All quotation marks retained as data.
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JOB PRINTING
The Reflector is
pared to do all work
of line
NEATLY,
and
BEST STYLE.
Plenty of new mate-
rial and the best
of Stationery.
The Eastern Reflector.
D. J. WHICH ARD, Editor and Owner
TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION.
per Year, in Advance.
BEAR IN MIND
That the Greenville To-
Board of
Trade are Bend-
out each
week
VOL. XIV.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1895.
NO. A
hint to advertisers.
J. E. L.
MOO
an Opera S
V Ch
K-N E Y -AT-LA V,
i k a
tier hi i ran us
B.
K.
Attorney and Counselor
Greenville, County.
in ail the .
Civil ll IS i-i
Mali s . i i . fr ii illy n-
ageS, I ill-1. I
i.
n ii careful given
all ;
Money t- on approved security.
ea-v.
E.
X.
i Pitt tie
J. I.
K. C.
Say IV in all the Courts,
State Pension
Tho State Pension Roll has
just been by And
tor, and the warrants are now be
issued, and will probably go
to registers of deeds of the
counties between
Is, and 15th.
timber of pensioners in
tho Slate on the list by class is
as
First class as against
last these receive
as against hist year.
Second class -40, as against m
last year; these receive this
year as against last year.
Third class as against
THEY SAY.
penitentiary yield ;
ed the State a of
during the last fiscal aD is
often decidedly
is j That a meek is a
authority for the that mistake in the world,
the fine t State exhibit of wools . ft be j
at the Atlanta Exposition, is that ft
Calendar for December Court.
presented by North Carolina.
The of the have
thus turned in the direction
of Washington to lay their plans
the scramble for pie the
opening of Congress on
The Washington Star says that
against expires,
last j ear. these receive as o biggest men in it,
last year.
Cleveland, Mr-
class as will partnership
last year; these re- f i offices
as against year- in New York and Boston, Mr.
Fifth class as Cleveland and Mr. to live
against last year; these re ii New York and Mr. in
as against last year. Boston.
There is considerable increase i
of pensioners in every class, the farmers a limited area,
largest being the fourth class who has succeeded in keeping
But this increase in of debt and supported his
numbers is by a correspond- family during tho year, including
That every man has more sense
he shows in his
That is beat to bury dead is-
sues resurrect live principles, j
That it does not pay to be a
good as good fellow
ever gets
That the season is at
its height and the comic weeklies
thrive.
That every man who has fallen
a bicycle will agree i. is a
hard, hard world-
That it is a glorious thing to
have money It enables one so
to despise
That you always live
within or some day
you have to live without it.
That meanest man on rec-
tried to pacify his baby
a poker dipped pepper-
mint.
Thai a new river has been
M.
J.
I. C LATHAM.
S HA
III
.- ; . .
S- c-
decrease in the amount re- clothing and necessary
each pensioner The may find himself with but but m there is
the first class during dollars in money, but he will but water in it, no
the year is and decrease in have in re than
amount received by each is in thousands in the city, who have
the second tho increase in as hard, had fewer
i is.
Cox vs. J oner.
st vs.
Hooker vs. Cherry.
Chen vs. Blount.
Bros. vs. Move.
Smith vs. Johnson.
Keel vs. Cherry.
v.-. Heath.
vs- ill.
William v. Williams.
Green vs. Murphy.
VS.
v.
VS .
Cox vs. O. I.
Cox vs.
-s- Hart.
I Brown vs.
Harrington W Burnett
Gardner
Turner
Savage
Hand vs
v.-,
G. vs.
v Co. Anderson.
vs.
HER ROLL.
e use It
weather f her roil
Well all get home together there i
. in
So, I ever mi in I i lie bliss .
summer wind- win ,
Ann we'll a wanner ell. ate,
well get there t-y and by
the iii tic
-r, or night
trail all if the h -art
i in
Bo, never Ike
still a
An-I we'll a warmer and
We'll get At-
US,
lot.
was erected.
That one
not possess
all
rail; die
an-
number is and the decrease are not a dollar richer more than the other posse.-s all
J lard. K.
. N. I
a j
V.
attention to i
an t
EVERY BOY.
Wants or should want
an Education,
The Reflector is
Going to la
that ion-
I amount 1- in the when the year
tin land the
ii. is in lbs
the increase A man who wanted to learn
and the decrease in amount j what profession he would have
is in the fourth his son enter put him a roam
the is and decrease with a Bible, an apple, and a
in amount is showing a bill. If found him when
of and leaving a to- he returned the Bible, he
total on the roll, widows and sol- would make a clergyman f him ;
is 5.143- if eating the apple, a farmer; and
The total amount paid out this if interested in the dollar bill, a
year pensions, will I i, in banker- When be returned ho
nil d l-umbers which j the boy sitting on the
over last year. hie, with the dollar bill his
pocket and the apple almost de
Pointers. soured He made a politician of
. in
the vice.
That when the new
proves that she can sharpen a
lead pencil, it will boons o tint in
her favor.
That an excellent example of
faith in Christianity, is taking as
umbrella to church, ail leaving tern
it out tin
DAY.
vs.
ck
Edward v, Webb.
vs.
vs. Harris.
et. vs.
el
vs.
vs Stokes.
All cases set for the first week and
North Carolina Mill.
The annual report of State La-
i mi in. , i Lacy the
following valuable information,
shows North Carolina's
pi ogress
There are cotton and wool-
en mills active operation and
in of
are and
looms. This is a very good
showing when the fact is
that in 1870 there were only
10-000 spindles. There are 15.752
persons employed in and
Highest of all in Leavening U. S. Govt Report
Baking
Powder
Absolutely pure
Truing x
State News.
A largo factory for the
factors of telegraph and
Phone pins, was destroyed by fire
at Wilkesboro.
We learn that the residence of
Mrs J. T. Forest near
Spring. Greene county, together
with live barns packed
in it. was destroyed by fire Mon
Bret
The supreme court decides that
while progressive euchre
-hooting at turkeys for prizes are
not that is
gambling, and makes those who
hold the raffle those who
throw the dice to the pen-
TO A MINSTREL
Woes of One Country Editor.
A country editor, as a rule, is
not the man to put the baby lace
and yell sympathy, but in
the amount of capital employed ,,
. . these piping times of peace, when
IS or about to
each Of there
not even a dog fight breaks tho
led monotony of weary days, and
are men, writes industriously against
of whom 1,558 to make five or six columns
under years age. The mills-
not I an I dining
Brat week ml continue
the
the
If your seat is hard to sit
V. C.
hi- U I have arranged
with of The
free of in
the English for the months
beginning Jan. the boy
to whom lie may award the scholarship
in t. stove -j.
If.
Principal Male Academy.
For sale at n rates. We have in
Stock a large lot of
Boggles and a i up to
order according to
I by u .
are
manufacture I of
The Host Material
and the Workmanship h guaranteed to
ii- to be The wagons are
made of Worth Carolina Oak and Hick-
and made in the State by North
Carolina workmen. We also carry a
nil line of
era Mi mi
at Call and
examine our stock before pares
elsewhere.
Harding
GREENVILLE N-
y u,
If you want money, earn it-
If yon wish for confidence
prove yourself worthy of it.
from yours.
w.- free of charge
a entitling the holder up.
free tuition In all the English branches
the spring Una, If a rock rises up before
roll it away or over it.
Male- Academy-
This i- Um In- for hoy- in
Eastern and the boy
will b I i i- .
is to be
given to the boy W . i Will get the
if
The Eastern
now and o'clock P. M. on
Jan, 11th. 1896. Two subscribers for
months or four
will omit the as one
c. i is itch penny
in. a offer, and only one
-i mold brought in dining
the time specified the hoy tho brings it
will scholarship. Of course we
expect more than one to t
brought in. for this is a prize Worth
winning Slid many boys will work for
it.
In that there may be an
for boy wishes to r
this offer a
of i c on all subscribers,
who to g.-t the
i. will be paid for their k,
the who wins the scholarship will
not t the commission. Now t
to work with the determination to win
Yon can g.-t as many
e lie a-yen w d
by applying to office. If you decide
to eider this contest send name
as we ; ; ow how many boys are
working I r prise. We will publish
the result of the contest name
of winner in of the
of Jan. 1698, giving the s
boy Mine to enter school on the
opening day of spring term Holiday,
Jan-
Address letters to
THE
Greenville C.
A Long Trip.
J- 1- Tripp and Ins wife, in a
buck, went
today from
lisle, III., going back to his Lome
in Pitt county, this State. They
do not travel on and
bare been on the road
They expect to reach their
next Tuesday. Mr.
went to Illinois about lift en
mouths ago a free festive I
young He married out
there sud is back home to I
settle d in the Old N
ham Sun.
Evangelist W. P. Fife has just
S meeting St Winston
which are report-
led- largo number, too, on
j the heels of a meeting recently
held the same city by Sam
Jones. The citizens of the city
gave Fife and his co-workers
Don't be content with doing which venture is more
what another has any stationed preacher there
it- received for s whole year's labor, j
Use time well, and job will get An escort of people followed
. , . ,, i i t . u-1 i i ladies, livery v
from his hand more than ho w him to the depot to bid him fare I. ,. J. .
i ii t i i i i ., i in the State except
well- If a local minister should;, . ,, ,. ,
I receive such treatment and ;
Deserve and it will; as this ha
some. The boy not born a
The does not rise .
