T- JOB PRINTING The Reflector is pared to do all of this line NEATLY, and Plenty of new mate- rial and the best of Stationery. tare a sweeping thing. The Eastern D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance. VOL. XV. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1896. NO. Two Papers for We have made to furnish the Reflector and North Carolinian for the above amount. is campaign year and you should take the two leading papers. Ma- Pres- by Ida signature lo-day extended the pro the civil see law nun. in numb r of on the list from to and With s between the mes of officials whose by the S is requisite, down in re la- borer and workmen, governmental a e withdrawn as far us possible front and protected their tenure of office by tin- liar I system. Tin- signature II o'clock this am wing ail t orders issued i ill C s. inn I i I I j -t p and went into at oar BLAKE THE How Wasteful we Are. am action The sweetest bloom may poisonous be. oat the country by or it y i. ii o her i the b ire tag form . i i ii of Prom the new in all 1.1 to III- r ml for i I is. , civil into live bra . .-. .- -ii m s v. . i n i-c vie--, nil-i ; sen i i i th d service are .; and laborers an persons who have been nominated for in the i the Stuns, lac -I of Columbia, ill rail service, Indian service, pension agencies, i inspection service, hospital service, minis and assay offices, revenue culler service .-usuries and engineer depart- an the forces employed by ens- -t public buildings. The only a made in the Treasury De- i- favor of those in the lit saving service- In service are all and in any customs district whose as many as live In tin service are classified all officers in any fie de- livery In the internal are all officers and every internal revenue district, except, as the other ens .-, mere laborers. Tin- lumber of classified places ex- d from examination has been re- from to which are mainly positions of cashiers in the toms, postal and internal revenue vices. Indians employed in minor ca- in the Indian service are put the excepted list. Almost all of the positions in Washington which have heretofore been excepted have been included in the competitive The only positions in Wash- which will be excepted from ex- under the new rules will be private secretaries or confidential clerks exceeding to the President and to the head of each of the eight ex- departments. Don't blame the world the thorns People in this country are bettor fed, and housed than in they live on a higher plane and illy. Ibis is part of the explanation of the fact that walking people in this country do much more work than in ; but there is no question that many of us eat a great deal more than is necessary. Physicians tell us that overeating is the cause of a great deal of ill-health. in general are wasteful o their two ways. They pay needlessly high prices, on the fake supposition that the costliest food is the economical, and i i general they buy more is necessary. Part is simply thrown part is used to the injury of health. In a b larding house in Connecticut the let uneaten the kitchen and at the table was one-ninth of the who e. The com of food i- th principal item of the expenses of the large Arr among the roses The day it breaks in storms may All when it closes. We cannot always hope With fortune's fond caressing. And which seem-most hard to hear Will bring withal its blessing. Th buried seed must rot in earth K produce the And the weak plant to fructify Must have I and shower. So man to gain development. Must struggle with crosses And view with calm trials and hi- loss a A deadly poisonous weed may A salve of purest healing ; Although its bane concealing. are not always as seem, Heaven designed ; we s class thin as And lake thaw as w i Little we know of this brief life, And nothing of its lie ii let us lake iii bumble trust All that may seem unequal. God's ways arc ways. And lie should All that is wrong, in His good time. Will surely adjusted. lb who joy seldom th trouble. The Baptists of America. From the Baptist Year for just issued by American Baptist Publication Society, we a few figures, The total number of Baptists the United is gathered into 40.- churches, and served by 27.77-4 ministers. Of course, very ninny of these churches are very small, is they average members. The total members shows a gain of over last year. These members may be into three groups In Northern States, Southern whits. Southern, colored, 1,817,. It must be said that the tics, especially of the colored are very far from exact, very of the colored associations having sent in lat.