U.
For the
Road
OUR DRIVING
LAMP is the most
compact and efficient lighting de-
vice for all kinds of vehicles. Will
not blow out or jar out. Equipped
with thumb screws, so that it is
easily attached or detached. Throws
a clear light feet ahead. Extra
large red danger signal in
It is equipped with handle, and when
detached makes a good hand lantern.
Strong. Durable. Will last for years.
At Dealers Everywhere
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
AND
ELECTION .
TO FIVE
BY THE TOWN OF
Raise the Price or Beef
In n I Shipments
Had Tied up by
the Strike.
GLEN FALLS, N. Y. Jan. The
beef mm two cast pound
EL. PITT NORTH CAB- m
Richmond. V. Chi O
Norfolk. Va.
Notice in hereby given the
hi of the town
. i Bethel in regular assembled
on the MO day January. or-
d. rid an election to be held In
Iowa of rut North
Carolina, on Tuesday of
March, 1914, at the regular polling
place in the town Bethel on th-
or proposition of
Thousand Dollars worth o
Eh. Light Honda to hoar inter
. it at per cent per annum, Interest
payable annually, and to run tor a
period of thirty year from date
issue and the tax rate for the the
purpose paying the Interest
said hi I
shall exceed twenty-live on
the hundred dollars worth of prop-
and seventy-live cents on tin
poll, the received from the
same an to be used the purpose
building and Installing an
light plant for the town of
as provided in Chapter of
Private Laws of North Carolina
notice is further hereby
en that the registration books will
be opened for the n of
such who are entitled to
Inter and vote and are not
ready registered, on the day
February. 1914, and closed at sun Bel
on Saturday the of March, 1914
and that S. M. Jones been up-
i I n tor said purpose
that on each Saturday during said
period the registration books will b
that the Strike on the Delaware and
had tied up
some farmers think will
have to cure with coal
already we notice a great many the
country people are buying coal stoves
in here thought
wood was plentiful.
Most ate day
Office, only one can
gal and who that will be Is the
Question, we hope ware Will be no
limited, are out. Only shop workers
and office employee remain on duty.
of the discharged
kith full back pay is the only
union iii
Strike Mill MM
Pa., Jan.
on the Delaware and
i ii . d complete
and bond,. , ,., receive
b of the
If any train
vice is restored before the strike I
I nothing will be but
malls. No attempt Will he made to
carry passengers
Ayden Items.
Jan. are of the
name of tin- man who prefer-
led being hurled alive to shelling a
of corn by baud, when you
Can get the celebrated Blank Haw
heller for 82.00 at J. Smith and
Bra
The wicked lieu when o man per-1 methods u. ed to defeat
James as we are all
taken to the tall limb.--, and will continue to be. So lets
rather thug say the pi.-.-. the and give
Smith he didn't do It. I it to the one I want- it worst, and
Now when It comes to catching stop it.
standing army to
ALBANY, N. It.,
,. the discharge two employer
by the Delaware and on Railway
led to a strike today Which had
up the entire operating cud the
system, About men. it la as- , ,.,.,.,. ,,,. t n requires a
la- whole township skinned. He guard interest of Uncle Sam, at a
tells us with the of Bud. salary, while one will
bis wire trap and dog. he killed a guard your tobacco bed. day and
thousand during the year j night iS cents, and they get the
J. It. Smith and keep a full sup-
ply of these traps.
Thai is Ideal weather, and when a
man complains of hard times we
Mole every tune, plenty of them at
J. It. Smith and Bro.
We beat that
of will build H BOW to-
think It Is chronic or he Is grouchy, this spring and winter
We bear Moil H. Small The Mayor and his Cabinet held a
to make a tour of his part of his special ion last Friday night, look
In the near future, and take to the development of the City,
s for the new p
for the primary to de-
the question. We have beard it
to pardon Mr. w. in.
Mr. Herbert Corey, has rented the
house of Mr. J. C. Jones on West
Broadway, and will soon move there-
Thirty coal mines operated by the I M Mg
Delaware and Hudson Company , in office M made
ably win be shut down. Counting m,,, ., u
Other mines that will involve. ,,,, ,,,
about miners will be affected L, To ,,,
M I
spoils.
Mall Train on Time.
The morning mall trains from
and I n
Carbondale on time and were return-
ed to those places at the hours.
carrying mail only, the crews being
under instructions to have the trains
mi reaching their terminals. Express
v as loaded on both trains at Carbon
The tribulation Hall was busy Mon-
day meting out to the law-
less of Saturday night, some for play-
rather rough, and some for
When a man offers to sell his
The drummers are around lot for a handsome profit
selling the grade stuff, and business, when lie gets cash for it.
the think theirs are the thats money, but when he sells, and
bast hut this fall the tune will bl
It Always Helps
says Mrs. Sylvania Woods, of Clifton Mills, Ky., In
writing of her experience with the woman s
tonic. She says began to use
my back and head would hurt so bad, I
thought the pain would kill me. I was hardly able
to do any of my housework. After taking three bottles
of I began to feel like a new woman. I soon
gained pounds, and now, I do all my housework,
as well as run a big water mill.
wish every suffering woman would give
The Woman's Tonic
a trial. I still use when I feel a little bad,
and it always does me
Headache, backache, side ache, nervousness,
tired, worn-out feelings, etc., are sure signs of woman-
trouble. Signs that you need the woman's
tonic. You cannot make a mistake in trying
for your trouble. It has been helping weak, ailing
women for more than fifty years.
Get a Bottle Today
dale, but the crews refused to move
opened at the regular polling j
All Men Unit.
the town of Bethel and at all other
times during said period opened in
town of Bethel at mount Hot I
and all citizens desiring to vote
are not already registered and who
desire to vote at said election will
required to register.
This the 10th day of January. 1914
T. CARSON,
Mayer of Bethel
J. E.
of the Board of Commissioner
of the town of Bethel, North Caro
Una.
law
This Is the way the profits went.
It is a Carnal can go three
days without eating, but who want
lo be like a caned, when you can go
a barrel of Merry Widow flour
6.04 at J. R. Smith and Bros., all
ready mixed.
Mr. Asher who has for
men employed by the M the convict
ALBANY, N. Y. Jan.
Report the Condition
AYDEN
Ayden, C.
at the dose of business Jan.
Loans and counts.
Overdrafts,
cured .
Banking 18,178.00;
Furniture and
.
Demand loans . 500.00
Due from banks and bank-
.
Gold .
Silver coin, including all
coin currency. 1,032.24
National hank notes and
r. notes .
Total
Liabilities,
loch paid In .
. II
Undivided profits, cur-
rent exp ii-.- and taxi
paid . 12.688.01
to i k.
Baring deposit . I
cl
. 474.117
sERIOUS At
Report of the Condition of
rill OP
Grifton, N.
at close business Jan. 1914
Resource
Loans and discounts .
Overdrafts secured,
cured . 102.73
All other Stocks, bonds and
mortgages . 1,600.00
Banking houses, furniture
and fixtures . 1,474.52
Due from banks and bank-
.-- 13,310.00
Cash items . 6.70
Gold coin . 20.00
coin, Including all
minor coin currency .
National hank notes and
. 5,572.00
Delaware and Hudson Railroad Com
walked out quietly early today
The strike order was last night
ti every union engineer, fireman, con
trainman and telegrapher at
work along the line from
Point. N. Y-. to Pa,
Mediation from both national
State had been requested by
company. W. W. Hanger, of the
federal board of mediation and con-
telegraphed to Martin
force on the road, has resigned
moved bis family to town, and o--
a house on Harts fiat.
cant rent, and has to move to another
town, bad, the school of M-
is the bast after all, b
a lot on Planes and build
to suit notion.
Adversity is a test of dig-
ping stumps by hand is a test
judgment, when you can get
in any at J. It. Smith and
Pros.
The little old wood store of Mess.
Dall and Son on the corner has been
removed and we soon expect to
market business from Mr. and
moved his family here and occupies
the house on Ian-
Mr. Robert Johnson has moved hi
family here from near Johnson Mill-
and occupies the Davis house In
Client. welcome all these new
miners to our town hope
Carey, in charge of the strike but ., , war a
Car. y die is east. On-
j the concessions we ask will
about a
The men demand the
of two men who were discharged for
alleged disobedience.
