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OUR AYDEN DEPARTMENT IN CHARGE OF R. W. SMITH Authorized Agent of The Carolina Home and Farm and rt Eastern Reflector for Ayden Advertising rates furnished Mr. N. a. Josey of Scotland Rubber boots, shoes, over shoes and light at home at the tellers window. Mrs. May Dickerson spent Sunday at the borne of Mr. J. Bennett We are dally increasing our stock of hardware and mill supplies. J. H. Smith and Bro. Mrs. Pennie of Murray has moved to town and occupies the W. F. Hart house on Main street Mr. Rat of Washington spent Friday night here with his brother, Mr. Stancill Miss book-keeper the Bank of Ayden seems to be was here yesterday and said they shoes not rubber at J. R. Smith and were making that same good Bro. they last year. Mr. Levy Tripp, the Junior Master Waller of of the firm of Tripp Bros., was Spring stuck a reed in his right eye repairing a pistol Wednesday, not ex- B. church next Sunday at o'clock, ball a few days ago completely de- it, when she fired, the ball straying the sight of It. He says it going through his left hand The prayer meeting at the Methodist church Sunday was well attended. Splendid talks were made by several. It will be at the F. W. has never given him much pain. We always a little Joyous Dr. Cook coming this way, if his appearance in North Carolina brings such weather as we have bad the past week. Mr. John Oliver, chief engineer for Chars. E. Smith, happened to the mis- to get his hand in a Jointing machine he was operating and lost two fingers. Car of salt, lime cement flour Just received. J. H. Smith and Miss Wayne who has been spending some time in Virginia and Western N. C. has returned to Ayden the winter. We hear that Mr. Clarence V. Can lion has purchased the farm of Mr. j F. in South Ayden. Cock ranges, grates and a full of repairs for the Richmond Stove Company's goods. R. Smith and Bro. Mr. Jesse Wingate has opened a wood yard, also has put a dray on the Street and ask the public for age. Mr. lost a nice horse Thursday. Dynamite, fuse, caps, cartridges, loaded shells, guns, pistols and rifles at J. R Smith and Bro. Mr. E. L. Brown and wife have re- turned to Ayden and located in Ghent. Mr. will serve as assistant freight agent which position he has filled for the last few years. Mr. Joe S. Ross has moved his from Ghent to South Lee street Mr. Joe K. Jones has moved from Lee street lo recently vacated by Mr. J. M. Dixon who has moved in of St. Johns church. Horse shoes, nails, rasp, vices and clippers. J. R Smith and Bro. Mr. Lonnie D. has moved his family to the he re- purchased near Mr. E has sold his farm near church for This is a splendid farm and in a fine community of thrifty farmers. Mr. W. Rollins and Miss Edith wire happily married last Sunday even by Rev. M. A. Adams. Mr. Rollins it head clerk in the ware department of J. R. Smith and and Miss has won a good reputation as a school teacher in Pitt, Craven and Lenoir counties. They home at present at Mr. George boarding house on West Avenue, but will soon go to housekeeping. Material Is a little scarce but the marriage bells still ringing. Mr. Charlie and Miss were married last Sunday. These are some of our most popular young people and we also wish them much success. Mr. W. S. has moved into the E. G. Cox residence only a few doors from where he has been run- a hotel for the last few years. He Is still in good position to ac- the trading public. Mrs. O. Bland, who has been In the millinery business here for the last f w seasons has moved her stock back to Grifton. We regret to loose her. Mr. Osceola Ross and family, his father. Mr. John Ross, have re- turned to Ayden and will conduct the hotel recently vacated by Mr. Mr. R. Wingate has returned from the west with a car of live stock. While on the exchange he was kick- ed by a horse, cutting a bad gash in his face, which required several to sew it up. This scribe is in receipt of a beau- calender from Mr. John Tripp of Los Angeles and Mexico City. Mr. Tripp la a Pitt county boy and has made his home In the golden west and has amassed quite a large for- tune. Hut who expects any other of a Pitt county boy when given a ghost of a chance. Mrs. W. Dennis is very sick at her home near here. Her husband aroused during the night by his wife's unusual breathing and upon examination found her having hard convulsions. Medical aid was sum- and she is gaining slowly. the bones. D. W. H. Dixon dress- ed bis band and be is still at bis work shop East Avenue near the Brooklyn Bridge. bail bearing horse and mule clippers and extra blade, also hand clippers, and mule shears farm bells, corn shelters, large wash pots and a full line of mil supplies at J. R. Smith and Bro. Messrs. Tripp, Hart and Co. have moved their stock to the Gardner store on recently vacated by Mr. L. H. Witherington. The prayer meeting will be held at the Methodist church next Sunday evening at i o'clock. Subject, can best let my light Rev. K. T. Phillips will conduct the meeting. Public Invited. If its let us fill your order. Oil, lead, turpentine, stains, varnish, and brushes at J. R. Smith and Bro. The news paper contests seems to be contagious. Our Baptist brethren are conducting one to increase their already extensive circulation. This paper has been a great factor in build- up Ayden, its churches, schools, factories and other useful enter- prises and the paper has also much improved in equipment since moving to Ayden on the h day of May. 1902. Their entire equipment, build- etc., was reduced to ashes, but the company, lie good old Nehemiah, had a mind to work and have over the obstacles and are to the community, the town and Personality of Christ Mr. E. L. Brown will lead. Mr. Joe Fred of has moved his family back to den. They have built in the of the Graded school. horse clippers, hand clip- sheep shears, mule shears. J. R. and Bro. Mr. Dump Tripp. our noted horse- shoeing man went to Monday on the train and fifteen horses and returned on the train tells he could have ten Mr, Tripp is a fine black smith and will be with Mr, L. L. Kittrell after Feb. 1st. We are in receipt of a letter from V. i. G. E. Grice of He writes that the has stood from to below zero since Christmas. Mr. J. J. Hines writes that the the- reached below zero the last week at Black Mountain. Cook and heating stoves, grates, lime, cement, roofing at J. R. Smith and Bro. Mr. Ben Manning has opened a music house in the store recently by Tripp, Hart and Co. Meat choppers and lard stands, box, slug and side irons at J. R. Smith and Bro. Owing to the inclemency of the weather the public installation was deferred and last Monday night the Installation took place in the I. O. F. hall. Mr. Joe Peed from the Rountree section Is selling out his farming out- fit and will move to ROWER FERTILIZER HITS THE SPOT The explanation is simple; they are the greatest care and ingredient has to pass the test of our own laboratories; or miss Fertilizers. Reliable Everywhere GUANO CO. Sales Offices Norfolk Va. Columbia Montgomery Ga. Columbus lace and engage in the saw mill bus- the Free Will Baptists a paper that . Mr. W. A. was shaking hands here last week. He was once fore- o track force for the Ayden Lumber Co. but has bought a farm near New Bern and Is now trucking. On Richardson, who runs a press- is a credit to any people. Under the able management of Rev. E. T. Phil- lips, Its editor, and sister Phillips,, his wife, like good old Josephine, has played her part well at his side and Mr. C. M. Holton, who is a natural born Job printer, has put the best effort of his life in it, and they are a fine set of praters that work on the Baptist. While Its treasurer, Rev. J. M. handles the cash successfully and none of the employees ever have to await for their reward. Now is the time to subscribe to the Daily Reflector. Should you have anything to buy or sell let us write you up In the Ayden Department Gov. W. W. has appointed Mr. J. Carl Jones a notary public. He has qualified and now ready for business. Master Joe has accept- ed a position with Mr. F. Lilly. Messrs. Ola and Wayland Smith left Tuesday for Kings College to better prepare them selves for business life. Should you know anything that would make this department more Interesting we would appreciate you letting know It. Mr. W. L. House has purchased the L. L. house and lot In Win- club around the corner, says he can pr a suit so you will look like a gentleman whether you are or not. has a silk beaver hat and a black ham beater coat that he wears when driving bride and groom to the depot. Mr. of Raleigh spent Sunday with his mother. We pay tax to sell pistols and cart- ridges. Full stock on hand. J. R. Smith and Bro. Mr. L. L. Kittrell will start up a force in a few days making buggies. This is enterprise we have needed a long time. Let us all rally to the support of a carriage factory. Mr. Exum Is rejoicing over the arrival of a new son at his home on street These fine gifts for sale by J. R. and The little son of Mr. J. R. Spier who was so very sick Saturday if much better today. Mr. B. F. Jones of Granges was here Friday to see his son Mr. J. C. Jones The barn and stables also a large quantity of hay and farming on the farm of Mrs. J. J. Smith was destroyed by fire last week. No one lived near there and the lire is a mystery. Maggie Payton, a colored woman who lived In South Ayden, died last week. There Is much talk of her death being mysterious. Mr. W. J. Cox, our liveryman, lost a fine horse last week. While re- turning from Vanceboro his team ran away, coming In contact with a tree breaking his neck. Mr. E. Warren was a here Saturday and expressed great surprise at the phenomenal growth of our town and commented very complimentary on the general of things and the push, vim and get-up our people seem to have. If its hardware, we have It, a gen- line, Including pistols, cartridges, guns and etc. J. R. Smith and Bro. Mr. Barnes S. has the agency for the Ford Touring Car and we hear that he has taken orders machines. Mr. Oscar and Miss Alice Nobles Items. Mrs. C. E. visited re- near Wednesday and Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gay were visiting at Mr. F. M. Smith's Sunday. They returned to Sunday evening. Mr. Joe of was visiting at Mr. Ivy Smiths Saturday and Sunday. Mr. B. F. of Wilson filled his regular appointment at the Christian church at Arthur Saturday, Saturday night and Sunday. Mr. Johnnie son returned to his home near Sunday after he exclaimed First Quarter, Lesson Jan. , 1912. THE IN THE Luke The Story- Over the pavement of the temple which Herod had rebuilt in Oriental splendor two rustic roached the priest. The man carried two doves, the lawful substitute for a lamb in a case of extreme poverty; the can motherhood be exalted more, since to her keeping was committed that most precious infant Messiah. The priest struck off the beads of the doves, offering one In whole burnt sacrifice and the other as a sin of- and announced the of the mother. Now he the scant three price of the first writes the familiar name upon the scroll. He is glad when the offering is done with. . . But the place contains that day one than the alert to the coming of Israel's Consoler. Sen- he that his guard will not be relieved until be sees Jehovah's Anointed. He and lifts the cover from the face of the Babe. The mother will not say him nay. He has often done this before In case of babes presented In the temple. This time a super- natural Influence rests upon him and by its aid he recognizes the true character of the Infant of which tin Is no sign either In its tiny form r In that of his natural attendants. . . In sudden ecstasy he lakes the Babe from the mother's embrace and Him aloft in his ling hands, out in his Inspired His long watch and ward Is at an end. Sim- eon sees a world's salvation crated In that diminutive form. He sees the of God's mercy a salvation uncovered to all peoples. Not a candle In Jewish candlestick, hut the Light of the World. The Teacher's Lantern. The parents of Jesus might well have felt themselves excused from the exactions of the ceremonial law. The advent of the Babe had been heralded by angels and His extra- ordinary character had been by ninny tokens. They might have felt themselves elevated ordinary Jewish parents. But they remained humble and obedient to the law. They fulfilled all righteousness. In this are good examples for all time. , . . Salvation and e never separated. When OF THE CONDITION OF The Bank of Ayden, AT AYDEN In the stats of North Carolina, at the close of business, December RESOURCES. Loans and Overdrafts . 2,265.65 Furniture fixtures. Demand loans . 4,000.00 Cash Items . 33,386.54 Gold coin . 200.00 Silver coin, including all minor coin currency . National bank notes and other U. S. notes LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid In Surplus fund . Undivided profits, less cur- rent expenses and taxes paid . 2,086.62 Deposits subject to check. 56,499.22 92.60 Savings deposits . 36,69.7 Cashier's checks 880.16 4,177.00 Total, State of Carolina, County of Pi I, Stancill Hodges, of the a bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and be- STANCILL HODGES, Cashier. B Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 11th day of December, 1911. ELIAS TURNAGE, D. G. BERRY, J. R. SMITH, Notary Public. R. C. CANNON, My commission expires Feb. 1913. Directors. Mr John A. who has been In declining health for the last at Tuckers house. suffered a stroke of paralysis A. A. unstated. Tuesday which for a while caused Mr. R. Greene of Greenville was to be helpless. At this writing he Monday. has an enviable rep- several weeks here with his grandmother, Mrs. Anna Mr. Wingate of Ayden spent Friday night with Mr. E. E. hon. Miss Little came down from Wilson Sunday morning to attend church at Arthur. She left Monday for to spend a few days. Mr. C. C. Cobb of Norfolk Is spend- some time at Miss Wynne visited Miss Bertha Joyner of near Saturday and Sunday. Mr. Leon Smith of Greenville was here a short while Friday to see his were Sunday even-grandmother, Mrs. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. C. E visit- ed relatives near Ayden Monday. eyes have seen Thy Jesus up no merit available for us apart from His own . In a dark the general difference Simeon and shine with luster. Though all tho world were dead to the Messianic hope, they, at least, continued to live In It They confidently the coming of the Savior and they had their reward. Their forms Join the galaxy of angels, magi, and shepherds, who gladly welcomed the Messiah. . . How Indispensable Jesus Is to us Is Indicated by the emblems used to de- scribe His and work. Bread, Water. long could life be without elements It is not a mere question of sentiment, Among the first of the conventions Mosaic From The Commentaries. Sharp the contrast of the temple which the great had rebuilt at such cost and the humble parents of Jesus and the Babe Himself. Yet salvation was with them and not with the building. How deceitful are appearances . . . The officiating priest have done his task in perfunctory in- toning the unwitting that all worlds were concerned. . . . Simeon and Anna were for whom the temple had not lost Its meaning. . . . The seer of the sanctuary cast his horoscope and spread his hands In benediction. . The canticle has Its postlude. The testing function of the Is affirmed. He will be cause of rising and and national, . , He will be touchstone reveal- the quality of thoughts before they are uttered. . He will be a target at which shafts of will be hurled. . . . Cal- vary casts Its gloom on the happy scene. . . . The awful of the Babe nestling In her bosom will pierce the mother's heart Anna, the venerable and widowed prophetess, came from her tribe above the In tho woman's court to take her place in the scene. . . She saves her tribe of from to- as she announces the Advent of the Redeemer to those looking for redemption. Analysis And Key. A waiting Righteous, de- Inspired. A recognized Babe In Sim- eon's arms. An Inspired let Thy servant A prophetic message to the Mother most A Her character and canticle. Widow, advanced In Gave Spoke of the Redeemer to those who looked for redemption. this receiving of Is a ts resting quietly. The I. O. O. for making good buggies elect delegates to the Republican of surviving or perishing. of which he is I prominent member listen out. national convention will be those Him we die spiritually as a nurse to his bedside. Mr. E. M. Davenport the proud Florida on February and Virginia, as we would die naturally awaiting results. father of a new boy baby. Ion March without bread, water and light The Consolidated Republican clubs of the United States, an organization of throughout the country, has declared for the of President Taft JUST ONE WORD that word U It refers to Dr. Liver Pills aid MEANS HEALTH. Are you constipated Troubled with Indigestion Sick Bilious Insomnia AN Y of these symptoms and others Indicate Inaction of the LIVER. Take No Substitute. Bilious spells no longer dangerous l a Safe M- to Take the Place of toe Powerful In the days when was the only liver remedy, a torpid liver or a spell of biliousness was a serious thing. is a powerful min- substance that compels the liver, no matter how weak it Is, to do Its work, but does nothing to strengthen the liver and a large dose sometimes the usual cause salivation. Dodson's Liver- Tonic is a builder that strengthens the liver while making It do Its work. It la entirely vegetable, pleasant to take, has no bod after- effects and la perfectly suited for children as well as grow people. You don't have to careful what you eat will sell you a bottle and guarantee It to give you perfect satisfaction. If It doesn't you can get your money back ply by asking for It Woodrow Vi Governor of New Jersey, will be a speaker the Wash- day dinner to be given be the Kansas Democratic club n To- February JUT HEART Of EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. IT HAS A POPULATION OF FOUR ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, AND IS ROUNDED BY THE BEST FARMING COUNTRY. INDUSTRIES OF ALL KINDS ARE INVITED TO LOCATE HERE FOR WE YE EVERYTHING TO OFFER IN THE WAY OF LABOR. CAPITAL AND R Y FA TIES. WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE JOB AND NEWSPAPER PLANT. Agriculture is the Host the the Most If a OF TWELVE HUN- AMONG THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH CARO- LINA AND INVITE THOSE WHO WISH TO GET BET- ACQUAINTED WITH THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN A BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE A FEW INCHES SPACE AND TELL THEM WHAT YOU HAVE TO BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION. OUR ADVERTISING RATES ARE LOW AND CAN BE HAD UPON X. C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY i. No Confession is lute, Site Points to Sell AMY HO secretary Of Navy League So Declares In Washington COL. WATTERSON ASKS NO ONE HAS LIED Asserts That Gov. Wilson Is Afraid To Face Controversy Issue III n um mis INSULT FILLED SEEK TO DISRUPT BOTH THE BODIES r-s Martin Does nut Make Confession lite Socialists are Trying lo Dissatisfaction Among En- Men, Is the Accusation Marie by Secretary of Try to Prosecute Them as Soon as Possible. but Leads Lawyers to Moment When Faced knife in With Base In mi It From Man for Whom She Had Deserted Hume. I NEW YORK, Jan. she had the killing of which he was ac- v practically confessed yes- by James young- sister at his trial for in general sessions. Her start- ling story was not on cross- examination, but Assistant-District- Attorney Manley will question her sharply again today. fatally slabbed Charles In the barroom at the south- west corner of and One Hundred and Thirteenth street, on last, the charge runs. who is about twenty-four years old, was a clerk In the Hotel Belmont on West Forty-fifth street, and lived his brother at