icing it- We he will
keep it out for
Mr. T R. Bullock, of Bethel,
writes the that he has
seen two blue buds this spring.
So there are a few of them left,
after all.
Two young men went
a shore distance the country
night, had the pleas-
of walking back home Their
horse get and left them.
For the past month the Green-
ville Lumber Company has ship-
pi don a car load of
lumber every day, beside supply
a good demand.
Agent J. R. Moore received a
crate of very fine s
from evening,
remembered the
with a generous supply.
A telegram was received
the
j death of John Sasser, at
the home of his sen near Smith-
He was I he father of Mrs.
B- F. Sugg, of this town
Mr. Guy L. Williamson
us an n to the commence-
exercises the Suffolk, Va ,
Collegiate d Military Institute,
June 4th and 5th- We notice
that Guy is chief marshal of the
occasion.
Martins were about to take
possession of the front of the
Court and shooting them
was adopted as a means of get-
tine- rid of them. To-day Messrs.
Ola Forbes and R. M. kill-
ed quite a number of tho birds
with small rifles.
Prevention
better than cure. Liver
Pills will not only cure, but if
taken in time will prevent
Sick Headache,
dyspepsia, biliousness, malaria,
constipation, jaundice, torpid
liver and kindred diseases.
Liver PILLS
ABSOLUTELY CURE.
BUILD UP HOME
Ky Home Enterprise.
Malloy Man drool Co.,
of DURHAM, N. C,
Are manufacturing is line Cigars,
roots and a can be found on
market. Their brands lire
OF
a dime cigar for a N hand made.
Havana tilled.
a very line Cigar,
Havana hand mad
Named In honor of Col. Buck Black
well.
a fine Sumatra Wrapper
hand made, tilled, a sure win-
in honor of Col. J. S.
of Durham To-
Co.
SADIE
Ten cents.
CHUNK
Five for The t smoke for
money.
NORTH STATE
Three for cents, a that
ways pleases.
Stick to home and us your or-
Special brands put up when de-
sired, Address
MALLORY DURHAM
N. C
For the next days I am deter
mined to make a reduction of
per cent, on all goods.
CLOTHING.
Special Sale of White Goods,
and Embroideries.
O. T.
Door to Bank.
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
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 buy your
Dress Goods, Hats and Caps, Boots and
Goods, Heavy Domestics, Bleached and
Unbleached Sheetings and Shirtings, Hardware
Plows and Castings, Nails, Shovels, spades and
Axes, Hollowware, Tinware, Pots, Spiders, c,
Queens ware.
Furniture, Sets,
es, Bedsteads, Bureaus,
Lounges, Tables, Hall
Racks, Cribs and Cradles,
children's Carriages,
Chairs of many kinds and
styles from the cheapest
to fine Plush Seat Rockers
Matting and Oil cloths,
Heavy Groceries, Meat,
Molasses, Salt, Oils, Flour
a specialty in high grades,
Lard, Baking Powders.
To the Ladies we would
especially say do not fail
to see our beautiful line of
Ladies, Misses and Child-
Slippers, Cotton and Wash Dress Goods,
Laces,
White Goods, Dimities and Lawns. To the
men to buy our Reynold's Shoes, every pair war-
ranted to be solid. To every buyer we say
and see our stock. We will be pleased to show
what we have to sell. We set the pace, others
try to follow.
NOTICE
All persons having claims
estate of the lute W. J. will
sent them to me, administrator of said
estate on or before April 17th and
all persons owing said will please
come and settle.
This April 10th 1895.
J. W
Truck Barrels, Pumps
AnD
All Kinds of Machinery.
have opened at
the old
Moore store and are
prepared to fun
any kind of
you may want.
Special attention given
to putting down
and repairing
PUMPS.
All kinds of Pipe
work done and sat-
guaranteed.
Place your orders
for Flues with
HI
Greenville, N. C.
TASTELESS
CHILL
IS JUST AS FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE
GALATIA, ILLS., MOT. M.
M Co. ft. Mo.
told yr. mo bottles of
TONIC hero
thin In ell
It In drag hire
mi
u your Tonic sours truly,
Sold A guaranteed by J. L. WOOTEN
ESTABLISHED 1875.
OLD BRICK STOKE
FARMERS AND BUT
their year's supplies will find
their interest to fret our prices before
n all its branches.
PORK
FLOUR, COFFEE, SUGAR
RICE, TEA,
at Market Mm
TOBACCO SNUFF
we direct from Manufacturers, en
you to buy at one profit. A com
stock of
FURNITURE
always and sold at prices to suit
the times. Our goods bought and
sold for therefore, having no risk
M sell at a close margin.
