JOB PRINTING. The Reflector is pared to do all work of this NEATLY, QUICKLY, and IN BEST STYLE. Plenty of mate- rial and the best of Stationery. NOMINEES- Ticket FOR PRESIDENT. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, ARTHUR SEW ALL, Maine. State B. WATSON, of lieut. W. MASON, of N fob M. COOKE, Franklin. FOB K. M. Buncombe. The Eastern Reflector. D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance. VOL. XV. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 1896. Two Papers for We have made to furnish- the Reflector and North Carolinian for th above amount. campaign year and you should take the two leading papers. WEATHER BULLETIN. FOB F. AYCOCK, of Wayne, SUIT- J. C. SCARBOROUGH, Johnston. V. I. of Mecklenburg. FOR OF TUB fl- A. C A VERY, of U. II. BROWN, of Curious Freaks of Prom die village of Bay, lies tour miles Bath, comes u story of a curious freak of lightning, according to Weekly. Near village there is. or was reed composed of oak and not trees. In the of this wood there was a small pasture, quite hemmed in by the surrounding grove. Here six sheep were kept by their owner. The flock being small, the pasture only fifty yards in extent, contained herbage sufficient tor them. One day while sheep were in the field a severe thunder storm cam on, and m flash of lightning killed simultaneously ever sheep in the pas- is to be presumed they were by their owner, but no doubt -considering that they might be of some to him, although dead, he heir bodies to a butcher in the neigh, boring village of Bay. The began his business skinning the lightning-struck animals. To the astonishment of the butcher and his as- on the interior of each sheep- skin they printed an elaborate and faithful picture of the landscape surrounding the sheep These natural pictures were in no respect the impressionists daubs, but the trees, the fences, the reeks, the bushes were all as precisely represented as if photographed upon the skin of the animal. Every detail was exactly The sheep had been huddled together in a corner and the landscape in each case was the same, the picture being of that part of the surrounding scenery which lay in the path the lightning flash which killed the frightened animals. Red the following from Una week's Caucasian, and then ask yourselves the question whether the Republicans can be trusted to give you free silver. Mr. it will be remembered has p to be a great friend of the Pritchard is no longer a friend to and BO friends to can no longer be friends to Pritchard. lie has taken the into the gold camp, and honest consistent thins; him to do now is to advocate the gold standard. Pro lesions of being friendly to silver from him cannot and will not be taken now by those who once sup- ported him for a high office. If his words are to believed, he hits re- pledges heretofore made, and he am expect nothing less than himself by those to whom he those Mr. Pritchard will yet sit in the Senate before the people will have an opportunity to dis- miss him representative there, but we hardly think any action he may lake will be inconsistent with his form promises during the time that he will remain Senator. Here is his latest promise and opinion shall cheer- fully support the Republican ticket, and I feel confident and will carry North Carolina by a handsome majority, that the action of the Chicago convention insures the election of the ticket overwhelming The reports of o j the Crop Bulletin, i-e by the North Carolina Climate, and Set-vie-, the ending Saturday July 11th, 1806, are very unfavorable Tim chief feature for week the excessive rain-mil, which averaged fur the State more than 4.00 inches above the normal for the week, and in the Central District more, than 6.00 above the normal. The Streams over- flowed their tanks from the Broad to the Cape Pear and and did an amount of damage to lowland crops, which is difficult to es though it is hoped the extent of injury ha- b -en exaggerated. The temperature was slightly below the annum of sunshine wry much so. EASTERN DISTRICT. The past week has been very favorable throughout the whole district. occurred on every day of the week, and on the with high winds. The was very excessive ; all low- ground was covered with water, and streams overflowed banks, destroying low crops. Grass is gaining again very rapidly as no work could be done during the week. So far cot- ton has not been greatly damaged, a little shedding of forms is reported, some turning some little damage by wind. The crop is running up i st s in south portion district there are plenty of half grown bolls. Corn Buffered more severely. Considerable corn was reported blown down by high wind on the 8th. and many lowland crops destroyed along Corn and cotton were in good rows which helped to run off. Damage is probably overestimated at present. Tobacco curing progressing very well. Sweet potatoes fine. Pea- nut being hilled. In northern ties of the district where is third or fourth Reek of too much rain, farmers are much discouraged. Elsewhere general conditions still favorable, DISTRICT. The