Interesting
hardest work in this world
is trying to live without work.
At the State Normal
Ev
there
M.
as.
K.
oil.
as.
Ward vs.
Hooker vs.
While vs. Fleming.
Tucker vs.
Davenport vs. e.
TUESDAY.
A Co. vs I, ; .
As. v.
it. vs. cherry
Spain vs Spain.
Barnard vs. Burgess.
Ward
Bro-. J.
Co.
vs W. ft W. It. H.
Davenport vs. W. . W. K. B.
beach vs. W. W. B. K.
House vs. W W. It. B.
Page, Guard, vs. w. w. h. B.
rill DAY.
Brown vs. W. IV. K It.
vs. W KB.
I.
represented.
man.
a rocket nor go down like a
let from a gun ; slowly but surely I North Carolina has many things
it makes its round, and commend it to the
t-res. I see her, manufacturer, the far-
the and the
ft is an easy to be as To a
a wheel j if tho job be long,; in ,
the pay be greater; if
task be haul, the mote competent- of to
you must be to do business man, channels of com-
and trade almost every
locality; to the capitalist, sale
conservative investments and the
have pounds
of cotton, or about bales
Twenty six c unities hive pro-
pounds f yarn
thirteen have produced 97,742.665
of when there is really
nothing to write about and news
is scarcer than Snowballs in
he is really deserving of If
the people of the town would as-
i him a little in the matter by
furnishing with the items of
yards of domestic ; six have pro- l to
-i i i i-i a better pacer, and
of . moM ho . J
two and Clipper.
have produced two million
yards of goods,
leading
Poet
Tim ant her Is
ha In tar.
And with
of
The very moth In known to tune,
tho la It,
Shy of too
of a fancy finer,
Tour I write
To accompanying
Companion of my darkest boar,
bird and ma
And h-n In hive or Sower,
How cheerily you overtake mat
Ton ring
a call lining,
A Philadelphia
And a repining;
You to my ear apart.
Then hover o'er a hand Inviting.
And when I'd you to my heart
I find you my alighting.
When, at the dying of the day,
I upon each action.
You come to drive my care away
And give
When dull and cold.
Upon my temper
you gently fold
And me that I have feeling.
I know that you are termed a
But while my blood your la g
How can I clamor for your gore
Or to attack my kin be
With mine your birth may not he match.-
But I ignore your station;
To me you are much attached
I love you a poor
Let -there girl,
At artful and
But I watch your dizzy whirl
X think you not one- half
Come, then, and to my
Nor heed how callow may you I
Light boldly my waiting cheek
And linger there until I
Edward A. Church In
BITES.
A Fifty-Cent Calendar Free.
How They Ara Cured by the of
The following extraordinary
of snake comes to through
a South African newspaper under
the narrator's full name as a
A servant accompanying a
Mr. Luther Young, who party was
between the Cascade Pied- I bitten by a venomous snake, a
Springs, informs the j low cobra, and when
bury Reporter that he has a to got into a comatose
Pet
Ti. . . i v; of tame partridges that feed state. As the only as
publishers of with , wore without anti-
are sending Sys one of children can pick
free to subscribers to tho them up, lay them on their
a four page Calendar, handle them as she would a
X inches, lithographed in P Tl. way hey tamed,
he said, the children
UP of n r more; the old bird had
colors.
party
dotes or brandy, a Hottentot
herd and snake doctor was fetched
to the patient. This is how
is described; man of
between and years of
ago, face in the extreme
are proverbially not
wearing a pair of
It is in
four pictures, each been destroyed; they them
pleasing design, each j under s just hatching which
of which are the monthly brood. and a dirty
dais for tho year Tho TO. are grown feed and Mark tho cap
. f l- i . . roost with the chickens, come into
tail price of this u is the etc., just as gentle as if
cents. was not their nature to be wild
New subscribers to Com-
apt to put
Too much beer is
men at lager heads-
of a rise values in
tho near future- To all good cit
sens a hearty welcome, just laws,
Strange to say most economical administration of
common sense is common sense I the various branches of govern
Character is the barbed wire kind considerate
fence that guards its possessor.
right kind of a book for .
the table is one full of plates- J J
; the
Tight shoes make the best to the use of the term
corn This is an item for to describe ton-
farmers. criminals, and goes onto
Some men are present these very practical
goodness pays best, and then
again some men good for In the first place convicts are
nothing. I not unfortunates ; they are
Though it seems paradoxical, A man who commits crime
yet it is a fact that Christmas is deserves to suffer. What
always the present
Tho following story, showing
General Robert E Leo's
is told. in the war,
A day at a time is the way to I before he had pr his
live happy life. i as a general, ho was
The song Only O more than one
Girl in the World for was Whiting.
sung by Adam in the Garden f biting had stood at the heal of
of Eden. lB at West Point, and was
. considered a bright and capable
Some men only slick to L day
long enough to allow lbs an officer
to realize that they have command, called upon
General Lee tor advice.
A girl feels flattered when told do you think of asked
she looks well in anything, but a
wife such a compliment
only a plot to get her to wear i I
clothes.
A girl asserts that
one kiss is as good as a doz if
it lasts long enough-
Arizona pays the women
era in her public schools the high-
t st average wages of any
in tho
; on other Laud,
pays her
the Bones.
S- Stern, who, it will be re-
membered, interested himself in
behalf of the Jewish peddler, Sam
Tucker, who was murdered in
Louisburg, N. C, received by
mail Tuesday from Broth-
of Louisburg, a small box i penitentiary, anyway
containing a finger and several j place of punishment a re
of the face bones of with convict, the law-
shall we say of this new organ
in the name of re-
set to in of
out and out criminals Do the
promoters of it really think that
convicts ought to eiderdown
i conveniences,
meals to order Would they
have tho convict enjoy
life What is a
penal institution What is a
It is a
Davis. Lee answered without
hesitation, Whiting
as one of the ablest men in
well qualified in every
for even the most responsible
place- One of the officers
was greatly surprised, and at the
first opportunity drew Lee aside.
you know what
things has been saying
about he inquired- Lee's
answer was of the best.
monthly.
he said, the pres-
desired to know my
ion of Whiting, not Whiting's
opinion of me
Justice-.
Making Them Work for Their Living
Does Hens
Some valuable to far
is given by G. H- Line,
who is a great chicken raiser and j are informed that a Fusion
egg producer in Lower j here bad a claim on a
His plan brief is to make his , brother He held court,
hens work for a living. Mr. Lire man before himself, and
gave for himself tor
is to make the of claim and costs,
f-r a living. Great is
accomplish this by feeding Democrat.
com on the cob instead of shell-
it. I take what I a
Advertiser,
Patronize the man that
You do not visit your
i.-quest that they interred
with the rest of the remains Mr.
sent the bones to the Jew-
cemetery, sud Tucker's grave
was opened and the bones were
placed therein. Time
breaker, has forfeited his civil
rights. The is
to reform him, but to punish.
It will do to sit down think
these things- Ob-
number of ears, split them
up into small parts throw
them to tho chickens, leaving the
grains of corn on cob This I neighbor unless asked to, and do
makes them work order to not attend a wedding or party
cure a meal, and worn of this, without an invitation; then why
kind is absolutely requisite to the intrude upon the privacy of a
production of eggs- storekeeper without an invitation
I have observed this principle Buy of the live, go-ahead
man who not only invites
been satisfied with the results you to come In and see him, but
because my hens lay in the fall educates and keeps you posted on
and winter, when eggs are high what is popular in his line of
in
The Fine building of the
will receive this beautiful J Nashville Centennial Exposition
free and besides, The; will a reproduction of the
Companion free every week until j Parthenon at Athens. It will
January 1896. Also the on a terrace in the
Thanksgiving, Christmas and of the exposition grounds, with a
Now Year's double numbers free, of fifteen acres one side,
Companion fifty a military plaza of ton acres
weeks, a full year to try the other. the lake
Address. and the plaza and the Parthenon
The Companion, j will stand the twenty main
Columbus Ave, Boston. of the exposition, all con
of staff and
, . , . . . ; Greek Colonial At present
At the depot this morning the ,, e , .
. ,, . i the finishing touches are being
attention of the Herald reporter
was called to a and
two ladies who went up the
put the grading of the
the Administration building is
nearly complete, the stone
tern rot d. Their names were not ,
, ., of the Parthenon is being
learned but the reporter was told i, , , . , ,
, , ,, ,. laid, and architects have sub-
that the gentleman was an ex- , . . ,
, n, ,.,.,. plans for six f the
Governor of Ohio and the ladies u -n; . i
, ,, . buildings, the construction
were his wife mother. The
three were very old people, the ox-
Gov- it was stated, being years
old and his mother The age
of the wife was not told The
mother was as active and looked
to be younger than her
Herald
which will be begun as soon as
decisions on them have been
made.