-t Of Sunday schools are with and teachers. The total value church property is Connected with the denomination are seminaries being devoted the with instructors, and property. There are and universities, tors, students, and of There are other in- schools, and academies. The total property of all these institutions is Of all these institutions the of Chicago stands at the head, with of property, and Brown Columbian and the of Rochester a million dollars pr of property. The of Baptists in the world is estimated at Of members of which resemble the Baptists in practicing immersion, are in the country about Press. The crow is tin remover- telephone message of We gel the e spilled milk. A smile is tin friendship. He who makes the bet of life loses I he worst of death. The small boy's new pants are ways for read Its a mighty poor male that work both ways. Stolen kisses smack of naughty flavor makes them nice. A note for the garden and boils should be allowed to head. The business man allows nothing to go to his right arm. Some men use religion as an la to keep the rain brimstone off their Sunday Nervous wants to know how to tickling sensation about the Get him to shave off his Old winter's sighs are deep and stroll-, his aged breast begins to heave, he wails, for he IS loath lo leave the lap in which he's lingered long. The railed Slates speech crop will be very extensive this summer. The bury crop will also be the fall. There was a fight in congress Hall and Honey ; The latter was demonetized, Which wasn't very funny. of the all. indeed, but well-to-do. Thus tics of the cost living of families working men sh that Ii is- with incomes of to veal- paid this for the cost of preparing it for the table. On incomes of from to per cent was spent for food. Although the cost food is s,. great, and although the health and strength of all so inti- connected and dependent upon their diet, yet even the most in- people know less of actual uses and values of their food for s than of almost any of from , , . . . ., Other allies A TALE OF HARD TIMES. treat American corn Matters of News. Fair Basis of Co-operation. The weakest apology that has yet been offered tor favoring populist fusion is that it is necessary to save the State from It isn't any such thing. The Democratic party saved and kept the State saved from domination and everybody knows that It stands ready and anxious to perform a similar vice again. While supremacy has been imperiled only by reason o a large of former Democrat- having severed their relations with their old party. If they sill come back all will be well again. If, however, they stand off and demand as the price our salvation and theirs from rule of the that we shall surrender our and embrace, their we sirs ; come back to the party that protected you and us through all the years gave us all equal, efficient, honest and economical govern- and let us again common against the old enemy. for US, are not going to ground are have occupied all the time. We have done nothing wrong and we have nothing to arbitrate. If that doesn't -suit, go it We can stain as long as you We should say no of de- i I I but as a simple matter of honesty in The latch-string is on the outside. If the truant- will back be no need lo discuss the rights and wrongs of past. There will be a warm, and US goad, for in as for embody at the family boa Bit the party of North doesn't need to go nor to otter any apologies for any w that hasn't News, and Observer. A Kentucky murderer has been granted u new trial because the Sher- permitted the jury to drink six quarts of whiskey and two bullies of beer during the trial. There is a general understanding that the Venezuelan make it.- report the 1st of next By that time we will all have forgotten what the trouble was about. A cyclone at Salem, Va., last week blew down I houses. A colored woman and child were killed and four others injured. Several barns were also blown down an I a number of houses A special of the 25th from S. C. to the Columbia Stale says ; Yes- evening the wind and rain storm that passed through this the residence Mrs. Allen near was struck by lightning and considerable damage done to the building. Two girls, daughters of Mrs. Allen, were in one of rooms in lied at the time, and the played all over house, breaking the mirror and burning up the hair brushes and rugs, ripping the to pieces and tearing off the plastering. In some miraculous way none of the family were injured, though every room in entire house is literally lorn lo pieces. Two gay young frogs from inland bogs, Had spent the night in drinking; As morning broke and they awoke, While yet their eyes were blinking, A fan mil's pail came lo the , And caught them as winking. c aid gather scattered Or breathe a prayer for past The granger guileless man Had dumped them hi the The can filled up, the cover down, soon are started off to town. The luckless begin to And t up on cold milk shake. They quickly find their breath will slop Unless they swim upon the top. They swim for life and kick and swim. Until weary eyes grow dim ; Their muscles ache, their breath grows short, A ml gasping, speaks one weary spoil dear old