JOB PRINTING The Reflector is pared to do all of this line NEATLY, and IN BEST STYLE. Plenty of new mate- rial and the best of Stationery. The Eastern Reflector. DAD AND new D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance. VOL. XIV. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER a, 1895. NO. You Need The Reflector this year will give the news every week for a year. An Remit of When the warned be ought to get acquainted with the now dog, ignored tho and in less than hours ho most heartily regretted it. It hap- in They live in I ho church par- and not the least important member of tho family is tho oldest boy, who has a fancy for stray dogs, cats and oilier Ho is con. bringing home kit- tons and neglected and abandoned canines, only to have them thrust out into tho cold world through tho back alley Rate. One day hurt week, however, fell into tho young man's possession, in that mysterious way in which some boys will in spite of respectable and proper property, a dog that was different from other dogs that ho had rescued from a fa to more or less cruel. It was a good mind tho breed or Boy and dog tho est and most intimate, not to say affectionate, friends almost at tho first meeting. The brute was in tho laundry for a few nights until he could become accustomed to tho place. Thursday it was de- by the boy that tho time was ripe for giving tho animal the free- of tho yard. Then it was tho Biro was warned by the come out in tho yard, pop, get acquainted with my dog. He's a good watchdog, and if he doesn't know you, yon can't get in when you come homo to- I guess not. That dog wouldn't meat unless you but- it. He'll never stay awake long enough to watch anything. Just another of your worthless And so pip was not introduced to tho new do. It was midnight when tho head of the arrived homo from down town, where business had detained him. Ho had not thought of a lion in tho way or anything else to mo- lest or him afraid as ho the side porch, key in hand. But tho dog was there, and ho made his manifest by a demonstration. passed, and there flashed across his mind tho boy's warning. He sought to open negotiations, but tho dog wouldn't negotiate. Then bluffing was tried, but it didn't work. Tho dog, tho first assertion of his presence by bark of mouth, planted himself squarely on top of tho porch stops and kept bis eye on tho intruder. effort to was met with a growl so ominous that it was prohibitive. Ho was simply barred out of his own and forced to boat a retreat. Driven from tho door, the e m j next thing was to yank tho bell at the front door. This was done with energy and perseverance, but it failed to tho sleeping in- mates. A of tho yard was made. The dog was still and very awake. Again the bell, but to no good purpose. tho bend of tho house sat down on tho front stops and for half an hour beat his bruins to a froth trying to devise a scheme to got in. Then he lost his and began an assault on tho front door that seemed to shake the very foundation stones of the The gentleman across tho street raised bis window and naked what was wanted. The dog trotted around the side of tho and took a he could watch pro- Still everybody in the soundly. Another as- sault on tho door brought forth a growl from tho dog, and the win- of three houses across the street went up and three night cap- heads conferred was being trees concealed but did not stop his of his neighbors. The dog drew nearer, but didn't bark. Ho just growled. Tho man sat down Again on the step. wot Hour man and beast eyed each other. Despair and desperation battled in tho breast of the locked out, dog besieged man. Desperation triumphed. Ho do- from his place on tho front Stops, with eye on the dog and tho other on a bit of limestone in the gutter. Tho canine guardian of the premises allowed him to leave the yard. It was work of a few seconds to send that rock crashing through tho second story window into his wife's bedroom. The glass awoke on tho block not aroused, and prospects were good for a riot call being sounded when a soft, low voice inquire from tho broken win- flow, you forget your Well, he got in. But tho next day acquainted the new dog, Louis ATLANTA EXPOSITION. The date City of the South Atlanta, from its geographical position and the fact it is a center from which radiate to every section of the country, is aptly named the date of the South. is a beautiful, thriving city more than population, iii factories, mills, large wholesale and retail stores, street railways, electric water works , fill Sam . You folks that take front seats and corns roost before sun- ought to pay storage. If I had come here for money, your soul, I'd left after the Ev v criminal that goes of justice is a menace to good Lawlessness in a town is a hot b. d No gentleman will do anything; he his wife privilege of doing. Your Jones the same standard for himself as he does for wife, Sam Jones Mayor, and set up