The exposition will be open for
one days, beginning
September It is to be
held to celebrate the
I anniversary of the admission of
Tennessee as a State into the
The Supreme Court has
ed the case in reference to who is
State Librarian. It will be re-
membered that Legislature
. , ., . . . There is not ranch happiness in
elected one but the vote showed . x . .,
. . . I but the man who
there was not a quorum when he j. , ., , , ,
, . , . , . . lives for others bestows blessings
was elected, therefore the present i ,, . , , , ,
,.,,. . ,. n. I upon them is blessed in re-
held onto the office. . K , . . ,, ,.
m, T. . i l i ll by the giving. ho lives of
The Librarian elect brought suit ,,. ,
for the office. The men are Dead Sea; no
Court decided that the present j
incumbent is entitled to the office
as there was no legal election.
Dispatch.
Every one should live to do
good, and not for himself alone.
This decides virtually the case of
the Penitentiary Directors as the
same points of law were involved
in both- The court says that
though there was a quorum at the
beginning of that days
and would continue a
vision was called for to show the
want of a quorum, that when this
was done and tho absence of a
quorum shown nothing done
would be legal. It says the call-
of the roll and recording of
votes is calling a division. Thus
see the Supreme Court has
Democratic time,
When called to the patient, he
scribed, and an hour afterward
was as sound as ever. The
process of the is thus de-
Tho was in the
habit of extracting and drinking the
venom of the snakes which he cap-
It intoxicated him. Ho would
then sloop ofT tho His cap
was off his head. The poison
in his system would work itself into
the cap whenever he exerted himself
and tho same
way as perspiration exudes and soils
tho leathern band of the
of civilization. cap was
ed to such an extent by the venom
that whenever a snake bit him it
had not tho least effect. Ho imbibed
tho poison thrice a week.
Ono cap lasted him a year, some-
times longer, after which it
carefully hung up in his hut, and
another headpiece, which he
himself, donned in its
stead. ho wished to cure any
by a snake, all he did
was to take a cup of boiling water,
Q i and after cutting a from tho
cap soak it in the boiling water, rub
and it until the water was
discolored in proportion and then
give tho liquid to the pa-
to drink, forcing it down his
throat. The was invariably
effective. Such is the story,
whether our readers will believe it
is quite another question.
The same narrator tells of a f
who cured himself by particularly
Intrepid means. He
beard of a fellow who was bitten in
tho left arm by a very poisonous
snake in Natal named a mamba
while out shooting near Pieter-
He was quite alone,
not a house within two miles of
him where ho obtain medical
treatment or any assistance what-
ever. He knew that he had but a
short while to live unless he could
devise some means of ridding him-
self of the poison. What do yon
suppose ho did With bis knife be
backed and the wound until
it bled freely. He next rubbed some
gunpowder into the place
and set a light to it Be literally
those of others were likened
the waters of the Sea of Galilee,
constantly giving out their
and resources, and wherever
they go shedding light of j
God. Snob, lives are like a bloom I arm. It saved life, the
pathway through the desert-
Durham Sun,
A Liberal Groom.
Not ago the Michigan
couple applied to a Magistrate to
have the wedding pro
Magistrate corn-
plied, when the young husband
the damages,
The law allows us
was the answer- That being the
said the new husband,
cents; that will make
you
of the arm is exposed and blackened
by the gunpowder to this day. I
fancy that fellow must have had a
drop of Spartan blood in his
a Calcutta
per.
When tho tomb of Henry VI of
Sicily, who died in was opened
at Palermo, years ago, it was
found that on tho foot of dead
monarch -were -whose uppers
were of cloth embroidered with
gold and pearls, while the soles were
of cork.
THE REFLECTOR
Greenville, N. C.
S. J.
Entered at the Greenville
K. C., as second-class m matter.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27th,
The Tobacco Department
Conducted by O. L. Joyner, Proprietor Eastern Tobacco Warehouse
GREENVILLE.
A Series of Articles on
the History of To-
Culture in
the Eastern
Counties.
Some of Those Who Have Carried
Part of the Burden in Push-
Greenville Forward.
thoroughly informed as to whose market. At the very
mind first conceived the idea of first meeting for the of
building a warehouse, we do know . officers Mr. Harrison was elect-
that Mr. Jenkins, at this time, in ; ed Secretary and Treasurer which
the fall of 1890, tried to interest a. position he has filled so
gentleman with the idea of ably and accurately that without
chasing the land on which the a single dissenting voice he bus
Planters and Eastern Warehouses been re-elected every time is
are now situated for the purpose today Secretary Treasurer of
of building a tobacco warehouse the Greenville Tobacco Board of
Failing in this he moved his Trade,
from Oxford to Wilson where The summer of Mr. Harrison
We have on the market now
one buyer that has been
with Greenville since the
Greenville Warehouse was built
and that one is
a warehouse had been built in
1890- In 1891 he cultivated a to-
crop near the town of
son and in the fall of the same
year he bought tobacco on the
Wilson market. In this year it
was a year ago
in these same columns by this
writer when a thousand extra
copies of the Reflector were
being sent out weekly, the great-
part of the expense of which
was paid by this that Mr.
R. J. Cobb canvassed the county
in the of building a to-
warehouse. The result of
his labor has too often been stat-
ed in these to need a
repetition- The Greenville ware-
house was brought into existence
and with the prospect and hope
of a market in Greenville, Mr.
Jenkins moved from Wilson to
Greenville began actively to
engage in the leaf tobacco
in the large leaf centers
acquainting himself with the trade
and learning more about his
business- Early in the fall be
again returned to Greenville and
began buying. After closing up-
his years business here, there be
sales here during the
summer, a position as
traveling for a New
York house- The summer of this
year he spent traveling in the
northern and middle States which
position both and
prof table, but later in the sum-
mer was offered a situation by
T E. Roberts it Co. to come back
to Greenville addition to the
business ho had already built up
here. with his
natural inclination to back
South, caused hint to resign his
plate with the New York firm and
promptly t
first of A v-gust
with Mr. II
W. T.
While Mr Mangum is not very
extensive buyer yet he has at all
times carried his part of e
chases at good prices there
is no one, not one, that is to-
day with the market
that its earliest history has
stuck closer to than
Mr. Mangum- During the
year of the market he w is one of
our buyers and no doubt lost
m as the who bought
that year trying to establish a
market. He the
the second year at his home
county, N. but early
in the fall returned again and
was ready at the opening of the
second season to again number
of the buyers for Greenville-
He cultivated a crop of tobacco
for his own account the third
year, on the farm of Mr. R- A
Tyson about nine miles from
town- After curing and Stripping
his crop he and Mr. Tyson bought
some tobacco on this market
the spring opened he
returned to the farm and
another crop. This
after he had cured his crop In
employed a to take charge
of the stripping he and ST.
Tyson on the mar
This year Mr. Mangum
one half the prize house
in which T. E. Roberts Co. did
business last year and on the
grade that he is he makes
the boys pay outside prices be-
fore he lets it go to any one else.
We bop that he will build up a
business. As above
stated he i the pioneer
of the Greenville mark
With the introduction of t
culture in the i
counties there was a
of tobacco men lb.
old tobacco of the State
Nearly all who came down east
impressed with the superior
advantages of the section and
g b-ii many moved cast to make
it their home. In the fall of 1890
quite a of young men
from down to Pitt
our in
curing tobacco. them
KM
was located on tho Wilson mar-
Mr. Jenkins was young and
comparatively inexperienced in
business of kind, but by his
judgment in his
chases he always
and from tho very
of his career on this market
he has gradually increased bis
business until to day there is no
anywhere that has a bet-
safer and sounder line of
orders ho- Jon kins Pin
nix in
1893, Mr. taking the
entire business in hi- As
above stated Mr. Jenkins first
saw the meat possibilities of
Greenville as a ti
and along this line he has always
argued doing any everything
that he could to advance the
best ii Wests of the market-
At a judge of what tobacco
Mr. Jenkins stands without a
on the eastern market,
and as a thoroughly square and
upright business man ho stand-
unquestioned before nil who
know him, and to know him is to
like him, for is a big
hearted, clever and
ting boy. During the last three
years he has built up a very
business and it is increasing
annually. Ho has the confidence
of the trade, the good wishes of
and is made the stuff
that is required to
1893, just after the ware-
houses wore opened that
son, one miking
warehouse floors
with a very unassuming air an I
timid, boyish appearance, a
handsome young with a
frank, face- Bering
t stranger an i i w a
in a i informal
began discussing with
him without ours ask-
his name- the course of
our chat we out that
was thinking of coming to
ville to live and that his object
in was to buy t- b
in us in
him and encouraging
as we could- He
said wax . o to
if th- boys would let stay
here. He then told us that his
was
id was on baud.
Since Mr- Harrison has been
in Greenville we have seen a good
deal of his manner of working up
tobacco and we have heard
of others, whoso judgment
was much better than ours, say-
that he handled tobacco nicer,
neater and better than anyone
they ever saw. Mr. Harrison is
a very young man, only twenty
two years old, las known
was since
his early for when a
mere lad, his father died leaving
him a widowed mother, and three
brothers and sisters to care for.
whose interest and welfare he has
guarded and advanced.
Mr. Harrison is of a taciturn
urn of mind. forcing
yet not av to
social Ila is especially fond
of friends m d always willing
to s their behalf
As a friend
in their tobacco away,
therefore concluded to return
home and exert himself to gut a
market in Greenville.