crop prospects have retrograded considerably. The area of heaviest rain-fall centered over the counties of Anson, Randolph, Alamance, G nil ford and Stokes. Storm- and floods did damage, particularly on nth, lands were badly washed ; many s swept away and some crops damaged by winds. Cotton is running very fast and shedding some lower leaves and fruit, but generally outlook s fine ; picking will probably begin early August. Corn in bottom lands flooded to top of stalk and difficult to estimate damage much of it may be completely destroyed. Outside o slight additional damage by wind the rain has crops. Early corn practically made and yield will he above average. Sweet potatoes best for several years. Some oats and in shock washed away, and oats uncut beaten down and tangled in north portion. Tobacco also damaged to some extent by excessive rain, running up too tall, looks fine, however. Grapes doing well. DISTRICT. Rain occurred every day this week one the total amount being very large. Freshets did great damage to crop i i h in upland Gums were badly washed. Th ground had been so softened by rains that corn was loose and much was blown down and uprooted by the gale on the 8th, but some is straightened up again. The chief dam- age was caused by the overflow of the streams, and the injury can as yet b estimated, but will probably be less than expected. Cotton is growing up rapidly and continues to fine, but needs more sunshine. Some oats, wheat and rye in shock carried away in bottom lands, and what was not is sprouting Hay con- damaged. Farm work was stopped during the week. A period of fair weather and sunshine is badly needed. A RETROSPECT AND AN AN Many of those who have had jet r or this paper on account of the fact that it has made a losing fight on the coinage will naturally suppose that it will i id itself his personal preferences for the good of i party. We always believed Joe was one of the men the State and our opinion i now strengthened. Whatever this paper has said, and it has had something to say, in to the Observer's on the financial question and what by embarrassments under the would do after the convention. Here is a diamond, here a piece of charcoal. Both carbon ; yet between them stands the mightiest of magicians Nature. The food on your table, and your own body ; clemently the same, yet the two stands the the arbiter growth or life or death. We cannot make a diamond, we can- not make flesh, blood and bone. No. But by means the Shaker Digestive Cordial we can enable the stomach to digest food which otherwise fer- and poison the system. In all forms of dyspepsia and incipient con- with weakness, loss of flesh, thin blood, nervous prostration the is the successful remedy. Taken it relieves at once. It and assists nature to nourish A trial to show its merit cents, is the best medicine for Doctors it in place Of lions which at moment confront it these conditions being a tree silver candidate for President on a free silver platform. It does not feel e or chagrined in the least, and will disappoint those h ex- to see it j the party, and i those who expect it to maintain a nominal connection with the Democratic party but to sulk through the campaign. Throughout Mr. Cleveland's term as and his last the been a steadfast supporter of bis financial policy, burring the one with him as to the hill. The best thought that he has been able, to bring to the subject, and the deepest study Unit lie has been lo give it. I ave fixed it in his mind with all power conviction, that the of maintaining the in this is the correct one. There has been no such thing as avoid discussion of this question the past two years and more. Two courses were therefore to teach what we believed to profess what we not believe. We conceive that in the position taken we have the support the unbroken history of the party, up to the day though we have never for one moment mistaken the of the Democratic patty of North on the subject. Be ginning with 1690, the party the State declared for free coinage 1892, and The greater the agitation of the subject the stronger the silver sentiment. By some fatality this paper i cl all individuals and in- in the State, the pal object of attack, and it has had no bed of roses. Its history for a year has been one of buffeting and strife. Nothing has given us so much pain as the fact that there has installed in the minds of the agricultural people the belief that the Observer is enemy ; bin neither for personal dis- tress nor business considerations could we abandon a position deliberately and thoughtfully taken in what we believed be the best interest of every citizen, nor is it to understood that we abate any part of that opinion now. If it were to go over we should pursue the same policy again, with the same end view. But the hits spoken, and while it has Incorporated a new doctrine among its articles of faith, there is nowhere for the Observer to go. It believes in the principle of majority is o-e reason why it is a Democrat. This party is tolerant of differences among its members, and