with you bucks. He'd you decent or you leave low The difference between Sam Jones and many preachers is that Sam Jones preaches like be thinks and they think like they preach. I'd rather be Bob than a cowardly, time serving Old church tiers charging ii cent, inter st. If you wen, in hell you'd the whole country under before the year's out- When me and my ride the same horse, I'm going to be in front- Agent f r your wife Pay your debts and yon won't have to be agent then. Torn an dog loose en and bed be out before break fast, chinking gold oft the golden street. Preachers, load your old ado with buck shot, and then pull be trigger there'll be a dead dog. W lieu you are frying you'll feel a heap worse then you do now. I believe if all the of the church Winston were to get to heaven you'd have to Bleep with your breeches under your head. They'd rob you. If you are mad, beg pardon I'll forgive you. I don't bear any malice- I like b I always thought they wore becoming to women and This i- in t, Bad day ii o. Some of yen think Sam Jones shoots his cocked- It's a mistake. When bis I goes the hammer is puled Besides that of the United States clear back, land the several and other away yelping folk buildings, there will be twelve Ky, There goes one of Sam I structures, as dogs- There's n possum up the tree. Wait about twenty minutes prejudices are obliterated, and that the South is henceforth to be a potent factor in the progress in agriculture, the arts, sciences and literature of this great republic, a progress that bas the mar- of the civilized world. WEATHER CROP BULLETIN. Free Coinage in Sight The reports of correspondents tho Weekly Weather Crop Bulletin, issued the North Car Weather Service, for the Imagination can then well pie-1 week ending Saturday. They did th la it tare th. Exposition in full pro-1 lire very unfavorable. The fertility of the SOU, V mineral resources, water power, salubrious climate, above all the industry, enter- prise National spirit of people, richly entitle Georgia people from , u be termed the Empire State the of Our own, other wore the, w -nil do South, and her capital, t be city happily commingling scattered showers, but the Democrats hi I not beautiful enclosure. He can bear last live were characterized i P are going about the S i t e I ll the e and the it we e the Highest of all in Leavening U. S. Report Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE an in They will loin their state in tho strains of sweet music from by extreme beat, unusual n the . , p renowned United State Marino , power houses of Con- Baud, led by its ll been If they c in y out the conductor, the Audi week en feel the air vibrating with for September. The maximum the harmony of a chimes that, varied the but awhile ago, trembled w th the j o j of hostile artillery, hear . , the hum of labor-saving machine the roar of railroad trains, and temperature averaged degrees hotels, elegant residences, on minarets, towers per day above normal- Serious well kept park-, the flag of all nations pay-1 drought prevails, the deficiency streets unsurpassed to the Stern . school and sanitary end Stripes proudly from grand buildings, every high staff. 1st being over 2.50 All thing, in fact, necessary to fully realizes what it is growing crops are suffering; cot ideal city indicate of to be an American ; to boa part ton is opening prematurely that thrift, vim enterprise of parcel of this greet free gov- r he. citizens, which has won for ; eminent of. by for the I their city the cognomen of the knows North, South, e; Chicago of the from but a homogeneous A decided fall in temperature present indications, in a few whole, all in the years it may properly rightly betterment of the conditions of be its metropolis- human life, and the march to a Such is the Atlanta of I r risen from its ashes, brushed the scars thrown aside hates and prejudices engendered by terrible conflict of arms that raged around her left her desolate which holds out her hospitable arms to ail the world and to the States and International winch was opened on September and to be continued the last of tin- present year, a period of days. This great ii as re- the vi toe Congress having appropriated a building exhibit. The build mg was designed by a Govern architect and will have a flour space of feet. The exhibit will rep all its and iii tie charge of -e- of their special qualifications valuable acquired at the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, and Hour to Bring Down a Son end How to Bring a Son. Let him have plenty of money. Permit him to choose his own companions without restraint or were cool, but direction. will set Tuesday the week will be much cooler, with light showers daring the middle portion. Although the fall will be to the or slightly it will appear decided by contrast with the ex- heat of this week- DISTRICT. The first two days of the week the temperature promise th y to the