Just before Christmas he re-
turned home, married and settled
down. A few weeks later he came
to Greenville to spend a day with
his brother-in-law, Mr. R. J. Cobb,
and while discussing different top-
es they very naturally drifted to the
of tobacco. Mr.
v on tho warehouse business
so impressed Mr. Cobb that he
became interested, and being a
m an of influence and capital he
d to make a start to get a
warehouse built. He called upon
several business men of the town
and interested em in the matter,
then drove out in the country to
see a number of prominent farm-
and this way secured
enough stockholders to build a
house The Warehouse
Company was organized, Mr.
Cobb was elected President and
Save his personal to
the purchasing of the
construction of the ware-
house, and used his own means
to help build start the market-
Thus it will be soon that while
Mr. Cobb is not himself a ware
touch credit is due to
him also for the prominent part
he took getting our tobacco
market started.
Ola Forbes was of the
men connected with the manage-
of the Greenville Ware
house, as has told
He continued with
that house three years when, de
siring a house of his own, he with
drew, formed a
with Mr. E- A. and built the
Planters. Tho management of
this house has solely in
hands of Mr. Forbes, his ca-
in this particular is at-
tested by the success with which
ho has mot-
Iii addition to his career as a
warehouseman, Mr. Forbes has
i ho honor of being Mayor of
FRANK WILSON.
Never in the history of the clothing business have desirable clothes been offered at such low
prices as I am now quoting. My assortment of rich novelties, both in foreign and do-
manufacture, represent every fashionable color and weave and is
the largest and most complete to be seen in the city. Quality with
-------me is always the first consideration, this secured, I
the Prices Down to suit You.
A great exhibit of new goods for this week's sale in
SHOES
NOTIONS, HAtS TRUNKS,
hearted
d true b
to that class of mi n
are ever looking at the sunny side
of and trying always to see
e i than tin f
;, i defects in frail human
ii . As a business man
promptitude and punctuality seem
in the characteristic element
hi in up. These and the
firm bu qualifications
that he possesses marks him
an especially prosperous and sue
in high class merchandise,
and every instance will
Cl
career.
THE PLANTERS WAREHOUSE.
Tho Planters was the thud
sales house built on the Green-
ville market. It was erected in
1894 and when completed was the
largest of any house
n the market. On 15th
of that opened with
i first Prom first tin
Planters commanded a mil
-f trade, a d Ms patronage has
grown all Hie while-
Its personal
attention to ever of
prices, following
i u
t a.
C bi-in.
IV,
a we I
resulted.
Early this
date th-
built a v.
best ma st
i ere The base in i
prize In use contains
ix rooms.
loom are
tenet s,
, i d in the
n i n average about pounds
day.
I-. they
of tin
cony
I of i-
I; .-i
T-,
Is . m-
speak for
Id.
ti
Will be offered in every department of sufficient
to warrant their inspection by every one hi
not quote prices for the reason that the values in each
and tellingly.
.-- .
E. A.
This gentleman, while a part-;
Planters Warehouse,
is prevented by his duties as
Court the conn
from being an active worker on
the market, but his influence and
means are used in behalf the
this way he adds much
strength to it. Mr. is also
a largo and successful tobacco
The Plants Warehouse.
WINTERVILLE.
Editor of Reflector-
Allow space you i and
I will giro a sketch of Winter
I ville. It is on the Scot-
land Neck and brunch of
tho W. R., rive miles
I from Greenville and four miles
j from Ayden, in the midst of a
agricultural section that is
j peopled with as upright God
fearing people as can be found
any where the county of
Pitt. not had a
case of chills and any
malarial diseases during
the fourteen months of
for we have as pure water
. OWNERS S PROPRIETORS
GREENVILLE, N.
It- Wagons, carts, the
back Band and building mater-
of all kinds are manufactured
here. is a busy place
when age considered.
Mr. A. G. i ox is going to
in a new boiler another corn
i mill, as mill cannot do tho
ho gets to do.
Mr. John has contract-
ed to build Mission-
J Baptist at this place
Mr. bud the mis
fortune to stick a ton penny nail
I in his foot, but ho is out of
itself to the planters Eastern Car-
for the many advantages it possesses, am-
there is in the State. The I pie Skylights which Soft, mellOW light
famous Cox Cotton Planter is over the entire sales dark
manufactured here, there is also your to great advantage Oil all
R parts of the which we assure a
very decided advantage m the sale of your
HA fr We make pats of all
v. J of our customers,
and strive hard to please them in the sale of their
Tobacco. Those who have patronized us can
bear witness to t he fact, and we hereby extend a
cordial invitation to who have not, to give
us a trial, and we will convince them that the
A T is first class in all that goes to
O X get top prices, co when
you gee a load ready put corks in your cars and
listen to no one until you anchor at the Star and
we will send you home happy over big prices.
Capt. Pace is handles every pile of Tobacco
at auction sale, mi s it that n is
patronage is solicited and i n n slate , f the
invited. Tour truly, CO.
E. It. Al KEN,
His.
J. S.
He was so much impressed with
the tobacco lauds of Eastern
Carolina that he to move
east make it his future home-
At ibis time there had been
talk whatever of a tobacco market
in Greenville that we know of,
and do not pretend to be.
E. HARRISON.
Everybody hereabouts know
George, for from the
that to Greenville h-
began making friends an
easy matter if seemed for him ti
do. He has made them tin
good of it is he has them today
by the scores wherever he u
known- Mr. Harrison began
buying right away, principally
wrappers and fine cutters. Up to
this time Greenville had r
had a chartered Tobacco
of Trade, but now the buyers
came
has the
if if the in
tobacco here, In fact
h was to become
getting a .-ire-
and establishing a market
in w among
k v i commenced
tobacco in tho sad
t m
the bundling and sale of the
weed, id the full of 1890 be went
in Oxford and took s position in
the warehouse of Davis Greg-
In this position ho not
acquired a of every
detail warehouse
but by close observation com-,
of the from
counties sold there he saw
that the product of Pitt was
to all others. He thee
concluded that our people ought
to have a homo market and be
and incorporated a constitution
and by laws under the State laws
for and controlling m u .-.
the sale of leaf tobacco on the the heavy inclined
Just p, consider where you can
best protect your interest in
of your Tobacco crop.
For four year we have worked hard and spent our money in building
i placing the Greenville Tobacco in the front rank of the
leading Tobacco Markets of the world. Since had a To-
Warehouse we have been on the grounds day and night
to acquire the best possible knowledge of how to sell the farmers
co to the best advantage and now after four years of difficult toil we
want to say to all who have tobacco to sell that we believe we are in a
better position than any Warehouse firm in Eastern Carolina to
get the highest market price for your product. So with this we make
bow asking for a continuance and an increase of your pat-
only upon the strictest business merit. We have no special pets
whom fancy prices are given at the expense of less favored ones but
our undivided personal attention is given to every pile of your I
and if your interest should at any time be neglected our attention only
needs to be called to it and cheerfully and willingly all wrongs will be
righted. Our opinion is that Tobacco is selling very well for the
expects lively market. So when you
get ready to sell just hookup and drive straight to the old reliable
headquarters for high prices, good averages and all
round courteous treatment.
Your friends,
EVANS, JOYNER CO.,
Owners and Proprietors Eastern Tobacco Warehouse.
v-
1500.000 Founds
TOBACCO i
and we are going to have it if hard work and
satisfactory prices will get it.
Give us a, trial and be convinced that
FORBES
can and will give satisfaction in every respect.
The High Prices we are getting every day for
the farmers who sell with us will convince you
that we are yours for highest a
GREENVILLE, N. C.
THE REFLECTOR
Local Reflections.
The to Atlanta on.
Short days, and they
for a month yet.
Mis. Kicks will soon
residence built in
NOUNS.
Third Person, Plural Number, Present
Tense, Potential Mood.
M. been sick.
Mis Bruce is sick.
T. L. left tor Halifax.
Col. went to Snow Hill Mon-
day.
It. I,. Smith vent to Richmond on-
to.
S. II. Abbott, of Friday
or Tuesday
From this day on oar Children,
Boys, Youths and Cloth
will sold per ct- less j here.
Now York cost at Land's. a.
Mai din Oil f
prices per gallon tub Mi-, v has been sick n
Many turkeys are being
for Thanksgiving slaughter, i W. II. of was
. . , I here Friday.
ant i
Chair to please f- c left morning
or sweetheart or
Call and see our stock both beau- ; Mrs.
and at J. B. Cherry for
Co.
W. Wilson is making some
his residence in
beat
in the race
day after noon.
For Guns and Ammunition
on J. B. Cherry it
To., Bare cannot be about
lire daring such windy weather as the
pa-t day or have been.
Greenville has abundant welding ma-
i . but we don't heir of any mi the
for the coming holidays.
J and Rub
Coats J. 13- A; Cos
save
Alter dry the turnip
fa i i- inc. me have
i u quantities of very ones in mar-
. s arc ha- i large pat-
are .-it
King use, and College
Hotel.
Wire Buckle Suspenders
Kev. A. returned to Kinston
evening.
Dr. E. A. Move Monday morning;
for Philadelphia.
Ii. H. Johnson came Grifton
Monday morning.
Harry Skinner left
fur M
H. II. a m. reliant of
land. was here Friday.
Warren returned an
Friday evening
Miss of
. i- i-i here.
ASSAULT THE OFFICER.
With the View of Breaking Jail.