NEW YORK, Jan. Dela
ware and railroad,
I lie leading man of tho theatrical
company Modern that play-
ed in the opera house at Washington
Monday night was the victim of a Be-
accident immediately alter the
performance, The actor was assist-
members of the company in car-
their baggage and etc., out of
building an elevator, that is
used ti r purpose. And after
the elevator and in the
i . returning to the second floor of
machinery Icon-
troll I in- winking of the elevator be-
came and the
man being the only passenger,
his body Was rapidly carried to
tilling of the and his hack
broken With other serious Injuries
He was Immediately taken to the hos-
Total .
state of North Carolina, County
l Hodges, th
above-named bank do
that the above statement is true to
the B I of knowledge and be-
lief
HODGES, Cashier
ed and to fore me
this day of Jan. 1914.
j. c
My expires Jan. ,
V. CANNON,
R. C. CANNON,
Directors.
Cut Old Remedies Won't Cm.
The no mallet how
r ti the wonderful, old tenable In
Oil. It
name
King off Externals
Is in
field of external
for forms of
i n in million such us
pin union in,
colds.
supreme.
bare been
tor dud
j, um f
our most
nuts,
H .
BUY TO-DAY HAVE IT IN THE HOME
All SI. Ms.
CO.
Ir
Total .
Liabilities
Capital stock paid In .
Surplus fund .
Undivided profits, less cur-
rent expenses and taxes
paid . 2.341.23
Time of deposit 21,212.29
Deposit subject to check .
Checks outstanding 1,197.58
owned and leased lines and track-
age rights, comprises In all about
The lines extend from
barre. and N. Y
to Rutland, Vt, on the east and to.
Point. N, Y. on the Canadian
line. Al that point the road connects
with lines of the Quebec,
and n railway company, Which
I controls.
Tho Delaware Hudson Com-
is one of largest miners um
carriers of anthracite coal In the
country. Its coal lands have
estimated to contain tone
of coal.
Mr. F. Harris has purchased th. I another block of brick or granite to
take its place.
Mr. J. A. Griffin is making
needed on the
property recently bought, and tells
us he will soon he able to
date the public.
Ayden can boast of as ninny widows
and widowers as any town of Its file
we have something like twenty of the
former, and forty of tho latter, and
they are Ideal citizens.
We are of the opinion that every
county, has arrangements t take
of unfortunate ones, without
having go abroad soliciting alms
from Strangers We truly believe that
before a should be allowed
work a town with his card, no mat-
If he is worthy, he should have
the from his home of-
It is a common thing for a
tramp passing through here
each week with his cup and lancet.
Protect your life and money
buying you an Iron safe and revolver
from J. H. Smith and
Hess, A. O. Cox and II. L. Abbott
a trip Wednesday, they
j are both hustlers and are trying .
produce two blades of grass where
It is dangerous to kindle fin
with oil. why not use you
can get them up with no labor, use
dynamite. Just received a ton. J
It. Smith and
an easy comfortable living, a
shoe cobbler and repairing harm's,
would sure pay well In Mr
George Cooper has lots of old shoes
waiting for his coming.
Twain, the humorist,
that providence did not create
opossum but what he planted a per
tree close by, so the summer
storm destroyed the farmers fodder
and most of their hay crop, hut here
come the day oat, to help it out.
Plenty of these and the rust pro if
ASSOCIATION HEWS. at J. h. smith and
Mrs. of Washington
Miss Pratt, president of Ml visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs
the One Year Class, led the Y. W. A-
C. A. services at tho Training school i
Sunday evening.
For scripture lesson, she chose la. purchased of Mr. I, his
the 13th chapter of 1st Corinthians. entire outfit, consisting of electric
the lesson of love. The thoughts system, buggy factory,
saw mill, and good will.
contemplates enlarging
this lesson were beautifully reflected
Mi
this
plant, and also add an plant,
which is thing badly needed, and I eruptions and earthquake
we have also heard that he would
soon add a fertilizer feature. With
his combined energy and capability
J. A.
Total .
State of North Carolina, County of
I. A. M. Hooper, of
above-named hank, do solemnly n of
that the above statement she told well, made vivid
true to the best of my knowledge and u.
b -suns contained therein, but left it
A. M. Cashier. to to make his own in-
and sworn to before me, j One got, however, from
this III day of Jan. 1914. , a,
J. C. Notary Public st of When a boy loves a girl, that is hi.
My commission expires Jan. 1811. love of the w In n she loves that's her
. of nature, and love business, and when gel married
our fellowman to the extent we their when
an- willing to help and lift Hi, in go to housekeeping Units our business
flora misery of any kind received I solid car load of
Stoves and Matting. Be
Years Old. to get our prices, J. It. Smith and
Sunday T J. S. people change and unwise
Delved the congratulation of many never. Mr. J, I. Jones has again
on tin- passing of Ills an chased famous pitch
Notwithstanding his age beach, ordered hull a new and U
taking orders for and hopes to be
about his duties daily lb l Ci.-in orders by the
moil and moat honored and has supplied himself with two
mi
PALLING MANY BOD.
RECOVERED IS
Jan.
of which
Caused such widespread
occurred here today. They were ac-
companied by earthquakes and
lent subterranean noises.
Tho governor of Hokkaido today
estimates that out 30.000 people
the island of will need relief
Jan.
refugees from were bur-
under a falling cliff in a neigh-
boring village today. One hundred
bodies have been recovered.
The new disaster Is a result of a
volcanic and earthquake which for
a week have the Island of
and wrecked this city. The
DAWSON,
GARDNER,
JENKINS
SHOOTERS BEFORE
IAMBI TIMS
Mayor James had before bis
morning tWO ,, vigorous, and go
nabbed while taking an active
ii. a game being overheard
calling for and an
wore taken Into cu
and tins morning at Hie hearing,
hound over to
criminal court.
will he
la the of all
Pence to St Hack.
last meeting rd
the
stock law fence In he rebuilt on
old It the
, , ., . , . i of all ruining,
were , hanged by the
tore of 1811.
i n. all hops that he
spared yet for many
THE FARM
c Bi of all
LIME
To Cure a Cold In One Day
VB II
h and and Cold.
. II fail, la cure.
each boa.
H. .
Write
y the Deal in the United
Lime on Farm, and M price
lime, Don't buy earth,
etc. A postal will give you reason.
POWHATAN LIME CO.
STRASBURG
i hot bigs to hold tho doe.
Old I Joe who was
bitten by he know exactly what
has decided that It must have been n
as he resides near a
but lie is still on crutches.
Mr. watches Hie town, while
me Bide, .
Just received a shipment of the Oliver
steel beam plows, fertilizer
distributors, Held fence, metal roof-
and can fill your orders at J. R.
Smith and ,
wood is an object among
our people, and we hear the same com
VIRGINIA from the country, and
hut with activity much
Japan, January
narrative of the eruption an
earthquakes the is
land Of the town of
on January Is given today
by Theo It. of Wisconsin, as
He
volcano of
the of eruption res. in
bled a of tire, from
. i were hurled
UM night January a
c was heard, followed
by a Hash of flames Hit
cloud amoks and ash broad
of lava he plainly seen flow-
down slopes. Forests on Hit
mountain quickly
the flames spread to numerous
western line
Beamed to be ablaze.
I- i. three
the hay. people Bed in
stricken crowds
still was actively
I the
night, but the earthquake, shocks
less violent
wan filled with
gases.
went within a short distance
hut it was Impossible to reach
tho became of floating
of pumice stone.
IS THE
BEAUT OF EASTERN
CAROLINA. IT HAS
A POPULATION OF FOUR
THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED
IND ONE. AND IS
ROUNDED BY THE BEST
FARMING COUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HERE FOR WE
HAVE EVERYTHING TO
OFFER WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
JOB AND NEWSPAPER
PLANT.
WE HAVE A
OF TWELVE HUN
AMONG THE BEST
PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN
PART OF NORTH
LINA AND INVITE THOSE
WHO WISH TO GET BET-
ACQUAINTED
THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
BUSINESS WAY TO TARE
FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WHAT YOU
HAM. TO BRING TO THEIR
ATTENTION.
OUR ADVERTISING
ARE LOW AND CAN
BE HAD UPON
the Most Noble of Washington.