that is another reason why we are a allows liberty of opinion and any man who believes in its fun- principles may be a member f f it whether he subscribes to all of its policies or not. It is a revenue tariff party, yet it its ranks many protectionists. It is an party and yet thousands of prohibition, acknowledge it as the ark of the covenant to them. For eighteen years this money question been more or less at issue, Mr. Bland having begun a free silver crusade at least as far back as when the coinage act passed Congress as a com- promise measure ; and if throughout all these years free coinage and anti-free coinage Democrats have been permitted to enjoy equal rights in the party, we been along the line of a little pleasantry. We have never for a moment Joe devotion to the Demo- party and its principles have never believed that he would do any thing but what be ever been doing, stand first and foremost in his advocacy its ticket, lie had convictions of duty before the convention and he ex- pressed them without fear, and regard- less popular favor. Since the con- he still has convictions his duty and no man in North Carolina will lake precedence of him in telling the people what these convictions are. honor to Joe Cal the editor one of the best dailies the Old North Stale ha; ever had. William Jennings Bryan. have come from the southwest, but there is no mention of it made in the Th; nomination of Hon. William J. history of Ohio ; or Virginia. The ARTHUR the fifth ballot Arthur . Maine, received the nomination for the V ice-Presidency at Chicago by the Democratic Convention. lie was born at Bath, Me., November, He has been a lite-long Democrat, and has been chairman of the Dem- state committee many years. His residence is the estate in Bath, which been the of the family since 1700, when his great grand-father the title, only three removes from a grant by King George. Mr. married in 1839. His wife was Emma D. of Bath. There are two M. and William D. Harold M. was pointed during Ur. Cleveland's first ad- ministration United States consul gen- at Samoa, but has since gone over to the Republican party. Mr. has been engaged most of his life in ship building and ship owning. In the early days he built the wooden whalers and coasters, for which the slate of Maine was famous. The firm has been Son for three generations. Mr. is president and pal owner the Bath national bank. He was president for nine years of the Central railway. lie reigned latter position two years ago. He was at one time president of the tern and has still quite interests in railroads and in rail- road building. Printing Office Etiquette. A lady asks us whether etiquette re- quires one to knock at the door of an editor's sanctum before entering. We hasten to reply. It you are to pay your subscription or bring in a nice, juicy item of news, don't stop to knock, but just walk right in as it you owned the place. If, on the other hand, you arc out on a collecting tour, you should make the fact known through the and then knock at the door the editor opens it. You may sink down exhaustion before lie does so, but you will he ad- to the printing office etiquette that is bound to please the average and his heart comes near his mouth till the bill-boy misses the name and goes clear through the list. His heart fulls back, thinking the b-y has given a false alarm and no bill is there, but, the agony sets in anew when the bill-boy starts over the list again. If he is writing, reading, eating or what not, the work is stopped fill the boy presents the bill. But, it is the hardest part of a fellow's life when the boy stands outside and shuttles the bills, especially when you have company Charlotte Democrat. If people would keep their bills paid see no reason why they may not be permitted to continue to do so. We shall be no disturber of its peace ; we shall avoid, as far as possible, controverted questions ; please God, we are not going anywhere just because we do not believe in the up without waiting for a collector to doctrine laid down at Chicago, for there is too much else in Democracy that we do believe in while there nothing anywhere else. It may be, after all, that the majority of the is entirely right about this coinage question and the minority all wrong though we do not think so. But at all events we know it is right about the tariff and a hundred other questions and will take our chances with it on free or whatever else may Charlotte Observer. is a manly editorial from the Charlotte Observer. It is so different from what many a paper is now saying which pursued the same course as this one before the convention that we refrain from giving it to our read- in full. It marks a man, and it marks him with convictions. It shows manhood to assert them at the proper time. But above all shows that the e bus the manhood to subordinate call on them this is one agony I hat could be avoided. Mr. J. II. Turner, secretary of the National Committee of the Populist Party, comes out boldly for Mr. Bryan for President and calls upon all People's Party men to