Respectfully,
S. M.
The Charlotte
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WILMINGTON WELDON R. R
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Condensed Schedule.
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by waking me up three times this morn-
and telling me it Is breakfast time
here catch you running away
with the
yon see, boss, we're got
gt de tablecloth whether you git up or
Record.
Westchester did get.
Tommy
I got a bit
from the dog. What did you get
Willie I got a horn
the
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means so much more than
you imagine -serious and
fatal diseases result from
trifling ailments neglected.
Don't play with Nature's
greatest
If yon are feeling
out of sorts, weak
and generally ex
nervous,
have no appetite
and can't work,
begin at
the most
strengthening
is
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Neuralgia, Troubles,
r Constipation, Bad Blood
Malaria, Nervous ailments
Women's complaints.
Get only the genuine It ha crossed red
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On receipt of two stamps we
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BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE,
Train on Scotland Branch Road
Weldon 3.40 p. tn., Halifax 4.00
p. m., arrives Scotland Neck at p
to., Greenville 0.37 p. in., Kinston 7.35
p. m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.20
a. m., Greenville 8.22 a. in. Arriving
Halifax at a. in., 11.20 am
daily except Sunday.
Trains on Branch leave
Washington in., arrives
8.40 p. m. Tarboro 9.50; returning
leaves Tarboro 4.50 p. m., Parmele 6.10
p. arrives Washington 7.35 p. m.
Daily except Sunday. Connects with
trains on Neck Branch.
Train leaves Tarboro, N O, via
Raleigh R. R. daily except Ann-
day, at p. m., Sunday P.
arrive Plymouth 9.20 P. M., 5.20 p. m.
Returning leaves Plymouth daily
Sunday, 5.30 a. m., Sunday 9.30 a m.
arrive Tarboro 10.25 a. m and
a. m.
Train on Midland N C Branch leave
Goldsboro daily except Sunday, a.
m. a m. Rt-
leaves Smithfield, a. m.;
arrive at Goldsboro, a. m.
Trains on Nashville Branch leaves
Rocky Mount at 4.30 p. m., arrive
Nashville J p. m. Spring Hope 5.30.
Returning leaves Spring Hope
a. m Nashville 8.36 a. id., arrives
it Rocky Mount a. m daily except
Trains on Latta Branch, Florence R
R. Latta 6.50 p. m., arrive Dun
bar 8.00 p. in. Returning leave Dun
bar 6.30 a. arrive Latta 8.00 a. m.
Daily except Sun day.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves War-
saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday
at II a. in. Returning leave Clinton
at m., conn-tint; at Warsaw
main line trains.
makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily, all
rail via Richmond, and except
Sunday via Portsmouth and Bay Line
also at Rocky Mount with Norfolk
railroad for Norfolk daily and
all points North via Norfolk, daily ex
Sunday.
JOHN F. DIVINE,
General
T. K, Manager.
J. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager
This Reminds
You every clay
in the month
May that if
you Lave
your Printing done
at the
REFLECTOR
JOB OFFICE.
It will be done right,
It will be done m style
and it always suits.
These points are
well worth weighing
in any sort
of work, but
above all things in
vine,
f Your Job Printing.
Conducted by O. L. Joyner, Proprietor Eastern Tobacco Warehouse.
Mr. v. J. say a be will
have the new warehouse
ed in about a week.
There will be a meeting in the
Court Saturday of the to
farmers for the purpose of
effecting a permanent
of a Tobacco Growers
Every tobacco farmer is
especially invited.
Mi. C. L. Barrett tells as that
the tobacco farmers in the
ville section are heartily in favor
of will take steps soon to or-
a Growers Association at
that place. After the
they will meet with the one
in Greenville. Let every town-
ship in the county do likewise.
Mr. G. F. Evans recently
chased an interest in the Eastern
warehouse and has thus establish-
ed himself permanently on the
market Mr- is one cf the
pioneers in tobacco growing
the county and the pioneer in the
warehouse It was he
who first took hold of and opera-
the warehouse, the
first that was in this town.
Eastern will be enlarged to
almost double its present
and in connection a prize house
will be built for the
of the house.
