REFLECTOR Greenville, N. C. P. J. Editor i at the post at M mail matter. June 24th. 1896. IT Just as Lad predicted of Ohio, was nominated tor President on first ballot by the National Convention at St. Louis. Hobart, of New Jersey-was Vice-President. The platform was a disappointment to the silver forces and they bolted the Convention. eastern North Carolina crop this year will be by far the poorest that we have ever had. And about the acreage some of our high flying will be surprised some pf these days when they realize that there was not as much to- planted in eastern North in as there was in of the most destructive hail storms passed through a section of country on the north side of the river that we have ever had. Mr. J. S. Smith tells us that he had acres of tobacco and that it is literally torn all to pieces. He had already cured one barn of prim- and would soon have been ready to commence curing in full blast. The storm passed through a section about five miles in length doing great damage to all the crops but Mr. Smith's and Mr. Barn hill's were the worst damaged of any that we have heard of, their's entirely ruined. WASHINGTON LETTER. EUROPEAN LETTER. TOBACCO AGAINST COTTON-f THE TEACHERS ASSEMBLY. A Brilliant Session in the Mountains o. i- We frequently hear say that if should go down in price to C or cents per pound they would be forced to go back into the cultivation of cotton or some other crop and leave oft tobacco, entirely. Now while we are not an advocate of large crops of poor tobacco, but rather small of superior quality, yet let's look at the figures and make some comparisons be- tween tobacco and at cents and cotton at cents. We have consulted a number of farmers and they say they can grow and house acre of tobacco for from to Now on an average say it costs an acre to grow and save on this MR you get from to say on of only GOO pounds and it will average that the county ever. You sell this pounds of tobacco fit a pound and realize for the acre- Now as we have taken a minimum av- on the acre of tobacco we will ply the same rule to the acre of cotton. We will assume that the cotton land of Pitt county will average a half bale to the acre or pound-, of cotton which at a pound is So you can plainly see that the profit on an acre of tobacco above all actual expense and cost is nearly equal to the entire gross amount of an acre in cotton. As to the cost of growing and saving nil acre cotton we have not consider- ed that at all. We shall leave th reader to make his own calculation. Every year since Greenville ban had a market the entire sales averaged, including scrap, over cents a pound. Now when we con- sider that the average cost of an acre of tobacco is and that the average weight is COO pounds and that the average price hash-en say only cents, you see that on an average farmers of Pitt county have realized net profit of at least for every acre of tobacco grown in the Of course every man that has planted tobacco has not made money out of it. Some have lost heavily, but more have lost as they would Lave done had the county been upon a single cotton basis. There are as a matter of course exceptions to figures, for instance we know of several farmers who say to grow and handle an acre of tobacco cost them every cent of There are others who even say it costs more than that figure. This course the amount of fertilizer used and usually it is the man who uses heavy applications of manure that gets the most money out of tobacco while we believe that too much fertilizer is used and as this item is one of the chief sources expense it is one in the use of which great care and should be used in order to get the most satisfactory results. THE CROP CONDITION. O. I. WIVES. From U-e information that we have gathered from the country in there is no question of doubt but that while the crop in some sections is more forward than usual it is still a very unsatisfactory one to the It is more spotted than ever before in the eastern counties, that is it is irregular, a good plant and a poor one, and barren spots so to speak all over the field. There are a few far- managed to get all their crop set on a good season in April or very early May who have good stands with the exception of where the bud worms cut it down during the cold nights in May. Those crops are ad- and in some cases are all topped out and are looking very well indeed, but the great body of the tobacco was set from May 5th to 15th, and beyond doubt this tobacco is more to the farmers in many ways than any crop we have ever grown. While it may be reverse to the criticisms made of the crop of eastern North Car- by a good many other reporters yet if we were called upon to give an estimate of this crop in comparison with the crop we i most not place it over in condition, and while we cannot tell what the seasons will be or how the crop Correspondence of Reflector. N. C. June 17th. On last evening at the North Carolina Teachers Assembly convened in its Session in the hall of the Asheville Female College. When President Joyner called the As- to order, the beautiful hall was filled to its utmost rapacity, the audience being to find standing room. This melting was only