No. West Thirty-eighth street. His sister, twenty-two years old. Mrs. Theresa Martin, lived at One Hundred and Twelfth street and avenue. She had separated from her husband and was seen much with Charles Muldoon, who was a customs Inspector. bitterly opposed the On the night of March he found his sister with Muldoon in the barroom. The men quarreled. She left the place. Then stab- bed Muldoon to death, It is said. WASHINGTON, Jan. cam- is being conducted by us to off- set the socialistic attacks on the army and navy in their efforts to age enlistments in both arms of the service and advising the men to desert and to mutiny, said Henry W. Ward secretary of the Navy League of the United States and formerly a captain In the navy, today. it Is possible to do so the league causer- criminal prosecution of those responsible- for the propaganda, furnishing prosecuting officers with evidence with which to convict the of- fenders. The post office department is assisting in this work and are constantly In progress to locate persons responsible for send- through the mails matter that may be regarded as treasonable. Much Cotton Being Stored. than bales of cotton have been stored In Iredell county waiting for higher prices and the number Is Increasing each day. In order to accommodate the de- another warehouse has been built by the side of the one filled with cotton, for the purpose of CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE What the World is by Wire Welcome for Chief Scout. NEW YORK, Jan. Sir Robert the hero of and the founder end chief scout of the British Boy Scouts, rives here on the steamer Arcadian which Is due in this port tomorrow, he will meet with an enthusiastic come. Extensive arrangements have been made for welcoming him upon his arrival and for entertaining him during his visit to this city. The principal object Gen. ell's tour is to farther the boy scout movement of which Is the father. His tour will last six weeks and will take him to a number of the largest cities of the United Stales and Can- Iris stay ill New York Sir Robert will be royally entertained. He will attend the second annual meet- of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America which will be held bore February and on lowing day ho will witness a demon- scout activities by more than boy scouts, cm the even- of tho will illustrated lei lure on in Peace and He will also ii the Junior Republic v ill--. N. Y., in which he Is greatly in- i. rested. There are about hoy and more than scout tan iii tho i and an WAS FORCED TO JOIN NEW JERSEY GOV. FORCES Governor Troops to, Massachusetts Town Declares He Was Dragooned lo Aid Presidential of New Jersey Says That Wilson Is Afraid In Face In Produce Evidence Knew issue is whether have lied, as Gov. Wilson I have, or he has lied, which have engaged conclusively to show. He dared not face the When Col. Henry Watterson wrote that, which is hut one many concise specimens of the king's English, In the use of which he is a past master, and gave it-to the public last night, his Dual word in the muddle, he bequeathed to posterity a remarkable political document. No candidate the American people asKing their support for the for the highest office within the gift of the electorate ever has been the victim of a pen more sarcastic than that with which Col. Watterson indicted his arraignment of Awaits Word From The country now will wait in impatient mood to see In what vein will come the retort courteous from the scholarly and learned Dr. Wilson, who. behind him the cap and gown, Is now scurrying about the try beating the bushes for votes for Woodrow Wilson, the politician. Col. Watterson characterizes the whole as a distasteful which, so far as he Is concerned, has been brought to a close because of Mr, Wilson's refusal to accept his proposition regarding the proofs he holds. Col. Watterson justifies his withholding publication of these proofs on the ground of party prudence and desire to avoid an invasion of rights. Apparently there Is in this statement an admission that it would not be wise for the party that the country should know whence came the funds. Specifically, however, he denies that any came from Ryan. Reviews the Whole Circumstance-. The veteran editor begins his communications with a review of the cir- to which he owes misfortune of having made Gov. son's During one of his several conferences, he says, ref- was made to the senatorial primary in New Jersey that had gone by default, which a person named represented as wholly lit, had obtained a rather meager The succeeding months, he says, brought him Into confidential relations with Gov. Wilson. This recital brought out a certain conference at the Man- Club In New York about which Col. Watterson, for some purpose not expressed, but implied, says as little as needful Justice between man and This conference seems to the result of most urgent peal for money from a gentleman of distinction, closely associated with, If not actually directing the Wilson Col Watterson admits this conference was called to consider ways and why, and for he asks, Gov. Wilson equally large number In Canada, which In a measure amounts for the great interest with which the arrival of Sir Robert is awaited. From here General will go to Boston and then to Wash- where he will meet President Taft, the honorary president of the I Soy Scouts of At the con- of his tour Sir Robert will sail from San Francisco for Negro Conference. HAMPTON. Va. Jan. an- conference for opened with a gratifying attendance at Hampton Institute today and will continue over tomorrow. The confer- is In charge of Dr. H. H. sell, president of Hampton Institute, and M. Graham, director of tin- agricultural department of the in- Kate Hunker. BANKER, Ore. Jan. Examiner t ti.- Commerce Commission. came to today lo take testimony in i brought by tho Commercial Club of this city the Railway and Navigation Com- secure rate out of Hanker. FOSS URGES OPERATIVES TO GO TO OF TIFF IS OHIO Cleveland Speech is Hailed as Cam- WILLING TO STAND ON HIS RECORD Striking Workers Attack tars la Which Strike Breakers Attempt of Rioting in kills Wounds Meetings mid Are Forbidden-Militia Mills. Mass. Jan. day of rioting culminated tonight in a bat- in which one woman was killed and a policeman was stabbed by rioting strikers or sympathizers. A thousand men and women attacked the Everett mills tonight. Police and militia, using clubs and rifle butts freely, succeeded in breaking up the mob. Tile victim of tonights riot was An- a striking A man nearby was tiring a revolver in- to the ground when the woman drop- It is believed she was struck by a glancing bullet. When the crowd first gathered, lice went to the scene, but had little effect In quelling the disturbance. Officer became separated from his companions, and while surround- ed by nearly angry, threatening men was stabbed In the back. Additional officers arrived, but though they used their clubs freely, they made little impression on the crowd until two companies of militia came up. Should Ask Verdict of Country as to Whether Wool and Cotton Revision Should Have Been Accepted in Form in Which They Wen- Drawn Faces Future With I. real en lid nice, CLEVELAND, O., Jan. big event of the first day of President Taft's three-day visit to his own state came this evening at the day banquet given by the Tippecanoe Club at the chamber of commerce. Addressing northern Ohio Re- publicans grouped about the banquet table, the president a stirring appeal to the Republican party to stand by its guns and rest confident that it has carried out the pledges it made to the people of the United States. He declared that he faced the future with equanimity and In the belief that the judgment of the country would prove him right in his opinion. To his hearers it appeared that a note on which the coming campaign might be fought to a finish, was being delivered. over the record of what has been said the president. seems to me that we are armed with the facts and with things ac- sufficient to meet our enemy In the open field and to come him, in the judgment of an partial Agreement is Arrived at Conference Held Saturday CANDIDATES SIGNED STATEMENT I he Four Candid lies Mel in in Supreme . and Agreed as to Pill n Sign Document to This i The four senatorial candidates, ex- Charles H, Aycock, Chief Justice Walter Clark. Governor W. W. and Senator F. M. Simmons met by in the supreme court room in Saturday and made the following unanimous agree- us to the primary and the ex- in the campaign. the undersigned candidate for the United States senate. I, Respectfully ask the Demo- slat-- executive committee at coming moating to recommend to the Democratic suite convention order a senatorial primary to he held on the day of the general In November, and we further ask said that it prepare rules for the holding of said primary and submit them to the state convention. We agree that we will offer to the newspaper reporters in the city of Raleigh and request prompt publication thereof, not less than ten days before the nomination, and also again within ten days after the nomination, all amounts expended by us in the senatorial contest, Which are required by the federal state to be filled by senatorial can- with the secretary of the United States purpose of this agreement being to forth- with give the public the information required by act congress to be tiled with the said secretary of United States senate. CHARLES AYCOCK, WALTER CLARK. W. W. KITCHIN, K. If SIMMONS. N. C. Jan. The above is a full statement of all was done the meeting. the democratic plan of or- the democratic state ex- committee Will meet early in March to tit tin- time and place of the state convention. As the democratic convention meets iii Baltimore on the twenty-fifth of June it is expected that the state democratic convention will at least a week before this time, about the eighteenth of June. NEWS THROUGHOUT THE NORTH STATE North Carolina News In Brief Hock Hill Plan. is to have the first of a series of meetings to take action on the Hill This is to be on the first of February. The Hill for aiding the cot- ton farmers at this meeting Is to he presented to the people of the state. The plan In brief Is for a reduction of acreage by per cent and for the planting of a larger acreage than theretofore of various food crops. Col. e. J. Watson, tin- president of the Southern Congress, is to visit the capital of each Southern State to present tin- plan, this at the request of the State Union South Carolina. He is lo confer with officers and Is to set the ma- of the plan in motion. He will he accompanied by Mr. J. G. Anderson, of Rock Hill, the proposer of the plan. The M. B. Entertain. Friday night the M. entertained Hotel Charles from nine to twelve in classy man- The were received by a committee and conducted to the cloak and coat rooms, then to the drawing rooms. Where various amusements were indulged in; music and being the most prominent forms. At ten o'clock an elegant six course supper was served in the din- hall. Then a return to tho par- and sundry pastimes until twelve when ail repaired to their having hurl a very delightful even- Arm. Master Charlie eon of Mr. Mrs. T. sustained n very painful accident Monday after- noon. He was roller skating on the sidewalk on Dickinson avenue and fell down, badly wrenching his left arm and breaking it just above the wrist. Be is suffering much from the accident, but getting along as well as could expected. Fire Simpson. SIMPSON, Jan. Early this morning lire totally destroyed home of Mr. W. K. Tucker here. tins morning fire was made in tho kitchen to prepare breakfast and sonic way it wasn't to the stove as pretty soon the kitchen was wrapped up in flames and before any material assistance could I lie hOUSe a total wreck. The cause of the as I us could be ascertained was b defective flue Damage was to the of with insurance of Carried by II. White agency In Greenville,

CONGRESSMEN ARE ANGRY AT m ACTION Sixty Of Them Were To Visit Cuba en U. S. Cruiser GIRL Williams Has Been Missing Since Tuesday PRESIDENT OPPOSED TO TRIP Who Went to See Open- of Florida Oversea Railroad to be Taken to Havana. When President Changes Plan- Wan Afraid Cubans Might Feel Of- fended. WASHINGTON. Jan. members of the house of who went to Key West. Fla., to witness the opening of the over- the-sea railroad from Miami to Key returned to Washington day, each one nursing a grievance against Taft. Their Indignation is due to the that the president denied them the use of the cruiser Washington for a trip to Havana, Cuba, where they expected to view the remains of the wreck o battleship Maine. The trip to the Cuban capital had been ranged before the party left Washing- ton more than a week ago. None would discuss the incident LEFT Home OSTENSIBLY TO PAY Had Told Woman With Whom She That She Would in a fen of Foul Play Last Seen on Car. RICHMOND, Va, Jan. Nellie Hazel Williams, of Richmond, Va disappeared on Tuesday from 1214 street northwest, where she had been rooming for about two months. Except what she wore, she took no clothing with her. Despite search in Virginia and Maryland, detectives have been unable to find her. When private detectives failed, Mrs. M. Freeman, with whom the girl was living, notified Inspector Boardman at police headquarters. William a brother, of Richmond, was notified of his sister's disappearance yesterday afternoon by Mrs Freeman and is expected to come to Washing- ton this morning. According to Mrs. Freeman the girl, yesterday, except to say that the is years old. left the house probably did what he thought morning, saying she was go- was right and to express keen to visit a friend and would re- because of the failure of turn soon. When she did not return this part of their program. that night, it was thought she The president, as was still with the girl on whom she chief of the army and navy, it is intended calling, directed the commanding officer of j ., am Williams did not TAFT SPEAKS OF MENACE TO THE JUDICIARY Impassioned Speech In New York Taft Admits Faults IS TRYING BEST TO ERADICATE If the Whims of the People Are to be Listened to the is in Danger, He eminent is Doing its Best to Faults Hut Must be Very Care- About S. M. Schultz Established 1875 and Retail Grocer and Furniture dealer. paid tor Hide, Fur. Cotton Seed. Oil Bar- Oak etc. Stub, Baby Car. Parlor Tablet, Sain, P. Lon- Gail At High Lab tobacco. Key Weal Canard Apple. Syrup, jelly. Meat, p, Lye. Magic Food. Matches, Cotton Seed Meal and den Oranges, Applet, Nun, Dried Applet, Prunes. Currants. GUm and Wooden. ware. Gala and Crackers. Malta. beat Batter, New Royal Sewing machines and other Quality and quantity Come to toe hon Number S. M Schultz the Washington not to make the pro- . Freeman list night, not accord with the law. but accord posed trip of miles from Key West nave to nearby cities to Cuba, although the vessel had been She had been mar- New York. Jan. the eve of this three-day visit to Ohio, his home state. President Taft spoke tonight at the to the Ohio So- of New York, delivering prob- ably the most impassioned speech he has made In many months, directed against the of and particularly aimed at the recall of I judges. I In the efforts that have been made to reform legislation in this the president saw much that was good He saw the faults of government in the States today, and admit- that in trying to eradicate them much might be accomplished by re- formers. But in the effort to make the judiciary responsive to every of the people he saw He declared that the element of the nation must event- to prevent a movement that would make the courts the creatures of popular will and might make the decision In every case prepared and was wailing for its con- guests to go aboard. The reason for the last-minute ac- of the chief executive was under- stood by the party to be that a visit to Cuba of an American warship, car- a large number of members of congress, besides several government officials and foreign guests, would be susceptible of misinterpretation by the people of Cuba, who are now in the midst of a political upheaval. and there is no record of a mar- license bearing her name. DIRECTORY. cut officials Lodges and Social County. with what a majority of the people thought the law should be. are having a constitutional contention in said the dent, I am told that one of Proctor, propositions is to propose the judicial SheriffS. I. Dudley. Clerk Superior C. Moore. of M. Moore. B. Wilson. Chas. OH. Laughing- house. C. P. D. J. Holland, J. J. May, B. M. Lewis, What's the Matter With Kansas Kan., Jan. recall. Orators and statesmen are go- of the fact that today marked PRATE LEAGUE. the fifty-first anniversary of the ad- mission of Kansas to the and with a further view to calling public attention to the growth and prosper- of this section, the citizens of the Sunflower state today started one lion souvenir post cards on their journey in the malls to every com- a. m- . ., in the United States and to Chooses Officers for the Present tear. . . .,., every civilized country of the world. The meeting of the Men s Prayer , , . . , . Probably no other movement so wide- League in the Presbyterian church, . , , . . spread in Its scope was ever planned Sunday afternoon was not largely at-;, . . , . . . . for advertising a state. The Kansas tended, but it was up to the , . . , ,. . . . . ,., post card bears a picture of a woman In interest. The subject was ,, ,. . , . j . , sitting on a throne with her left arm to Obtain Wisdom, and the leaders. . , . , . , . . . . , . . encircling a bunch of sunflowers. The Messrs. Robert Humber, Jr. A. C. . . . . , . . , , right hand holds a mirror face out- and J. B. Little all made good . ,, , . . . ward. On either side are pictured talks. Robert Humber, who is but 13.- . . . . . . , ,. . . , fields of grain and the industries years of age, is the youngest leader . . . I which predominate In Kansas. Be- who yet spoken at any of ,. . . . . neath the throne Is the seal of the Town. up and down the country de- courts, pointing out their corrupt nature. The time is coming, in my judgment, when the people of this country, who are in favor of the eternal principles of justice and their administration so M. Wooten. C. Tyson. L. Carr. Chief of T. Smith. Fire D. Overton. E. Nobles, E. B. W. A. Bowen. J, S. J. to make them prevail, should rise to ., ,. . , . Davenport. D. F. Tyson, Z. P. Van- meet these misguided supporters of. . . . u. c. Edwards. Water and Light an utterly indefensible theory and end the agitation against the Sew Telephone Directory. Manager Phillips is now at work preparing to Issue a new telephone rectory for the local and county ex- changes, and the copy for this will S. Spain, C. L. W. Tucker. L. Allen. Churches. the league, and his talk Sunday, and his knowledge of the Scriptures was remarkable for one so young. Mr. J. W. Martin, a visitor from the try, was so impressed with the work of the league that he expressed his pleasure at being present in an en- and interesting talk. A committee appointed a week ago to recommend officers of the league for this year made their report, which was adopted, the officers being as fol- President, C. W. Wilson. Vice President. H. B. Smith. Chairman devotional committee, D. J. Whichard. Chairman charity committee, G. E. Harris. The meeting next Sunday afternoon will be held in the Christian church. Subject, and Text, James Leaders, Messrs. D. C. Beach, C. C. Pierce and R. M. Hearne. state. PRESIDENT RYAN ACCUSES DETECTIVE Baptist, M. soon be in the hands of the printers, j Rock, pastor; C. C. Pierce, clerk; Persons who are contemplating W. Wilson, superintendent of Sun- ting in telephones should do so now day school; J. C. Tyson, secretary. in time for them to be listed in the new directory, so that It can be as complete as possible. Head of lion workers Accuses Employee of Attorney TRIED TO KILL HIM. RYAN SAYS ENVIOUS OF FAIR AMERICANS German Women Resent Admiration For Americans Try for Murder. BOSTON, Mass., Jan. Butts, the prisoner, who has act guard over Rev. Clarence V. T. at the Charles street Jail following the minister's was placed on trial for his life In the superior criminal court today, charged with the murder of Robert Williamson. The alleged murder cured on June last and Is said to have been the of Williamson's attention to Mrs. Butts. Butts claims he shot in self-defense. One of the peculiar features of the case Is that District Attorney Joseph C. was an eye witness to the crime and will be the principal witness for the prosecution. SPITE TO KEEP THEM FROM COURT Kaiser Orders That of can Women be Kept of Reports of Official to be Presented at Court BERLIN, Jan. explanation of tho resentment expressed at the number of Americans to be presented stimulate the TORPID LIVE, strengthen the digestive regulate the . . as an ions MEDICINE. In their recognized, a in. properties In the treat that poison, gantry sugar coated. Fake No Substitute. Detective In The Employ of At- Drew Asserts lie Only Call, ed on Ryan to Tell Him He was Being Shadowed. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., Jan. Charges that he assaulted and at- tempted to kill Frank at Ryan, pres- of tho International Association j at the kaiser's forthcoming court of Bridge and Structural Iron Work-shows that was the motive. era, were made in warrants Issued A German army officer in constant at- tonight against Robert J. Foster, a at the court said detective. German woman is eligible for Foster, a former captain of police presentation unless of noble birth or at Louisville. Ky., who is employed the wife of an officer who has attain- by Walter Drew, counsel for the Na- ed the rank of major, but all officers of Association, In the German army may attend court, evidence for the federal grand in many cases the husband Is admit- Jury's investigation of the dynamite to the charmed circle, while the conspiracy, asserted he visited the I wife is excluded. The fact that many headquarters today to American women are received at court inquire about a report that Mr. Drew was being about the regular pastor. Episcopal, St rector at present; H. Harding, senior and secretary of Vestry; W. A. superintendent of Sunday school. Methodist, Jarvis B. M. Hoyle, pastor; A. B. clerk; H. D. Bateman, superintend-1 of Sunday school; L. H. secretary. regular pastor; P. M. Johnson, clerk. Chapel Rev. W. pastor. Lodges. perhaps has Incensed some daughters of the fatherland whose husbands, as Ryan declared after he had re- Junior officers, enjoy privileges to fused to discuss the subject and their wives are not admitted. forced the detective out the door, he The fact is. the kaiser personally likes was struck by Foster with a revolver. One of the warrants charges that Foster struck Ryan malice to kill and As soon as the warrants were issued Greenville No. A. F. and A. M. R. Williams, W. M.; L. H. Pender, Sec. Sharon, No. A. F. and A. M.- H. Harding, W. M.; E. B. Griffin, Sec. Greenville Chapter No. R. A. M. R. C. Flanagan. H. P.; J. E. low, secretary. Covenant No. I. O. O. Brown, N. G.; L. H. Pender, Sec. Greenville Encampment No. T O. W. C. P.; . H. Scribe. Tribe No. I. R. Sachem; J. C. of R. Tar River No. K. of Woodward. C. C; A. B. . of R. and S. Tar River Ruling No. F. M. W. Brown, W. R; J. W. Little, W. C. PETER COOPER, who when yet alive, to found Cooper in New City, earned only a year for the first two years he Was in that city. He was an apprentice to a He SAVED the first two years and put it in the bank Make OUR Bank YOUR Bank THE BANK OF GREENVILLE GREENVILLE, IF YOU ARE GOING NORTH TRAVEL VIA The CHESAPEAKE LINE, DAILY SUNDAY Th, new Steamers Just placed In service the OF BOB- and OF are the most elegant up-to-date steamers between Norfolk and Baltimore. Equipped with In each room. Delicious meals nerved on board. Everything for comfort and convenience. i i t Steamers leave Norfolk p. m. dally, arriving at Baltimore a. m. following morning. Connecting at Baltimore for all points MIRTH, MIRTH BAST, WEST. Very trip rates to Baltimore. Phil- New York. Atlantic City, etc Reservations made and any Information cheerfully furnished W. H. T. P. A Norfolk, Virginia. January Home Furnishers This is the month when people move around and necessarily you will need new furniture. We have studied your needs and have put in a supply, in tact, a car load of new We can save you many dollars if quality counts anything in your purchases Yours truly, Taft Vandyke Roofing and Sheet Metal Work For Slate or Tin, Tin Shop Repair Work, and Flues in Season, See J. J. JENKINS Clubs. the society of Americans, and Is ways pleased to see them at Although official circles consider the number of Americans annually Is too great in comparison to in a Justice of the peace court they j other foreigners, Secretary Spencer, were turned over to a constable to be of the embassy, laughed at the idea of served on Foster. It was announced any official protest. He said the re- that Foster later would submit to accorded Americans at court rest gave the Impression that the In the absence of Mr. Drew would be glad to see more of York, Foster has been in them. An American woman who evidence which the as- j presented Friday said nothing could wished to have presented to exceed the cordiality with which the the grand Jury. were received. Lillian Carr, pres Miss Ward Moore, secretary. Dunn, president; D. M. Clark, secretary. End of B O. fries, president; Mrs. B. B. Secretary, fries, president; Mrs. E. B. president; Mrs. W. L. Hall, secretary. Round K. R. president; Mrs. J. Everett, Civic W. H. Ricks, president; Mrs, E. V. Smith, Daughters of T. J. Jarvis, president; Mrs. J. U en, secretary. The Kings A. L. Blow, president; Mrs. X O. Greenville. N. C. G. M. MOORING SON General Merchandise Buyers of cotton and country produce. We now occupy the former Central Mercantile Co. store and will be glad to have our friends call on us. The Horns of Women's Fashions Pulley Bowen Nerd Read The Daily Reflector for All the News Breaking Worlds Plowing Record That a full acre of can be turned in less than five minutes with one outfit seems an impossibility, but to those who have seen it done it appears easy. It is a fact that not long ago the world's record for plowing hi acre was broken on the great farm of Purdue Lafayette, Ind., when an acre was turned evenly and perfectly in the astonishing time of only minutes and seconds. This was done by a Base Oliver En- Gang Plow made by celebrated plow concern of that name in South Bend, Indiana's great and growing manufacturing city. Three horse-power tractors sup- plied the motive power. The Oliver Engine Gang Plow is something new, although its quick popularity is attested by the fact that hundreds of them are already in use in Canada, the and other western states. The test of fur- row plow on the Purdue farm demonstrated the of this wonderful modern invention and this was also further proven in a more recent exhibition in South Bend where a bottom gang plow pulled by three great horse-power gasoline tractors, was shown to an crowd of men and women assembled on one of the Oliver farms. Moving pictures of the plow in operation were made for exhibition purposes. We are selling the one horse and two horse Oliver Chilled Plows, the best and cheapest con- We solicit patronage. Come to see us. J. R. J. G. Col. Watterson Says He Was Author- by Gov. Wilson WILSON, IN BOSTON DENIES IT Watterson Offered to Show as to His Authority to Col- Funds for Wilson Campaign Refuses to See Them and Wilson, Boston, De- Authority, Hundreds or Can Tail Tea ill About It Home endorsement, the public ex- of Greenville should be evidence beyond dispute for every Greenville reader. Surely the of friends and neighbors, cheer- fully given by them, will carry more weight than the utterances of residing in faraway places. Read the Mrs. Fannie Moore, Pitt St., Greenville, N, C, feel very grateful for the relief I have received from Kidney Pills, which I obtained from the John L. Wooten Drug Company. Backache annoyed me and there was much lameness and weakness through my loins. My kid- did not do their work as they should and the kidney secretions bothered me. Kidney Pills gave me relief from these of kidney complaint and improved my condition in every For sale by all dealers. Price cents. Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember take no other. Greenville Banking and Trust Co. AT In of North Carolina, at the close of business, December , it i. SO I Hi IS. and Overdrafts . 2.258.18 North Carolina All other stocks, bonds, and . 761.74 Furniture and fixtures. 6.210 Ml Demand loans . Due from banks and bank- . 66.687.97 Cash items . 8,069.26 Silver coin, including all minor coin currency. 891.27 National bank notes other V. S. notes . 12,101.00 stock paid in Undivided profits, less cur- rent expenses and taxes paid . Notes and bills re-dis- . Time certificate of de- posit Deposits subject to check Due o tanks and bank- Cashier's cheeks . 661.40 Total, Total, Washington Remembers WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. The anniversary of the birth of was fittingly ed in Washington today. Senators and representatives, heads of departments business with WASHINGTON, Jan. Henry Watterson yesterday offered to sub- to Senator his proofs that and and . . es of the Government wore pink car- he bad authority to solicit campaign funds for Gov. Wilson's campaign, and agreed that if the word of the senator as to their authenticity were not ac- they should be submitted to a court of honor, composed of five gentlemen. This invitation to Inspect the documents was declined by Mr. who declared he was not a party to the quarrel between Col. Watterson and Gov. Wilson. General Manager of the Wilson campaign, issued a statement in New York denying the colonel's story in total. To this Mr. Watter- son declined to make reply, to await something more specific from Gov. Wilson himself. Col. likewise, refused to be drawn in- to the tangle any further, and remain- ed silent Late last night Gov son was seen in Boston, and made an emphatic denial of Col. Watterson's claims, denouncing them as absolute- unfounded. That statement came to Washington too late to reach Col. Watterson for any possible reply he might care to make. pin nations, the favorite flower of Pres- Hundreds of other residents of the capital followed the official example and the result was that the local were scarcely able to supply the demand for pink carnations. The habit of Mr. of wearing a carnation was so pronounced during his lifetime that his friends would have been surprised had be failed to have his favorite as a It was his invariable custom on his trips to and from Washington to give the which he always wore in his buttonhole to the engineer on the train, with an expression of thanks for a safe journey. and has made tens of mil- lions of dollars. The great op- knocks but once at every man's door. Are you ready to seize your if it came today Have you that you can use Start saving be today. National Bank of Greenville Resources 340,000.00 Hundred-Year Old Home Barns. than a years old was the dwelling house which was burned several days ago at the home place of Mr. J. A. of Enterprise, about ten miles from An interesting history attached to the old residence, which had been improved, of course, since its primitive construction, and four generations of the family had been reared under Its roof. The fire originated in a defective flue in the kitchen, it is believed. There was no insurance. There will be a new dwelling erected on the site for Mr. and Mrs. John Weaver's family, who were occupying the place at the time of the fire. State of North Carolina, of Pitt, I, C. S. Carr. cashier of the above-tamed bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement to true to the beat of my and belief. C. S. CARR. Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before 12th day of December, 1911. A M. MOSELEY J. MOORE, H. A. WHITE. Notary Public J EVERETT. My expires March Advertising Q Do not get the idea that people will visit a store in search of an article when they know for sure of one that has it Blind Tiger Landed. Sheriff Gilbert arrested Otis for retailing. He was given a hearing before King and pleaded guilty in de- fault of a bond has been placed in jail to await trial next week at Iredell Superior court. As soon as the arrest was made, Mr. Gilbert, with Sheriff made a search of the house of father, with whom he lived. It was found that a room which adjoined that of the young man was being used for the purpose of dispensing liquor and wines. A number of empty kegs and bottles were is an investment LAND SALE. By virtue of the power of sale con- in a certain mortgage executed by Augustus and wife. Cherry Blount, A. G. Cox, on the 1st day of May, 1908. which mortgage was duly recorded in the office of the reg- of deeds of Pitt county, in Book Q-8, page the undersigned will sell for cash, at public auction, before Greenville, i Hie court house door in found that three or four Jugs. Tuesday, February the follow- several quart bottles full of whiskey ling described land, Two were evidences the Intent of , operations. The officers seized lot and took it to the court with the prisoner. His excuse for engaging in an illicit business was that he is not able to work, but from appearances he Is by no means physically disabled. Must Pay Taxes. North Carolina Commission, Commissioner February 7th for a three days session. It is confidently ex- Convention. preparations are now well under way for the open- of the Lutheran for the south which convenes in Travis writing the opinion rules that the Oxford Seminary Construction Company which owns tho property with which P. P. Hapgood conducts that well known college for women, must be assessed in spite of the fact that It is used exclusively for the ed- purposes. This ruling is on the ground that the construction com- conducts no school, but rents the property at a profit for this pose to Dr. Hobgood, who pays a year rental, maintains the property insurance and Interest on the debt. A Hero In A Lighthouse. For years J. So. Haven, Mich., a civil war captain, is a light- housekeeper, averted awn I wrecks but a queer fact is, he might have been a wreck, himself, if Bit- had not prevented. me of kidney and he writes, I had taken other so close for years, without benefit and they also improved my sight. Now, at seventy, I am feeling For dyspepsia, indigestion, all stomach, liver and kidney troubles, they're without equal. Try them. Only at all druggists. that five hundred to seven delegates and visitors will at- tend the convention from all southern stales. Visitors and speakers will so attend from many northern states and there will be several foreign vis- and speakers. Registrations have already been made from ten states and other names are coming on every mail. The speakers will In- men of national reputation and the program now being arranged will a strong one. The arrangements are in charge of Rev. Dr. E. C. of Columbia, who has opened head- quarters in Salisbury. nip, being the two tracts described in a deed from A. G. Cox and wife, to Augustus said deed dated May one tract containing acres, more or less, and known as the Sam- Stock share of the W. H. Stock tract of land; the other piece contain- one acre and is known as a part of the Warren Braxton land, and described In a deed from G. S. G. Nine and wife, to A. G. Cox, reference to which deed is hereby made for an accurate description. Jan. 1912. A. G. COX, Mortgagee. HENRY HARRINGTON, Owner of debt. F. G. James and Son, attorneys. STATE CAROLINA PITT To C. C. Reid, or any person interest- Take notice, that on the first day of May, 1911, at the court house door in the town of Greenville, L. W. Tucker, sheriff in and for the of Pitt, did expose to public sale the following described in the town of Fountain, Falkland township. Said lots were sold at said sale for the taxes due for the year 1910, at which the undersigned be- came the purchaser thereof; the said lots were taxed or assessed in the name of C. C. Reid for the year 1910. and the time of redemption will ex- on the first day of May. 1912. This the 25th day of January, 1912. J. J. HEARNE, Purchaser. Give The REFLECTOR Your JOB PRINTING There's a Reason Tennis at PINEHURST, N. C, Jan. the most skillful are In tournaments which opens here today and will run through the week. Opening with tho men's singles and doubles, the events also include en's singles and doubles and mixed doubles. A Girl's Wild Midnight To warn people of a fearful fire In the Catskills, a young girl rode horseback at midnight and saved many lives. Her deed was glorious but lives are often saved by Dr. King's New Discovery In curing lung coughs and colds, which might e ended in consumption or n cured roe of a dreadful co l and lung writes W. R. Wellington, Texas, r in our family had died with and t gained Nothing so sure and safe for all throat and lung troubles. Price and Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by all druggists. NOTICE. State of North Carolina. Pitt County. To G. F. Morrison, Meta Morrison or any person Take notice, that on the 1st day of May, 1911, at tho court house door in the town of Greenville, L. W. Tucker, sheriff in and for the county of Pitt, did expose to public sale the following described One lot in the town of Ayden, town- ship. Said lot was sold at said sale for the due the year 1909 and 1910, at which the undersigned be- came the purchaser thereof, the said lot was taxed or assessed in the name of G. F. Morrison for the year 1909 and 1910. by order of the of said county; lot not been listed for taxation by G. F. Morrison of any one else, and the time of redemption will expire on the first day of May, 1912. This the 29th day of January. 1912. J. F. BAR WICK, Purchaser. STATE SOUTH PITT COUNTY. To W G. Webb, his administrator or assigns, or any person Take notice, that on the day of May. 1911, at the court house door In the town of Greenville, W. Tucker, sheriff in and for the of Pitt, did expose to public sale the following described piece or par- of acres In township known as a part of the late Luther Joyner land, being the allotted to his daughter, Bettie Lewis. Said land was sold at said sale for taxes due for the year 1910, which sale the undersigned the purchaser thereof; the said land was taxed or assessed in the name of W. G. Webb for the year 1910, and the time of redemption will expire on the first day of May, 1912. This the 25th day of January, 1912. J. J. HEARNE, Purchaser a way of knowing In an official report the British union states that its income la now a week and that the wages have been Increased by tho last strike by some to per annum. A new of demands is being drawn Convention as Cupid's Aid. LA GRANGE, Ga., Jan. wholesale conversion of bachelors in- to and maids Into matrons Is expected from a two day's convention announced to begin here tomorrow. The purpose of the con- is to give impetus to leap year proposals and to this end invitations have been sent every unmarried man and woman in this section of Georgia and in the neighboring ties of Alabama. The county have donated tho use of the court house auditorium for tho Cut rates on marriage MY STYLE. What Is more pleasing to tho stylish young lady than to have her lover looking as though he had lust step- lied out of the band box. She Is de- lighted to go out with him. her dainty dress be soiled or the suit rumpled, there no need for re- Just send it to us and It will be returned In a few hours looking like a new gown. . up which will given the what a girl means by what she be presented to the ship owners and several Justices will be wouldn't say It. this year. on hand to tie the knots. Frank Hopkins C.