We have read many
letters from farmers in various
sections of the county asking is
there a patent on the looping
system of curing tobacco stripped
from the stalk- In each reply we
the opinion, not
from a point of how-
ever, that there was none. Think
ins the m of not much
we paid but little at
to it until in the last few
days information has reached us
that a protest against I he use of
this method has been sent to
nearly all the farmers in the
eastern counties. Immediately
upon hearing this we began to
inquire when the if there
was one, was dated and were
that it M granted 1880. At
we wrote to commission-
of Patents at Washington, D.
C-, to know if there was
and to send us a copy of j
such patent. As we have
no reply an. its a matter of course
can't say positively that there is
none, but it occurs to us that if
there was a patent granted
1889 the method of curing
co by the looping was
long use before that time, and
we certainly fail to see how it
patent could be granted a
thing that was com-
use at the time 1883 or
tobacco was first grown in
Pitt recollect very
of priming the bottom
leaves and looping them on
stick to that year, yet at
sent we shall not to
say that there is no this
but will solemnly promise
our farmer friends to ferret out
this thing and let them know all
about it just as fast as we can.
There are a set of lawyers
Washington whose it is
to look after and secure patents
and are told that a great
many instances
ed things common use
the of the grant, just as
this When such is the
case oftentimes a great outrage is
committed upon the public and t
seems to us that the courts of the
country be its protection-
Look at this case from a point
of Here for at least four J
years our farmers have been em-1
almost unanimously the
looping system, to some extent,
and yet we have never heard one
word or murmur against it until
right now. It can't be that the
patentee has been ignorant of
this vast tobacco territory for j
these many years. Then can it
be that he has been waiting for
all the farmers to get to using this
system then scoop down upon
them make them pay him
an enormous sum for using
the system. We don't believe
will hear to it.
PRICES AND MONEY.
It very frequently happens that
over zealous men in to
sustain the cause they espouse
prove too much. We Ire
examples of this in the dis-
of financial question
where one side claims that silver
and prices go together and as
has been ostracized and de-
in value, the prices of
other things, especially f pro-
ducts, have gone down with it,
while the anti-silver man on the
other hand, declares that silver
has nothing to do with it, but
that prices are governed
by the law of supply and de-
Both of these parties use the
word but they mean
more than that for the silver
mean the mass of silver men,
those who are not interested in
silver mines or in silver
seek the of silver
because that would add to
volume of the currency make
money more abundant, or
as the phrase goes- The
opponents of free coinage oppose
it not on account of the metal out
of which the coins are made, but
because they are opposed to an
expansion of currency, which
they contend would make money
to its essence
the contention one side is for
of the currency and
on the other side to prevent this
keep the volume where it is
or reduce Star.
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Sores, Ulcer, Salt Rheum
Fever Sores, Chapped
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cents per box. For sale by
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May Weather in 1814.
The Norfolk Pilot scratches up
following bit of
record from the North Carolina
Evening Post of 15th,
of our old
set inhabitants do not recollect
of a season so backward as this
has been. It is now the middle of
May, and the cold is severe
that it is to keep up
in our
has received a very
check by the prevalence cf the
north winds. It is stated the
Salem Observer that Friday last
the air at that place was tilled
with and. that
the sky exhibited the and
sternness of March weather. We
had letters from New Or-
leans which state that similar
seasonable weather was prevail-
there the of
A Peculiar Disease.
Mr. Davis, from Cape
Lookout Light House, was
town to day end reports a very
peculiar epidemic that section
The victim is prostrated sudden
with an pain some
part of the body, log, hand, foot
and back, and thrown into a
lent fever, and then in two or
three hours is well enough to be
out fishing again. He reports
about fifty cases in that immediate
section out of a population of
probably not more than a
Herald
It Hay Do as Mich for You.
Mr. Fred Miller, of Irving, III., writes
that he bad a Severe Kidney
for many years, with severe pains in
his back and that his bladder was
affected. He tried many so called
Kidney cures but without any good
result. About a year ago he began 11-c
cf Electric Bitters found relief
Bitters is especially
adapted to cure of all Kidney Liver
troubles and often given almost instant
relief. One trial will prove our state-
Price only for large bottle.
At John L. Drug Store,
We did not know until Capt. S.
B. Alexander's statement of it was
repeated a local article in yes-
paper what the Ohio dog
law is, though everybody knows
that Ohio is a great sheep raising
State and must therefore know
inferentially that it has an effect
dog law. It makes the
pay for killed sheep and thus
responsible for sheep
This seem to be a good
its practical op-
must have proved effect-
in Ohio else the farmers of
that State could not have had
the success they have with sheep
husbandry. We should like very
much to see it enacted in North
Carolina, but the trouble here is
that whenever any sort of a dog
law is mentioned in the
of North Carolina all the
members thereof take to the
woods. It would be interesting
to see one Legislature in this
State without a man in it who
wanted to go to another, or to
Congress, or to be Governor, or
something. It be a sight,
wouldn't it Wonder what it
do Observer.