an introductory skirmish preparatory to the great battle of thought and action on to-morrow. the rostrum, sat the officers and speakers and a large number of prominent educators. The occasion was an auspicious and one and pushing aside every sign of fear and apprehension as to the success of this session the whole assembly at once aside stiff formalities and leaped into the full fruition of Lope and assurance. At the proper time and in a few well chosen remarks the president intro- Hon. Was. M. the young, tainted and eloquent Mayor of ville. Mr. is a young man, just passed his full of buoyancy, hope and strength, a strong intellectual face, with easy and grace- manners, a deep resonant voice, and a commanding appearance. As In- stepped forward the audience greeted him with generous applause and for several minutes he repaid them with words of an eloquent welcome, that came forth the fluency and ease of a flowing stream and captured the vast audience. After he finished and the applause Lad subsided President said, have yet another treat in store for us. In this city there is a patriotic order railed the Junior Order of American Mechanics. The word Mechanic is a misnomer. order is not a labor organization, nor composed of artisans, but is purely pa- in its design with a motto and a creed, migration and education of the With a sympathy for our work this order has craved the of extending to of Carolina a welcome to city and selected as spokesman J. II Tucker, Esq. of Mr. Tucker, to all of your readers, is universally acknowledged to be one of the first, most progressing and promising young lawyers of Mountain City. order was fortunate in selection of spokes- man to extend welcome to the Commanding in person, graceful in manner, in expression, and fluent in Mr. Tucker more than met the expectation his of hosts of friends here in the city and those pres- from every portion of North Carolina to whom he is so well and favorably known in extending a truly hearty welcome to the His closing remarks, in which in the name the honored dead statesman, Vance, he welcomed us to this fair land, captured the audience and he re- the hearty applause of the even- At conclusion of Tucker's welcome president introduced J. B. Professor of Latin in Wake Forest College as the Demosthenes of the North Carolina Teacher's who respond to Asheville's welcome in behalf of the Assembly. Those who know Prof. Carlyle can bet- appreciate the pith and oratory of his response. Most happily he met the requisites of the occasion. His gifts, his culture, his classic his grace and oratory all combined to capture both the Assembly and Ashe- ville when he stated triumphantly that is the greatest and finest city in North Carolina, and the Teach- Assembly is the greatest and finest body in North Carolina ; hence when Asheville and the Assembly meet the two greatest things North Carolina have This was a hit that took all by storm. His re- closed an interesting and pleas- ant beginning what promises to be the best meeting ever held by the North Carolina Teacher's Assembly. When we have been here longer will write yon about Ashe- ville though a drive through the city from the Depot has impressed me that From our Regular Correspondent. Washington, D. C, June 19th, President Cleveland's letter stating that he, an unflinching Democrat who has been honored by his party and who desires hereafter no greater cal privilege than to occupy the place of private in is could not have been surprising to readers of this in which it was positively stated, by authority, many months ago that President Cleveland was not and would not be a candidate before the Chicago convention, and that he would whenever he deemed such action able write a letter to that effect. What was stated has now come to pass. That letter has been written. It was not surprising, either, view of Mr. Cleveland's consistent opposition to he should have used that let- to make a fresh attack upon the free coinage of silver. There is a very decided difference opinion among Democrats to what, if any, effect the President's letter will have upon the Chicago convention, and only time will tell which are right. Republicans say they will use the letter as a campaign document if the Chicago convention a free silver platform. Secretary Lament probably talks as little to the public ear as any man in public life, but he has a way of what he starts out to do that many more talkative men lack. When Secretary Lamont wrote a letter the bill to revive the grade of Lieu- tenant General of the army in order that Gen. Miles might be promoted thereto, and giving the reasons for his opposition, many supposed that Con- anti-administration in both branches would pass fa bill just be- cause the administration didn't want it passed, but your Uncle Daniel knew better. If anybody will take the to hunt it down that Miles will be found in a committee-room pigeon- hole, nicely covered with dust and cob- webs, and there it will probably remain You couldn't persuade Secretary La- to say a word about it now. He got what he wanted and with him. Representative Amos Cummings is admittedly an authority on New York polities. While in Washington week he am