ThE CAROLINA of the nice Thu contributes to make a town moat attention of every Pitt county them a laundry. He and FARM and REFLECTOR It been said time and again date tor tie of and pro- farmer and If ever It receive all right We did need a laundry. For that prohibition cannot be electric lights, waterworks it we are it is a well known fact that the that success will come to those of highest could not exist Published by COMPANY, O. WHICHARD. Editor. in the state, yet we are going the right way to discredit such statement. modern buildings, well furnished stores, etc. All that is addition. Care- With the law acting as It act. progressive addition. Rickety and the representative citizens of buildings have been weeded out. mud- every community speaking the way been etc them who think better of a without underwear and a pro- of soap. We are glad to say that the A TOWN. nag come j within a few days CAROLINA , a fact Careful and Two . year. . will be and is between to see sort of patronage rates ma; be had upon application at the business office Ii The Reflector Building, corner Evans Third streets. All cards of thanks tat f respect will be charged for at per word. Communications advertising dates will charged St at three cents per line, up to fifty lines. as second class matter 1910. at the post office a Greenville, Carolina, wide act of March 1879 being North Carolina. Solicitor Heriot of Char- spoke at the convention of some It is be FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1912. . AN. The presidential election is a good few moons away. Net so the fore- running incidents, or accidents, or have gone forward. Now for the one backward. town to The one step that is neither careful to enterprising man that has made progressive. Can any body tell the clUe will in a few our clubs as being nothing else than g hard to I from toe operative barrooms and cited sever-i Michigan, and Birmingham, I of troubled China. i remain in darkness certain nights well known such Institutions u cannot Alabama, are the two cities. One hoped that neighboring towns will some of the larger towns of the state. I almost in the extreme north, the other continue claiming part of our He Is quite right To what extent almost In the extreme south of the and that by giving this will prohibition go if men can fork how Union, and in spite of their enterprise our undivided support a sum of money which may or to what the same methods have we will extend a silent, though not be Join a club where -0 r- adopted by the Interested will be able to purchase all the wills-j of those towns to work their way light And we can't blame her. today- body pays her for it It would had a of 38.416 lit- interesting to find out over ten Birmingham how much Is economized by plunging has a Population us into Inky-blackness several nights 140.000. This is a gain of over key they want The state should look well into the constitutions of. some of these clubs and take its time about granting charters which will en- able such Institutions to successfully defy the law. Solicitor Heriot Clark- son also mentioned other clubs which have strictly adhered to the laws of a month. It is a most discreditable opinion one makes of a town when upon the state and to keep an open after a weary Journey he Is rush- bar. The refusal Is made all the easier Harvey made, or tried to make from the fact that Wilson, according to some. Now, the question is what will Tillman make of The innocent request Wilson to Harvey, that his name be left out of Harper's Weekly editorial page had the effect of having Watter- son the memorable phrase schoolmaster rather than a states- words to that effect. Not quite three weeks ago the cal milk pond was unruffled except indirectly by fears about T. R. To- day that peaceful milk pond bids fair to sink a few political heroes. And through it all it scums that the New Jersey man is going to come out of it with a new coat of the purest By whatever move the incident has been shifted to take as its personae, Tillman and Watterson. the move has been the cleverest thing so tar of this controversy. It was even said that Watterson and Tillman were going to tight a duel. Really, they did light It. but not with pistols or ink and paper more than willing to abide by the law and these clubs are models of both in the number of its supporters and in the moral of them. Right here in Greenville we have a flourishing institution with a which includes practically business man of any standing and per cent in a decade. Its production has increased in the same proportion and Its buildings alone are valued at over 1-2 billion dollars. This Is from the railroad car Into a street a fine lowing for Birmingham blurred and gloomy because of we congratulate the fair city of absence of light. This cannot South. escaped the many who alight In Greenville In the late even- People are attracted by light as much as any self-respectable moth. Ard, If want to attract people, and seems to be our object right now. we should have a better lighted prohibition does not need to be This would undoubtedly give of a set-back from such a club. Co-operation is what Is needed for successful of the pro- law, and certainly looks as if co-operation is forthcoming. To be sure, some breaking of the law Is us a Bigger and Brighter Greenville. years. Detroit claims for itself as fine a showing as made by Birmingham. We will only mention one item that shows clearly how one single desirable in- brought its own of population. One company began to operate with employees. It has now on its payroll over or an or nearly per a ANOTHER PROHIBITION LAW. How have these cities attained By a simple of Invitation to other We have a good chance to show that we are sincere In our standing Invitation, Greenville, Yours If you Let us show that we mean what we say and that we are ready to give them the glad hand. Now, altogether. FRONT YARDS. We are very sorry that the ma- of cases compels us to head this as we would like to say but If we are to stick to the the whole truth and nothing but he we will have to call them front yards, and not front gardens. It Is a great pity that we should have lo put it this way, we repeat. Nothing looks better, more inviting and gives a better idea of the who occupy the than a clean lawn on WHAT ABOUT IT, PROPERTY OWNERS t In the near future, and everything seems to point that way, we are to have a post office building that will be able to look upon the across-the-street court house and not This building upon which the government architects are busying themselves will be erected at a cost of Very well. Will we continue around mail time to exhibit that living of rural life, by having to go there and wait for our mil This question is to be answered en- by toe property holders in toe town of Greenville. Pavements to front of houses and numbers on the houses a mighty good and will help Uncle Sam's mail deliver the goods right at your door. And besides, If this little for- is not complied with, we will not have the mail deliver- ed at our homes. While thinking about improving the town in a business way. why not add the necessary sidewalks and numbers and have that mail we all repeatedly wait for at the right to our doors Now. wouldn't that look like business Wouldn't we be saving considerable lime by having It brought around Of course we would, and every prop- owner knows it as well as we do. Realizing it why not go down into whatever pocket or hold the cash and make that to the property Leave the croaking of the frogs, and if you are a man quit harping- that your town is going to the bow- wows. A town is just its a who have faith in it make it, and co-operation. Such associations a all right when its people are right The Greensboro Dally N. J gen , , , . . ,, o. To be sure the weather has been Trade, a Real State Board, an such of late, but were the instruments and so far Till- man to have drawn the win be much better off every-1 blood. In its issue of is not a question for the leg- still in evidence In several parts deal with but the etc., etc. work- the state, but to those that make of the state. What North closely together have done for their cry It should be said was Una needs Is a new prohibition law two cities what they have to- not built in a Every habit, I one that will the shipping day. whether good, bad or Indifferent takes and baled hay into the state. nave some time to get out of, with the situation is altogether discreditable to our intelligence and and for matter are still working .,. V If properly managed It along of co-operation and De- habits that take the greatest trouble .,.,,. , i little, if any more, to raise a and Birmingham are growing ex- to eradicate. or cotton a of For these reasons we believe cotton and yet ,, takes five or with the proper treatment prohibition bales of cotton to buy a two or We know if People of will be enforced In our state. And year old mule. Why continue such Detroit and Birmingham had any we also thoroughly believe that reckless to bury when their towns Perhaps the question has not been were small, is a that Unfortunately for Greenville, the town has some people who are not right and can never sec any good in the time Is coming when can show in their front yards a lit- pride. We mentioned this before. anything except they have it in their pocket. They are afraid to turn loose a dollar in an enterprise that will body comes to look at it from this pUt to farmers in a force- there ls something else which they of view for then we are sure and before, did certainly bury, and that was the The genial editor, who so or men are sure th , nut is Illustrated that hammer. This instrument is by far can speak on peace, offered everybody win put shoulder .,,. ,, , . J , , to the work and success will hP tho chase after dangerous one that can be proofs that made him an official lo toe great or success tn De . , ,.,. . ,. ,, money crops will he continue to used to destroy tho pavement of a agent of Wilson, as far as collecting Inevitable. campaign funds was concerned. His offer was accepted, yet the proofs have not been shown to date. Id the interest of peace and Wat- we trust he will soon show the proofs, otherwise he may have to die like lo pass mat me go after them to success. People who are per- vs The Reflector has at all times tried in earnest and willing about The first Idea about best to tell he farmers of his par-1 certain changes or additions in a anything is usually a blurred con- county, Pitt, not to specialize, community will listen doubtfully to At least this is what in for everything that a This party with pens lo the average mind. We and himself toe chopper, may have a grievance Dr. Cook the might Be u a a turnip, or a against certain progressive citizens be said. That's why we put it ball of cotton. i back of the movement for better that the people have , , I., ., . , ., . . idea struck In the momentary Year in year out. ear loads That is why his words do not all of a sudden realized that the Mis- slogan is the best one after all, they really want to sec. Political rows, such us is at pres- en being enacted, prove to be whole- some for the public at large. It. the public, is involuntarily let in on the ground floor and to many a fact that a totally friendly campaign would have in tho dark. For after all policies can stand for a little dose of salts once In a while. Although childhood of that idea we don't fully mules and horses are Imported a long way the realize want it may mean. stales and auctioned in our On the other hand, the man fore we go into the trouble of markets at a handsome profit for the a ideas which added to the first one j man who ships them, and yet absolutely no give us something which might be farmers not seem to stop interest In the matter In called the evolved Idea. j think there is money in it for the out of ten, he really So it is with practically everything j shipper, lie would no ll- For else. course such minds as Were our farmers to realize he la to be paid attention but seems that the time is most help the town because they think it appropriate to again remind our cit- might not bring them as much return us of it. They really owe to them- as to lend it to some needy borrower selves, as much as they owe it to and squeeze several times the legal the community at large. It certainly rate of interest out of True we would cost but very little to make have no large number that kind, this Improvement and would give the few are t, many better idea to visitors to our town, j . This is a matter for each individual householder and we really cannot why it should not be done. o-------- REALIZATION. Friday night, the secretary of the Carolina club received a letter from Dr. Paul Jones, of Dr. Jones simply wanted to subscribe for the hotel stock. This ls good news. Vat, the mentioned gentleman, it will he noticed, is not a resident of He lives some miles away from us, yet the hotel looks so good to him, that The town authorities are having cut down all the elm trees along the streets In which sewer lines are laid. K looks like a pity to lose the shade trees, but that is one of the penalties of city progress. Roots of elm trees so penetrating that they enter and choke up the sewer pipes and thereby cause trouble. But the streets have a very blank look when the trees are cut down. Where It can be done, shade trees other kinds that will not damage the sewers should be set out --------o It a stitch in time saves nine, right he does not hesitate in subscribing g should be taken on the streets. It is merely by a Napoleon, of a Pitt of a give birth and evolve ideas in one effort But we are talk- of the average capacity mind. there Is money in practically His words a thing that can be raised perhaps his audience. And, would himself cultivate the habit , therefore, the danger of the hammer, raising other things besides cotton U an Injustice be administered at frequent intervals I A a in the meantime it anything I. heard Hon. hermit up with the weather and sue, to use V. and Anally we reach the ultimate, as can not be at ladles tor toe stock. many more such building mutt have before us and then do nothing to have the town people think ward to keep them good condition, the same about hotel enterprise The streets suffered much during the It limply can't be that they cannot recent snow and freeze, and since afford it That would be mild weather has come they are drying out in ruts just like they were if the buildings as they stand In cut the bad weather. The split the site in which tho hotel is to drag properly used would fill in Oyster Bay and the President is having such a good time with Steel bill that we are bound to take full and entire notice of the ; in in imbroglio. All that Is going on right before the American we could see through the wings the dressing rooms. Hy the time we get there we have but at no time can farmer be-l So are TUE TEMPERANCE CONVENTION. The temperance convention going on at Raleigh has proved a treat to the people of North Carolina who have followed In tho columns of the press the different addresses made by prominent temperance men in the people of North Carolina have pat their hand to the plow In the light many corners stock gambler, which had laid darkness. And when we have finally let us take out the hatchet the hammer its place. A man who owns a fairly farm, and there are many such are not do much with It, and in the end the whole are paying a per cent, on a what would be iii having a per dry. in the investment as outlined u other issues of The Reflector And want to say right here, that this is mining stock gamble, no get rich-quick idea. these uneven places and give the streets a smooth surface when they will be better off for the ed the scaffold of secondary ideas this country, could so divide that prop up magnify the initial j a, could one we might And with some grow or develop there. Most of of the ones, but before; hoard a Greene county farmer. Mr. we discard them, others are looked I toll the who are carefully he had paid for a pair of mules. placed in their stead. A NEW The Mebane Leader says that a furniture company In that town ship- five car loads of furniture a Day one of the cars going to Cali- day the man at the Bertha This is an evidence of how think hard as to where ho ls enterprises help a to house the scores of people There is no reason in the want accommodation. Any body Who world why a furniture factory to is thinking about taking stock should could not made lo pay pay a visit to the Hotel Bert hi I handsomely. from time to the business of ., men of this town gather in the Caro- . he is blind. everything that is built Is Is a handsome price and do the result of addition and not doubt bu, what tho cub and upon discussions Sometimes multiplication worth it. Yet It Is Just as apparent what the town needs. Not very division, but manly the two the dealer made something on many days ago they had a very In- However, addition and sale. subtraction, but earful weaving and the profit; Why should not the because of the fact that one of the president of Washington and Lee i.,. local preachers was asked to address at Lexington. Va. If he train time. If he does not 0-------- it is getting almost time for the local rooters to begin talking base- bull, if Greenville ls to have a club Dr. Henry Louis Smith, who has and be in the game next season. A for some time been president of we have a ball park it will hardly be Why let the dealer meeting. More interesting Davidson College, has been to stand Idle. Why should not the because of the fact that one of the president of Washington farmer have It Tho movement for a variety crop he members. Just as an Instance of how we can, Tho movement for a variety crop members. and the Indications are that I Even his ground err to the matter of Here is claiming as much as the move-j This he did and to the Z T if natter of temperance and will we have a town. nice men, for good and rte, of . good many of those member, Z M o. turn is the way the toll each other. House has been Is taken Into consideration It Is no pastor forgot hi. calling and puts it and to Judge by added to house. Pavements to the small wonder. Our farmers are talked to them And a first if congress to do some the noise some people to has been going on at tho con-Rouses, streets to the pavements, and wasting energy their so called talk it was. He mentioned , let it take a whack at town make Is to growl about what that moat excellent paper is so on until we have really a Witness, cotton. , during the course of his speech that iniquitous pension roll. do or try to What Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Does Keeps the family together. Takes care of the mother. Ed- the children. A salary the widow. Pays the on the home. Will continue what death would end. Teaches econ- Demonstrates unselfish- Provides ready money. Pays your debts. Saves the re- of the family. Supports you in your old age. Saves you anxiety as to the future of your loved ones. Saves you from anxiety for yourself in old age. Lifts the mortgage on your own life promised your wife at the altar. Prevents poverty. Prevents ignorance. Prevents a lowering of the family's social standing. Prevents forced sales of prop- It does the things which you have planned for, worked for. preyed for. Made happy, if succeed; miserable if you It helps you to succeed in life. Makes worth living, and takes up your work when you die. carries it forward to completion. Really a Mutual Benefit Policy is the most satisfactory life in- proposition that is today on the market, because of the Company sixty-eight years of unequal service, its splendid present condition and its ed future and its policies are non- and incontestable, when there has only been one annual premium paid. Delay is dangerous. Won't you kindly fill in and cut mi the coupon to the right and mail to me. and let us show you what we have. WM. H. Dist. Mgr, Greenville, N. C, Please tend me full particular regarding special bargain Life In- I was Address Nm-in WILLIAM H. District Manager P still have room for two or three more good agents. For Information, apply to District Manager. r- OUR AYDEN DEPARTMENT V IN CHARGE OF R. Authorized Agent of The Carolina Home and Farm and The Eastern Reflector for Ayden and vicinity. Advertising rate furnished NEWS ITEMS FROM CHAPEL HILL, Jan. activities, which at the University COTTON SEED MEAL of Meal on The of There seems lo be impression in the minds of some that where Or TIM I OF The Bank of Ayden, AT AT BEN la the slats of North Carolina, at the close of business, December is. LIABILITIES. Igor of the calf may and capital stock paid in . have been suspended for the past two cows am fed on cotton seed meal the weeks because of the fall term size mid nations, will begin with renewed In- affected. If there are any definite . again now that these mid-year reasons for this opinion, they have Furniture fixtures terrors are a thing of the past. The not been mid in i Demand loans . work of the University, however, has so far as the writer can discover. Cash items . AYDEN, N. C, Feb. reached 3-4 on our local market. The union prayer meeting was well attended last Sunday at the F. W. church, was indeed a spiritual feast from the fact so many took an active part. n i, ,. i suspended during the What given rise to this is; Cold coin . of nation period. Last week the contract apparently, therefore, a of Silver coin. Including have been received last few days direct from Louisiana in hum the best answer minor coin currency lions of the system of new which can be given la to quote not bank notes and for the erection of the first three sec- conjecture, and We will iii ink sweet water bye Dr. J. It. the eye was awarded to I. G. Lawrence, only from personal experience, but other U. notes Durham. The dormitories will be from the observation and results 643.30 4,000.00 33,386.64 200.00 880.16 4,177.00 fund . Undivided profits, less cur- rent expenses and taxes paid . 