A terrific wind storm swept
over Ashland, seventeen
north of Rich round, Ya. Houses
were fences carried
away and trees uprooted. Tho
storm was the worst one
in that section
Reward.
The render of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there Is at least one
dreaded disease that ha been
able lo cure in all its stages, that is
Catarrh, Hall's Cure is the
only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a
disease, require a constitutional
treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is
internally, acting directly on the
blood and mucous, surfaces of the sys-
thereby destroying the foundation
of the and giving the patient
strength by building up the
and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
in Its curative powers, that they
offer One Mandrel Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. for list of
testimonials.
F. J. A CO.
by Druggist
Some people are friends to yon
as long as they can use you as a
tool to do their bidding, but if yon
t your manhood and act with
that independence which mast
sometimes characterize the pro-
of every one who is not
a slave, their pretended friendship
at once turns to enmity.
fact is their friendship never was
worth a picayune. A true friend
would not, if he influence
yon to deviate from a
discharge of
ham Sun.
Five or six days ago, in
county, Flu., Miss Armstrong
daughter of a prominent
left home to visit a neighbor. The
girl disappeared and search was
made for her, resulting in the
discovery of her mangled corpse
in the woods. She had been out-
raged and murdered. Suspicion
fell on three and they
were taken to a swamp by a
where the accused
It is said the
were flayed and burned. This
makes twelve lynched in
that section in six months for out-
rages white women.
The Southern depot at Char-
lotto destroyed by fire Fri-
day morning. The loss is
insurance
The Shelby Aurora says that
Mr. Thomas Manning, a clever
and aged farmer three miles
southeast of Forest City, was cut-
ting from a pine stump
last Wednesday morning when
his slipped and he cut a
and deep gash in his leg.
He severed and artery in his leg
and died in less than half an hour.
dear, look down
said Mr. Grandiose, as he stood
on the bridge with his wife, and
gazed at a tug hauling a long line
of barges. is life the tug
is like man, working toil
-while the barges, like women,
interrupted Mrs.
G-, acridly, tug does all the
blowing, and the bear all
The first of the Women's
edition of the Raleigh News and
Observer, which was published by
the Monumental
as a souvenir of the unveil-
of the Confederate monument
was sold to the highest bidder,
and Mr R. B. Raney, of Raleigh,
became the purchaser at
Some people's
very largely in being shocked at
other people's They are
always ready to hold up their
hands in holy horror at somebody
else, but find time to in-
the wood pile which lies
between conscience
in their own hearts.
The United States Supreme
Court decided the income tax to
be unconstitutional, the Court
as Against the
law, Chief Justice Fuller, Field,
Gray, Brewer for the
law, Justices Brown, Jack-
sou White.
An engaged has a
look on her that is worn
by who is preparing to go to
a summer place to make
another effort.
An Old Man's Advice to
Sou.
In New York during 1804 the
sum total of defalcations was
In North Carolina that
year the total was only
A Bevy of Birds at a Hotel.
A queer coincidence was tho cause
of considerable merriment in the
lobby of the Grand Pacific the other
day. Early in the day D. Sparrow,
of New York, registered and was as-
signed to his room. Within an hour
T. J. Quail, of Mass.,
spread his name upon the register,
and he, too, went to his room. In
the afternoon C. A. Partridge, of
this city, registered for dinner, and
ho remarked that if any notes came
for him the clerk should hold them.
The next afternoon L. R. Forrest,
of Albany. N. Y., registered at the
hotel, and all mail that came to the
three men was put in his box.
was most appropriate place for
said Mr. Parker,
reminds of an annual game din-
Inter Ocean.
RUINED BY PIE.
The Peculiar Appetite of a New York
Man.
A most singular case is now in the
courts Kingston in this state,
says tho Buffalo Courier. A young
man living there was lately found to
be a forger, and when ho confessed
he said ho was driven to tho crime
by an ungovernable gluttony for
mince pie. his craving he
lad forged the signature of a wealthy
man to a note for one thousand
dollars and bad got the paper dis-
counted. With the proceeds he
went on a spree, and had
devoured sixty worth of this
pastry before he was arrested.
According to his story his ex-
liking for mince pie be-
to show itself when he was a boy.