join him in his endeavor t elect this distinguished advocate of free silver. Mr. Turner calls the ac- of the Chicago convention the triumph of the plain people of the States. Bryan, of Nebraska, by the Democratic convention yesterday, constituted the most astounding spectacle in the history of American politics. It was a culmination, perhaps. We are not prepared to say that, alter the demonstration of Thursday, the choice of any man other than Bryan would have been pertinent or What amazes us is that he should have, been able, by the mere act of mounting rostrum and delivering a twenty minutes to the process of the machinery, to obscure every veteran aspirant in view, to change men's hearts, to divert the course of their passions and their pref- and to transform a and deliberative body into an instrument upon which he its Pan upon his pipe, as the blind prince of music on his immortal harpsichord. It was a consummation without par- a denouement never to be ex- plained side of paradise. But so it happened. On Thursday afternoon, at a lime when Bland seemed to be the leader in the race, when was a laborious second, and when brainiest and most conservative of them all, was enacting the role of the dark and this young man Bryan appeared, tall, shapely, hand- some as a demigod, classic of outline, impassioned of address, ling with his tremendous message to the a fairy upon a dull and lifeless and in one mo meat threw human beings into a lever of exaltation. He called back from the vanished past the witchery Orpheus, the of De- the irresistible forces of the great Napoleon. He stood there, and with a dozen fiery phrases he converted thoughtful men into lunatics ; he changed them as utterly as the wizard changes the toys he plays with on the stage. In all the annals of politics there was never such a scene. We do not wonder that in the fol- lowing day, palpitating under the spell of Bryan a wondrous eloquence, the convention turned to him as a needle to a magnet. It may not be capable of analysis, it may not be coldly accurately demonstrable. The exact cause still remains nag if the explained mysteries. THE POLITICAL Texas and Illinois gold- bugs are plotting to have a gold ticket in the DRip. Last accounts from New did not look so for a gold ticket as recent threats indicated. But it said while the leaders op- pose n bolt, they propose to fight the regular nominees, but staying in the party. If that is not kicking, bolting what pray is it i The silver men everywhere would much prefer them to pack their and depart than to remain inside of the and shoot the real fighters for de- in the back. There is fun going on up in New Tammany leaders its member of the house of say the old Tammany Guard will remain firm, will stand by their old colors and vote for Bryan and There is also good news from the rural ts in New and the silver men will not be idle or silent. Look for a storm. Out in Illinois the gold fellows are starting a gold party of their own Senator Palmer, elected a democrat, but long time a republican, it. Mr. thinks there is a good bowing to carry Maine, but we do not credit it. That are very many silver cf the only genuine of lb Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE His Thumb Pained Him. About four weeks ago it will be re- membered that Mr. Thad the Seaboard engineer who was so scalded in the wreck at Manly, N. had his hand amputated above the wrist to check a case of blood poisoning. Of course the operation was attended with a great deal of pain. But after his arm began to heal, the painful feeling remained, especially the end of the amputated member. Mr. complained when asked by his friends and family how he felt, and he invariably remarked that his thumb pained him. He said that his hand was drawn, and that his thumb was in an position, him much annoyance. Mr friends laughed good whet, he complained his thumb, for they knew that his hand was buried in the backyard. Mrs. however, had been more considerate of what her husband said about his hand. She heard him say one day last week tint his thumb was drawn out of position and was clinched by the other fingers on his hand. That evening Mrs. went gently out in the back yard and dug up her husband's amputated hand. When exposed to view, there was the as her described. The Tom Heed's own state, is thumb was held tight by the other fin- very certain. But they arc not ors- Mrs. straightened the enough to put it in the real j fingers and released the thumb. As of as she entered the room Mr. Washington, Jefferson and the said his arm had quit paining At the city of the democracy endorse the regular ticket and plat form. A dispatch from Chicago says that the anti-silver democrats who have been actively represented from the beginning of the fight by the Cook county party leaders, were to-day to find they had been practically ; him that the tendons in his own arm felt tree again. Then it was that Mrs. told what she had done. Mr. Pleasants ; has had no more trouble with his arm Press-Visitor. WALL STREETS HYSTERICS. The Stock Exchange has no Bryan, left alone in the west to meet and do- is known, but on Saturday it fact remains, Bryan swept the floor of side the question of another democratic worked itself into quite a fair imitation national All this is the Chicago n hysterics. to the genuine One of the members frantically waved who demand and fight for . .,, ., ., an American flag, and there was a great is restoration in full. From many I . n , J i outcry and uproar against and quarters daily comes the news;,. . , , , . J . . Populism. tumult ended with that the. democratic ticket is rapidly., .