V. C JAM
Wilson Accused of Being
Wendell Mob Lynches
Jim Wilson For Brutal
Murder of Mrs. Lynch
to a limb, hut it was too elastic and
Negro Confesses the Crime
Officers Is the Report
Mud the guns stopped to listen.
lie may, or may not have con
fessed a crime greater than murder
Certain it is that the man who heard
isn't bragging about it now. Ir
is unquestionably true that Wilson
in the Murder is Hushed and there is no
In Raleigh fur Sale keeping. I tho of the people
Jan. Wilson, a here that the mob murdered th.
of essentially
type, lies dead in a swamp BU, J
, Wendell miles away a blow-out on
to death about -M
noon by a mob
the friends o. f- J ; j, they heard a volley.
whom he murdered night , . .
tag , , ,,. and bl.
which long distance ten.-
and heard the approach of and b, lieu,.
are a subject strange con-
here. That he confessed a
murder of the most atrocious
stance, la hut there Is no-
body to tell you that he heard It.
Scores heard other scores and the
is the undisputed circumstance
attending mobs violence today
one inconsequential Incident is the
absence of rope a hang-
Worth Sanders, whom Wilson ac
finally complicity in the kill-
was released and relatives of the
dead woman complained bitterly that i
one accused a was should
have escaped the formality of a mobs
Tonight a story can.
to Wendell that Sanders had I.
,, the country to
and iron, there to Raleigh to III
placed in penitentiary tor
keeping.
The mob slew Wilson w
quid enough, according to Wend. Ii
People Are Complaining of
Fast Driving Over the
County Bridge
Asks Oath Dees
a Grand Juror
The spot chosen the mob
forded perfect protection from attack
without. Had lbs b.-u
a few yard's away it could have
vented no shooting. tree were
between them and the men
With the swamp. Still undisguised
and without fear of do-
the men went shout With
pistols and guns and quietly left
their homes. hour later all ex-
had gone and sun-down.
Wilson a body lay In the with
little public Interest in
as there would have been in a
died u natural death,
i,. people went to the place
the afternoon and as
ii were from afar as
i t. h i morbid i that
attends all crimes
to have been ah-. hero
Sunday was never quiet-
. men never appeared to have been
sober. The friends the dead
; woman's family merely referred to
people today, when Wilson came ,. H there w In re
the killing took
some time past The
baa been asked both town
and out of town people to enter com-
plaint of the fast driving of auto-
across the county bridge at tin-
foot of Pitt Street.
When the bridge was built a sign
hoard was placed on each end of It
warning all persons that a line of
would In- Imposed for fast
across bridge. This warning
has no doubt been seen by every car
driver that has to pass that
way and yet a majority of them are
not disposed to obey the laws.
Very often lading coming in or go-
out of town with horse and buggy
are overtaken on bride car
drivers, and very often the horse they
are driving becomes frightened. And
i any Instances
the position of the occupants
Of the vehicle and speedily goes on.
Nothing serious has occurred so far.
but who knows how soon sonic one
may be injured or killed a
animal. The car drivers should
not only he U- observe the
county laws, but should take Into
consideration that often the lives
others are endangered, and further
more they should show the propel
p. that is due to the ladies and
their man.
New this n driving con-
th., but if the proper
would enforce the law In ease
and Impose a line on the
lei for this ii will be stopped.
Atlantic Coast Realty Com-
Makes Kit in Florida
Towns
N. C, Jan. 1814.
What oath docs a grand Juror lake
In fact, is it not tills will keep
inviolate all matters coming
us pertaining to the state and her
interest, we will not publish
the names of offenders who true
hills have been found against before
they have been arrested and
safe keeping or released
on r. Justified
Ne . in the lace of tills most sol-
oath I see that the grand Jury
who served last week in Pitt
In their earnest desire to serve;
their slate and county and in
great D to bring before bar
of Justice offender, of the law, have
found a true bill against W. I., lb
Law horn, W. A. Forbes and Dr. P. B.
Loftin, staling that the offense was
a grave one Now if these three men
have perpetrated a grave
against the peace and dignity of the
state why should this august body
of Interpreters of the law, In the
face or oath, publish the
Of these three men before they ;
been arrested and imprisoned or
on a Justified bond Why not
neat these men on an equal foot-
with other .
Jurors have given these men
a chance to escape, and not be
. to justice if they an- guilty
of so grave an Offense your ac-
would signify.
How, Grand will
, r why
HEAVY RAINS
DRENCHED M
in automobile attended by
county Officer. The people, men and
boys, with a few women, gathered
a house in which Wilson was be-
detained preparatory to a lire
hearing to develop such
us they had. Wilson had been
brought from He spent the
night there and In that Jail
James Knott, Sanders
Jackson, Petersburg Marcus,
and Sum I latter in
morning he absolved all from
except Sanders, And ii.
afternoon was need and
went about the place without moles-
The trial ready to pro
Wake
representative In the
Assembly, K. V.
is Implored tho mob to
its ti They declare I
lb. has been w lynch
six years and that there is rot
shiner enough within law t
all offenses and offender
people listened There was an
move thin. the mi
It did not stop to par-
ii according to
Wendell people and the effect they
declare ma that of swatting
net's nest with u has nail bat.
pi line announced the coin
lag of other troops the
Ill II broke
bonds, Wilson up, slummed
In the automobile and dashed
1,1.11 across Holds to the pines In
the swamps.
A rope of a few was about
Wilson's neck and here the historians
fall out One says he was pulled up
i.
The morbid memory of the dead
brute will he imparted to nobody
more than can be helped. A
young, powerful fellow, one
speculates upon the possibility of his
having committed double capital
crime. Hut shot to pieces, mutilated
and dismembered In part, there h
but remnant of the man, Just the
,, , thin of the fellow alive.
he father of Mrs. Lynch and
husband talked freely of the crime
night, little of the
expressed no feeling
In the matter further than one
the unutterable grief of father for
child husband for wife.
Hr, Albert
lives within half a mile of the
n Bl BOO, The husband lives
j quarter Of a mile nearer Wendell.
Mis. Lynch had to her father's
and had also gone In Store
near both homes, she returned to
her own ho. with a promise to
back soon again. Mr, Lynch
t home Inn dill find
Mrs. Lynch there Ha ate supper
and went out to find he.
The family does it
have been later In
ii i when Mrs. Lynch must have gone
lo her home. do not believe
It have been
later bad
Mr. Lynch set nut neigh-
lo find his wife. Ho returned
t her father's hut the homo people
said she had gone home. He went t
houses but no clue.
Hearing that Mrs. Lynch's broth-
bad gone U Wendell and Hint her
MADISON, Win., Jan, 28.- The Wis
. Conference, one
or tin- first of Its kind
formed in the United Stale,, not at
the coll. g. . I Ii today
its fourth annual meeting. A
and representative attendance
gave evidence of the keen Internal
has Ii. mi aroused In tills stale
In the movement to better
of rural life.
The sessions of tho conference will
continue The program
among lb leading features ad-
III- i V . I .-II
Taylor of Chicago on Bo-
of the Rural
and op Webb, of Milwaukee, who
will be heard on the subject of
mid the Bur-
sister was ill there, Mr. Lynch con-
she had gone up town
Thai suggestion was followed but
avail. Then he returned
home and With her father they be-
gun to about the premises
n. the fodder slack they found a
hood. II bad a drop of blood on Ii
i continued search and M
Richardson discovered his I
in a brush-heap With one foot stick-
her covered With leaves
i colored woman said she
i heard Mrs. Lynch for hi
ii did to be
treat sin-
II What II was t ill
The of Wilson himself
i, true To Johnston officer.
.-. In ale went
home and Wilson carried fodder
for Mrs. Lynch. Wilson asked her
for something lo eat. Mrs. Lynch
I got to get supper for
all of Sanders said. mat-
not a II d n about and
struck Mrs. Lynch with the
U. j
ii i course If member of I u
,, grand Jury wants to n ply to
above II is Ills privilege to do
The Reflector will say In ad
that the grand Jury had
in do with matter
v,,. n the re.-t of I
was Bled In court it a
mailer Of record which any one
could who Ired to do so, rid
in ping Its 111.--1.1111 The Re
copied the and pub
it, Just as is done at the
of every term of criminal court
What says about the
jurors and their oath Is Without
foundation, -The
To Inn.
WASHINGTON. Jan. U.
discussion
anti-trust law and tin
corporate activity, with particular
i to vie.- in. . J
I i, did. In hi- recent c-
ma saga to II la to be
I I i ad annual meeting
. Commerce,
v la to be held In next
five hundred
,,.,, representing
business re I the
win he tin
meeting, One of I prim tea
lines he an ail
B. tin
ii , of i ho a
on Relation the
l. h , i i. Com-
paper that comes to us from
towns and cities where the Atlantic
Coast Realty Company ban conducted
sales has nothing but praise for the
company. During their recent trip
through Florida several papers Com-
upon the gentile manner In
which they conduct their sales. The
following is taken iron, the Plant
Courier.