He seemed even then to feel that
there was something abnormal in his
appetite, for he went voluntarily to
asylum in the hope of
being cured of bis gluttony. After
ho came out he believed he was
cured and began to study for tho
ministry. But in a fatal hour, about,
two years later, the mania for pie
came upon him with irresistible
power. He broke Into tho house-
keeper's closet in the Auburn Theo-
logical seminary, where he was a
student, and gorged himself with
mince pie. His relapse so preyed
upon him that he went to the faculty,
and they advised him, he says, to
drop his studies, as it would he
to the ministerial calling
for him to enter it with such n fatal
appetite for mince lie would
be likely to suffer a seizure of bis
mania at a supper the church
parlors or at the table of one of his
flock, and create an unforgettable
scandal. He took the advice of the
faculty and went to peddling clothes
wringers and bed springs, but his
malady was now so deep seated that
he subordinated everything to his
craving. He developed an unusual
cunning in stealing mince pie, or in
getting the money with which to
purchase it. would
said he, fall; go to a restaurant
and cat a pie and a half or two pies.
became as helpless a victim of
mince-pie habit as the drunkard is
of the drink habit. Sometimes I
have pawned my overcoat or my
watch when I have seen an
luscious in a window and
not had enough ready money to buy
Then came tho forging of the note
and the which ended in his
arrest. After hearing his story a
commission was appointed to inquire
into his sanity, and it i.; likely that,
instead of being sent to a
he. will be placed in a lunatic
asylum. Ho is described as a thin,
nervous-looking man with a wild
expression, which is disappointing,
for many a man of New England
ancestry would be glad to cultivate
this lunacy, if it would not spoil his
complexion and keep awake
nights.
How lie Trained the Mother
She
Proud
Of Work.
The old man's grim face was full
of amazement when his son finished
speaking. It was not often that the
boy talked out, not often, indeed,
I that he exchanged an avoidable word
with his father. The latter was
hook-nosed,
a tuft of yellowish-gray whiskers on
his chin, and a crafty sparkle in his
narrow eyes.
he said, in a voice of
to git
I notice ye didn't ask ye
g man, his brown, clean-
straight-featured face set
I with reserve and resolution, looked
at tho elder.
am of I have talked
it over with
The eon tempt in the tone stung
him who heard.
very quietly. you
anything to
less give you a bit of ad-
tho old man replied, with a
chuckle. here, now. Don't let
her git nonsense in her head in
the Squelch it then
yell have peace in life,
prosper like I've done. It's Ally
girl that
has been to school and lies
got a sot up by her
folks, it were. to git
the whip hand of her at
what I done with
There was a silence in the room.
It was a disagreeable silence, and a
decidedly unpleasant room. The
to be rare, but not on
that, account more
and ugly. Looking through
the small window on the north one's
gaze collided with n huge red barn,
through that on the east, one looked
on a barren tract of sun-baked earth,
mother bed lots of queer no-
when she come con-
the old man. folks
were well off. She'd brought
tip in a city
One thing, she'd a for
clothes. Not that she wanted
silk velvet like Hawkins wife,
their farm ain't but a quarter
section, but she'd for white
stuff at her neck of a
on another by the
time it come
notions. Then she wanted to
take a magazine. we want
a magazine I was the
paper of tho
place I come Farmer's
Friend, the Police Enterprise,
so I didn't no need for a
That was one of the first
Then she wanted to. have
her ma come a spell the
winter you were born. But, law, I
who'll
w come for a dollar a halt
a week. What's the use of at
the expense of ma, for I
expect she'd look to you to pay her
way out. Her ma took bud not long
after. They telegraph t ma
sot She wanted to go. But
joked her out of it. Never said a
word to rile her, but jest M
how she couldn't hold death back,
folks had to go when their Creator
called she'd better
her like she'd her last.