in the mints will coining silver dollars by Christ-. mas. they are base de of the people- Why all this rack now, they are ready to fool the people by telling them that wouldn't let them do it. has nothing to do with Congress- Let Butler and show that their party steads for silver, if the President vetoes their bill, lot him take tho Anything short of the passage by both houses of Congress of a five coinage by Christmas or at by March 4th will a failure to keep tho pledges upon which they wore elected. Raleigh Observer. I'm going to smoke him out. Do Not Take Baby's Hand. realize the are doing children by hold- Ina their m tin y walk You sec a little tot of eighteen r two years with its Ii baud and arm head lo hold the hand of r iii a latchkey and allow him to return home late in the evening. Make no as to where and with whom he spends his leisure Give him to understand that manners make a good substitute for Teach him to expect pay for every act of to Make borne the brightest have severally prom- attractive place earth- that the Atlanta exhibit shad Make him responsible for the i every respect equal if not excel performance of a limited number that of the United States at Chi- daily duties. Talk frankly with him on mat- in which he is interested- Sometime invite his to home table. Take pains to know bis associates. his by giving ready sympathy ad vice. Be careful to impress upon his mind that making character is Parting with a Leg. old soldier told a reporter of tho in st he over had life. It was a part with himself, or rather a part of himself. Ho w is an end had i to mi in with a pi Sue of broken shell rose the following five days to a very unusual point for September. There was no rain during the week. Cotton is re- ported to have suffered from the dry, hot weather; it is opening very rapidly bolls falling off in. places. It was too hot and i him, dry for all growing crops, such nips, potatoes, peas, etc. Rice. is needing The harvesting A . of rice is progress with fine yield. The has of others who been in and right on his own leg was a sad was necessary, shortly he w is lying his very good for finishing in the north for cut- ting hay. Peas are being New cotton coming into market. Liberal Arts, Fine Arts, Agriculture, mm, Fire, Ma- Mineral Negro, Transportation, and general style will be more important making effects will be produced by money Young Era. outline proportion rather than A Time for Gratitude. by they are well calculated to impress the be- holder with their simplicity, and regard to transportation, some grown person, sometimes one at j particularly by rail, no respect now either hand, the poor little are I has the South shown her this unnatural position, as the s o on the heart muscles, to say and the general prostration ties of a smiling providence, and the is dragged along the street incident to and complete the Christian people will surely and II were net enough, the child is I revolution in her labor system, by opportunity if they do not obliged with its May lest and to some special day, other keep up with the pace of the parents or in railways, i ,.,,. , i only in roadbed; motive pow- equipment and speed, but praise Such There has been no time in the history of oar country when there were stronger reasons for The laud the of is literally loaded with the boon than the usual thanksgiving, for liaise. little lee to their of beet- bestowed one. Let any crown Low into a could walk with Ins arms raised , -1 Uglier than Ms without for travel and let him try being dragged of a character equal to along at full speed by some giant, four best in the Such is the tunes i-own size. I am grant system now operated There are more suicides A young gentleman in thin city a few days ago sent the laundry a pair of white pants, the pocket of which was a roil of amounting in all to A little while later his mistake, he rushed to the told his story with great excitement, was con- ducted to the steam machine, through which the pants under going rapid repairs. They were taken out, tho pockets were said, i a cart of you go- never to returned I can never tell yon what strange feeling- over me, to this I can see that tine black horse my leg away to its last burg Dispatch. A Watermelon. Mr. W. P. lives street, in Mt- Airy, showed us this morning the biggest we have seen this year in the vegetable or Hue. as you searched, and the greenbacks. . T. ,, . ,. ft . . I please. It was the section of a, ,. i i u t of than watermelon which a number of Holding the Breath. It is a physical impossibility for a man to kill himself by hold- his Individuals greatly the length cf time they can hold their breath, what practice and de- combined with gnat capacity, can do this direction is shown by the long periods for which pion divers can If a man succeeded to hold his breath, in spite of tho physical discomfort which he had placed himself, the result would simply be to induce a