sanguine that New York will go Democratic this year, it matters not what the Chicago convention does on the financial The people of New York state are thoroughly disgusted with the re- form administrations that have pro- the bill and other of legislation. They are mad all the way through end per cent of them are more interested in turning down a party that encroaches on their liberties and brings back an era of blue law and puritanism than in the platform a National Convention. Mr. W. G. Conrad, a banker and cattleman, of Montana, and a Democrat, says the political in that state Democrats can carry the Suite for a silver date for the Presidency, and if they combine with the Populists, which they probably will, they can elect the Gov- easily. They might carry the legislature, too, but would not be of supreme importance seeing that no United States Senator is to be chosen by that body. Gov. seems to be the favorite Presidential candidate out our way ; at least we hear more about him than of the rest. If he gets the nomination there is no doubt of his getting Montana's electoral Never was the result a National Convention received in Washington with more apathy than that of the one which has just been held at St. Of course, when one stops to think, that is not difficult to account tor. People do not enthuse over the an- of a cut and dried affair, and the only thing that was ever for a moment in doubt about was would be the candidate for Vice President. Czar Reed re Washington to Lear the news, and it he would only tell he thinks about he won't. Demo- do not regard the ticket at St. Louis as a strong one. On the contrary, they think it would have been difficult for the convention to Lave picked out one that would have been weaker. Aside from the enmity of the Republican leaders because of the methods adopted by Mark Hanna, will fail to get the votes of many Republicans who regard him as a one- man. The bolt of silver cans because of the financial plank of platform makes it doubtful can carry a single western slate. In short, it is the opinion the best informed Democrats that if the Democrats can't beat they could not beat anybody, and that the Republicans have added very largely to will be looking in ten days, we do know . m my that there is a decided change L W. H. R. ice the better, and that soon, the the chances for Democratic Severe Hail. We that a severe hail and wind storm passed over the section between Great Swamp and Grin die Creek on Thursday evening. Many farms were badly damaged. The worst sufferer seems to be Mr. J. R. near Berea church. His crops are almost entirely ruined, the tobacco crop He says he will have to cut it all down and let suckers come on the stalks. In many places cotton and corn were broken off by the wind and fruit trees are blown down. Mr. W. R. Whichard, who rode through a part of the damaged section, tells us It is almost heart-sickening to look upon the ruined crops that but a few days ago were so beautiful and gave promise of a I bountiful harvest. We sympathize j with the sufferers. our Special Naples, Italy, June 3rd, 1896. The Augean stables were doubtless bad enough, but what would a nice New England or a Dutch housekeeper keeper say of Naples This city stands in the and mi manufacturing This is not meant, to be to Naples at all, for the interest of the place is largely referable to the dirt. Neapolitan face is not characterized t, much by black eyes and rosy lips as by one ways thinks when looking at the of Charles Lamb's re aunt, dirt were trumps what hands hey would In rainy streets are covered with a thin black batter of mud and the carefully dressed can and the daily Englishman find themselves after a few hour's sight seeing reduced to the real Neapolitan state. The streets here are painfully narrow in fact just enough to allow car- to pass. On the numerous days two long processions of carriages block the business streets from end to end, and the man who has not yet been so influenced by the climate us not to care whether he reaches the bank today or next week, finds this slow moving procession a sore trial to his patience. The side walks are even worse. On the principal shopping street they are about two feet wide. At one point t his street we saw a man the other day who led a goat out of a gate opening on pavement, and quietly sat down to milk pedestrians respected energy the entire mass moved off the sidewalk so as not to dis- him. The Italians are a good nature-. people. The beggars are innumerable. They conduct business everywhere and there seems to be between them and the gen- who are almost as plentiful, a kind of understanding that one will not disturb the other. There is a cent arcade in the city called the Vittorio but the pleas- of a walk through it is spoiled by the little beggars who turn handsprings and somersaults in fr of you through the entire place in of a A little girl a business of this kind in the Galleria and reaps large rewards a shop keeper told me, for doing it so A man smoking is fol- lowed distance until lie the stump of his cigar, when a struggle for its ensues. In the streets that lead up to the hill the. poorer classes reside and the rights these streets