Tuesday at the
hour Deputy Sheriff H. T. King
with Noah
colored, went to the jail to give
supper to the prisoners. While
in the corridor a prisoner,
Dock sprang upon Mr.
King, catching him around the
waist and cutting at him with a
knife- The officer called Noah to
come to his assistance, but an-
other prisoner, George Dar-
started at Noah. Noah ran
FOUL MURDER.
J. B. Bonner, of Aurora, Shot Down
and Robbed.
Special to Reflector.
Washington, N. C, Nov.
forenoon information
reached here that J. B- Bonner, a
Late Trains.
Yon don't know much more
about when to look for the train
now than if they had do schedule
to The south
freight train doe to leave here at
in the afternoon, pulled out
Friday at just
quarter hoots late. And the pas-
prominent and wealthy citizen m
Aurora, had foully murdered I m .
Saturday night. our exchanges that other
About o'clock that evening j having similar trouble.
Mr. Bonner went to the office of j
A. to collect a draft, and j Kinston Incendiaries,
is supposed to have returned Mr. Hines went over to
his store to put the money away Kinston, Friday evening, and
land started home the He. tells
more was heard of hit until us there is considerable excite
but ho was too quick for the
oner and got out the door in time o'clock morning when in the community over tire
to close it him and prevent
an escape and called for help. In
the meantime the officer knocked
his assailant down, held him and
took the knife out his In
the scrap Mr. King received a
cut on the arm and his
pants were cut- Seeing their
plans frustrated the
no further assault.
and are both
under sentence for taking ft horse
near Grifton. They were con-
in the Superior Court, took
us to the Supremo
Adrian left Monday morning but that tribunal sustained
to buy another lot of horses and Male.
Mrs. II. II. ii of Kin-ton.
came over to Visit her parents.
Lee Fleming, of
is her brother, 1-
Mi-. M.
are her , Mr-. T.
Mali
I.- i Ames wife and . V
and children re lined
Mrs. n and little
lower court. In all there
eight prisoners in jail.
all Buckles end fastenings
two at J- B
Co s. Kn. J. B. of
v- . , , ii . lo
T, W.
tot Enema of
wee he in- been few . Mrs.
Lon and r. tinned home Fri-
i I Li d seem
in our people ran- to
Allan i Lion as
are getting.
fay.
A FRIEND TO MARKET.
Editor
Being informed as to the
history of the tobacco market in
I would to men-
one man who was
in getting i established and
entitled to more credit for what
be did any else.
man is Mr. ii. J. of the
firm of J. C Cobb is Son, whose
f and business
are unsurpassed.
In the of writer
spent a night with Mr. Cobb at
in and along
the lino conversation we drift-
ed into the culture-
his dead body was m a ; incendiary trials now before the
cant lot just across the street from J Superior Court for Lenoir county,
his residence. Two bullet j Three suspected were
were in his forehead, but there rested some months ago and held
were no signs of a scuffle except for u of court to
in a ditch near the street. There j investigate the charges
were tracks of two men, wearing I them
about No shoes, leading across
the field from where the body was
found.
One of these who
was the employ of Mr. Bryan
Fields at the time of the burning,
was first the case resulting
There was no one at Mr- f a mistrial, of the jury be-
E. A. Move and
if.- home evening
their bridal tear to the
Buy your Hub Exposition,
her Goats at J 13- k Cos I. T. and Miss Nannie.
Mis- ck. J. ii son
. ave money. i . u. . f a crop.
i . i of Atlanta. asked what I of
i get a large par- t , , i of Sew-I . . . .,
, for
large o next . i had been
tin- i
. is ii g ii
northern Some of
. of partridges
which . bead.
A. large line the
B G at 13- ii
ladies
; ii en.
placed i.
v i;. . b lib r in
p I o . Ire ii i
r to
are nut tat the f
Charles editor of the
Beaufort Herald, to Miss Minnie May.
on Dee. Mb
Col.
I and Mi
i n. m-t .
i o'clock.
with Davis V Gregory, Pt
Oxford, i fail of M and
knew about bow
conducted and the
a town would
a tobacco mark t. I t . him ill
The Mr. Eva g t be i
i l o a ; i-
i.,, . , . the E h on I
lie- a N v
the
,. . , in a . .-i-i-. U you i.-i S . i. i s, called
,,. i.-. i or. the
homes a r-.-n i. bis an ,,.; f . .,,, would put
in ti ii-i
Ira good pi ice to
would have if we
I could in establishing ft
that the in
iii. between
cent per ; a e of dollars in circulation
,, ., J B A- year, lie hi house our own town that Other-
wine go So, a
man,
saw the need of a home
rate to i j i with characteristic energy he
lie will
in tn
nigh,.
Ho i-e
voted to invite the
nest year
C the ca
. I drama
B . will be n.-
, in i be
,, Day.
, . best Flour is
Job received a ,, BOy by g. M.
r and ;, .
offered by J. berry Co l; ;,;.,,
i. two gin in next Monday.
a-, water as can be in J on come in to i call J
Mate. On- at in- College N -N f-r tin
. a. I the o her i the A. .
h on. Pin Court, tor the j Mr- was chosen President,
and cheap l -f his
as Goods and
J. A Go's
net's home at the time of the
His children had gone
to church, and on their return
home went by his stove and
asked for him. that ho
had gone home they went on
home also, and seeing no light
his room supposed that he had
retired. wrong was
time
Sunday morning when they sent
to his room to have him Balled
and found that he had not been I
his room at all. Search for;
him was made at once, when his j
body was found as above slated.
Mr. that Mr,
started home from the
store about o'clock, and his wife j
spoke of hearing two pistol shots
some one cry bat
thought nothing of it. as it was
no for devilish ;
boys and holler as they;
were going from town on I
Saturday
Mr. was in the habit
large
on his person in which hi
some papers key w the
drawers of his safe This bock
was gone. it is not Hi night
that ho had any money of con
bub when mar-j
dared. An of
store safe. Stud
that Bathing re had j
i b. ii
Relatives of the man
here Sunday and
telegraphed to the State farm at
for blood hounds d
a special to
them down, but the lei-
dent advised that the tracks were
them so old that it would be
impossible for the ice
murderers.
Up to this time is not
cine as to who
Mr. did n largo
tile and Banking at Au-
aid was one of the must
of the county.
for acquittal and three for
conviction-
Another Enterprise.
Greenville is soon to have an-
other enterprise, one in which
the town has for a long time been
in need. Mr. S. H. Abbott, of
Kinston, who was here Friday, j
leased a plot of ground from the I
Greenville Lumber Company
upon which to conduct a brick
yard, and will move his largo
plant here from about
the first of the new The
plant will give employment to
about thirty hands and will be a
good addition to the business of
the community. Such an
prise will a stimulus to
building because of tho
it will afford in getting
material.
Marriage Licenses.
Business wax more brisk with Regis-
of Deeds King in the marriage
line last week, and he had
cations from eight couples, three white
and live colored.
White T. Owen and
Pollard mid Ida May,
Cox and
and Cora
Frank Wood and Maggie
I ink Chapman and Maggie Flem-
Wm. Dare,
Brown and
noR
FINE
RY
Unusual Attraction
CHEAP FOB
C T
NEXT DOOR OF BANK.
Our stock complete and we
want to show yon our
FALL
------FOR THE
AND WINTER
BUSINESS
and cordially invite yon to inspect the largest
and neatest assortment of
Dry Goods, Notions,
; everything
you may want. Call.
RICKS, TAFT CO.
BE-
0011-
Aw i tin- Jeweler.
GREENVILLE, N. C
the town county
revealed the ides to both
former,
to for from one
I to of stock for the
I purpose of erecting; a
Greenville. A
hum tin- i n lively
Warehouse he quarter Tn-i
A that n
Sale No.
and
newest designs.
Sale
to suit and to fit
you
BROS.
will pie-
i 11.1. ml
Grits,
I. plant Greenville Lumbar
i .,; i Citron.
They now and night Sane.-. Aunt
f q g j,
lit .
, . Pat and
I am off for more drew good
if a Rood the street a The
or mule. lively and bead
. e.- i of fair
I,, v luring a r , it. is many
to carry on the ,.
e . in lie Hi ii- are seal t; on the Greenville arrive i rid iv
t I. a i , in i Many ii the ink ever
done in h-.-h ill of the Market.
in the
v- ban-la We learn from
wear l-r the cant go , , ,
are bad an
civil eases only, will
j land and lumber were
the Greenville
J Mince Meat, Dale-, it reeled, which is now occupied the with I. n
by Evans Co. Mr. lib I The buggy was turned bottom
used his in side up. but to say was
an
F-
Bethel Items.
Bethel, N. C, Nov. 25th
S. of
like a I a I
I music teacher in Prof. B F
the j school.
Mrs- and son,
For sale by J- I put out i- v u. of Falkland, spent
Co. . H. Daniel Co , hive ope lei an , night and Sunday in town visiting-
Mrs
On November tho
. ,
pie think you.
tied i j ix baggy wheel took flight
at the steam
and ran down the st,
only damaged-
t ii .
n I Their 1895, Mr. James Bryan, aged
c ears days, died at the
ha a new f s, Mr.
miles town
ever before at ft tended the one given her Funeral services were conducted
teen a change man will his sou-in law's, Mr. Nelson
.; . r and m ill train by wit, , evening Rev.
which II no in the
I a t-u later
i-i
For The Orphans-
With commendable anal
Brown v Co., of the Star
set apart Friday,
December for a special
sale of tobacco, will
one half the warehouse chain's
to Oxford Orphan
They call upon the
brethren for their and aid
in making this grand offering
Sale No.
us ii
to fit your h
cheap.