2,386.62 Deposits subject to check. 66,499.22 Savings deposits . 36.699.79 Cashier's checks . 904.64 erected on the site of the old Mired by who have engaged son hotel property. Work on tearing more or extensively In live down the wooden building which Is Block production. the first place, It i Total. well to U his nephew, Mr. Mark store Feb. will your Taylor U sure to meet him on at present standing on this began In . . once. The construction of the new consider the condition under Which The system of Mr. Alfred above v, , , tow young should I, Gardner destroyed by fire Sat- evening with insurance. This makes the second time within ;. while that he marble yard in Ayden. Watch this department he may say something. If you want to buy or sell land or young Cows an month, result it Is expected nourished. by the University authorities that the specific production dormitories will be ready for mid the raising of the opening of the next of beef. In dairy see- I they arc generally fed with even loss by fire. Much sympathy personal properly let us write you a is felt for Mr. Gardner as he Is a very the Th. will be built on great care and regularity. Where industrious and progressive citizen. Mr. Caleb Trip, lad the of beef animal are raised the Ricky, wife of Mr. C. J. lose a linger last week. of Hope Well section, died Monday coming in contact with a jointing night- She had been declining chine, health for lime, and her death Only two more of those nice of Count; of PUt, I, Hodges, enable of the above-i bank, do solemnly swear tho above statement Is true to the best of my knowledge and be- . HODGES, Cashier. Subscribed sworn to before me, 11th day of December, 1911. D. O. BERRY, J. R. SMITH, Notary Public. R. C. CANNON, My commission expires Feb. MIS. Directors. beef There Hank the campus on either not nil. When currying her young herds maintained arc hundreds of throughout the general plan of the University of pure-bred beef animals lire room houses. management but They will be built in sections range conditions the cows of- twenty-four rooms each, and will ten fed Indefinitely and frequently was no surprise. She leaves a large shire gilts on hand, three months old family and many friends to mourn at each. J. R. Smith and Bro. their loss. She WM of the I Don't forget that Dr. J. H. Christian church at Ayden. Her re- the eye doctor, be at J. ; Smith energy u herd. When this condition suit of a gift from the these MUM nerves must be counted example, a number of pertains it must be charged up to of It is to be erected on largely to maintain the system In the side of its whole the cow, especially it she be a where cotton seed meal The contract for the milker, is working her nervous sys- been the chief Ingredient of the building was awarded at the over time, since milk la the J many and from will injure the either before or after birth. Of it is possible through feeding cotton seed us with many other feeds, to produce undesirable results in any mains were laid to rest Tuesday and store, Feb. 6th. Rev J. R. Tingle u., It does not appear that Ignorance or the obsequies. We our the Graves property at the a condition of equilibrium will not or the vigor or the progeny j MUM In feeding management and d b the campus. only enable the production of milk, been In any Interfered not to some specific property which Mr. L. L. ma e a us new medical but the digestion and transformation by the character of the feed used may contain, trip to Monday. . Is a has been In process of of a sufficient amount of food to in- . ,. MM U Place of for the past six months, sure the uniform and rapid develop-; u experience In and all kinds of hardware. J. . Powerful, completed. The of the Cows under feeding and handling of cows In the Smith and Bro. J In was the of building will take these must period of IS M or fed it been ,, evil on the health OF CLUBS Meeting of State .-. aw. r mt iii it man out a largo of was a educators from the of of the calves were The much notable event in North will be sawing and gr is a powerful mill- a the University, most for tills use of cotton seed meal. Carolina many a long day ls the . f R i I is accompanied by Is one liberal amount; During this period fully BOO meeting Mr, Leslie aM g how weak ii is, la a has gone of protein In a rather easily ,,,,. ,;,,,,. in live Council of the North Carolina Us bill does to tn the progress of the Mile form. To Withhold protein at relent southern slates. The which strengthen the liver and u large dote on monument flint the North this time is much more likely to j has therefore been under will be held Greenville during tho -sometimes the usual Division of the of prove than Its over lib- j.,,.;, variety the week in The visiting Taylor stoics. Kid the colored Methodist is moving his family Wilmington, lived among us for several years and his upright walk has won him many white cause salivation. I Wilson's Liver- are lo erect on the oral MB, both extremes ,.,., Ute lo- club women will be the guests of the Tone is a builder that strengthens ,.,, of to the certainly to be work, It entirely in all however, the Bound Table, and the of the do of the who Those who have experience in of grain has Century Clubs, upon whose Invitation vegetable. , war between and to examine the cal- seed herds was this t . lo pleasant to no bad after- hp The of the of cows raised under range con- grade of varying Mrs. Robert R. We effect and is perfectly suited have raised for the where all of food have r parity, from the the ls most gifted him where he as well as grown people. of It will been withheld, during the winter cow to the high-grade woman, possessing covenant. don't have lo be careful what t before the end of the season, know that many are Before paper reaches its ,,,, when dropped Smith will be happily guarantee you by Rev. G. C. Mr. If it I U a of the late Fred and Mia. Smith ls a daughter Mr. for u , II ill Ll, most a weak j jersey and Shorthorn. During this and period pure-bred of Jerseys. I with and high and her wide experience, great re- H. B. Smith, one of most Cook all kinds Ii. u ii. crockery, linen, rugs, etc J- R- Smith The prayer meeting will be held at the church next Sunday. Mr. Prescott will lead. Highest Mrs. Ida Jackson and Mrs. I will- to Mr in the young people, volunteered to enter-1 lane church Warren the marriage of her daughter Harriet May to Mr. Saturday. January thirteenth I the church. society Invitations land a goodly number accepted, and-, on January from to p. m. . Sunday in mM toe Mr. Heath, of Snow Hill, was here, of Monday says he ls interested In Gertrude the and Is favorably Critcher much to our pleasure Impressed Ayden market. a few Mr. Allen purchased Then the game handsome touring car. evening in which all participated We expect to hear Gov. Woodrow enJoyed speak in Ayden this summer, j was we expect to Invite him down here we re- ad- percentage of In an and Which with may be expect- usually severe winter Is very high some animals of from the State Federation, which ,,., . No definite figures observation. The i., of along this line are available, but beef herds Included pure-bred Short- clubs with membership Of gone needed If one had nil; horns. Aberdeen than MOO women. opportunity lo make observations for Cotton has The council Is composed of the himself this testimony will led lo every elate together the fan he by all who r dairy animal of tho various departments Into which had considerable experience with, , ,. , n , . The work is divided, These women management under ., , represent all of the cities and many range conditions and without the subjected of the mate, Raleigh. Charlotte, . . . . -----.- . i, n ail. the Young Woman's Society of thousand nine hundred aid twelve use of supplemented food during the v. management and a front Wilmington, m. church. . . . . ,. . . . Little Rock. Arkansas. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander I. Blow winter season. of environment conditions. Greensboro. Golda- some farms and ranges where Throughout this period and with Point. Henderson feeding has been practiced the re- the animals under teat there They are women of suits hale been highly beneficial in j been no diminution in the vigor bruins, energy, devoted to the Intel- Increasing the tot of the offspring of their loyal request the honor of your presence on account of bringing of the herds the descendants North Carolina. at the marriage of their daughter Lottie to Mr. John Calvin Butner through the winter in a much the third second generation; a most Interesting program has better condition, to say. in are now milking and they still arranged for which an Immense many places cotton seed meal has their vigor virility and are executive business Is to be de- used as the principal as among the beat and plans made for the May ion the morning of Wednesday. Feb- , with such other roughness in these particular herds. to deliver some commencement uh our dresses Why not.- Gov. were Craig came when invited, and A, eleven we bade host- are great men. good-night, declaring that one of the fourteenth at nine o'clock St. Pauls Church Greenville. North Carolina. which will be held in be obtained. This fact of the period in question cot- the tenth self is answer to those who ton seed meal has been fed In anniversary of the organization of the imagined the use quantity from as low as three federation in that city ten years ago. seed meal would In any way Injure or tour pounds per head per day. One of the delightful social features the development of the before depending on the of animal. Mrs Cotton, the president, will Van-lave License. and prove detrimental to to the most rations entertain the membership for Marriage licenses were issued last growth after Consider for a The test has thus been week-end her ,.,. mad,. . business week to the following moment the conditions prevailing In unusually severe and carried on Munificent country home. nine White. a herd of pure-bred animals which a great variety of conditions miles The guest. Hangs MM fed ind nourish- that it would appear to fully answer be divided Into two one- Paul Randolph and Mamie Pollard, ed on account. Calves from in a negative manner the idea any nail tor the week-end before the trip to Tuesday. left Tuesday to launch the seine at Pitch We expect to soon be eating shad or herrings. They all have the same farewell. ever been our fortune to enjoy lust been spent. ls a blow from a kicking cow a Nail milk punch. I Colored. Isiah Deny and Allen. Clayton Gay and Ade Dupree. such a herd SM relatively large for who may still hold the opinion that meeting, and the other for the the breed and active and vigorous cotton seed meal fed In reasonable week-end after adjournment, return- this Is true of both dairy and quantities and under Judicious man- bag with Mrs Cotten

N. C. NEW INDUSTRIES RAILROAD WRECK RESULT OF NEGLECT any New Old State Blame Placed On Tares Men For Deaths Of Railroad Chiefs BOARD FiNDS three men For tho week January The Tradesman I ,, Into the industries growing daily FROM THE LABOR He HI The annual convention of the Stale federation of Labor will held at April The State Federation of La- will hold its annual In Palest beginning May the folio new industries for bank. drug company. cotton mill Chariot. null. development company. company. tobacco factory company. company. telephone company. drug com- printing com- CHEAP The Fire Insurance el the in Which President of Now York State of La- Met Hi- Heath Blame s executive committee has and a proposed legislative measure At a the Flit County Branch of The Mutual Fire Insurance Association, held here on the 10th, the following officers were G. T. Tyson. Sec. and J. L. Little. Agents. K. K. W. King. S. M. Jones The following were also elected supervisors for the several town- ships the Heaver Dam. S V. Joyner, G. A. Stancill. C. Carolina. A. J. J. Elks. Jesse Cannon, Falkland. T. L. Williams. A. Greenville, J. A. Lang, A. N. Waters, Swift Creek, Job Moore, Elsewhere In this paper will be found a statement of association for the year ending Dec. 1911. showing that there are members in the county carrying nearly a mil-1 lion dollars Insurance on their farm property. A considerable Increase was made over the previous year. Was Also t Blame for Cat. Jan. Negligence on part of lores trainmen to the Illinois Contra wreck at Sunday night in which T. J. former dent of that line, and three other railroad officials were killed, an In- declared here The trainmen and R. J. Smart, of train No. which crushed into train No. John II. conductor of train No. M, and Harry J. flagman on train No. what steps will be taken In the cases has not been said W. L. vice- president of the Illinois Central, and a member of the investigating com- Heading the alleged negligence of providing for industrial insurance in that stale. The San Francisco Labor Temple Association has asked the Labor to request affiliated unions to buy took in to create a building fund of to start the new build- Fatalities in coal mines over the country average well above two thous- and from year to and are the number of a decade ago. The employment continues far more dead- than railroading. The Portland. Ore., city council has authorized Mayor to point a committee of businessmen to conduct a series of co-operative shops, where the would be distributed among the shareholders-the public. PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS. W. F. Attorney at Law Office opposite R. L Smith Co's. stables and next door to John Flan- Company's new building. . Worth t K, W. Attorney at Office formerly occupied by J. L. Fleming i in Hi.