state of coma. when this slate was reached nature would reassert herself, the breathing functions would resume full activity, venting a fatal in spite of owner's desire. The silver convention was a complete fiasco, and there are more of North Carolina this morning than ever before. What ever benefits accrued from the convention all go to the credit of Mr. Marion Butler and the Pop- Observer. LOCAL DIRECTORY. COUNTY OFFICERS. Superior Clerk, E. A. More. Sheriff, B. W. King. Register of Deeds, w. M. King. Treasurer, J. I,. Little. Coroner, Dr. C. Laughing- ems. Surveyor, -C. II, Fleming, T. K. i. smith and S. Jones. Health, W. ff. Bagwell County Home, J. W. Smith. County Examiner of W. II. Profits of The Syndicate. The New figures up the profits of tho Morgan syndicate which went out of This is much smaller than has generally sup posed, but it may be that the cost of supplying I Brown, T. Godwin. T. A. TOWN Mayor, Forbes. clerk, c. c. Forbes. Treasurer, IV. T. Godwin. Police-. W. Fred. J. Murphy, night. II. Smith. IV. L. gold to the Treasury reduced the big profits. The Dispatch figures the profits of tho syndicate to be four million dollars and says that to individual members of the will probably never be Tho New World loss and banker's at I id's at looked more like a mess of salad than they did like hard But they were gradually straightened out. Raleigh and Observer- this barbarous manner. Children who I with connections to every part of; lies that tho newspaper publicity can walk at all should be allowed t. the East, West and Northwest, j given to the has some alone or h some ; which is to the southern j to do with the increase in near their own rise. It is better of the country what , ,. , , ., Pennsylvania and New York the for are to other sec to say little about lions. The Southern Railway, there fore, will the fullest and best facilities to visitors to fair, whether from part of the South, from the East, West, or Northwest, without change of cars, without the annoyances incidental thereto, and will land them either in Atlanta or the fair grounds, at their option, and for in every way, and will save a lit caused by over-strain j of nerves and Why He Called Him Pop. A boy in Kansas was pulling a dog along the road by a rope. The boy called to his dog, along. Pop, yon ornery A bystander asked him why ho called the dog Pop. answered the boy. his full name call him Populist asked the stranger. the boy said, cause he is just like populist He's the dog in Kansas- He am t worth a only to set his tail them- is no doubt that the rot called published by many papers of to- day has a tendency in this The world is full of strange in- consistencies There was so much talk of hard times North Carolina and there were j never so many visitors in mountains of the State as there I were the past summer; there never so nor excursions so largely patronized- The colleges high schools have opened this fall with a larger attendance than ever before end school attendance is universally accounted one of the best barometers of the pros-, of the people- Some have is no mis- take about that; and when a street fakir comes along with a patent medicine for sale, or a peddler with a pack on his back, or a range man, or a fellow selling a I on Want think Jack is tired of being my slave. He i-- getting so anxious that J should marry The force of habit is always strong- A map. was a street- -oar conductor's says tho father wandered into the room at No virtue fades out of mankind. I rather lite hour he Not by inborn clinically exclaimed. cautious by experience, I never despair of human Parker. The sheep is the is vicious by petting A, whet, he said j A ram that is raised by that ho, did not understand woman, I band at the house, becomes bold probably never thought that ma- laud soon learns to attack cattle and persons, at the low st rates may established Standing Piedmont Park looking up to the crest of the hill at the Auditorium, with its great seating capacity lefty tower, holding the largest Of bells ever set up this try, surrounded by evidences of a new era of progress and development for the South, remembering that the ground up on which we stand is hallowed by the blood; the thousands who bore for and against tho where the of war, by breastworks and rifle pits, have happily replaced By those of peace and one turns to the emblem of his country's gracefully proudly over tho picturesque and beautiful scene, feels a thrill of enthusiastic patriotism and re that all sectional linen and Stick is one of the tics of a They have a civil service law in that country, and it is related that at a recent examination there were thirty five candidates over eighty years of age, of whom were-over had examinations all their lives without getting a job Star. Except for places created by failures and unexpected all academy anticipated a year, as they at Wost The Sou s that Commodore Matthews, who is draw