The most successful auction
of lots Conducted In Plant City In
several years was that of the
wold sub-division by the
C last Realty Company last Friday.
The sales company have their own
band, and a good one It was. The
various agents of the company
ed in City in their own private
car Friday morning.
lots and live parcel
of truck land were sold In three or j
bur hours. The lots brought piles
Hinging from to which eon-
beautiful situation-
the property M considered very
prices.
The fair open methods of the
of Um Atlantic Coast
Realty Company won the
en approval of Plant people and
the confidence that this en
I had a great deal to do With
the of the sale.
u. K, the advertising man-
r and c. James, the engineer
in charge of the work laying on, I
and beautifying the property both
conducted themselves In a manner
in mark, d t to the
m i. m imp n
If Atlantic I lo ill
I should hold m
i, any future time II i- mi
they would he cordial
Plant City people
Steady For liar,
Twenty-Four Hours
STORM Mi
TO I
Reeling of Pennsylvania Stall
Hoard of
Jan. II
farming is to be promoted
and rural life improved through dis-
and the Into change of views
then marked advance along both lines
may expected to follow the an-
meeting the Iv
Hoard of Agriculture, which
assembled at the today for a
three Those in i
the me, Hi i have pro-
, mm i- . all-.- for more man one
bun ii, i i It
. an i
i. w, ii i to speak sub-
in addition
ii,. , p is tie- speaker will
i elude the II of nun I
departments and bur. am , a ho will
report i i the meeting on
particular in lores I to those engaged
in
I V II. A. Meeting.
Col. Ian
um completed elaborate
r the reception entertain-
pi the gates to the twenty-
sixth annual of the Col-
Young Men's Christian
The convention sessions
begin tomorrow and
over Sunday. Several speakers of
national reputation will be to
address meeting.
in Hull el lame.
URBAN A, in . Jan. IS A portrait
n th,. late Philip Armour,
to the University of Illinois b;
l. n Armour sen ram
chi, ago her and merchant
was placed In II
hall of fame today.
presentation was accompanied In-
i, iv ting n
delivered bl lames ins
I Henry A
Wheel. I, president of
Chamber of and Dr.
ft,
Armour The
unveiled by Miss
of Philip U. Armour
Trail Leads
moiled.
cripple Overland
Jan,
sons drowned, all forms of
. i land transportation handicapped,
six train loads of passengers ma
and this section of the
damaged to th extent
a million dollars by storms, pros-
relief bright, With the
appearance the SUB today,
The rainfall for the hour end-
at midnight was ha BOO,
making I th a on 14.32
More rain f. II t than
the total for the 1813 season to Jan-
Santa Barbara, where the great-
est damage was a heavy in
was failing ibis morning,
storms Subsiding.
BAN Cain Jan
drenched and pelted a
from the lo
Mi caused a I
, i eight n
, iv today
. ,
and
been d ft out
to I
n ., ho.
, ,,,. , i i i
Ir Hi r
lower part of C N.
g , rippled, . i II
re Improving
In the
of the state In mend m At
the total for I
hours amounted to
Ti.- Ventura i r l on
Bridges amount-
ed to teen
a v. a v.
I heel i
ed.
In . . i. d
III
With tin iv n river out
and rain
to-
day. I Is maintained on
i . , tin
The sudden i I
th
. rain near Baal i
i he atom baa
be, ii in-, north the
mountains, The Ba ram. and D
i ., i leered i-
an i i I
tor i. while ed I
town . i to
th,. i I all t t
feet, the I I 1881
a have disrupt, d r
,, , in b
i In i n Ban
. ., i.,,. baa been
I, hours,
washouts have Hell lip
in Nevada. A at
m train is i tailed i v
and
miles of track iv
water on the
Colorado and Oregon
on the Virginia and Line
have cut off Virginia City.
County Home a Disgrace
Says Grand Jury Report
Orders Commissioners to Purchase
Site And Build
mm
la Male of
the i huge w. t.
Superintendent
Gang.
II n Is largely due to
eel on Um part
; public, of tills
a provided for. and
. be the pride of all the people
County. We earnestly urge
the on part
the officers In charge of I
We conditions at the Count I
Rome most deplorable. Such an in-
is a on humanity and
i the C of Pitt. We
are the Superintendent
o Health that, with the present
there can pro-
lent
U PM LETTER.
Mr. C. L. Wilkinson, Agent,
Greenville. X. C.
Dear
accept my our check for covering
my recent on account of sickness, ours is a great
policy and I heartily you and the Fidelity
Company to those desiring a Health and Accident Policy.
Your- truly.
J. W. TIMBERLAKE
. i th Ce Pitt County,
In the Court, January
,.,
. A Daniel. Is
i continue, we
above I would be merciful to
this court, beg tr have no home
For Weakness and Loss of
The Old lard tonic.
Malaria and up the A
A I-or children.
I i
our n o I
I to lid
brought I
doom them
i i an as this place
ford
We hi
into this court .,.,, Board of County
matters i d on
from them that, no
matter how treat the cost, they would
inspection of take Immediate steps to procure i
, . , , temp. I e County Home. .- a home where
H use. and the unfortunates may b.
i pi o
. of law
Mir
in reasonable comfort
. the pi
Court Clerk, the Sheriff, th
r Of Deeds and the . . g , t
Treasurer. The County Jail we
have fell
i. i- Grand to take up sub-
of the offices of the Clerk of this
pox in the Jail. We have had , ., R o
Be Tiff, the Superintendent of r a mi ,,,,, Treasurer. We
Hi and the entire Board of County , ,,,,, county, in th
loners to appear before u. ,,; officers,
and have made diligent Inquiry into ,,.,,,.,,. . ., ,.,,.,
et and criticisms of manner and all their
win the Board of Count . .,
lorn of the . M w com-
i Home. With one union.
In concluding our lab ind
. we to ex-
to Honor, and to the of-
i this i our sincere an-
ti of th u tn
i from you all.
E.
l of the Jury
no v
of
. . , . re
n viola
n law I it we find no at
i nut.
On i
lined i n were, w
to a n to a
is j
noted above s at
. . . l r
Notice is hereby given that on Mon-
day, February at o'clock
the Pea Houses at County
known as number one, two and
will be at public sale, at the
court house door in Greenville, by
Julius county attorney.
By order of the Hoard of
loners of county.
This January 6th, 1914.
B. M. LEWIS, Chairman
Clerk of the Board
Marriage
week Register of Deeds, Bras-
, ii i marriage Hi en e t
t it into t Court in the ton
. it, W. i. v
former I of Boar
., i mi Mr. W. a. .
. Si pi d. in the C in
Road Gang and Dr. P. B.
it been charged r us
Ur W. A. Forbes. Superintendent of
i i; Gang, has
printed moneys, feed stuff, and meat
the property of the County. In
time at our disposal we could i
n no thorough Investigation tin
. ; a Investigation would
entail an examination into all I
suctions connected with tin work on
ad a Ions i r id have
this matter up Board
i r. and
b en assured by they will
. an expert account-
and probe matter lo the bot-
the Convict Camp In ;
condition at this time The convicts
to be properly fed and eared
for except that three or four of
to have no shoes. We are as-
lured that. If -i be true, shoes will
b- Immediately provided for them
teams are In most excellent eon
ID.
v. i find i In
except
of trash and in the
the and. lo a lesser
e, in the fl
WHITE
H. Taylor and Maggie Smith.
Murry K. Porter and Bertha Stokes.
Smith and Bessie
, W. Button and Lillian Sawyer
Jesse Smith and Jones.
COLORED
u lore and Pearl
Win. Joyner and Mary Joyner.
Brown and Mary
Bryant and Lena Cowan
Austin Jones and Henrietta Cow
ard.
and Francis Jordan
v- is Woolen and Lucy Daniel.
Killed in
A serious runaway accident occur
red at Bethel this morning about
eleven o'clock that resulted In tin
loath of Charlie Jones, a young white
m about thirty years of a
Hi as driving through Bethel
bi n his team became frightened in
way and dashed out
and r running for some distance
he thrown out and his back
n and body horribly mangled
unfortunate man was from Co-
and was in the employ of Ml
Warren,
NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that at the
r meeting of the Board of
commissioners held Monday,
It'll, petition was presented ask-
that a road be made out and es-
in township.
leading across the lands of J. It
Turnage and J. Me. Dixon,
a point about half way
Ayden to Harrington's Cross Roads
connecting with the road bad-
lug to Robert same
ill be heard at the regular meeting
of the board February 1914.