-. . . North Carolina. the trainmen, the committee I K the s of School. the S. J. Attorney at Law In on the Court House Square L. I. Moor H. mil at inn North Carolina. II. W. M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the Eye. Bar, Nose and Throat. Washington, Y in v C, office with Dr. L. James n. in. to p. m. Mondays. INCREASE SALARY. Memorial l Votes for This. After the morning service in Me- Baptist church Sunday, the The Henry Grady Debating society member held I meeting to hear a of Hie graded school held its second and recommendations of the i debate of the tern. Friday night. The query was That the Unit- ed Slates should enter upon a policy of gradually decreasing her army and committee. The financial con- of the church made such an excellent showing that a motion to increase the salary of the pastor. C. M. Rock from to re- The affirmative was represented by the unanimous vole of all Robert Wallace This was entirely without the and David Whit-hard, and the of the pastor, at the by Milton Pugh. Chandler service after being Informed and Ferrall The contest the notion of the church, he ex- was won by the affirmative. pressed his appreciation of the es- A new member was added to in which the people and this meeting. The boys Ration hold him. are making creditable their speaking. progress In and Justice. At least a Solomon has come The Rotten Pension Hull. Where Is tho congressman brave enough to draw up and champion a hill to purge tho federal pension rolls There has been talk and talk of this, instead, additional fakirs judgment out in Cincinnati, who to the rolls and more makes Shylock's Judge look like at every congress. Mr. notary and every man Adams Is bringing ever used can light a first unpleasant to tho Mr. Rock began his pastorate of church here on the first Sunday in March of last year, and church has gone forward In nil Its work under his ministry and leadership. In tho eleven months members have been to the church. Resides being an able preacher, tho church has not had a paste- loved more by all people of the community than Mr. Rock. Attorney Office in building, st. Practices wherever his services art desired North Carolina. Don't judge a manure spreader by looks W. C. D. X. Clark Civil Attorney at Law CLARK Engineers and . Carolina. H. Ward C. C. PIERCE Washington, N. C Greenville, N. C. WARD Attorneys at Law Practice in all the courts. Office In Woolen building on Third Street . . North Carolina. HARRY SKINNER Attorney Law North Carolina. one, or gnaw another corner of the plug with that feeling of faction which comes of having a long cherished theory finally O. There was a particularly knotty aggregation of problems Involved In a case being heard in Superior Judge Smith's court All the legal lights pondered upon with compress- ed lips and corrugated brows. Final- tho court handed down a decision more momentous, doubtless, than he realized, to the effect that, in order lo grease up wheels of Justice, SO line of Still was specified on the floor the last house of a man enlisted in 1864, got a big bounty; stayed in the hos- to speak, anybody who cared to until discharged; never fired n smoke. Soon the opposing counsel gun r did u day's duty at the front; came home; was examined, was pen- congressmen through The World's Work. He gives some cases of pension frauds that are on record. A responsible man himself a veteran of the war, wrote from a town In Ohio he name at least twenty men In the same company to which he belonged who arc receiving under a special pension act a month, and who never stood In the Keeping of Exact Time of an Brother Shore spoke a great truth last Sunday night Just before an- his text for tho evening. In these words; people of Dunn need to be taught a lesson in as a great many other towns also We have often wondered why make II a point to wait until after ITS Started to reach the place were puffing of pears, the Jury box looked like the of a battleship, and the Judge himself toyed daintily with tho cork-tipped cigarette. One by one tho perplexing snarls were unraveled, the trial pro- with a hum, and tho witness, under the soothing of a threw upon the proceedings a luminous knowledge calculated to upset the traditions of Thus the potency of nicotine as a mental stimulant is recognized, and tobacco takes the place to which it Is rightfully entitled as a rule of son which should prevail in all the temples of the blind goddess. That, under the of the weed, the mind of man becomes more flexible has long been known to those who smoke. It Is no stranger to the bench or bar. although so openly In- as now. One can easily re- call that picture of the learned of the Supreme court of the United States passing along from hand to hand beneath the of the bench and their own flowing r the homely plug of that jurist who. but a short time ago. went hence to the great beyond. Cincinnati has rendered a service the cause of human liberty. To all the to all the Juries, to all tho lawyers In the land wrestling with hydra-heeded dragon, the law, we say, by way of Observer. sioned at per month for the last stages of consumption, and is living A system under which such abuses exist, and arc practically con- at, Is one not Improperly char- as a which offers every Inducement to and conceals every possible In- to Chronicle. another for worship. Several sons, we see them, might be as- signed, hut we shall not express our- and leave It for the reader to draw his own conclusion, but we will venture one general reason, the force of habit. The human family has many bad habits, and this Is one of them. The best way to reach service on time is to start on and them keep going, and you will usually be then- to the minute. It detracts very much from tho vices for people to constantly coming in during the opening of service. It makes It trying on the speaker, and often some valuable l Probe. NEW YORK. Jan. Federal road Judgments on Roads. Discussing the havoc played by bad weather with many of the roads. Tho Free Press protests against some of the conclusions hastily form- ed. It would appear that In county more harm bus ensued to the sand-clay roads thus indirectly than from what the weather actually did. Our contemporary Is therefore led to insist that the term shall be correctly used. Such a road, it goes on to say, neither a clay road, nor yet Is it u sand road, but p. road that Is made by properly mix- and working together sand and clay and that has afterward been properly graded, crowned and smooth- ed off by successive until it has become a sun-dried The roads ruined by the weather were, none of them, sand-clay roads In this Sense. Between and La- Grange the State Central Highway Is a sand-clay road built on approved principles, but It Is not yet complete In conclusion Is a protest against calling road n imply because some clay has investigation begun last fall Into the express companies, their revenues, rat.-s and methods of doing returned In city be- fore Commissioner Lane of the Inter- state Commerce been hauled In and dumped on a sandy road or because a road is in process of being converted from an ordinary dirt highway to a properly constructed sand-clay Dally N. S. Schedule OF THE NIGHT EXPRESS Every Manure Spreader is not a Cloverleaf that looks like one. You can't judge a Manure Spreader by its looks because there are many features which are found in the construction of one machine that are not found in others. Manure Spreaders are the most easily op- the strongest and best machines on the market. If you will examine one critically you will agree with us that the is the best machine you ever looked at. Drop in. Let us discuss the manure spreader proposition. Let us explain the many meritorious features found in Cloverleaf construction. Better still, buy one, then you will be in a better position to know why you can't judge a manure spreader by its looks. If you are not ready to buy, call and get a Its filled with valuable on soil maintenance and fertility. We are reserving one for you. Won't you call and get it today Hart Hadley GREENVILLE, N. C. SCHEDULE IN EFFECT JUNE foundation of the Is lost gone away after the st the main thought thought as discourse Lots of peon the services because in the -the word has mean- and if It was printed in large letters and pasted in some urns place In the would suggest Just the clock it might stimulate some to and on time. It is a good word to teach to your children and the best way to teach it la to act it yourself. We hope this little friendly chat will serve a good purpose, and If possible, we will all be on time, and show ourselves as doers of the word, as well understanding Its moan- Weekly Guide, N. following schedule fig- published as information ONLY and are not guaranteed. LEAVE East Bound a. m. Dull. man. Sleeping Car for Norfolk. a. m. Dally, for Plymouth, Eliza- beth City Norfolk. Broiler Car service connects tor all points North and West p. m, Dully, except Sunday, for West Hound a. m. Dally, for Wilson and Hal Pullman Sleeping Car ice connects Norm, South and West a. m. Dally, except for Wilson and connects for all points. p. m. Daily, for Wilson and Broiler Car service. For further information and res- of Sleeping Car space apply to J. L. Agent, Greenville, N. C. W. R. HUDSON, W. W. General Supt, G. P. A. Norfolk, Virginia. T. W. C. A. Services. The Sunday evening services of the V. W. C. A. were conducted by three of the young ladles. Miss Hazel Armstrong read the Scripture lesson. Miss Ethel Perry, on Lifters as Lead- era, and kiss Lancaster, on Learning, made good, strong talks, full of wholesome spirit and showing an understanding of student's prob- from the view point of girls among girls. Conservatism and rheumatism cause a man to make haste slowly. FLOWERS When yon want the best, remember we are at your Choice limes, Carnations, Tallies Violets and Wedding Outfits in the Latest Styles. Floral offerings artistically arranged at short notice. When in need of pot plants, rose bushes, evergreens, shrubbery, hedge plants and trees, mall, telegraph or telephone your orders to J. Co. Phone N. C. When You Want to Buy a PIANO See Sam White Piano Co Greenville, North Carolina. They will sell you a first class instrument cheap and on easy terms. They are home people and will treat you right. Visit our store. The White Piano Co Central Barber Shop Located Id main business of town, Four -.-hairs in operation and each one ever by a sallied barber st home Annual Statement Pitt County Branch Mutual Fire Insurance Association Of North Carolina, Greenville. N. I . at close of Dec. 1911 Number of members at this Number of members one ago, Amount Insurance In force at this time, One yea j ago. Showing Increase for months. Amount of money on hand ., Amount of money received In 1911. Amount paid out for In 1911. Amount paid out for expenses In . Amount of money on hand 1911. Respectfully James L. Little, Sec. and Treas. January 1912. We, a committee appointed by Pitt County Mutual Insurance Association, to examine tie books of the and treas- report we have examined books of James L. Little, fin that they correctly and well kepi, and the company Is In Hi condition. 608.22 3,684.46 3.889.10 286.47 118.10 Committee. CANNON A. J. J A. FURS AND -HIDES HIGHEST MARKET PRICE PAID RAW FURS HIDES Wool on Writ, ad. . . mm JOHN WHITE CO. LAND SALE. By virtue a decree of the Super- court I'm county in proceeding No. 1698, entitled J II et against Barn- et ala., the undersigned sell for cash before the court house door In Greenville on Monday, Jan. 1912 at noon, the following described two lots or par- of land situate In the town of Bethel. lot described fully In a deed to Albert Ward wife to B. L T., and L B. Barnhill. which de d appears of record In the office of the Register of Deeds of County In book I.-4. page Be- ginning at the north-west corner of the old J. Ward lot and runs street 2-3 thence south west yards lo Carson's Hue; thence with line 2-3 yards to tho Ward lot; thence north with the line of the Ward lot to tho beginning, containing 9.13 1-3 square yards This lot Is called the old Coach shop lot. Also one other lot In the town of Bethel described fully Ina deed from Albert Ward and wife to B. L. T. L B. dated Feb. 1888 and recorded in book Y-4. page S-ti. at corner east I street and runs east with aid line feet; thence north with James and Main feet to a corner of the wall; thence west with said wall feet to James thence with James street feet to the be- ginning, containing square feet. This lot is known as the resident lot the late B L. T. and Susan Said property Is sold for partition. This Jan. 1912. P. O. By of s of con- In a certain mortgage deed, ex- by Jenkins to A B. Beverly on the lat day of January, 1903, which said mortgage deed Is duly recorded in register's office In county. In book O. page The undersigned, will on Monday, the 22nd day of January, 1912, at o'clock noon, expose to public sale before the court house door in to Hie highest bidder for cash, the following described tract or par- of laud to Lying and being In Bethel town- ship, I'll county. North Carolina, and being the land hero Jenkins now lives, being tho same land purchased by the said Jenkins of M. Hi. lands of H. S. Smith, deceased. Shade Matthews land, Prank Pol- lard Gabriel Jenkins. Said tract of laud containing acres more or This sale Is made to satisfy terms of said deed. tho day of December, 1911. B. A. Mortgagee. P. C. Attorney. By virtue of a decree at the court of Pitt county, dated Jan made In a certain special proceeding therein pending, entitled II. Mills, administrator of Mills, versus H. II Mills and others. I will, on Friday, February 23rd, 1912, at o'clock m. publicly sell at the court house door in Greenville lo the highest bidder for cash, that certain piece or parcel land situated In township, county, known as Lot No in the division of the lands of the late Wash- Mills, bounded and described as Beginning at tho North Pitt Count, Before the Clerk In the Superior Court. By virtue of a decree of the court of Pitt county, rendered in a special proceeding or notion therein pending, led Mary K. administratrix of Geo. deceased, vs. William Route ft red spots ob body and in swallow fork and half moon In right ear. A small yearling left with the cow. Suitable reward for recovery. L. JONES. Bathed, N. C. OF SALK. County. A G. Cox vs. Harris, R. L. N. S. John Griffin. Will Griffin. John Williams and wife Lou B. Williams. Maggie B. Stocks, Nan- ale Braxton, Braxton, Clara Braxton. B. Jones, Griffin. Warren Avery, Mary Avery, Bottle EM- wards. heirs of James Braxton, Reedy Branch church of Pitt county; and K. A. Avery. By of authority vested In STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Pitt County. To R. M. Take Notice, That on the first day of May, 1911, at the door in the town of Green L. W. Tucker, sheriff, In and for the county of Pitt, did expose to public sale the following described piece or parcel of land, In Greenville township, to- Situated In the town of Green- ville, adjoining the lands or lots of H, C. and Chas. Cobb the west; W. H. Jr., on the east; Ninth street on the north; Tenth street on the south, and known as the II. K. warehouse properly and being the identical property on B. K. warehouse stood It was burned, containing about one-half acre, more or and being and wife, Magnolia Halli- away, w. and wile, Annie Howard and heirs law, the undersigned will, on Thursday, Feb- between the hours of lust o clock, in the town of , before the court house door, Corner Of Lot NO and running from hence with the line of sad lot S. W. poles to some small gum. In ,,,, ,,.,,, ., branch, thence down said J pm I ranch to n slake pointed by small Bethel township, N. C. and more and two small In said described as branch. It being third corner of Adjoining the lands of R. D. Whit- No. thence with the lino the county line; Lot No. north east poles to u,,. lands of Gary Manning and Mrs. i stake on a ditch; thence with said Mary K. containing ditch N W . poles to another acres, more or being the lands small ditch; thence up the winding of Hie H. and the said small ditch to a stake, a corner more fully described in of Lot. No. thence with tho line of book on page of Pitt said lot S. K. 2-f poles to the be- county registry. containing acres, more, The said land will sold subject or less. Said land will he sold sub-It,, dower rights of the widow, to charged upon tho Mrs. Mary Whittled. same for In favor of Lot No. to Mills In tho vision of the lands of Washington Mills. This tho 23rd day of January, 1912. H. MILLS Administrator and Blow, Attorneys for This January 1912. C. C. Com. Ward and Pierce, Attorneys. 25-ltd North County. la the Court. Susie S. Harris vs. Henry Spencer Harris. The defendant above named will take notice that an action entitled ,,,,,,, i, as the above has been commenced BUB r th court of county By virtue of a power of sale con- h d f g In a certain mortgage deed,, , .,. executed by Jenkins to M. of her late husband, H. S. Manning on the 12th day of March. Harris, allotted to her as prescribed 1903, which said mortgage deed is will recorded in the register's office that he Is In hook O page to appear tho clerk the The undersigned, will on court of county at bis the 24th day of February. 1912. at In Greenville, N. C, on Mon- O'clock noon, expose to public sale day, Feb. 1912 and answer before the court house door or Mile to the highest bidder for or the following described tract or par- , court for eel of land demanded In the said complaint. Lying and being In Bethel pending before the clerk of the court, I will sell on Monday, February noon, at tho court house door In to the highest bidder for cash, that certain tract of land In Pitt county, formerly known tho homo place of Felix Braxton whom ho lived and died, adjoining the lands of O. B. Kills, Joshua Cox, . .,. . This Jan. II, 1912. the lands above described. Said ship. Pitt county. North Carolina, and SOld at said sale for taxes due the land where J the year 1910 at which sale the lives, and being the same land K SOs. became the purchaser purchased by the said Jenkins for the said land was taxed M. adjoining i assessed in the name of B. lands of II. S. Smith, deceased. Shade NOTICE TO The undersigned having this day satisfy j duly qualified as administratrix terms of said mortgage deed. of K. P. deceased be- This u c the Matthew, land, Frank Pol- May, 1912, land containing acres more or; Taken t p. I have taken up two sows and three borrows, unmarked, will weigh about pounds each. Owner can get same by proving property and paying all charges. E. L MILLS. Grimesland, N. C. bias, Jr. and J Greenville Monday Mr. Gilbert of Reedy Branch was in our town Tuesday. W all were glad to see Mr. with us again. Mr. George Potter, of was in our town The and his friends were glad to see him. Mr. Allen of in our town Wednesday even- and spent a short while. We are glad to sec Mrs. J. J. No- hies, Jr., in her chair out in the open air once more. Miss Nettie went to see her brother. Mr. Austin Briley. near Or- last and will spend a week or two with and Frightful Winds. Blow with terrific force at the far north and play havoc with the skin, using red. rough or sore chapped friends, hands and lips, that need Mr. Robt. Willoughby. of Salve to heal them. It makes gave us all a call Wednesday the skin soft and smooth. Unrivaled ll was en route for Mr. and or cold sores, also burns, bolls sores, Charlie Tyson's of near ulcers, cuts, bruises and Only cents at all druggists. Cabbage Plants Millions of thoroughbred Frost Proof Cabbage plants for Bale. The follow- Jersey Charleston Held, Succession, Large Late Drum Head. This selection should give you con- beading through the entire season. Prepare for shipments In lots of from 1.000 to 10.000, per thou- sand; over 10.000 per thousand. F. O. B. Greenville. N. C. order of any slue. Count and satisfaction guaranteed. L. C. ARTHUR, X. This tho 5th day of January, 1912. R. W. KING. Purchaser. SALK. By of of con- In a certain mortgage given by to the the list day of May, on Gum Branch, a description of This sale Is made to M. C. MANNING. Mortgagee, , P, C. Harding Attorney. lB to all persons Indebted to said estate to make Immediate settlement with the undersigned and nil persons TOWN PROPERTY FOR SALE. and by virtue of order of , the superior court, made Jan. 1911; in a special proceeding therein en- hereby notified to file their claim which is to be had by referring toW, and duo the 1st day of Feb. titled J. W. Allen, administratrix, vs. tho undersigned deed from J. to Felix which said mortgage record- K. Corey, et the from date or ton recorded In the register's office ea q. at page Pitt will be plead bar of re- Pitt county book page , r -in n Monday the K. containing more or less. I on , court door of coyer. wiring and excepting therefrom acres, said farm being In the section of Pitt county. This the 12th day of January. 1912. S. J. EVERETT. Commissioner. LAND SALE. By virtue of the authority of a Judgment rendered at the No- 1911, term of Pitt Superior court, a case therein pending, en- D. Jordan and F. E. Ran- L. A. Randolph and J. H. Ran- trading against Fernando ft. undersigned commissioner Will m 6th day of Feb., 1912 at m, put to the highest bidder, for cash, I This the day of January. 