Sale No.
tools
to suit and fit your
feet and pocket.
The Methodist and Baptist iv. A- Forbes after which he was
sugar j cents per
pound a. J B, Cherry
l. bad a b
tons will on Thank- there his former
t home and family
the Oxford and He was a good and a
and It be liberal- I faithful member
No wave on of lime of the M, E. church at for
the stile of The I when once It has Hosted past us, can seventy years prior to his death-
hi. K Store, has h recalled. All we e do Is to watch
to the new form of the next,
clerks He Ian-1 launch upon it to try, In Hie man
mere of our beat Judgment may suggest, our
don.
found the
Greenville hard to compete
This season I will conduct a
sales stablest old on
Filth street, Mr- X W. w
now out west selecting stock for
me. Those
or would
do we'd to my stock.
Q. If.
Salisbury Herald was telling
one
Lad green corn from his garden din.
That's i.-thing
The before an
strength sad skill. Gladstone.
de
deer mister
fine cents
of little
per, i doLt DO how Ions
bee but i Weave i
do chances, i herd
one say, was
it n to de
i for it. sum
limes i hear
e of
dinner sh an me
sell at an
place i tells i am pure
an mi
at mos town
de tar arc fer
Verbatim copy of letter re-
today, spelling and all-
Ed.
vegetable h s
Dress Lining
at I. B- Cherry a- Lo s-
farm containing
within corporate mite,
truck and tobacco
dwelling and all
oat houses. Apply to J-
White, Greenville, IV U-
Married in Baltimore.
Col. Harry Skinner Miss
Ella were married at
the Home of the in
Baltimore, this afternoon at
o'clock. to New
York for a few and return
Washington City in time for the
Colonel to be present at tho open-
of Congress next Monday.
Their many friends hero at home
extend best wishes.
Perfect Health.
Keep the system in perfect or-
by the occasional use of
Liver Pills. They reg-
the bowels and produce
A Vigorous Body.
For sick headache, malaria,
constipation and kin-
diseases, an absolute cure
Liver PILLS
Allan
Kan.
Scrofula Birth
Other Medicines Utterly Failed
But Hood's Cured,
time since, our boy then loaf
years old was in the of the family
doctor for for H
had been afflicted with this trouble from
birth and we bad been unable to give him
Only Temporary Relief.
We decided to give Hood's
and ore glad to say bottles of
Hood's entirely pond him. oldest
daughter has bee Hood's
for . I m with good results.
We have used from to last some
worth of the medicine and have received
the equivalent of hundred
worth of doctor's treatment and good
Hood's J Cures
health to boot. We cannot speak too
of Hood's Sarsaparilla as a
partner. It is oil that Is claimed for
C. B. Kansas.
., ran., art
HOOd Hood's SM.
leads in Children, Misses, Ladies Cloaks.
Cloaks
the watchword of the
Autumn and Winter Woman-of
Youth and Age. Not forgetting the younger
We provided for them nil.
for tho Young
for
for the Aged.
RA for Ultra-Fashionable.
for
for
people no difficulty
in their our
abundant stock. If one style doesn't
suit, a hundred others upon the
Older of their showing.
COME AND SEE LANG.
Do yon wish to a flue
Do you i-i, to be a nod
Book-keeper
wish lo a iii
school
Do you wish to be I Hue
mini or
Do you wish to get a good
months If he sure to
enter
School January t,
intelligent hoy or who will
School toe day and go the mi-ii
women Kg have all heard Qt the wonderful progress of the pupils of the Jaine
School, and should you lo this School, and were you to full to find
everything as represented, and fail to tho fact, lean ore
practical knowledge In one month at the James School .-i any medium
school In will get your board and tuition of charge
The nest at Co., N. K January h. and closes
May 38th 29th 1898. Be enter the first day.
day.
For of testimonials and address
c. n. JAMES.
ever brought to Greenville. Our stock
all the newest and
DRESS GOODS.
Boots
and Shoes, Domestics,
Bleached and
ed Sheeting and Shirt-
Calicoes, Fancy
Cotton Dress Goods
will
want or need in that
line. Hardware tor tar
mars and mechanics
use, Tinware,
Wood and
Whips. Robes, Collars, Rope
Twine, Heavy Groceries always on hand,
Meat, Flour, Sugar, Salt and Molasses.
The best and largest assortment of Crock-
Lamps. Lanterns, Lamp Chimneys and
Shades, Fancy Glassware, to be found
in the county. And our stock of
FURNITURE
Matting, Rugs and Foot Mats is by far
the best and cheapest ever offered to the people
of this section. Conic look and see and buy.
Sole agents of Coats Spool Cotton for this town
for wholesale and retail trade. Reynold's Shoes
for Men and Boys. Shoes
for Ladies and children. We buy Cotton and
Peanuts and pay the highest market price for
them. Your experience teaches you all to buy
and deal with men who will treat you fair and
do the square thing by you. and see us
and be convinced that what we claim is true.
Yours for business square dealings,
DON'T FORGET THE
Hardware Store
When you want anything in the Hardware line.
Doors, Sash, Locks, Butts and Hinges, Saws,
Tools, Paints and Oils, Nails and Axes.
Corn Shelters from to Corn and
Cobb Mill for Axes to cents.
Stoves from 13.00 to King Heaters
to and Stovepipe, Pumps,
Pump-Pipe, Rope, Belting, always go
to the Hardware Store where you will get the
lowest prices. Yours,
D D HASKETT,
GREENVILLE, N. C.
No crop varies more in
according to grade of
used than tobacco. Pot-
ash is its most important re-
producing a large
yield of finest grade leaf. Use
only fertilizers containing at
least actual
in form of sulphate. To in-
sure a clean burning leaf, avoid
fertilizers containing chlorine.
GREENVILLE
lie n n
session Of Ill's
m. i i
AN ORATOR'S MEMORY.
Our pamphlets are not circulars boom-
be special fertilizers, but are practical works, contain-
Em researches on the subject of and
are really helpful to farmers. They are sent free for
KALI WORKS. I
KAI-I WORKS,
o, St., Hew Yak.
Collegiate
Institute.
GREENVILLE, N. C S- D.
A. M. Principal. With full corps o
Teachers. Next will begin
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER All
the English and
Modern Languages. Music will
taught on the conservatory plan,
by a graduate in music. Instruction
thorough. Discipline but kind.
Terms Art and Elocution
will be taught, desired. Calisthenics
free. For particulars address the
N. C.
and continue ten
The course lira h. arches
usually taught, in an
Terms, both tuition and board
reasonable.
well fitted and equipped for
business, taking the
course Where wish to
pursue a this
preparation lo
enter, credit, any College in th
or the State University. It
refers t nose who have recent l
its wall Ike truthfulness of
statement.
Any young man with character and
moderate ability taking a course tilth
us will in making aria g.-
to continue in the higher school-.
The discipline Will be kept Hi H-
standard.
Neither time nor attention nor
work will be spared to make this
ail that parents could wish.
For further see or ad-
dress
W. H.
July i
ESTABLISHED
PORK SIDES
AND BUT
their supplies will
their prices before p.
n all its branches.
COFFEE, Ah
TEA, Ac.
sat
TOBACCO SNUFF
we direct from
you to buy at OHO profit. A
stock of
FURNITURE
always and prices
the times. goods bought and
sold for no
to at a close margin.
S. M. N C
Cheap Excursion Rates
TO
Cotton stales and Exposition
ATLANTA, GA.
Sept. to Dec. 31st., 1893
VIA
The Atlantic Coast Line
Through Pullman Palace Buffet
Sleeping Cars between Sew York and
Atlanta via Petersburg,
Weldon, Rocky Mount, Fayette-
ville. Florence, and
a. For Bates, Schedules, Sleep
Car accommodations call on or ad-
any agent Atlantic Coast Line, or
the undersigned.
J. C.
Div. Pass. Pas
Va.
T. M. II. M. EMERSON.
TiT. Mgr. Asst. Pass.
Wilmington, N. C.
The modern stand-
ard Family
cine Cures the
common every-day
ills of humanity.
GRIM
FORGET
to plant Tree and Plants this
a tine of
Frill m Tub,
Grapes Vines, Greenhouse Plants, Cab
Pansy other Cat dog
sent free. Apply to
ALLEN WARREN SON.
Greenville, N. C
W. A. R. R.
AND
Nashville, Chattanooga
St. Louis Railway.
O DAILY TRAINS Q
CHATTANOOGA
CINCINNATI
NASHVILLE
CHICAGO
Route
TO ARKANSAS AND TEXAS,
Emigrant
Rates.
The Atlanta Expos ion will be tin
greatest ever held in
United States excepting
Pair, and the Round Trip have
been made very low. Do not fail to go
and lake the children. It will be
education for them
For maps, folders any de-
sired information write to
J. H. J. W. KS,
Pass.
Ac Atlanta,
M BROW, T. M.