By order of the Board of Con
loners of count;.
This January 1-14
B. M. LEWIS, Chairman.
By BELL,
Notice is hereby given that at
regular meeting of the Board
Commissioners held on Monday, Jan-
1914, petition was
asking that a public road be laid out
and established in town-
ship beginning at the bend of the pub-
road, leading from John
place to Ayden near Joe
place the lands
Joe F. C. Turnage
Ed Josephus Gaskins, J
Me. and J. K. place
to Third street in Ayden, same will
be heard at the regular meeting of the
Board February 1914.
By order of the Board of
of County.
This January 6th. 1914.
B. M. LEWIS. Chairman
By BELL.
ltd-17
For The
New Year
Start oil with the new fur.
the home needs so
badly make chafe
from our exceptional clear-
offerings.
BARGAINS
Clearance prices or sale prices suites and line single pieces,
and designs for your
buying.
an early choice,
Taft Vandyke
SCHOOL BONDS FOB SALE.
Non-Taxable.
School District. Pitt
County, North Carolina, offers for sale
to the highest bidder, SIX THOU-
SAND DOLLARS of bonds, bearing
date January 1st, 1914, to Tun for
thirty years, bearing interest at
rate of per cent per annum, pay-
annually, on the 1st day of Jan-
of each year. These bonds will
be issued by virtue of an Act of the
General Assembly, Extra Session, 1913.
and ratify by a unanimous vote of
said District at an election hell
under Act, and will be sold
j denominations of and re-
These bonds are non-taxable.
VISIT
The Greenville Drug Company
of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent
Sundries, Stationary, School Supplies,
Fountain Pen, Soda, and
All Sick R Prompt Deliveries
Prescriptions Most Carefully
J. Key Brown, D.
Sealed bids will be received by the
undersigned at his office in Greenville.
X. C for these bonds till February
1st, 1914. A deposit of per cent
of amount of bid must accompany
bid.
W. H.
Chairman Board of Trustees.
Dec. 1913.
J. C. Lanier
in
IV 11.1 a,
A GAB LOAD OF
Terra pipe. and inch. S.
T CO.
Greenville Banking Trust Co.
JANUARY 13th, 1914
RESOURCES
lie business looks Rood is
the man who does not
for ii much.
Loans and Discounts
N. C. Bonds
Barking Mouse
Furniture and Fixtures
Cash and due from Banks
6,000.00
24,928.63
8,951.90
LIABILITIES
Capital Stock 91,600.00
Surplus and Profits
DEPOSITS
29,118.00
718,529.76
GROWING BANK
THE NATIONAL BANK
GREENVILLE, N. C.
JANUARY 1914.
RESOURCES
LIABILITIES
Loans and discounts
Overdrafts
Real Estate
Furniture and Fixtures
United States Bonds
Exchanges
Cash and div banks
7,364.00
4,200.00
9,966.12
25,000.00
11,821.98
171,130.13
Capital
Surplus
Profits net
Circulation
Bond Account
Dividends unpaid
Deposits
11,000.00
12,041.93
25,000.00
10,000.00
713,931.70
JAMES L LITTLE, President F. G. JAMES, Vice-President
W. E. PROCTOR, Vice-President F. J. FORBES, Cashier
Coward Drug Co.
Only the
Used In
ICE
CREAM
la any.
I All Suit
Toilet Article.
Full
Stationery,
Fountain
Kodak Supplies
Drug Co.
Parmele Industrial Institute
PARMELE, NORTH CAROLINA
For The Training Colored Youths
Courses Domestic Science. Music, Agriculture. Tuition
free lo teachers and those who are planning to teach in Pitt,
and Edgecombe Counties. Healthy location, splendid
railroad facilities. For further information, write.
William Claudius Chance,
President Founder.
Lanterns
Strong and Durable
For Fishing,
Camping,
and Hard
Use under All
Conditions.
Give steady, bright light.
Easy to light. Easy to
clean and Don't
smoke. Don't blow out
in the wind. Don't leak.
At dealers everywhere
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
D. C.
Richmond.
Norfolk. V.
BALTIMORE
N. C.
W. Va.
Charleston, S. C.
STOMACH TROUBLE
FOR FIVE YEARS
Majority of Friends Thought Mr.
Hughes Would Die, But
One Helped Him to
Recovery.
interesting ad-
vices from this place, Mr. A. J. Hughes
writes as was down with
trouble for five years, and
would have sick headache so bad, at
times, that I thought surely I would die.
I tried different treatments, but they
did not seem to do me any good.
I got so bad, I could not eat or sleep,
and all my friends, except one, thought I
would die. He advised me to try
and quit
taking other medicines. I decided to
take his advice, although I did not have
any confidence in it.
I have now been taking
for three months, and it has cured me
haven't had those awful sick headaches
since began using it.
I am so thankful for what Black-
has done for
has been
found a very valuable medicine for de-
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION AND
ELECTION UPON THE
TO ISSUE FIVE
DOLLARS ELECTRIC LIGHT
BONDS THE TOWN OF BETH
EL, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAR-
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Commissioners of
In regular session assembled
on the 5th day of January. 1914, or-
an election to be held in
town of Bethel, Pitt county, North
Carolina, on Tuesday 17th of
1914, at the regular
In the town of Bethel on the
or proposition of issuing
Five Thousand Dollars worth
Light Bonds to bear inter-
est at per cent per annum, Interest
payable annually, and to run for a
period of thirty years from date of
issue and the tax rate for the
purpose of the Interest or
said bonds and for paring said bonds.
hall not exceed twenty-five cents on
the hundred dollars worth of prop-
and seventy live on
poll, the funds received from
are to be used for the purpose
building and Installing an electric
light plant for the town of Bethe.
as provided in chapter of the
Private Laws of North Carolina 1911.
And notice is further hereby
en that the registration books will
be opened for the of
such Citizens who are entitled lo
and vote who are not
ready registered, on the 14th day .;
February, 1914, and at sun set
op Saturday the 7th of March. 1914
and that S. M. Jones has been
registrar for said purpose
that on each Saturday during Mid
period the registration books will
opened at the regular polling place In
the town of and at all other
tin a during said period opened in
town or Bethel at Blount Hot
all desiring tn
are not already registered and who
desire to vote at said election will
be required to register.
This the 10th day of January,
S. T. CARSON,
Mayor of Bethel
J. E. CARSON.
Clerk of the Board of Commissioners
of the town of Bethel. North Caro-
law
Ayden Items.
AYDEN, Jan. Kitchen,
was quoted as a men who
ed past favors, and we are like him.
We per chance saw Mr. T. F. Christ-
iii our town Thursday and gave
him a hearty handshake for pact fa-
for when we had W
Judge Daniels disposed of
lengthy Criminal Docket
last Week
The January ti rm of I
years itch, one application of Christ-; .,,,.,. ,.
man's ointment knocked fur of ; f . w
it, and we will not soon forget our
experience, and now when we see a
man scratching we wonder if h i
would not like to see friend Tom
pet a box.
Mr. Oliver Smith was in town sell
cotton Thursday, and tells us
he with others of his neighbors an
preparing to increase their
of tobacco for next year, and Mr
Smith also to us that he though
the wire fence made by The
Fence Company way the best on the
market, it adjust Itself to hills.
will not and stretches even
Plenty of this wire at J. It. Smith
and Pros.; be sure to get their
prices,
Hon. Warren, from Joins
county, was in to see us Tuesday, and
tells ti. be has allowed himself to
launch out In the political arena.
for the nomination of solicitor of the
Fifth district, against Hen
Big leagues Soon to Come
South For Their Spring
Practice
several i ting
Friday.
Jesse Vincent, with
weapon. at and i
Jessie J. Wilson and Allen Tyler,
trespass, Judge orders verdict of not
guilty.
Joe Thompson, et gambling.
plead guilty Judgment and COStS.
Will Humphrey, i fa. Judgment
absolute for
Sam K. fa.
ed upon payment of fa.
Sam R. Chapman and K. C.
fa, discharged upon payment
costs of fa.