hoy, it's tough To so young, I've, enough Of kicks for life more I'll try it. I was not on a milk tut, my the other A frog's not dead Until he dies. Let's keep on kicking, that's my plan, We yet may see outside this Nil use no us faint-heart -d. ruined up his toes and gently died. The brave front, el still. Kepi kicking with a right good will. Until, with joy ton great to utter lie found he'd churned a lump of butter, on that chunk of grease, lie floated round with greatest ease. ft Inn limes trade in town Don't gel discouraged and go down. But murmur A few more may bring the butter. Sheep Killing Dogs. The moat damaging worthless prop- that infests is. the sneaking sheep killing dog, that in the night, when the farmer sleeps and the dog owner knows not of it, sneaks away lo some pasture and there slays H of sheep apparently the fun of it. What North Carolina needs is a law throwing the cost of these dugs the tax payers, and thereby create a sentiment against useless dogs so strong that they will be In Virginia they have a law that requires the eon to pay market value of every sheep killed by dogs, and it works well. North Carolina needs just such a law, then we will see great of sheep on waste land and only useful dogs left in the laud. The man who will spring such a law and see it on the statute books, will be doing his country a real Let sheep and less be the motto. to. Alexander spite of public school in Texas, while the whole south has gained per cent in population in the last twenty years the increase the enrollment of has been per cent. n the same period the value Of the school property has in- creased from to an addition of yearly per year. lie in the south, white and black, one five is in attendance at school during some part of the year. excels all tries, in Europe. It is expended for cation in the South hi the last eighteen years has been for the colored race. Keep Eyes Open. The country is full of people who arc going about with nil sorts of schemes many them pure and simple by which to obtain money from it is lime for all people to be cautious, or else they and their money will soon he parted. Begging us also a great thing with a class of lazy, good-for nothing set. The latest we have heard of is the postage stamp tramp. He is an able bodied man who goes from house to house begging a stamp money to buy one, telling a plausible yarn about his baa luck and his need of a Stamp Write lo a Hand for assistance. As soon as he collects enough to supply him with drinks he gets on a jag. The country is filled with beats, nm every town should have a rock pile whore these gentlemen of leisure can be to for the good of their BRACE HUSTLE. The whole world seems against Brace up, man, a. d come but to the few t They're here for all who'll work Bill won't come if you maps, And fritter away your chances ; iV life you've got to cope, And seize all it advances, They only lose who shirk So jump into the tussle. Brace up. man, and hustle You've fought and been defeated up, man, and hustle Of fame you've been cheated It's but an empty name What, though fought and fell. If your life shows something tried. You've played your part full well. Though failed to stein tide, Fame's but a term for aim So spring into the Brace up, man, and hustle While life holds out keep steady ; Brace up, man, For chance by read ; lie wins who's on the spot For n the storm rides highest. And the future darkest Success and joy are Highest. To crown your fondest dreams. Strike while the iron is hot So gel into the Inside, Brace up. man, mid Philadelphia North i. an. Weekly Crop Bulletin. The reports, of of the ; Weekly Crop Bulletin, issued by I j North Carolina Section, for the week I ending Sturdily, May very favorable condition-, both work growth of crops. Cool the few days of the week brought he m temperature below the normal, hot the last five days were warm, bringing the average for the week about four degrees per day the Fine seasons occurred near- everywhere on May 1st and the largest amounts jail the central portion of the Slate. The general prospects are now very Indeed, and farmers are good s Reports are nearly an favorable for this ; very places did not share in the beneficial showers of May 1st and the conditions have been line, both for farm work and tor grow crops. continues, but approaching completion ; much has come up with promising-land and looks vigorous; being chopped. Corn about planted, except on bottom lands ; stand with fine green color and growing rapidly ; but little was prevent- ed from coming up by previous drought some little damage by re- ported. Selling out plains pro- gritting, and planting pen-nuts will be general dining in two wheat and have improved; Irish potatoes look fresh and ; sweet potatoes nicely and a few have been Set out, Hullo. little girl Will you tell ma Large shipments of and pens to the news