1912. the court house door offer for o'clock, noon, Feb. 1912, the LEILA P. WILLIAMS th. highest bidder th. following of the of B. P. scribed One and lot Attorney. on the southeastern side of son avenue, adjoining th. lot of W. Mint TO CREDITORS. M. Moore, J. J. Corey, and other, and known as the residence of the late 88888888888888888 MOVEMENTS OF TRAINS Atlantic toast North- South- bound bound p. in. p. m. a. m. p. m. Southern. East- West- Pitt County Roy Higher. Mr. J. P. Jr., a son of County Commissioner J. P. who since graduation from the A and M. College has been foreman of the Naval Academy dairy at Md has resigned that position in or- to accept a place with the South- Railway as demonstrator on the special dairy car which will traverse the lines of that railway system throughout the Southern states. This is n high promotion for him, but Is the kind of young man who makes good wherever lie goes. and Agriculture. Addressing the graduating class the public school No. on Constitutes Heal Success and How to Attain Mayor Gaynor best opening I know of is funning. There are not boys going at This counsel is not surprising from a mayor who recalls with longing the old days when he listened with youth- rapture to singing of the in the barnyard, but it is not what we have a right to expect from an apostle of The ancient sage based his philosophy frankly candidly upon the teachings of He taught as truth only such things could be proved by And he never advised anybody to take to farming. Among the industries of our time Involving the investment of capital there Is not one more complex in Its nature or more uncertain in con- hound bound I., a. farming, nor Is there one a. a larger and more accurate piece or parcel of laud, Lying and being the town of North Carolina, at a stake side of feet from J. B. Hue, then running a duly Known as m . i clerk of Pitt co J. R. Corey, and being lot No. superior court clerk of Pitt co as course to line j R Jorey and j j Corey, notice hereby given to I a. m. p. m. p. in. LOW FARES VIA TO SEW ORLEANS, knowledge of many things or a more careful and careless labor. A man must have capital wherewith to farm; he must understand the natures of soils, grains, grasses, fruits, trees, horses, cows, chickens, hired men and markets. Moreover, he must be able to forecast the consequences of sun and wind and rain and blight and mildew and insect pests. He must Account Mardi Tickets on sale 13th h gather his crops In sea- then an course feet. Also undivided remainder L the estate to son and sell them in some instance, then a curs. para- . being the whole of No. of Doug is avenue. This January 6th, 1912. Terms of sale cash. expose to public sale, before the court house door In Greenville, to the high- est bidder, Monday, the day of February, 1912. at o'clock, noon, a certain tract or parcel of land In the Bounty of Pitt and of North Carolina, and described as Known as a part of the Shivers place, Attorney, on the north of Tar river, two acres, more or less, and bounded the north and east by Geo. Mooring, on the south by W. J. and on the west by W. J. Flaming. interest In fee after tho life estate immediate to the Agent miles away. Most boys do not of Mrs. W. H. Flake. In and to a particulars. to this. There are other town lot situated on the south and all persona having ,,, ,,,, eastern side of avenue and claims against said are B- W and aB NeW astern being a corner lot lying In the S. E. that they must present the same the undersigned for payment on or and being lot No. on the may above this will plead in bar R. O. Mortgage. ,,. ,, the Interest doth appear being the, property of J. R. Corey at his death, j This, January 1912. NOTICE OP SALE. North County. the Superior Court before D. C. The undersigned commissioner Moore. Clerk, sell a fee simple title to one William and wife. of above land and the of Joseph Warren and wife. at. H. pr Bit Fernando In tho other acre. For full description and source of title see the Judgment In above en- titled case recorded on Minute No. page the office of the clerk of Pitt Superior court and the mortgage and deeds referred to in Judgment. Terms of sale, cash. WM. H. LONG, Commissioner. N. C, January 1912. STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA. Pitt County. To H. M. Take Notice, That on tho first day of May. 1911, at the court house door . In the town of James C. acres more or Charity Warren; James ROSA GRIMES. of Alex Grimes Traffic Mgr. Pass. Word A Distinguished Visitor. e unofficial paid this week W. P. EVANS. Commissioner. DISSOLUTION. and wife, Nannie Davenport; Dall, Fred NOTICE OF SALE. North County B. B. Sugg. William Stocks wife. vs. An Indoor Track The Y. W. C. A. of the Training T, school gave to the school on this country by his royal day evening a unique enter- Duke of governor an indoor trade meet, a general of Canada and only Holds sports. son of the late Queen Victoria The of the reaction hall was given little old Now York one of the roped off for the sports and the spec-, most appreciated free shows It has and wife, Briley, vs. Jennie Butler, Walter Davenport and Davenport. By of a decree of th. court of Pitt county, made by Tho banked along the walls. Misses had In a great many months. Each and masters of ceremony, and every move the duke, the and wife, January 6th, 1912. S. E. Gates, having Bonnie Best Dall. sold his one-third interest in and By virtue of a decree of th. tho court of Pitt county, made D. C. Moor., Clerk, on the 15th day; of January, 1912, the undersigned members of from each class for each of the has been watched by as large six contestants. First was the crowd as circumstances would per- yard dash; the sport was lo see who and the number of camera fiends could eat the at the end business to D. S. Smith W. J. the other S. Smith the a of rm Second was the short put. to who could drop the most beans who have snapped the party to their hearts content is simply not to be estimated. These latter days are not DO Moore Clerk StudS will, on Saturday, th. and W. J. will of th. undersigned 17th day of who could drop the most beans These latter days are not will, on Saturday, th. the highest bidder for cash, fol all liabilities and J third, rose, strewn for scions of royal 17th day of February. 1912, expose to lowing described tract or parcel of , of firm and all debts due the on . , ,, , public sale before tho court house land are to them throwing the banners, empty paper lines but the Duke of door In to the highest bid- In Pitt county, North bags were substituted for the seem, to have lived a very useful for cash, the following and in Greenville Township. I D. B. tract or parcel of land beginning at a stake on the New W. J. and being the county of j Bern road, D. S. Sermon's corner s K GATES. Pitt and state of North Carolina and and runs south east poles to Carolina Township, adjoining stake centered by two maples. then . land, of J. H. William Dav- W. D. and others. sale Is made for the purpose of making partition among th. ten- In common. This the 15th day of January. P. C. ire town tux collector and for the said town of Greenville, did ex- pose to public the following de- scribed piece or parcel of land the town of Greenville town- ship, Situated In the town adjoining the lands or lots of H. C. Edwards and Chas. on the west; W. Dall, Jr., on th. east; Ninth street the north; Tenth on the south and known M of Mack convicted at proper i the November term, 19.1. of the warehouse stood before It burned, court of Pitt county, of the containing about one-half acre, manslaughter, and and being tho lands the public roads of Pitt county described. Said land, we-e Bold at I u aid sale for duo for the year for a tern of nine months. 1910 at which sale the undersigned All who th. grant- the purchaser thereof; of said pardon are Invited lo for- land was or In Md governor Application for Pardon of Mack Harris Application will be made to the governor of North Carolina for th. U. name of B. E. Parham, for th. yea.- 1910. The time of redemption will expire on the first day of May, This January R. W. I Purchaser. delay. This th. 10th day f January, 1912. ALBION DUNN, for Mart Parts The broad grin was measured life in spite of his proximity to the In the fourth. The relay race, British throne. As an Infant of a few fifth, was to prove which could he the blessing of the a soda cracker disappear first. The aged Duke of Wellington and took north west poles to a slake in I the foot race, was to test the his name in a baptismal ceremony in the field, J. J. Sermon's line, then; Strayed. length of foot represented each which the duke acted as sponsor. with his line north west poles, prom my farm between such a debut he could scarce- The judges announced that the have been other than a soldier tho beginning, containing acres marked half moon under each had made the most and a soldier and administrator he more or less and owned by tho Had on a chain collar when ah. Wright delivered to them performing I. made for the on. handled tin loving cup. There what duties came In his way with , ., was much class spirit manifested good will although without ants In common. This the 16th day of January, 1512. i F. C. HARDING, Commissioner. W. G. BARNHILL N. C. Stray Taken I have up a black and white spotted shoat, marked swallow fork In the right ear, In the left. Owner can got same by proving own- chip and paying charges. This January . 1912. T. Greenville. N. C. Stray Taken each couple of came forth any undue cleverness. to compete for honor of her As governor general of our nearest Mr. Austin, as manager of sports, neighbor it was an excellent thing giving directions a stentorian the duke of refresh the I ave taken up a spotted hog a of America he may still have ed with swallow fork In right ear. remarks, added much to the by him from his only other visit to us ea get same by proving A third of the half a century ago. It was a ownership and paying charges. time served dainty refreshments good thing for him to run down to A. K. Y. W. C. A. hall, which was Washington say to R. P. D. N. C. beautifully decorated in green vines, Taft and his folk. The plants and gray moss. Tho guests visit will necessarily tie tighter the awaiting their turn were entertained bonds of good feelings already con- fOR TRIOS by a Capital Punishment contest, a the two countries. The fact White fowls, to f II blood curdling story in the dark and that It was rather than Poverty II- own reward. A per trio. Pens to by singing Jolly songs. resale -Char- poor man Isn't asked to contribute Poultry Farm. Falls-1 The entertainment was full of snap, chance for such good Char N Interest class spirit. News. to a campaign fund.

I . I DEPARTMENT I IN CHARGE OF C. T. COX Authorized Agent of The Carolina Home and Farm and The Eastern Reflector for Winterville and vicinity Advertising Rates on it l t t i s FERTILIZER HITS THE SPOT EVERY TIME President Wake Forest Speaks MUSICAL PROGRAM HIM Mr. M. B. Bryan, of Norfolk, Sometime ago Kittrell a day or two at home this week. d to take Horace Greeley's advice The best kind of a plow, is the and Ho far as Tenn., and decided Syracuse sold by Harrington. Bar-., go he and Company, either one or two turned Wednesday saying there was horse with solid steel beams. no place like The annual meeting of the stock-1 Harrington. Barber and Company holders of the Bank of Winterville are headquarters for American farm will be held in its office on Friday. I fencing. Feb. 2nd. at p. in. Gov. W. W. has appointed J. L. Rollins a notary public, and he will soon be ready for business. If you need a good disc harrow A. W. Ange and Company have the test. Miss Lucy return- ed Tuesday evening from a visit to Miss Salisbury in Hassell. Harrington, Barber and Company have jut. received another large shipment of rubber roofing, prices light, will pay you sec them. Mr. F. Manning, our clever cot- U i h n in three in I. this v, eh looking cotton bush i , If you d i i . A. W. Ange and Com it and at Rev. C. W. of Wilson, i s town Thursday. -Mi. S. C. Carroll left Friday morn- for Raleigh as a delegate to the league. A nice lot of paint Just arrived at A. W. Ague and . Mr. C. T. Cox was In the neigh- of Friday evening. It you need shoes or hats, it will pay you to see Harrington. Barber Company. Miss Vivian Roberson loft Friday to a day or two with hi I The best kind of a harrow for old land are those with a you will them at b, Barber and Company. Several of our people went to Greenville yesterday to hear the stock case tried. There were about Sixty hales of i sold here Friday, some of it bl 1-4 sills M had. The poor took such heavy falls not only in body but in ale. My it was great. Interesting Received At Reflector I Next cams um of the This, altar being filled with I candles, nuts. etc. was fastened to ii hook in the ceiling in such a to be about ten feet from the CHRISTMAS ACROSS THE BORDER Bad. applicant u taken . Mex. lo look , . . . folded and turned around like a spin- The Christmas Holidays for us at , ,. . top three or four times and was and other pleasure of trying to What a noise in the What break it with a cane. Much fun was was the meaning of all that Ah shown in It all but the zenith was I recollect, that was the last day of reached when the successful school before the holidays and the cant broke it and the contents began people were gathering to see and falling here and there. What a con- hear what the little folks had to say of words were heard as in their Christmas as they the children began to pick up candy, anxiously waited for Santa Claus to etc- filling mouths, hands and come and give them a stocking stuff- e's- ed with goodies. Many of the dear Someone has said that everything little people and grown ones too, had a circle comes to an end, so the conception of so they of departure came all too soon waited and eagerly watched to see and at eleven Mr. and Mrs. in what kind of a piece of humanity, own sweet Christian way began would appear. How their eyes spark- , singing the old familiar led and danced with delight as he we The appeared on the scene and delivered crowd Joined them and It seemed to his speech of welcome ending with sang with more melody and sweet- rain made the night a dis- agreeable one to be out, a consider- able number of town people gathered with the students in the auditorium of East Carolina Teachers Training school, Monday night, to hear the of Dr. William Louis Poteat, president of Wake Forest College. I The lecture was preceded by an ex- musical program of four under the direction of Miss These Ye by the school. by class. I Miss Arlene by the school. I Prof. C. W. Wilson introduced the speaker of the evening. He referred to Dr, Poteat as a former teacher of at Wake Forest, and said the per- interest of this teacher had in-1 spired him to higher ambition. The I presentation was most appropriate. Dr. subject was ration of and it was a fruitful presented with groat force I Interest by a master mind. He said speak of our resources of material things, at the same time tho personal. The wealth of a nation not consist of property, territory or provinces, but of people. Human labor gives value to all raw The world of land and sea have no meaning aside from a man standpoint. We boast of the of our nation, but the test personal benefit The school is what does it produce in manhood be congratulated for securing and womanhood. Likewise we boast M a man in its lecture of a religion, hut even there the same such word- as Dr. Poteat uttered test Is made. If It does not develop ,. but uplift to a higher Ideal of a better manhood and womanhood and more perfect manhood, need to discard It and take another. The great test of all tilings is man- hood and womanhood and there is no rial from men. men and children. Our personal wealth is our only wealth. The school of the present the life of the future. do waste our resources when we them. Iron that is put into ships, bridges, engines and machinery is not wasted. Timber that is cut and used In building our homes is not wasted. Coal that is consumed in f. he explanation is simple; they are the greatest care and ingredient has to pass the test own laboratories; Sold Reliable Everywhere Offices Columbia Columbus ii-. lecture was from the mind and heart of a profound think- and even the humorous touch now and then illustrated a strong point. Ho held the closest attention bis audience and none heard him NOTICE LAND SALE. North County. In the Superior Court, before D. C. Moore. Clerk. Jesse Haddock, administrator of Samuel Mills. Martha I. F. Mills. Fred Mills, Mills, Macon and wife, Lena Mills and Maggie Haddock Bx By virtue of a decree of the court of Pitt county, made by D C. Moore, clerk In the above special proceeding, on the 29th power or heat is not wasted, day of January, 1912, the under- Do we waste our personal wealth signed administrator of tho estate of People die when they ought not to Merry Christmas to A jolly man was he. than ever before. At the close of this beautiful hymn we had a how the wind blew whistling prayer by the native pastor after which c merry tune as it came around voices of and hostess North corner of the building, giving rang out joyous and clear, the audience a full blast In the key of as It passed After Santa had given each little We left them not only expressing our to them for such a delightful girl and boy a little gift they, with evening but a silent prayer of thank- hearts bubbling over with joy, said goodnight and went to their different homes some of which were very humble, to dream of his coming again. A happy thought that. Those of us who attend the Sun- day School and church service had only a beginning of the pleasures that were to come to us during tho holidays for Mr. and Mrs. who are as gentle as doves but wise as Solomon, had a feast in store tor us in that we had a most delightful evening in their home January 1st, 1912. As is the custom of the church we had a meeting In the little mission chapel that night. Many things were said. The native was given to our Master for the blessings of the Christmas days of 1911. Now, may I add just a few thoughts for your prayerful consideration the coming days Mexico Is undergoing a great change in this time of unrest. We can't tell what the future will be. The child of tomorrow in Mexico is an important individual and should be given careful, yea, very careful consideration. Every child ought to be free to be a child. We must learn j to appreciate what childhood is. The mothers of Hie future are the of today. How important then that they be taught the things that will be of vital for the future. The child of ton must Samuel Mills, will on Wednesday, , the 28th day of February, 1912, at die, and one-third of the people die o'clock, noon, expose to public sale of preventable diseases. Then we before the court house door in Green should prevent these diseases. Life the highest bidder, for cash, is not as long as it ought to be, as ,. , ., j . t Samuel Mills in that certain tract or the average length of duration shows. parcel of land township, I Another waste of personal wealth Pitt county, North Carolina, the low tone and inefficiency of the lands of Jesse Haddock, Cal- life that is possessed. Here the speak- J and others; containing about , j, ,,. , . , , acres, more or less, also the 1-9 referred to interest of the said Sam- and hookworm treatment, and said the Mills in the tract of land adjoin- of the land had many sins the lands of Mills, Calvin to answer for in the fun attempted to and others, containing about H . . lucres, more or less. be made of these. the day of ., Another case of waste of personal JESSE HADDOCK. JR., wealth is the perpetuation of a Administrator of the estate of Sam- type of manhood. Some deceased. born into the world with defeat Attorney- ed upon them; and some