Frank and L. W. Wilson,
la. judgment absolute for
Arthur Cay. la. i
for
John Mines and G. F. M. Hail, s. i
fa. judgment absolute for
W. W. Jr., and W. W
C, I., the present Sr. moving crops,
bent. Now, as to the qualifications, a mistrial and the case was con-
we are not the Judge, but from out tinned.
side appearance, Mr. Abernathy look- Saturday.
more like a lawyer than Mr. War- Johnson. George Joyner and
mi. but to our notion Mr. Warren, Perry Home, affray, Johnson
is decidedly the handsomest of tin Home, pleads guilty, Judgment that
two, but no doubt either of them Johnson and Home pay all costs.
would make the way of the trans-1 Johnson, carrying conceal-
hard. ed weapons, pleads guilty. Judgment
The good book says, the harvest s
great, and the laborers are few, but Greene, assault with
to the matter of who will be the car- weapon, continued.
on new rural route from Boyd, selling liquor, plead.
den is a question. Mr. John In two cases, prayer tor
tells us when he left his measure continued upon payment
for a chance he was number and costs in one case, Judgment suspend
almost another month for recruits ed upon payment costs in the
This, shows there is a plenty of labor
in community, but they are sort-
choice as to the Job.
Miss Hodges, of Kinston, who
has been teaching here in the grad-
ed school for several has
resigned, and learn she in the
NOTICE
Sale Valuable Small Tract of Land.
ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 2nd.
1914, it being tho First Monday in
February at o'clock in., at the
of the stomach and liver. It court door I
is composed pure, vegetable herbs, I shall offer for sale, to the highest bid-
, . . . . th following described tract of
contains no ingredients, and , , .,.,,, .
fa land In Greenville township, Pitt
acts gently, yet surely. It can be freely beginning at a on the
used by young and old, and should be road, then south 1-2 E., to the
canal; then with said canal to Joe
kept in every family chest
Get a package today.
Only a quarter.
Ml
NOTICE.
SALE OF HEAL ESTATE.
By virtue of a power of sale con-
in a certain mortgage deed
executed and delivered by K. D. Ha-
and wife Martha Hazel, to H.
The firm of D. G. Moore and Com-
composed of G. Moore I
J. J. Elks, doing a general
tile business at N. C.
has this day dissolved by mutual dated the 1st day of
of two partner,, Mr.
i. Moore having sold his interest In
tho business to it. M. Elks, and tie
business will hereafter he conducted
under the firm name
and
AH persons Indebted to the old
firm of O. Moore and Company will
make payment to J. J. and Pro.
and all persona holding claims B I n
tho said firm of J. J. Elks
said firm of Q. Moore and
Company will present their claims to
J. J. Elks for payment, ho having
assumed and promised to pay tin
same.
Thin January 9th. 1914.
O. MOORE.
J. J. ELKS.
R. M. ELKS,
ltd
NOTICE.
North county.
In the superior
term, 1914.
Adams vs. David Adams.
Tho defendant David Adams will
herewith take notice that a summons
has been issued out of the office of
the clerk of the superior court of
count, requiring him to be present
to defend a suit Instituted by his
wife Adams for divorce and
that he will take notice that If h
does not appear on or before
Monday of March, 1914, being th
16th day of that month and answer
or demur to the filed b-
the plaintiff In this office, or the
plaintiff will be granted the
sought.
This January 14th, 1914.
D. C. MOORE,
Clerk Superior Court.
It
office In Pitt county, book
E-10, page the will
on MONDAY, the 9th day of
of J at o'clock NOON
expose to public sale, before tho court
house door In Greenville, to the high-
est bidder, for cash, tho following
described tract or parcel of land to-
Situated township,
county. North Carolina, and
described as Beginning
at a Isaac Bell's corner on the
road and runs with
Hell's line north 1-2, east poles
said Bell's corner, also corner of th
T. C. Cannon land; thence with the
Cannon line S., W. poles to
and gum pointers in Dam
thence S. 4-5 poles to
a stake with holly and pine point-
Proctor's corner; thence
with her line 3-4 W. poles to
S. G. corner on the
road; thence with
said road N. W. poles to the
beginning, containing acres more
or less, and Is the same land deeded
to K. D, Hazel by H. J. Williams, on
this tho 1st day of January,
This sale is to satisfy tin.
terms of said mortgage deed.
This the 9th day of January. 1914.
H. J. WILLIAMS, Mortgagee.
HARDING PIERCE,
ltd
line, thence with said
line and with a ditch to said road,
then the street or road, north E.
poles; then south E. poles to
road, north E. poles; then
south E. poles to the beginning
containing acres, or
Also live acres, known as the
woods land, sold to John by
H. B. Brown, tho said land being
known as a part of H. W, Brown
lands. This land is in a high state of
cultivation, with all necessary ten-
ant houses.
This land is to be for th
purpose of making division between
the owners.
Terms of One-third cash,
in one and two years time.
This Jan. 1914.
C. C. PIERCE.
ltd
Frank Grist, charged with selling
liquor, found not guilty by jury.
Fred Williams, assault With dead-
weapon, pleads guilty, judgment
and costs.
Fred carrying concealed
pleads guilty, prayer for
judgment continued upon payment of
near future will take a post
ate course in domestic science.
Protect your life and property;
you an iron are. and tell the crack
there , nothing doing. Plenty of the jury was sent to
John Anderson, being found guilt
the county roads for a term of twelve
months.
John Anderson, carrying concealed
them at J. R. Smith and Bros.
Mr. Gibson, who is superintending
the building of tin A, C. L. depot
while returning from Raleigh j pleads guilty, judgment
Sunday night, was in a wreck,
sustained several bruises, but The Jury renders a verdict not
hones were broken. This was a r- in the case TO Porte
row escape, and he tells us some of charged with jumping his board bill.
the seats were reversed, the stop was
so sudden, and every passenger re-
a souvenir of some sort,
no one seriously hurt
Mr. Frank Harris guards the town.
keep out and eave drop-i
King was sent to county
roads for a term of six months for
Neal Anderson, charged with fraud.
John without a
but get a mole a
for cents, and guard your plant guilty. f
bed while you sleep. Plenty of them Charles Bason, house breaking, jury
at J. It. Smith and Bro. . ,., ,
Charlie Peyton and Edgar Davit,.
affray, Peyton pleads guilty. Davis
NOTICE. Jury
Having qualified as administrator judgment n
I the estate of H. T. do ; ,
cased, late of the county of Pitt ,, ,, Foreman
slate of North Carolina, this Is judgment
notify all persons having I s upon payment costs.
the estate of the deceased
NEW YORK, Jan. Ignoring the
i u quest tor bit- l
stars, American and National league
have completed plans tor spring
training campaigns sad are Issuing
formal calls for the gathering
and recruit, Before another
month rolled around u
camps be way
and reports the play of
unknown youngsters will remind the
fan that another season i ball
Is hand.
With the actual beginning of
a clearer ides Of the of
baseball will be
for with a few exceptions the UM
pi of the clubs forming the
major leagues will shown a
r. who r;, I r training
of the clubs, sin h
and Giants, don't
difficulty in showing virtually
tint attendance, but the average man-
ager will not feel assured of his full
enrollment until each member of the
dub has red the roll call
If by that time the F r i
as not announced a definite
Hi i. of players and training i
Interest on the part of the
,. expected to
normal Is.
This, it rs n d. is what the
big owners are counting en.
ard this is reason they have
. , unusual promptness and i
in tn amp i i
a . v m. Ai i III g to
promoters I
preliminary playing season is under
the new organization will find i f-
to hold the renter of the
ball Stage, unless a radical nun- to-
ward actual play is made.
batteries and untried mate-
rial will, as a rule, n port a t
ahead of regular, the opening days
of March appear to be favored tor
initial work-outs.
The list of camps and date on
which the club squads are scheduled
lo
American league
March Jacksonville. Fla Wash-
March Charlottesville,
Cleveland, March Athens.
Huston, March Hot Springs.
Chicago, March Paso
Detroit, March
New York. March i. Tea.;
St. Louis, February it, St Peters-
burg, Fla.
National league New York. Man
Marlin. Philadelphia, March
, Feb-
Tampa. Fla.;
March S, Hot Springs. Boston
March Macon. Brooklyn.
Augusta. Ga.; Cincinnati. March
Mobile. St. February
St. Augustine. Via.
LAND SALE.
By virtue of a decree of the
court of Pitt county in the
case of Haddock, widow. VI
Ii. W. Smith, et tho mi
commissioner will offer for
sale the court door
on Monday. February 2nd.
1914, the following described tract
of Situate In the county of Pitt
and in township, that tract of
land lying on tho east side of Fork
swamp, bounded on the north by the
F. A. Haddock, on the south
by the lands of Mrs. M. L. Cox and
others, containing acres or
less, and being the same tract of land
conveyed to John It. Haddock by Mary
A. Haddock, and the land up
on which John R. Haddock resided
at the time of his death. Terms
cash, balance In twelve
months.