i For haven't had to examine the papers, And I'm anxious to know how a tiny mile views The ubiquitous blot of political capers. Highest of all in Leavening Repeat Powder Absolutely pure Here ts a good item from Athens Banner l lark was up lo meet the sun, and carol for his lay ; the far- son took down his gun and him blazed away. busy baa arose at live and burned the meadows the wife went for his hive, and robbed in his Store. The ant rose early, his labors to begin ; the greedy swallows flew j,;, lordship la. Ob, bee, birds and ants be wise, in proverbs take no stock ; like me refuse to rise until half-past TIT FOR TAT. HOW THE STATES WILL The Washington Put publishes tho following table showing, so fur at could be predicted at present, how the differ- states will stand on the money at the Democratic National Con. North, VI. heavy rains in a few central con washing lands lo Rome extent , in the weather continues too dry. corn is going on vigorously; com large tor the season. Cotton has not come up quite I as well as hoped for, but the good sea sons at the end tic week will improve i stand. looks well but is Are the words id the editor, think you, I . sincere r I some. Sweet potatoes Has the weather come around as to- expected Y to be pushed in a few counties tho last of week, which in- true really . growth plants. dead reports mi received of damage Have the rogues of the , and cut-worms in last in corn and insects on bill And do you you must stand weather will diminish these anything happened that's funny or queer Do you favor the claim is elected r The late P. T. whose as a financier is Well known, one of hi- addresses made this challenge will undertake, and give bonds for the of the contract, that if the city of Philadelphia will slop ling liquor and give me as much as was expended last year. I will pay all city expenses ; no per- son living within her borders shall pay laxes re shall be no property a good dress and suit shall be given every poor girl, man woman; all the educational shall he paid a barrel of given to i very needy and per son mid I will clear a half million by operation. your bead To read with your paper in strange position Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Idaho Illinois Indiana Kansas Kentucky Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minn Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Carolina North Dakota Ohio I Oregon Pennsylvania Shod Island South Carolina South Tennessee Texas Virgin West Virginia Wisconsin District Oklahoma Indian Territory Alaska Totals 7-2 Ii ft will tell she exclaimed, And thus from paper inverted she read wicked old sparrow, bow- mi his Has shouted that poor little Cock Bob. dead. she ting Has happened. You never could guest it you'd try. Poor little -lack He sat the corner there wasn't a plum to be the pie. dis, is the. reason poor, got she read, the victim of theft, to cupboard, An she and till was left, Little Boy Blue went Little To the old lady that lived in a shoe, little Miss In her while petticoat. why, shorter she grew. the has into town, , Ail- Tom, is off on a run, I'll tell About l is he large plantations of the Old South are doomed. Of coarse rich men can afford to on a large scale will still hold large tracts but, the a u. When one is all that he Large farms can only lie successfully run by careful management hacked by ample capital, while the farm, which enables the farmer to thoroughly cultivate instead of scratch over he did when he had a larger tract, will pay and pay well. This section will never gain its proper of prosperity until fifty and one hundred wore farms of well cultivated hind will be the rule of our Sun. pests, Showers which throughout the District on the hist three days of the week were what was needed and came ii time lo prevent any damage which had threatened by There seems to have been really very damage by dry but everything was greatly by ruins Up good stand In some place, bat many farmers have not yet planting Corn- planting is generally about finished, ex- hit I corn, and where up is looking well. Those who have not finished planting are rapidly getting the seed ground. All small grain report. ed ill good condition, at H ride. Tobacco are. plentiful bill setting out has Hill begun yet. Farmers well advanced With work. The utter incompetently of the Re publicans lo govern this Slate Is every week. The and disgraceful scenes that being enacted at so many of their con- conclusively proves that Republicans are not lit lo be with control of our State govern- A party that cannot control its own conventions is surely not fit to be, entrusted with the of our Slate At the Republican district held wet k at for the purpose of nominating a tor Congress, those were most disgraceful scenes and any number of fights. From four counties came delegation each to the proper onto mid charging tho other fraud, the