succeed in ; spite of every handicap, but these . . , . . North County, the exception. Here he referred to n the Superior Court, the the alcohol fiend, the T. Allen, N. W. Tyson, criminal by nature, and declared and G. E. Harriss, that such should not be allowed to vs- marry and perpetuate their and SOy, Some one might ask if he favor- wife, Mary P. Allen, Henry ed legislation or medical control and investigation of proper subjects for the marriage relation. Not at all. These things should be governed by Allen and Allie E. Allen, Joseph J. Allen, Elma K. Allen and J. W. Allen, the last five being minors. virtue of a decree of the pastor gave a very interesting talk on after I have a mother. Some one has said which Mr. gave a very great moral faces are depend- as well as Impressive one, on upon great How many the How import- ant. The meeting closed with an invitation to enter the home of Mr. and Mrs Mans which they had beau- decorated with alms, flowers and of Mex- colors with here and there a Mexican Hag floating in the breezes. In the of the on one great men do you know who did not have great mothers Nay, verily. I dare say your answer is How dear the name of mother. Let the Mexican child with his av- intelligence have a chance and see what Mexico will be years from 1912. God hasten the day when all of our people will say In the true- public conscience. Public opinion can court of Pitt county, made in develop a new of manhood by the above entitled case, at saving the The soul of all the undersigned commissioner, will is improvement of the on Monday, the day of February, a is Impossible 1912, expose to public sale before the less every i society submits to Court house door In Greenville, to the law of lei Every individual for ,. ,, described tract or parcel of should with every and influence for a higher and -being in Greenville of manhood and the conservation Pitt county. North Caro- end described as follows, to- at an iron slob in , . lane In the Williams line was needed or our personal wealth. the lane in the Williams line and ; a S. W. course to an iron at a wire fence on the hack of the field. Thence a straight line to an iron in Brown's line; thence i with Brown's line to the run of the I branch; thence with said branch to every minute of each day that we line; thence with said are examples lo these little people. I line to the Williams line; thence Now friends, how can we be to the Williams line to the beginning. to see if a button darning had to be dune. A teacher must not only be con- bill she must be strong In and womanhood for ii is side was the picture of President est sense of the word. me a draped with Hags and ribbon. by the road and let me be a. Alter a contest in the i lend of were victorious, we were very cord- The child or tomorrow in Mexico ally Invited to take seals at the tables must have teachers whose lives containing about tomorrow in Mexico just what. Christ would have us to be acres, more or This Which had been made immaculate the dainty touch of Mrs My What a of hot coffee. consecrated and Oiled with the the Master who Is the Gnat Teach- of us all. She must make the mo- and cakes. Mans meats count for she Is sys Christmas but once el man character. This reminds me of some us would not ob- little seal I wrote on the board After refresh- mis n. n rt; In Its not possible for us to give him all these things and many more that I hare not mentioned unless we have the earnest prayers and a large amount of the contents of the pocket-books, those we left behind to help us in of th this great and noble work There-1 notice fore may I plead for more 17th day of January. 1913. F C. HARDING. Commissioner. Rheumatic Pains quickly relieved Sloan's Liniment is good for pain of any sort It penetrates, without rubbing, the muscular tissue right to the gives permanent as temporary relief. Here's Proof. A. W. of Lafayette, Ala., had rheumatism for five years. 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It has cured thousands. It should do the same for you. Mrs. Mary Neely, of Denver, Tenn., says, think there is no tonic on earth, as good as I used it with the very best results. I had backache and everything a woman could suffer with, until I took Now, I feel better than I have for two years. I shall always recommend to other suffering can't praise it too As a medicine for weak, tired, worn-out women, is safe and reliable. Try It, today. .- Ad in mi, C. Tans, Special beta and book. Treatment suit baa. J M y .; it came meats were s of the Mr, Wans in his own Jolly way Intro- din mI tile Deed to boys and girls. Introduced to the I finished writing little gone i and hen i asked they said. dot's that I explain- ed to them and without an exception to Having duly before the Superior court clerk of county, administratrix, with iii an- Jane i. is hereby siren to all i mi- Inch lo estate to Immediate payment to the and any persons servants of the Master against said estate are notified door is open for us now must present the to may so live and so act for payment on or night shuts life's day we W be able to, count many sheaves In recovery. This of course, was new to the Mex- every one began to examine her dress I His name. This nth day of January. Yours in Christ, a. WILLIAMS, i a in a of Jane L. Godwin ha cox. i to Having qualified us administrator . x. of Joseph deceased late of PHI county, X. this is to notify all Inn lug i against deceased to them to the undersigned date r this notice, Or notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons Indebted to said estate will please make Immediate payment. This day of January, 1912. U. M. Administrator II. If, Julius Brown, attorney, Men are like hens. they have to s, ran ii for a living the more useful they February, n is true. i a little but it is likely to pull through with- out bankrupting March. IS THE HEART OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA. IT HAS A POPULATION OF FOUR THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED AND ONE, AND IS ROUNDED BY THE BEST FARMING COUNTRY. INDUSTRIES OF ALL RINDS ARE INVITED TO LOCATE HERE FOR WE HA VS EVERYTHING TO OFFER IN THE WAT OF LABOR, CAPITAL AND TRIBUTARY FACILITIES. WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE JOB AND NEWSPAPER PLANT. eta Is the I Mini, Most Healthful, the Host Man. I. C, FRIDAY, , 1912. WE HAVE A OF TWELVE HUN- AMONG THE BEST PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN PART OF NORTH CARO- LINA AND INVITE THOSE WHO WISH TO GET BET- ACQUAINTED WITH THESE GOOD PEOPLE A BUSINESS WAY TO TARE A FEW INCHES SPACE AND TELL EM WHAT YOU HAVE TO BRING TO THEIR ATTENTION. OUR ADVERTISING RATES ARE LOW AND CAN BE HAD UPON WILL RESIGN cub mm Head of American Tobacco Company Will Open Offices in London LARGER FIELD PRESENTED ABROAD STATE CONDENSED NEWS FROM ALL OVER I HE OLD NORTH STATE Extension of Southbound. Feb. pro- posed extension of the Southbound Railroad from Its south- side tracks up to and through the town of Salem was approved so far as applied to property outside the town by the county commissioners to- day. The petition had already been presented and approved regarding property rights-of-way in Salem Itself ,. ,, ,, , . The approval of the county to Become Head of . . , . was conditioned on the Tobacco Company In He . . . of the county road supervisors but their consent will be NEW YORK, Feb. B, lug, it is expected. The project of Duke very shortly will resign from the extension will give the Southbound presidency of the American a terminal freight station In Salem British American Tobacco Company With Head in London Lures N. Long, Supporting Underwood, WORLD Answers Col. H. B. Varner Further Says That Underwood Is The Man Democrats To Support In Coming Campaign The CONDENSED NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE- TOLD BY WIRE STATE'S Tennis Meeting. R, S A. A. D. Hi S., The Tims For he South To Act Has Arrived If Is Nominated His Election is MR. DUNCAN FIRST to be held tomorrow the tins city. Toe j meeting promises to be one of importance lo all DOORS OF WHITE HOUSE HAVE BEEN CLOSED TO devotees of the game. The awarding SOUTHERNERS FOR YEARS the for tennis associations throughout the country are arriving all directions to attend the annual meeting of the ltd Slates National Lawn Tennis All Lines Are the Properties of the Hut Latter Hill as Separate T. President Consolidated Lines. Feb. the first mailers to be taken up today of consolidation the meeting. The effort ti take the of the Raleigh and Southport. Ash. big tournament away from Newport, and Aberdeen, and Durham and co Company and become chairman shipper and will mean While House to Wilson Is a pure and lofty where the event has been held reg-; Southern prop- Closed lo Men of The South patriot, while every man who for a number of years, will be owned by the Norfolk Southern Fifty Years Varner Asks South- es from inclination for a north- renewed. The Joint Judith Club railway, into the greater system of to Support Underwood in em candidate to an earnest support of Narragansett Pier will make a the Charlotte and Southern Coming Sure He of an able, upright southerner is strong bid for both the singles and company, with Will be Elected II a or at least a doubles events. Philadelphia will Norfolk, Va. The Norfolk South- and trickster so be a factor, and the Cricket remains a separated property. Underwood is unquestionably of and the German- The officers of the Tobacco much for the road and also for the Company, Limited, with Its chief of- accommodation of shippers. in London, it was announced today at the American Tobacco Com- Wilmington Women Hurt In a offices. He will be succeeded away Accident. as president by Hill, long, Feb. Mrs. Van-R. a vice-president. King and Miss Cynthia Rountree, I Mr. Duke's desire in making this daughters of George Rountree, Esq. H. B. Varner this afternoon gave out club president, it was explained, was to de- and , of the most prominent young a letter written to the s and Ob- , E. Q vote himself to the extension of the society women Wilmington were server replying to an article in that to en at. I . .-. business of the To- victims in a runaway accident today paper this morning. The letter is in has bid M JO Company, Limited, which now at noon when they were thrown from this language and explains . B . LEXINGTON, N. C, Feb. Frederick Hoff. second principally in China, India. their buggy Canada, South Africa and Con-Third and M Europe. badly Mr Duke said that he felt that a and Miss Rountree sustaining serious Democratic nomination for President. president of the association, who has larger field of activity and usefulness injuries. Oliver Galloway, a brave for the purpose of helping Governor awaited him the youth who made an attempt Harmon. There is absolutely no , Tobacco Company. He added that all to stop the runaway horse, was drag- foundation for this statement. I a or revenue the companies formed out of a distance of nearly a block and in my life supported one candidate American Tobacco Company and the is now In the hospital with serious in the interest of some other I Mr. Underwood is nominated he is true, that before I had given j will be elected, because he will com- Aroused Over Law careful consideration to this question, the support of all factions. He land before I knew that a southern progressive, yet he is conservative, explanation of the Feb. Is definitely de-j mall had the real chance to secure and Is not aligned with any faction ion by the American Tobacco to hold a big law the nomination, I was inclined to sup- party, therefore, he Sunday with special R L bu other companies which were injuries, under the decree of the Cir- Court were now fully organized and embarked on their separate ca- In in V. M. A. Meeting. Minn., Feb. of the branches of the Young Men's Christian Association in Minnesota met here today for the an- State convention. The sessions will continue the next three days, Manly, treasurer. Morris Hawkins secretary. Nelson W. assistant sec- and Shores, general counsel. The following are the appointive of the Raleigh, Charlotte and Southern Railway W. B. Rodman, general solicitor; W. Ii. general superintend- I. W. consulting engineer; B. L. traffic manager; W. L. Bird, auditor; H. W. Davis, today declare a dividend on of the citizenship of Raleigh port Governor Harmon, but recently weep the country as no other can- stock, Mr. said he had j Thursday night. A program of became convinced that not only did could possibly do. advised that, in view of the interest Is being planned. There, Mr. Underwood have a good chance years the door of the White Services in the mornings and u fare- well mas meeting in the afternoon. The convention will have as a C. P. superintendent of transportation; J. E. Gould, of Motive power; J. H. Bar- chief special payments In cash which the company seems to be some confusion secure the nomination, but that House has been closed to the men theme, Men and Religion Claim agent; W W had recently been to make Just what the aldermen of the city did his nomination would give the party of the south. I have long felt that ward around which most the retirement of Its bonds and last Friday night as to setting aside I best chance to elect a President this was largely the fault of the of the speakers have been Instructed for other purposes required by the a fund for working up cases against I that his election would give the of the south themselves. Dur- decree, it would be wise to blind tigers. What they did was its best possible executive. these years whenever a south- pay no dividend on its common stock adopt a motion to the effect that thin condition I determined to sup- man has been spoken of for this at present, and that the directors had provision of a fund of asked to make their remarks. Prominent among those who are to deliver ad- dresses are President Henry Church- House for Salisbury. Feb. many re- commendations by grand Juries, pleas concurred in this opinion. for by the police commission, go over to the March meeting when the Wisconsin Agricultural amount should be Included In the MADISON, Feb. 8.-The WIs- budget to be made up March. Lie Blown Out by Feb. Information reached here of an dent that happened recently at An- In which Van Dean was State Board of Agriculture held its annual convention here to- day. The speakers and their topics were as In Secretary of State James A E. M. Griffith, state forester; Manage- injured the premature ex- Prof. J. C. dynamite charge. One Business Side of Farm- s W II. New London; . and it Is reported that his face Potato industry A. J. was terribly mangled. Ills said Pinkerton, Tomorrow the h was blasting out stone at Wisconsin Live Stock Breeders Ranger lo be Shipped to elation will hold its annual session to be used in the reduction at the, . ,, copper mines when the blast went off. The wounded man was given medical attention as soon as possible port him. high office, we have taken counsel III King of Oberlin College, Rev. J. is It necessary to the with our fears and unanimously voted Freeman, D., of Minneapolis, . board com. of the man whom your Wash- that our man would be unavailable. President S. Davis of Chicago nave at that correspondent Is supporting Of course, the other sections of Theological Seminary. B-, ,,,, a that the motives of those who sup- country have been willing to accept Willis of Dr. George from of ourselves. This Fisher of New York and A. Q. m M- an e placed in The Rec- for plans and specifications, the same to be submitted to the board the first Monday in March, the county port other candidates should be our own e Why is it that every man condition will go on Just as long St. Louis, International secretary who changes from some other can- we make no effort to change it. COUNT. COM. BEET Regular Monthly of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. Colorado Republicans DENVER, Col., Feb. Mon- commissioners reserving right to Handsome We have received a beautiful here. Card Thanks. We wish to extend our d it Is reported that he Is doing thanks to tho people of Greenville well as could be expected, and who were kind to us during the long Illness and death Heath of Former of Bessie of our mother. Mrs. M. L. We Claim. will ever hold them In fond Feb. oner's Jury which Inquired Into the The board of commissioners met In regular monthly session on the first Monday with all the members present. The following sums were ported dead. rid paid out of Sonic correction stationery and printing. register of deeds. commission- salaries-treasurer, day will a notable day for Col- I register of deeds. sheriff, if plans now com- 19333.83; clerk court, premium successfully carried out. on bonds, general roads. A big conference la to county stock law. held here on that day. and the ex-1 and farm guide from T. W. Bethel roads. that peace will he re-i Woods Sons, the Richmond seed roads, roads. stored the rival factions in j merchants. Farmers and truck roads which the party In this state has been would do well to obtain such u The officers presented their reports Supporters of Pres-1 from Ml Sons and showing the following collections for followers of It carefully when selecting Register of deeds. clerk. Sheriff, Two names were added to the per list for monthly progressives, all have been invited to j Wood Sons are regular Join In the conference, and the Reflector. and editors of the state will be tWO previously on the list were re- made In here en to help the peace MRS. T. R. MRS. J. K. FORBES, MRS. W. T. MRS. A. W. MRS. J F. SMITH. MRS. II. W. Mr. Improving. A telegram from West Point today it says that Mr W. Wilson con- to Improve and tho doctors think he Is out of danger. To In Arrears. along The state committee will I We have been letting the in the forenoon to fix upon subscriber try to keep warm time and place for holding tho during this cold weather without death of For paupers. superintendent convention. In the evening u minding him of his indebtedness to husband of Bessie Clark, men- health, home, coin nay banquet will held with this paper. There are a number of tinned In connection With the am ferries, court drawn to serve f,,,.,,,,,,. Senator of names In on our list, whoso Hawkins returned fol- l ii M for u the chief speaker. I Integrity should cause them not to lowing find witness tick- , i.,,.,. to be reminded that they ought the deceased came to his death DOS- j p Brown, Mill. t Second A. Bullock, II. N. to pay for this paper, at the from n of boarding clerk court Samuel Warren, K. W. Carraway. Teddy Harris. John I. after your name on this paper we recommend a sheriff, John I, n i. T, House. J. Corey, 0.1 and see if you are one of them. If of the stomach Rod Stenographer, Crier, Mart I. J. J. U J. K. B, Griffin, J. W. let this be a sufficient reminder to i contents. costs, Justices of the peace, Gibson, J. J. J. H. Hudson, ton, T B. Hooker, S. along after S constables. Janitor, H. C, J. H. Edwards, Bar- T Oakley, J. L. Nobles, O. A. John- And all men are conveying prisoners and Insane, Boyd, J. Ray Thomas son, J. F. Hart. Joe V Cox, Willie. He who would achieve fame must those who are different. coroner. smallpox. Moore. Edward pay the press agent.