G. P. A,,
Atlanta,
College Hotel
MRS- Prop,
Convenient to depot and to lo-
I warehouses.
Best and highest location
Splendid mineral water.
Rooms large and comfortable. Table
supplied with the best the market
fords.
Terms
HILL
IS JUST AS FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE
Ills., Nov.
Purls Co., St. Mo.
sold last year, of
TASTELESS CHILI. TONIC
already this year. In nil oar ex-
of It years. Id tho business.
never sold on I hut gave such universal
faction as Tonic. Soars
C OS Co
druggist.
It Troubles air.
Can Testify.
of greater orators have
bad good verbal memory. Mr. De-
pew complains that it is most
of Ins intellectual
weaknesses. With a memory which
is marvelous and which
carries in great detail things which
have happened years ago,
leas finds it n very
sometimes almost impossible in-
task, to commit oven brief
to memory.
verbal memory was not, at least at
all times, to depended upon,
though his speeches ho com-
upon three or four
of them. William H. had a
marvelous verbal memory. Having
written a speech, it was firmly fixer
in his mind after one reading,
that capacity President Cleveland
also possesses.
Tho perfect preparation of a speech
was, in Wendell that
one in which the mental operations
were assisted in no way by outside
aid. Only two or three times in his
did ho prepare with pan and pa-
per an address, and ho always
these two or three
were the poorest of his efforts. He
was constantly studying the art of
oratory. In his daily walk or in his
reading metaphors and similes wore
suggested, which ho away in
his memory, and ho oven studied
action as ho watched tho muscular
movement of men whom he saw in
places.
He believed that a perfect
could be only after intense
concentration. Of course tho
mind must first fortified by such
reading as provided Having
thus his mind with
ho would frequently ex-
tended for hours upon his sofa with
his eyes closed, making
of address. In fact,
ho used to write his speeches men-
tally, as Victor Hugo is said to have
written of his poems. A speech
thus prepared Phillips thought was
always at command of tho speaker.
It might vary upon delivery
in phraseology. It might longer
at time than at another, but it
would always practically the
This method of preparation ox-
plains what has boon a mystery to
many persons. Tho several reports
of his famous on Lost
differ in phraseology and
even in arrangement. His oration
upon Daniel has
printed by different publishers, no
two of them agreeing in form
or diction, and yet tho speech is
practically tho Only one of
his orations is loft exactly as he de-
livered it, for ho only delivered it
That was tho Phi Kappa
oration at Harvard a few years be-
fore his death. Mr. Phillips never
read of his speeches in print,
and therefore revised one. Ho
was firmly of tho belief that the
printed thought and the spoken
thought should in
form, and that tho master of
one form could not tho master of
the Press.
It mm.
A girl who has been in
brings back a from tho pension
where she stopped. It is much
by English and Americans,
and thither resorted a young Ger-
man to learn English she is
Ho confided to my friend that ho
got along pretty well with tho ex-
of word. This word was
used constantly, and from tho con-
text ho judged it was a term
applied to food. Ho had looked up
tho word itself in the dictionary and
had looked it up under tho head of
font without success. He
noticed it was used when tho plates
were passed for meat, fish,
or what not. I asked
what this word possibly
could concluded my friend,
young German
give mo
Post.
Two wore their
brains on matters when
they ran up against the telegraph.
Sam wondered how could
be sent over a and
not wishing to appear ignorant,
sought to tho mystery in
the following
am a clog tree miles
way, you fool
was a big inter-
posed Sam.
was, and his
front paws was on de Chelsea
and his hind feet on do Boston
On the day of
1896, the will offer for
sale on what is generally known as the
Hardy a f rm about six miles
i st of on the road leading
lo Washington on the
south side of Tar river, the following
articles mules,
hone, mar, and
old, pony, head Of
head of including several line
milch cows about Jersey, and
sever d about cue and
two-taints to three-fourths
Jersey, large Jersey ball, or stock
hogs with small pin, about bar-
of corn, about pound of
aim n 12.000 pounds of nicely
cured hay and all farming
Now, yon step on dog Terms or Sale Cash. Parties de-
tail On do Boston tiring to purchase any above before
dog j day of sale can do so by making
Chelsea, I replied at Member ISM,.,
DE. D. L. JAMES,
DENTIST,
N C.
DR. II. A. JOYNER
DENTIST,
Stoves. Stoves.
We are laying in a full line of
Stoves,
ammo.
Best quality, low prices.
agents
Sam.
joss do way do tole-
remarked
Herald.
1880.
MARRY
Guardian
The Horror It.
Languid what
to Heavy Hoskins
Musing
Languid a bottle
half full of
looked an he drinks it,
an it turns out to be medicine
what cures tired an now
de poor follow is for work.
Of Ohio, City of Y
Lucas County
Frank J. makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm of K.
J. Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid and that said Arm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED
LARS for each every case of Ca-
cannot be cured by the use
of Hall's catarrh Cure.
Sworn to before me and in
my presence, day of December,
A, D.
A. W OLE A SO X,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internal-
and acts directly on the Wool
surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free,
F. J. o Toledo, O.
by Druggists,
Notice To Creditors.
The Undersigned has duly qualified
before the Superior Court Clerk of Pitt
county as administrator of Mrs. Mary E.
deceased, is hereby
given to all persons holding claims
against the estate to present them to
the undersigned for collection on be-
fore the 21st day of October 1800,
notice will be plead bar for their re-
and all persons indebted to said
estate will make immediate payment.
Tins the 21st day of October 1888.
J. L, PERKINS,
of Mrs. Mary
KT.
Office up stairs overS. E. Pander Cos,
Hardware store.
GREENVILLE. S. C-
--------DEALER
also Sheet
Iron Heating
Call and
and have on hand a few second-hand Bicycles
for sale very cheap. You may need a Mowing
Machine, we have them in stock.
Drugstore.
MARBLE,
Wire and Iron Fencing
sold. First-class work
and prices reasonable.
GREENVILLE
IRON WORKS,
I am-l II at my old stand with com-
work aunt ready to do
TO DO ANY REPAIR
on machinery of any kind. Guns.
Locks, Sewing Machines, Bicycles or
other repair work. All my work is
guaranteed, stew Home Ma-
chines sale.
JAMES BROWN.
Notice to Creditors.
Having duly qualified before the
of the Superior Court of
county as Executor of the estate of I.
I. deceased, is hereby
given to all parties holding claims
against the said estate to present them
to the properly proven, on
or before the day of November,
Mi, or this notice will be plead in bar
of their recovery, and all persons
ed to the said estate requested to
make immediate payment.
November
HARRY SKI KR,
Executor of L. Latham, deceased.
Administrators Sale
of Land for Assets.
Hy virtue of a decree of the Superior
Court of w. ad-
L. W. Nobles, I will
sell tor cash at the Court. House door in
Greenville on Monday, the 16th day of
December, 1805 the following tract of
land, to A tract of land situated
ill Township
lands of Amos II.
Redding Trip and others, containing
forty eight acres, more or less. Sub-
to dower of Mary Nobles,
ow of J. L. W. Nobles.
Dec. 11th, 1805.
of L. W. Nobles.
I . A.
In
Poor
Health
means so much more
you and
i fatal diseases result from
trifling ailments neglected.
Don't play with Nature's i
greatest
lbs ft
IS STILL AT THE i WITH A
ABLE.
I Brown's
Iron
rotten I International Exposition,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
via the
Seaboard Air Line.
Limited Trains
upon which no fare is charged.
LOWEST
EXCURSION DAILY
RATES.
Through Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars
and day coaches from
Washington, D. C. and
Portsmouth, Virginia.
via
Richmond, Petersburg,
Weldon, Raleigh, Southern C.
Cr, Athens, Ga.
I cave Weldon, 3.00 A. M. noon
Arrive Atlanta P. M., A. M.
next Leave Wilmington,
noon. P. M. Arrive Atlanta 4.00
P. M., 5.20 A. M., next day.
for via SE V-
BOARD AIR LINE.
Pullman Sleeping Car reservations
will be made and further Information
furnished upon application to any
Agent of die Air Line, or to
the undersigned.
II. T
Traffic Manager. Pass.
E. ST. JOHN,
V ice- lent.
General Port-mouth, Va.
J. F.
SALE
STABLES.
On
Fifth Street near Five
Points.
We Keep That Kind.
Bear this fact in mind when start
GOODS.
Our stock this season complete in
every and we can supply all
wants in
merchandise,
Yon simply have to cow to us for any-
thing wanted. Our goods and prices
will please you.
in addition to selling the beat goods at
the lowest prices, e pay top of the
market an all country pro-
duce.
Thanking you for a liberal patronage
in the p we hope to have many calls
from you this season.
J. O. BRO.
GRIMES LAND. N. C.
THE MORNING STAR.
The Oldest
Daily Newspaper in
North Carolina.
The Only Daily
its the State.
Limited Free Coinage
of American Silver and Repeal
of the Ten Per Jen;. Tax on
Banks. Daily rants,
any month. Weekly the son shining through tho win-
point at H. flows of south
Horses. Wilmington,
Fitness.
whistled the boy
with two front tooth missing,
says Minnie
can't to school she's got a
stitch in her side.
is Minnie moth-
tho now schoolteacher asked.
tho
Tho turned reflectively to
tho blackboard. wonderful
are tho influences of he
muttered. Now Orleans Times-
Do
As comes from the mine
it is of a greenish hue, and tho edges
are with loose fibers. The
nearly white is the
bettor its Tho of fiber
is also of great importance, tho long-
est being tho most valuable. From
the mines the is taken to
the in the United
States.