This January 12th, 1914.
it. w. smith,
F O, JAMES SON.
I U ltd
exhibit them to the undersigned o
or before the day of January
1915, or this notice will be pleaded
r bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to the
II. T. will make prompt pay-
to the undersigned.
This 9th day of January, 1914,
J. T. SKINNER,
of II T. Dec
I ltd
As smallpox U confined to Jail
hope it will be kept there.
Iron Reduced.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. Jan.
Alan Wood Iron and Steel Company
and the J. Wood and Brothers Com-
two principal Iron Indus-
tries In today put In-
to effect a new wage
for a general ten per cent redaction
The of every department
numbering 1600 and are affect-
ed the wage cut.
Poultry Show.
Mont., Jan. re-
cord-breaking display poultry
pet stock was placed on view here
today at the opening of the sixth an-
show of the Montana Poultry
Association. exhibition will
continue until the end of the week
You needn't be told that it blew
up cold.
Words of Praise
For
Stomach Remedy
ii r galling hoW
to
not ti
p ,, i pair aha was
killed
, i, N. w
m all i
ti
,,. ill
Ni i I II i
NO
no tag a ha
. ,. u
.
i .
h J
ban in of a
l, .
.,,, all by me
the
ac Ion i
Into and
Coin Attack., Ga- in Hie h
rs and all of the el
Liver and
or lo
SI , Chicago, III . bee toot el on
Stomach and
people who have
Far la H. by
THE JOHN I. CO
ant Druggists
REPLIES.
COLUMBIA s. C. Jan. Gov-
Cole today replied to
the legislature's proposal to strip
him of the power of executive Clem
by commuting the sentences of
convicts In the state prison. In
. four murderers. This brines
the governor's commutations for Jan-
nary up to All that number will
be put at work roads in
sen county, under reduced sentences
the it commutations, seven
were sentences of prisoners from
county.
have
been released from state prison
to
WASHINGTON, Jan.
ills and r officials the
big labor union's, the men who com-
the bone sinew of the .-r-
labor movement in
are rounding up in capital
to attend the
he given I in hi
Samuel president the
American l
affair is lo he n in i
bin
anniversary.
all of the one d and o
national and International organ
affiliated with the n
have been
to
n U, AI a p
election
on a propel i
commission form of
city, and
of the plan have led l
this month by this procedure. Gov campaigns and on the eve the
nor contends that the con-
will be of greater service on
county works.
Bright Eyes
An active, healthy liver
that never shirks its
work is reflected in your
eyes which sparkle and
with the joy of life
watch your eyes in the
mirror and take
Pills
at the first sign of dull-
At your druggist,
sugar coated or plain.
result cannot In-
with any degree certainty, a
proposal to adopt e
form of government i t I
the voters a few an o
Atlantic Line.
North Pound South I
No, a. m. Ho. r .
No. p. m. No. M r n
Hound West
No. a. m. No, Silt
No a. m No a. I
No. . p. No. r. f k
What become of the hospital
movement
Is
Clear a
THE CAROLINA HOME
and FARM and EASTERN
REFLECTOR
by
lac
O. J. WHICHARD, Editor.
CAROLINA.
out year, . .
Ni L
l-E be
application at the business ;.
cornet
Al cards of thanks and resolutions
will be charged Ur at J
Del
. . .
. j tor tarns
. U hues.
red ii class
j u i
. i Una,
. H
In helping the mer-
chant to better themselves.
can do this most directly by buying
at home everything they can, and If
moving to establish a line between of who In a recent ad- and prices of home merchants, that position. Besides practically j they can not buy the goods, quail-
that city and Norfolk. Greenville is haven't had a hand in making it clearing an immense docket this week. Mr or class of goods they want
still and doing nothing in the
matter of a boat line,
have a river right at our doors schools and they form a large the prices you can pay. V
on which the government has Just population in the cities, are not mind readers nor arc
a large ran of money Probably no city produces as to their own host interest.
deepening the channel. as it and modern if they haven't what you want T. H. Smith. These not only doesn't without first
expenditure of this money will mere- civilization with its complex prob- Will get it for you at M low or low- much time and work, but also him know that he has not stocked
and it- nerve eats price than you can get it anywhere tested the ability of the solicitor and goods for which there is a demand
Wilmington has Just begun I DEAL WITH MEN KNOW, his ability as a prosecuting
a line of steamers between that More than passing thought should expect the impossible of your . attorney and the that
city and Baltimore and New York, be given to the words of Dr. P. P. town and its merchants. Be sure comes of having a man of such ex-
The busies nun of Nev Bern art States Commission- first, before you complain of the goods as he possesses fill so
More than per cent of our impracticable for our merchants to he has thoroughly Investigated the can best help their cc by
children are educated In the handle the kind of goods you wane of the county and skill-1 making their complaints to the mer-
fully Handled the preliminaries in themselves. It certainly Is a
connection with the trial of S. II. doubtful expedient to send away Iron
Bollard for the murder of Policeman home for an article the merchant
children in the city.
Or. his address
giving the rural teacher a
h. a waste unless the river ll used,
I i
At ; ii Minni iota Academy of Social
gathering
told that the land to make a decent living.
ill we to over-
In analyzing
rise. They deserve to be given an proved him to the occasion
to do so anyhow; but if The defense made a strong light both
. they do not deserve it you will be for postponing the trial until
in his community.
The Temperance
In . are many signs of the time
JANUARY 1914.
i of what In a ,.,. .,,. . B most
and a tract of land the teacher doing yourself a bigger favor than and to admit the defendant to I.
might become Identified with will be doing them t. deal face to the solicitor won on both points. f ,,,,.
community and through face with men you know and that can A petition was seat to Governor them all U
be held personally accountable for asking for a special term of court movement of the
their promises and performance- beginning February 16th to try this temperance army, which is making
Try this for a rule tn II case, Judge Daniels also concurring conquest everywhere. The movement
h. the petition and it having the en- stands
lo ocean, and is enlisting recruits
WHERE v
The old begins after
t to lose II If i Ii
other
rural , , . Bay II
ll t . , . . ,, .
of every member of the
I from all classes and conditions of
MARCH OF i u, h , la on last legs,
t on the temper- hi the of opinion
; . mi ii getting tired of
.,,, . ;.;. have M ill ends of Justice will I hearing odium of US Support
is th. a tide from Char- rial of this murder i i i Tl becoming more and
spots
the I
,. and Children printed In this possible, and for this
and public Is
. of Oils W . . t It en
, t home. It shouldn't enc The friends of temperance on I hoped Governor Craig Jg ahead of u, and
soil
Friday night, i
lock. head of better II
but I Bid i gin Here. You
not . plain b i i
pi but you
I take a lo k own back
well.
n Ii
up merely of n
a ran. re buildings, paved
i- and electric lights. The good-
town n d-
;. I r
rs. to m
The r better
tor a site for I
. . , , . . . . . i . m. c rural I looking homes. It is the home
of l p
if yen have a h keep it in re-
yen have not, build enc.
mot
. w. . ;
Th re no telling I
would
Ev
i r
.; re la; to find
s,
, Si York
the hand when II
opes
town In t
t bull
from North Carolina, ii th
this ii en. t.
lid she
ii frying lo thwart
Una to i a pro-
i a large majority of
voted be be.
in
b I
on the
i kite I, marbles
, . ought i t
at tills time of year,
The senate has confirmed the
of Hon. Francis Win-
as scat.-.- attorney for
the Eastern District of North Caro-
is just as was expected
States Department of
Agriculture Issued
on n t
out the dangers that lie ii.
neglectful handling of that
There is a deal In the
interest lo milk users. The
paragraphs are especially
No matter how carefully milk Ii
handled the and the
mil In how pine a state- It is
delivered at the domestic Ice box, it
quickly can become an b
If carelessly handled In
Milk that is left for only a
short time summer boat may be
come unfit for me,
Milk mast be kept cool to prevent
the bacteria already In it. and when
may get in it by accident, from
to a point where the milk is
undesirable.
Milk should be taken into the house
in the refrigerator as soon
delivery us possible, ii i
possible to have the bottles milk
I in immediately in the refrigerator
provide on the porch a box c
i i in of ice.