Her died. mother didn't
git over that for a spell
sometimes like she never got over it
plum, ye know. But she ain't made
much fuss. She knows a man's got.
to run his own house bit own
folks. Once she got she
a carpet In the best room,
but I told her how oilcloth
wash. She'd not have hod the
cf I hadn't vowed I thought
it kinder cheerful. Them pictures,
tool I made her swatter the
they was good enough for mo That
settled It. One thing did git lo
have her way was
you. I didn't hold out that
after we'd had a couple
talks. I say, don't, hurt
a man, but a woman got no use
it. All never done
mother no good. only after
she quit of and
back some time a
fool talk
that, I begun to feel right
You want to break In Ally
well at tho first. We git right
pleasant
A woman who had been beautiful,
a woman bent and prematurely
aged, a woman with a twitching,
nervous face, sunken, glittering
eyes, and tremulous, toil-worn
hands, rose stiffly from her by
the window that looked
out on tho of arid earth. She
laughed a bitter, fleeting laugh.
haven't gone she said,
I feared I would. I haven't
I hoped I might. Yes,
I've been broken in. I you're
proud of It. As for my son's
The boy met her glance dashingly.
fear, mother that look
said. She left the room. Her
after her.
he remarked, a
bit upset. But she got
complain on. She's all us
had shelter enough to
had
You be to
my about you
You be to treat her foolish no-
like I done
The young man clenched Ids hands
hard. Words of fierce indignation
sprang to his lips, but trembled
there unuttered. Ho turned ab-
and went out. Ho found his
mother In the kitchen. She looked
up at him timidly. He bent and
kissed her with passionate reverence.
Her answering smile was almost on
of happiness. Chicago Tribune.
The Objection.
you think that
manners are very
What makes them really
objectionable Is that they're
Star.
Ago It a Great Teacher.
Jinks I understand you
pretty well off before you wore
married.
but I didn't know
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you, write for
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R. L. Davis Bro., Farmville, N. C.
H.
Pitt N.
Cobb,
i in N. C.
Skinner.
COBB BROS CO,
AND-------
Commission Merchants
FAYETTE STREET NORFOLK, VA
THE OLD RELIABLE.
--------IS AT THE in a I INK
YEAHS EN list OH that the best la the
Rope, Pumps, Panning Implement, i.
tin tor Miller, Mechanic and general house purposes, as well
Clothing, Hats, shoes. Ladies Drew I bare Am head
for Heavy Groceries, and for o. N. r
Cotton, and keep and
AltERED
N. O.
GREENVILLE
N. t .
The next of this School will
begin on Tuesday the nil day of
mill week.-.
THUMB Month.
Primary English
Intel English
Higher
Languages
ft.
The Instruction will continue
Discipline out If necessary
mi i teacher iii be employed.
Satisfaction when
Real
Estate
and
Rental
Agent.
House and lots hf Rent or lot-
terms Bents,
and open and y other
of debt placed in my
have prompt
Bat I-faction guaranteed. I
enter early and regularly. Ir
Information If C
TONSORIAL PARLORS
W. II.
Aug.
Under Open n n s
Cull In when want good work
ATLANTIC
It. Till TABLE,
in Effect
SERVICE
Steamer leave Washington for Green
touching at all
lugs on Tar River Monday,
and at A. M.
Returning -1 A. M.
and Saturdays
A. If. HIM days.
These departures are subject lo
of water on Tar River.
steam-
of The Newborn and Wash-
line for Norfolk, Baltimore
Philadelphia. New- York and Boston.
shippers should good
marked via OW Dominion fr in
New York.
Norfolk Haiti.
more Steamboat
more. Miners
Boston.
SON. Agent,
N.
. , Agent,
N. .
LAST. DOING
Pa. Ii-i
i IONS
Ar.
P. M.
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OINTMENT
Train I connects with Wilmington
Weldon train bound North, Gavin
a. m., with it. k
train West, leaving Goldsboro I M
PATENTS
Caveat, and obtained and all rat-
for Fees.
Our opposite U, a.
and lira titan
modal, drawing or photo.,
tin. We If or not, free of
Our fee nil due till patent
A Obtain with
com of the U. S. foreign
sent
m D. C.
TRADE
WE WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR
MARK
For the Cure of all Skin
This has been In use over
fifty years, and wherever know has
been in steady demand. It has been et
by the leading physicians all over
he country, and has effected cures where
all other remedies, With the attention of
the most experienced physicians, have
for years failed. This Ointment Is of
long standing and the high reputation
which It has obtained Is owing entirely
Its own as but little
ever been made to bring It before the
public. One bottle of this Ointment will
be sent to any address on receipt of One
Dollar. All Cash Older promptly at-
tended lo. nil orders and
communication to
T. P.
W. will them QUICK
We fill them
We will fill them
Rough Heart Framing, ; ;
Rough Sap Framing, ;
Rough Sap Inches
Rough Sap Hoards, A Vi Inches, 7.0
-o-
we will furnish you Dressed Lumber
Wail days for our Planing Mill and
c will
as
Wood delivered to your door for B
cents a load.
Terms cash.
Thanking you for past
LUMBER
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