In m Dream.
In Erie, near
Shannon, Ireland, an ancient black
oak canoe, without nail or rivet,
was lately discovered in a strange,
way. A Mr. Mulligan dreamed
he saw a at bottom of the
lake. Tho lake was dragged and the
found.
Sale of Valuable Town
Lot.
In to an order mile by the
Board of County Commissioners at their
on the Brat Monday In
directing me as the Clerk of
said Board to advertise for sale the lot
belonging to County known
in the plan of the town Greenville as
lot number it being the lot now
used by the town of Greenville Mar-
House with the of the
Hoard of County I,
William M. King, ex Clerk of the
Board of Commissioners of Pitt County,
do hereby give public notice that said
lot will be exposed lo public sale to the
bidder, in of the
House door, at o'clock If. on Mon-
day the day of January
The terms of will be one third cash
and the balance to secured in two
equal payable in one and
two years, with six per cent on
deterred payments, with privilege to
purchase to pay the whole at any time
and take his deed. Title reserved
the whole of the purchase money is paid.
The Hoard the right to affirm
or said sale. Notice is also
given that the town government will be
permitted to remove the Market House
other buildings elected on said lot
by the town, in accordance with the
agreement entered into at the time per-
mission was given by the Board of
County Commissioners to the town
Commissioners to erect and use said
buildings. The lot will be offered in
three alternate ways which will be
shown in detail on a plan on tile in the
of the Register of Deeds and can
be seen by the public at any time and
will also announced on day of sale.
W. M. KING.
of Com. of Pitt Co.
If
out sorts, weak
and generally ex-
nervous, J
have no appetite
and can't work,
at
the most
strengthening
is J
Iron Bit-
A few bot-
comes from the
very first
stain four
teeth, and it's
pleasant to take.
It Cures
OF MERCHANDISE,
CB has me that I b.-i i- the -t
Hemp Bone, Building s, Fanning every
ting necessary for Millers, Mechanics general purposes, o well as
Clothing, Hats. Shoes. Dress Goods have on hand. Am head
quarters for Heavy Groceries, and Jobbing agent O. N. T.
Cotton, and keep courteous and attentive
FORBES.
X. C
J. L. SUGG.
GREENVILLE, N- C
OFFICE AT THE COURT HOUSE.
All kinds, Risks placed in strict
FiRST-CLASS COMPANIES
At current rates.
AGENT FOR FIRST-CLASS
Dyspepsia, Kidney and Liver
Neuralgia, Troubles,
Constipation, Bad Blood
Malaria, Nervous ailments
Women's complaints.
Get only the has crossed red j
tines on the wrapper. All others sub-
On receipt of two stamps we j
t will send set Ten Beautiful
Fair Views and
BROWN CHEMICAL CO. BALTIMORE,
and
Beta
OINTMENT
TRADE
MARK
A Our. r Habit
one peculiar fact about
o professional that I always
notice, and that is that he
insists on going into a crowd,
where suspicion is sure to rest on
Murray.
other thing is that you can't induce
fellows to town and go
they unknown. Then of
course when we see them in a crowd
only thing to do is to arrest
them. Tho prisoner sots up a howl
that we hounding him and
him to commit crimes, but still
ho persists in going where he is
sure to
Call.
Passengers carried to
In in Durham,
England, is a sundial on the
north wall, Ind tho is indicated
We are General Commission Merchants
and headquarters for
ACCIDENT
INSURANCE
t to place your Insurance in
the hands of the Old Line
call to see us. It you wish to in-
vest In largest, oldest and
company In the world, let u place you
In Grand Old
Where there is unity there is strength
Our office is located on Main street,
next t hardware
Very truly.
WHITE
GREENVILLE, N. C
EXPECTANT
MOTHERS,
Offer Von a
Which
INSURES Safety
of Life to Mother
and Child.
Robs Confinement of its Pain, Horror and Risk.
My wife used be-1
birth of child, she did not.
I relieved t the critical hour but.
, had no afterward and her
recovery was
E. E. Johnston. Ala.
Sent by Hail or Express, on receipt of j
91.00 Book Moth-
i era mailed Free.
TO., Ca.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
YES YES
D W.
Is ready to offer to the prices
on goods- handle such as
MEAT, FLOUR, COFFEE,
Meal, Sugar, Crackers, Candy, Lye,
Cheese, Lard. Paper and Paper Bags
Lime, Butter In job
ties. Also I handle
BAGGING AND TIES.
For the Curs ill
This Preparation has neon In use
years, and wherever know
been in steady demand, it has been on-
by the leading physicians all over
he country, and effected cures where
other remedies, with the attention
the experienced physicians, have
for years failed. This Ointment is
long standing and high reputation
which it has obtained is owing entirely
its own efficacy, as hut little bar-
em been made to bring it before the
One bottle of this Ointment Will
be sent to any address on receipt of One
Dollar. All Cash promptly at-
tended to. Address all orders and
communications to
T. F.
Greenville, X.
NORTH
R. K. TIME
In Effect December 4th. 1893.
GOING BAST.
GOING
I Lave a nice line of
FINE SHOES
to suit everybody-
Remember I take Country Produce in
exchange for goods. Also I handle
lots sell
body at all times.
as cheap as any-
Differ in their tastes. The foremost
thought with the men row is
tobacco and high prices, while
the ladies arc thinking the
LATEST M
Pas.
Ex Sun.
Ar.
P. If,
Ml
P M.
STATIONS
Daily
Ex Sun,
Ar.
P. M
Goldsboro
i Kinston
P. M.
A. M
A. M.
A. M.
Train connect With Wilmington it
Weldon train bound North, leaving
Goldsboro o. in., and with
train West, leaving Goldsboro i m
Wholesale
T. A. JONES. Established 1878. P. H. SAVAGE
SAVAGE, CO,
Cotton Factors and Commission Merchants
TUNIS WHARF, NORFOLK, VA.
Wholesale and Retail Healers in Bogging, Ties,
given to Sales Cotton, Grain, Peanuts and Peas.
Liberal Cash Advances on
Market prices Guaranteed,
Prompt Returns and Highest
l tty.
R. fob.
Pitt Co., X. C.
National Bank, or any Business House In
Cobb,
tin. x. C.
Joshua Skinner,
P I ii.
COBB BROS CO.,
and b near N. C. II I.
TON PEANUT
Bagging, Ties and Peanut Sucks Famished at Lowest
Code, edit Ion n ,,
and Solicited.
Ship your produce to
J C. Meekins, Jr., t
Cotton Factors
AND
Commission
NORFOLK VA.
WK WANT YOUR ORDERS FOR
-O-------
We will them QUICK
will them CHEAP
We will Jill WELL
Personal Attention given lo
and Counts.
Under House,
GREENVILLE.
Call in when ii work
OLD DOMINION LINE,
at Lowest Prices.
II will call at of
will a full line of
Laces and
Mary Fancy Hair
Pins, Side Combo, Ball Buckles, and all
other style goods.
Agent k Patterns-
MUTUAL lit
it.
Assets
Surplus over
R. B. Rainey, State
C.
The Old Mutual is best
managed Life
America, all kinds or
at lowest possible
with absolute security. It may not pay
a large commissions to as some
other but it.- low of ex-
low death rate. Immense
plus safely and profitably I.
dividends and to Its
policy-holders, render it the Company
in which to insure. Us policies are ab-
incontestable, and after three
years cannot be I. Money loan-
RIVER SERVICE id
w police carried by the Company for
-O-
Rough Heart framing,
Rough Sap ;
Rough Sap Inches
Rough Sap Boards, Inches 87.0
-o-
Wood delivered to your door for
cents a load.
cash.
Thanking you for past patronage,
mile hub
N. C.
lOOTS for Green
and Tarboro at all land
hags on Tar River Monday. Wednesday
and Friday at A. M.
Returning leave Tarboro at A. M.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
Greenville A. M. same days.
These departures are subject to
of water on Tar River
a number
J. L. HEARSE, Apt
Greenville, N. C
PATENTS
at steam-
of The Norfolk, and Wash-I
direct line for Norfolk. Baltimore
New York and Boston.
Shippers should Older goods,
marked via Dominion
New York. from
Norfolk ML
more Mom or of
more. Merchants Mineral
H win
Boston. I mil U. S. and
JNO. SON. Agent, M tree.
,. C. A. SNOW CO.
a, o. c. .
Caveats, and Trade-Mark obtained and all Pat-
for Fit.
and we can patent Its those
Send model, drawing or
Lumber Wanted
Accurately and Bi
Idly on the
FARQUHAR
Variable Friction
Feed Saw Mill
th
Blocks.
it,
and Hollers from I- t H
Horse Power,
For full
A. CO., Ltd.,
PA.
won
Real
Estate
and
Rental
Agent.
eM tats Rent or sole
terms easy. Rents, Taxes. Insurance
and open accounts and any
debt hands for
collection have prompt attention.
Sail faction guaranteed. solicit
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