con- could not seat them all, and. as committee on credentials was composed entirely the friends of one, of they those who would vole for him. This naturally and a Con. knocked one of the delegates about fifteen feet and a bloody nose himself. Dr. tho defeated candidate for the nomination, was shoved oil the platform and hustled about in no gentle milliner. One delegate knocked down five oilier gates, and there were lights and knockdowns, filially the defeated minority and held a bolting convention. And these are men who seek to govern mid our old The Become the Insane. Dr. C rut hers, of Conn. who has had long in the institutions for the in- and insane says I hat is the active cause of from fifteen to filly per cent, of all iota, ; from thirty to per rent, of all idiocy sixty to ninety per cent, of all pauperism, and from fifty to eighty-five percent, of all crime, and then asks question, can estimate the relief of I lie tax payers by the removal of the perils la both properly and life from drunk. Shingling his own roof. Chaplain tells story of a drinking mini who being in a saloon latent night, heard the wile of saloon keeper say lo her husband, fellow home ; is never replied her husband, is shingling our house for This idea lodged in the mind of drunkard, and he did not. return to the saloon for sis months. When passing the saloon keeper in the streets, the latter Mid, don't you conic around to my place any you for your kind replied former victim. have been shingling my own roof The industrial aspect of the temperance re- form is embodied In this illustration Temperance Advocate. Bight to the Point. Destroy the whiskey habit or it destroy you. I oppose drink license opposes me The work try lo do ii .-Bishop C. IX. The of social crime is drink. The great cause of is drink Bishop John no None made, none can be had. How yOn build up by keeping your mouth shut A closed nap can't catch flies. Some people believe that whiskey will lie drank even it it i. not made. Ten for Signing the It is your protest strong Ii will benefit your health, will save your purse. It will save you from temptation. It will be a definite starling point in your history. It will sum- you time. It will a sufficient answer to those who temp you lo drink. K. makes a strong obligation. . It it for others to do I he same. It will be a great help to your neighbor and MEETING N. C, May 4th, The Board of Commissioners for Pitt county lie t this day, present C Dawson, chairman, L Fleming, S M T B Keel, and Smith. The following orders for were issued Martha Nelson II. D. Smith on. Nan Moore Sumo Henry Harris Kenneth Edwards I II Henry Sam and Aim Cherry Fannie Tuck- Alice Corbel I Vines I Alex Harris Chapman Polly Adams Mrs W Crisp Long Haddock Matilda an I wife Dupree I Peel on, A Bright Sallie Due . Alex enters I Win Jason Parker Harris I Creole I Carlos Durham Frank Cannon Amanda Dupree I The following orders tor general purposes were issued John Burnett N a Purser I T House lo on. i; , I lumber I Chili Skinner John Haskell D I. F. C Spier Parker i; Davenport Williams It M It T oil, W Henry Brown Barrett N S II Woody I Wall Brown I I. W O B White l W Ward Co lot; s Boss;, A Taylor T W K Knox It W King K W King 1.12 J T Williams W C W Moore I F , A Lang C Barrow DO, II lock D C Moore W I II W I. Bulls I D N B Cory W IV-., Perkins I I, Robertson I Town of Jason B W W J A Lang k L Little J L Little F W Brown K W Brown J J Cherry A Co H, A fin, K T Briley W M King J T Smith Warren Clark II Beach W Perkins MoO Bullock A Lang I T J Keel L L Smith S M Jones C Dawson MO, f Kirkman 0.1. Swill Creek and stock law White MOO, C Dawson K stock law F Patrick U Move W II All. Mails Brown and Mrs. Fred Taylor were allowed lo list laxes for Henry Fulford, M E Askew Beeves were exempted from poll tax for 1805. Ordered that Benjamin Nobles re- eased Iron payment of taxes on the land known Bead. Nobles land, the name being and paid by B II Ordered that the Company he allowed I lie privilege poles and wires along the public roads the county in such a tamer m at to abstract public. Ordered Joe Parkas from the payment of taxes on charged him, the same being a mis- lake of the list taker. Ordered that the taxes of the Wes- ts-ill Telegraph Company be corrected. Ordered tint the Sheriff be allowed th first Monday Jam to Here's a good one from the Monroe heard a story tome lime ago which struck as one the of a true Democrat The story A good man died and all his neighbors turned out to the funeral. As there was no min- present, an old friend of the de- ceased was asked lo say something after had been lowered in the grave. The old fellow walked slowly to the foot the open grave and delivered the foL . lowing oral ion over dead body of his l there lays as good a wet or He then turned slowly away th consciousness that he had full duty and heaped the upon his follow OF