- ,. .,, , , , the organization el a and popular favor. the convention as the fire sweeps the autumn prairie. delegates to him a strange passion of desire. Nothing could check the fury of their bent. He was at first, swiftly next, and at last i n a wild crescendo of enthusiasm, he was lifted on a whitecap of animosity and thrown high and upon the beach of his passing triumph. The at large knows of this extraordinary young man. He has been in Congress, delivered a speech upon the that enchanted and enchained the House. II-j has spoken many times since with reference to the tariff, and always he has held his audience as the sirens held the fated crew tint sailed with from the shores of Troy. He is a minstrel, a form of a thing of beauty. hat he is beyond that, who knows He has no record in statesmanship. He was too to assert his patriot, ism thirty-live years ago. What schemes of government, what social theories occupy his brain, no human be- can disclose. He Is young, he is ardent, he is ambitious. he is gifted with the power to sway men's minds ; he is a born leader, an figure on the stage, and that is all we know. Whether the American people, after four months of solemn de- liberation, will confide their destinies to his untried hands, we do not undertake to prophesy. What we do know is that William Jennings Bryan is the most dramatic product of our national polities, the most sensational and creature of our ton Post. organization a Campaign The populists of Kansas and of Democrats and have determined to support the cans. democratic ticket. Watch Marion j These men may mean well, but they Butler at the populist convention. We seem know that any he will seek to get them to ; which they may make is not ed a We hope he will be mashed flat strong hint from St. Louis and to have L . . III IS II nominate a ticket. His goose is cooked i calculated to help the Republic in North Carolina and he knows it. j ought to have received . . . . It is Superb Agony. Is there any agony worse than the pangs of pain that shoot through a fellow when he sees the collector bills coming toward him on the first of the month. The boy with the bill will come to the outside of your office door shuffle his bills to the seaboard. It is said to The Two There are two mention- ed in the annals of Now England. The first occurred on Oct. when it suddenly became so dark soon alter noon that the people were forced to use artificial lights to do their nary work. This strange condition of the atmosphere lasted about hours. Again, on May 1780, there was a remarkable darkening of the but the phenomenon did not come on o suddenly as that u the earlier date. The in this lat- instance began between and o'clock on the morning the day named and lasted throughout the day. The darkness extended from the northeastern part of New England westward as far as Albany and south to Pennsylvania, The most intense and prolonged however, was confined to Massachusetts, more Senator Teller has returned to Den- from where he has been in Conference with Senator of Idaho, and Congressman of Montana, as to the course the Republicans shall pursue in the campaign. They have post- their conference until other Republicans can arrive. They will probably then issue a statement of their position. Senator Teller makes no conceal- of his intention to support Mr. Bryan for the Presidency. He says he is satisfied that the Bryan people will nuke the financial question paramount to all others In the campaign and if elected Mr. Bryan will devote with great singleness of purpose to curing a return of National Mr. Teller believes Mr. Bryan is a strong candidate to begin with and that he will grow with the people. Mr. Teller will not permit the use of his name at the St. Louis Populist and silver conventions. Joseph G. Myers, cashier of the board Air-Line in Charlotte has fled to parts unknown with at least four thousand dollars of the company's The railroad will lose nothing as his bond is for five thousand dollars. At the bottom of the affair is a woman, who has ruined more than two prominent men in South before coining to Charlotte. Myers leaves a wife and three small children and is said to have sailed for Europe last Saturday. NATIONAL TUX. HER BRYAN. J. II. Turner; who for the last four years been Secretary of the Nation- Committee of the People's party, in a signed statement urges to support Bryan for President. He writes result of the late National Democratic convention at Chicago is undoubtedly the triumph of Populism. A