inn; up a report forth the of his will make some regaining the the seed had sprouted cud were Mr. cut the melon was feasting its delicious meat when he noticed the phenomenon. About a of the seed had sprouted j and were in toward the heart, and some of the sprouts had developed two nice melon was Mr inside the Mt Airy News. Sun Sets a House on Fire. The sun set fire to the of E. H- Warner today, causing damages. On the top floor was a huge assembly room. The windows contained a number of circular glasses about six es in with convex, face. These noted as so many sun glasses, the rays of the were brought a The recent examinations o applicants at showed upward of SO per cent, of fail- of the young who reported not over forty-live were admitted. aura Her of rejections is due to the poor scholarship of the boys. of hiving cadets, including two classes which have graduated and now at sea on cruisers, the academy's corps be greatly reduced this term, and the full battalion will not consist Tho semi in Jan- will still further diminish it. so that the Co I ll try will lose the opportunity of educating at least men at very little additional Julius Baptist. Sunday second Horning and night, Hireling night. Rev. C. II. pastor. Sunday School at A. II. C l. Nominee. No regular services. Episcopal. Services every fourth Sun- day morning and night. Rev. A, Sunday School t A. it. w. n. Brown, sup t. Methodist, every Prayer meeting night. Rey K. Smith, Sunday at A. M. A. K. Supt. Presbyterian. Services 1st mid 3rd Sunday morning and night. Prayer i night Rev. Archie pastor. Sunday at M.,. Evans. No. I. O. o, F., meets every Tuesday night. ct, No. A. K. A A. M. and third Monday Zeno Moore. W. M L. JAMES. DENTIST, N- C two-dollar clock for there are those who up cash who would never be of a dollar in the Landmark Told in Two Lines. Volumes have been written about new the who wants to do everything man does and nothing that man is best fitted for but Punch has described her in two lines as foolish, course, She's not the New, she's but woman. V she t; the Tho Slate ml i tor's. that the capital this was July let last, on the date in 1892 it was There has been nu cf Cert a Coin;. leering officers at the fifth annual convention of the American is Ann p s value wen- display- As viewed n it is condition a which Uses its value. It Is not the date or age except In less than So Instances, is ought for Kt the big quoted premiums. Pierced, plugged, badly worn, ed eons, or those on which the dates are illegible, have particular value. A cent Would a In too, whereas a good cent tin; d can par- chased far sin. gold there Is but a United nu-j i demand, and the supply is, greatly in excess of that demand. The double eagle of i worth Shout MOD, All dollars are at a premium, an are worth from to 11.40 each. Those dated 1868, and and IS- The bulk of are In silver coins. A dollar of Is worth a half dollar of 1797 brings MO, and a quarter of 1827 demand ItO, Tho dime of ISM is the. most worth t and the of 1802 easily holds the record A large coper cent of would bring and rent of 1796 is in at em. The thin silver hail dime of 1802 was bought by its present holder for . , and has sold at state credit In m shout and the of repudiation DR. II. A. JOYNER DENTIST, T. O. up stairs overs. COS, liar store. Louis Dispatch, 19th. pleases a calamity ed as assignment and great is his over a bankrupt sale or a. by the sheriff. He de- lights ruin a burst boom serves him in place of desert. Whatever affects injuriously his I. E. L. l. Moons, Williamston. MOO N E Y-AT-I. AW, under Opera House. Third w. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, G H h. K S V I LL C, xV O. l all the Collections a of national forces him D that be must day Australia has a population of less than but die and leave a scene where there I j. P- is so much misery Q be gloated Port As a Attorney Greenville. Pitt County, Practices in all the Courts. Civil and Criminal Business Solicited. Makes a special of fraud ages, actions lo recover land, and col- Prompt and careful attention ill business. Money to loan on approved security. Terms easy. The Soot laud Neck Democrat that the people of North . spend enough the of- talking politics to ran by over. the of the try could be transformed a howling calamity would He happy at last- means of showing how far the world is from being they assert that the population of the United States he is but comfortably in the sin- happy- Every of Tribune factory that starts go. however, and Eight hundred laborers try that gives have gone from South to a chill. Poor devil, things ,. tome Park reservoir. Thus way just now I we cannot say we are sorry tors of workmen in Northern cit- tor him. -Mobile j. it. J. viM ma FLEMING N. . In all the Courts. C. LATHAM. SKINNER I A I t W, N.- K. Woodard. F. C. Harding, Wilson, N. C. Greenville, N. A HARDING, Greenville, N. attention given to collections and claims.