afford are worth crossing the ocean and all its attendant sea sickness to see. of are only long of stairs and are so steep that land slides in the city are of com- occurrence. Of course houses can- not go these inclines so the whole domestic economy of the families is ex- in the street. They live almost altogether out of doors and it is no to see children and dressed and oilier scenes of a more or less delicate character en- acted in air. But all of these things do not interfere with the charm of these picturesque, tortuous streets and alleys. In fact they constitute its charm and the scene that in America would make you hasten for a policeman forms here the subject of your snap shot. It is something in the setting of tall pink and yellow Louses dirty windows and broken walls, blue, blue sky over- Lead, Le black streets below ; in the distance across the brilliant bay smoking daily are cause and though you talk loud- about the advantage American thrift and progressiveness you long to linger here where passive is itself a the school, so far as I can learn, are very good. Attendance is com- and the normal instruction for teachers very careful. In all the grades English, German and French are taught. The fact that the people have enjoyed freedom and good schools for loss than one generation is apparent in the superior intelligence of the younger members of the households The older persons speak a soft, ab- Italian and one always thinks of them as a people energy has been expended for euphony ; but the children show a quickness of perception and an intelligence that is surprising. Many the people ire complaining that the public are undermining not only parental but church authority, which is probably quite true, and will be the cause in a few generations of bet- days for Italy. And speaking the churches, I have seen nothing in Italy that so well characterizes the weakening of the ultramontane view as a performance at a a few nights since, a Franciscan monk was caricatured in the drollest and most rent manner, while the applauded and encored again and again. AT THE STATE CAP IT Things Transpiring in the cf Age of Educational Institutions and A PITT Correspondence to N. C, June 22nd, 1896. Editor may be that of your readers would like to know what is going here, and with your permission we propose to jot down, from time to time, such items as we may think may be of interest to them, the of the Doubtless most of your readers have sometime in their lives visited this city, and familiar with its location, the beauty and loveliness of the surround- country, its charitable and penal u l ions, its pure water and and the generous hospitality and good breeding of its citizens ; so these we shall not speak for the pres- but try to give yon such news as is of daily In this day of telephones and graph a good many of the county papers get the news before it can be transmitted through the mails. Col. Fred Olds, wide dent and news gatherer, told me this morning he furnished the MR to about twenty different papers almost entirely by wire. The cost of doing this is very much less than we had supposed. The Wilmington Charlotte Observer and other daily papers published all the of interest with the city papers. About all the educational institutions of Raleigh have held commence- as closing exercises arc called, and the students have gone to their various homes to spend their summer vacation. Each institution, of course, claims a larger attendance and more gratifying progress than in any former year. We had the pleasure of attend- the most of and were favor- ably impressed and frank to express our convictions that the schools here are of high grade and most of the teach- thoroughly competent, faithful and zealous in the performance of ties. The A. M. College established here a few years ago for the especial training of our boys agriculture and the mechanic arts is on a large scale and is now in good working order with all necessary machinery, well stocked with improved breed of cattle and hogs, a model barn and of the latest The sons of farm are here taught how to make their own living in some practical way, while the developments of their minds and muscles are not neglected. Most nil, if every one, who have graduated here is now occupying some responsible position at good wages. Technical training while tending to trains the hand and reconciles the practical with It teaches our young men not to be ashamed of honest labor and the same time enables poor boys to earn their own bread. The young man that has learned to in a steam engine, take of water works, electric light plants, understand car sys- or Low to manage a dairy farm will be in demand in future. We we are extending this latter to too great a and must abruptly close without saying anything about politics or other things that might be of interest to your readers. The State Democratic Convention convenes here this week and we hope to see the editor and a number of Pitt county's citizens present. The prospects of Democratic success in the coming election grows brighter every day. R. W. J. Call A Good Man With a Good Crop. Everybody who knows Theophilus Bland, Jr., can vouch for his good