large portion of the voters in Populist party in the South and West were Democrats and old party because it was dominated in every National convention by the tern Democrats who represented Wall street and the monopolists of New York and New England. It became quite apparent to every thinking man that as long as New York wits allowed to make the platform and name the candidate of the Democratic party the great plain people would have no show, and that their rights and wishes would always be ignored. Believing this, the thinking men among the ranks and file determined to quit the old par- and organize a new party Hence the existence of the Populist party. Democratic party at Chicago simply purged it, reorganized itself and came out for true Democracy and to all intents and purposes substituted the Populist platform for the old platform that the party has been using for years and which dictated and foisted upon the people by the gold bugs of the East. Mr. Bryan, the nominee that convention is a man who fits the plat- form. I have personally watched his course for a number of years and I know that his every impulse has been against the oppressors of the people and in behalf of the great masses. For more than two years he has acted with the Populists his own state. cannot be be successfully denied that the principles advocated by the Populist party have captured the Dem- party and have driven out of its ranks that element which ways been opposed to true Democracy and which from the beginning has been affiliated with the Republican party, its natural home. All in these United States should re juice that their principles have taken such a hold upon the American people that one of the greatest political par- ties of the nation has been compelled to adopt those principles and a ticket pledged to carry them into execution. If the Populists think more of their principles than they do mere party organization they will be lo unite with the forces going iii the direction, and by rescue our country from all the c calamities which we have predict- ed would befall it tile gold standard be fastened upon us. Secretary of the National Com- of the People's party for the last four years, I have labored in sea- son and out of season for the of our party. I love the which I have formed in its ranks ; but, while these are dear to me, the principles of the Populist are much dearer. I feel that I would be one of the worst enemies of the People's party and of its principles should I not take the step at this time that I believe will culminate in the complete triumph of every demand made by the party. We have a union of the South and West, in order that we might bring about the financial reforms. Now we have a chance bringing ail our hopes and desires to a grand truth of it is that the only point the Populists now have to decide is whether or not they will take Mr. Bryan, whom gold bug in the country has denounced as a Populist, for our next President of the United States or whether they will take Mr. who represent everything that the Populists have denounced and just the opposite of everything that they have advocated since they have been a party. at it from this standpoint and feeling in the election of Mr. Bryan Populism has and when I say Populism I mean the great common people the United States, the masses, have triumphed against the classes ; and should Mr. be PERSONAL. elected the classes have triumphed, the page reference English gold standard has been per- book to any person afflicted with any fastened upon the lines of p chronic or delicate disease in this country and there will be -S ate s, Dr. Hathaway Co., South undoubtedly bring on a Moody d Atlanta, Ga. in the near future- learned for certain from Chicago that anything which wants is quite sure to be hotly opposed by bodies of voters in other p of the country. Nor is this feeling without reason- Many of the wrongs and evidences complained of by the voters who sent the wild two-thirds majority to the Chi- Convention are real just. Utterly mistaken as we believe these men to be in the remedy they propose, and strongly as we have it to be our duty to resist to plead with them, we have never tor a moment sight of the fact that grievances is great and their complaint some part well founded. It is the concrete and combined pow- tor which is the in the popular mind that has made a monopoly of transportation, that has brought all the great prime necessaries of life iron, steel, coal, oil, beef, sugar and a hundred the con- of trusts and combinations that op- press labor at one end and rob at the other. It is that has depleted the Treasury of gold and exacted usu- millions from the Government in forced bond sales to its It is you, gentleman of the gambling exchanges, manipulators of money swindling trusts, wreckers of railroads, shearers of tax dodgers and absorbers of money that you never earned, who have done more than all the ignorant blundering at Washington and all the demagogy at the South and West to raise the of Anarchy and at which you now stand New York World.