character. It was a pleasure to hear him say while in town to-day, Le Las finest crops lie ever Lad in his life. lit has CO acres in cotton which he says will average knee high, acres in tobacco that will average waist high and is already three-fourths topped, and acres in corn which is the finest he ever and will be through laying it by next week. He also planted S acres in and got from them bar- per acre which been sold at per barrel not. Mr. Bland says he has never cultivated a crop so easily and with as little expanse as this sea- son. When asked if he was a candidate for County Commissioner he said not be a candidate for any office overseer of the for cash. Mr. Bland is a plain, practical man of sterling lives well, works his land and has one of tin; finest farms in the county, chiefly made so by his energy and good judgment. His home and his family arc his chief pride. ALIKE IN NAME. For line of White and Black Sailor Hats on the market received weekly from the northern cities. Also Leghorn, White and Colored Lace and Straw Shapes. Flowers, Baby A full lino of Trimmed Hals. The entire will be at per above cost fur the next days. Call satisfy yourself. FLOORING loss than cost. a car f. o. b. a N. G at per M. Carolina Lumber Co. FLUES. We. the undersigned, purchased or used Tobacco Flues Bade C- last arid unhesitatingly gay they are A both workmanship and are easier put than Flues usually mad. All el. or hinged J J. S L Gins;. . S- D. We u order for next and will quality best and prices as low M any. solicited horror correct size of of barn Makes CHILD-BIRTH Easy, and we will make flues you and h- III lip in fifteen ill- and who lined . It. Beware of and imitations, C. Son- We Offer You a Remedy Which Insures SAFETY to LIFE of Both Mother and Child. MOTHERS FRIEND who Sent by express or mull, on receipt of Price, 1.00 per mailed free, containing voluntary testimonials. tad. Mrs. a Congleton, wife of Mr Henry F. Congleton, of Carolina town- ship, died at b o'clock Monday after- noon of typhoid fever. She had been nearly lour weeks. She leaves a husband and a little girl months old who have our heartfelt sympathy in their bereavement. J. J. Cherry and family, Mrs. Pearce and little son Mount, B. C. Pearce, J. G. Move and F. M. left Saturday afternoon for Ocracoke. . showing. Another Daily Reflector Published in Ohio. friend Alex of New York, who is now on a trip through the western states, sends us a copy of a paper published at Norwalk, Ohio, that made us feel at home when we read the line. The name of the paper Daily and doubtless the similarity of names led Alex to believe a copy it would be to us. And so proved. While both papers have identically the same name there are sonic points between us. it larger, being just the size of our week edition ; then it is older, having at- the pad age years ; and it is thoroughly Republican in politics All the same it is a bright paper an excellent news service, and we hope North Carolina name-sake may live to become as large and as never reach its political way think- That Game Ball. The Free Press in speak- of the game of ball between Kin- and Greenville says Wednesday the ball club went to Greenville and but not very hard. The Green ville were in and weren't even a little bit. all the Kinston boys played good ball, but Frank Lewis on second, Ben Stanly in the box, and Dunk ton in the box the last two innings, worthy of special praise. All know that Stanly can play ball with the best them. Greenville did not score at all the two innings that ton Frank Lewis covered with glory on second, caught everything that came in reach, and won the hearts of the Greenville girls Greenville people were all nice and clever to our boys, and Kinston hopes to have soon of trying to make it for them here. Greenville Daily Reflector had a nice account of the game before the train Brother Whichard is a good newspaper men and a Our boys like him, is The Reflector will add that it be- the defeat the Greenville boy met that day was a good thing for them. It put the boys on metal, and they have gone to practicing with a determination of showing that they can play ball. Complimented. Inspector Smith complimented the Pitt County Rifles their efficiency Monday evening. He said that it was best he inspected, and holding so faithfully after being burned out was very praiseworthy. There were men in line at the in- and they made n creditable Who is. Hobart has been a of the New Jersey legislature, of the State Executive Committee member of the National Committee, and a party boss. He is a corpora- lawyer, whose usefulness in get- ting legislation has made him more than a millionaire. lie is an aide and trained corporation lawyer as is by the fact he is one of the at a salary, of the National railroad pool, a law-defy- combination. lie but one in his of Mark Hanna. The great Ohio boss is his ideal. This tells the story of the and Observer. PERSONAL. page medical reference book to any person with any special, chronic or delicate disease liar to their sex. Address the leading physicians and surgeons of t United States, tit. Hathaway Co., South Brod Atlanta, Ga. 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