Ii planning I house, arrange
i re refrigerator set in the wall
, ill, an opening on the outside. II
to loci
for these or refrigerator doors,
the milkman with
cause to feel encouraged over will may outrun public sen-
progress of the tight against liquor petition the special term of um . of our
name in the country at large, and court. We have heard many com- i of what have
, , , , . ,, , ,,,,. id II Is hard for a temperance
that success to their efforts is to be c a. over the .
in the not far distant fit- manner In which Solicitor v . r M M the
is as certain as day follows handled the matter, consideration that men who
night. They need only to take Judge Daniels made a ho t of Pit realize the enormity of lbs wicked-
age, be patient, and go forward with county friends this first i are tempted to take it by the
a stronger united effort in the good
he has heM i the county. He km i
ii all at once. This would be the
the law and administers it
i to do n we could, but the friends
, i h
able establishments think it Is
legitimate to ship whiskey
Can Una and nil
coffers with money from this state
They carry on this Iniquitous
Virginia gives them
i to do SO, and every Virginian
who does vote for prohibition in
state is upholding those
in helping to debauch North
Carolina This state is determined
that an end must come tn the ship-
of whiskey across the line
attitude in trying to
break down North Carolina's
law, couple with the recent
opposition to the freight rate
question, is leading to strained bus-
relations between the two
States. It. is time the best element
of Virginia's business men wen
looking at this seriously.
SOME LIGHT CATALOG PRICES
When a mail order house sends our
. the therein are
to the mall order customers
another catalog is Issued, which i I
HE MM ill TO BE A
LIVESTOCK
ought to be a livestock
bet
A crop if soy
its, or all
grown season after
an oat . is harvested. There I.
no better i l than oats, and
and are the equal of red
us bay producers; while pea-
nuts and soy beans will produce as
teed as any crop
grown here or elsewhere.
A soil made rich by the grow-
of legumes and livestock
will make as much corn or silage
per acre as in the Corn Belt, and the
same season produce a crop of
son clover equal in feeding value to
i i r ;. of red clover.
climate conditions make us
a cotton-producing country. One of
the by-products of the cotton crop la
Cottonseed in the cheapest pro-
feed known. The south produces
bushel's of cottonseed an-
which for pound is superior
lo corn feeding value. If the
could not have produced cot-
ton she would have grown livestock
just a- other sections lime turned tn
livestock one-crop systems de-
their soils and forced them
to do SO.
The must grow livestock, be-
while it Is possible to build up
soil fertility without feeding livestock.
It is not generally done, and cannot
I be done as economically as by feed
In tills con- j must grow
it might be a little , fertility, to good live-
and at the same time not pleasant
M Duke, the American tobacco
Is going to I his
c to where he can
; i won y
for customers of Chicago mail
houses to learn that Chicagoans man;.
tines have the opportunity of get
ting the same merchandise much
cheaper than the catalog customer
a Chicago mall order lions
in the Chicago papers an ail
which
Half Catalog
Women's Coats at 8.8
There are coats in
etc. They have large collars
are well made. We priced
them in our catalog at to-
morrow, special at.
Women's Coats, seal plush, shawl.
dial and of
lug price special at .
Women's Coats, plush, and
fancy mixtures, full length and
models, most of them lined through-
out, collar and cuffs of
catalog price special for
tomorrow at .
m. that the temperance
Is not gaining ground, and no
be discouraged at b-
No great reform v
in a day, but it time
and patience to bring victory.
We are glad he is lo return arc not D broke.
Id all the spring i In thin
i and a host
i rs and lends. But If the temperance
HI only path and con-
present
because some few
now and then, are heard to say
that in North Carolina I
a failure and that they had rather;
return to the d i or even the .
open saloon than to see the crowds OF CITY the warfare on ti
standing around express office i wail . , , p , Wen, we will in a comparatively
ago all sorts evils Immoral pl , Is glad to
character attend the city life the ., though only the other day, it was
world he said what everyone deaf i i our appeals. There i
who is Informed must admit. m we
of the he said.
i a c i m an pitch in and
are all the time affording the means
vote and work for whom we please.
of their own destruction, it is not ,,,, .,. ., organization we must not
sentiment for a complete wiping i ,,,.,.,,,,,, p children in line with certain candidates, no
T how true th, y ma., be to our
of the liquor business in the of , moral
growing stronger every day d ,, lat , .,.,
These words point out
but Dr. Eliot does not leave in
without suggesting the need seek-
a few years
accomplished.
of the
post.
The parcel post system which
The Anti-Saloon League
n, Columbus, last fall, made a fear-
blunder. In our Judgment, and
Weakened our position before the-
country. this rock of
a remedy for existing evils. I politics many a great
of foresight and lie i has gone down to rise no more. Le
continues, not find the remedy.
i foresee a terrible physical and
els Sam Inaugurated the first of already visible with-
in the belief that the high cost o
living would, be throttled the
farmer would be greatly benefited
his produce directly to the
consumer in the city has failed
In bringing about such results,
say officials of the Chicago post-office
department, In reality the thing has
in the next years, to that
existing In the English factory Cities
today. We must struggle against
These facts, then, afford ample ax
for the many movements under
way to keep young people in the
country and on the farms. These
movements demand the most
occurred Is exactly that which . and ,
opponents of the parcel post To ,,,,,,,,, rural ,.,.
said would occur-that is. the they mug,
has worked out to the entire benefit conditions and Increase the
Of the big mall order houses In China- opportunities and attractions of rural
go and to them alone. The Chicago .,.,, t
j,, -t office, which is one of the those now thought to he offered by
est in the country, is now dally jam- the city,
mod to suffocation with parcel post
packages which are being sent out MERCHANTS FARMERS
by the big mall order house, while TOGETHER
little or no produce Is handled In- Many the largest chambers o
coming parcels. commerce and hoard of trail.-.,
amount of rood products that had for years their efforts to
are shipped from agricultural City affairs have of late years
today by parcel post is or have established depart-
worth declared Post- for the purpose of
master Campbell recently. It true on the farms near by.
that the friends of the parcel A few years ago
argued that it would allow people in would have scouted the Idea that
the cities to get farm products fresh there was a field in which merchants
US to it in North Carolina
at least, the rash and intemperate
in our rank's shall not get in tin
The weakness in temperance
organizations especially has always
been in allowing the ultra and
to lead, but of late years we have
peculiarly fortunate in having lead-
who In the midst of the storm
lave not lost their poise; and that is
our hope for the future. Charity and
Children,
The need of the south is for men
who will study livestock raising as
a part of their general farming
torn, for there Is no reason why the
South cannot or does not grow live
stock more profitably than any
r section, we have not j from the country and that the and farmers might profitably work to-
with the inclination tern would cut the middle man, Bather for the of the corn-
more money for the farmers, and , Now. the merchant
cut down the high cost of living for, who often is in a fact a farmer, also
information to do so. -The Pro-
Farmer.
WHAT MAKES YOLK GOOD,
That has not been
Is as much interested in Improving
them- crops and farming methods M
Is the farmer himself.
Intelligent citizens of all classes
the consumers,
brought about.
Robinson Crusoe round do not appear to be clamoring
worthless on a isle. He
of and my personal have begun to sec that, while a
is that are content field must be left for the
. of Individual Initiative en-
are a great BOa
has value only because other I
n the the mall that must be done by the com-
are a whole. There may be
It acquired value only by e
with other men.
mans money is the
is value only because other
It as value, and give value
ii in
Where you arc the more likely to
receive proper value in exchange for
your from neigh-
or strangers, whether at
or for you to determine.
These price the mall or
customer in towns away i Who is the more likely to deceive
The Club of New rM we stranger or the neighbor
t said to be the largest women I
merchant In
but sawing wood.
club la the United States.
about.
is for you to decide.
some selfishness In the
wanting the farmers to
COURT ABLY but the are
Judge Daniels and Solicitor Ab- the gainers by the In-
proved an excellent team
In handling the business of the term I The example that merchants have
of criminal court that closes today. set in helping the farmers to better
has Solicit themselves might as well be follow- STRASBURG
An article in the New Bern
credited lo the Rocky Mount
gram favoring a base hall league for
Eastern Carolina insinuates
Greenville several other towns
could not produce the
ally. Now. don't you get It Imbibed
into your cranium that this town
hold her own in any movement that
is started. Wake up, Mr. Telegram,
from across Die tall timbers, and
not, lest you be
We have looked for that long talk-
ed of monument on the court house
square -and we are still looking.
To Cure a Cold In One Day
Ii
eh Headache and oil fold
c if it fails lo cure.
. on . Ha
and
Hoot signed the Newfound
land Fisheries Treaty.
D. Rockefeller gave
to aid In search for
serum.
G. celebrated
died In Washington.
II. C. Horn in Washington
county, Pa., Jan.
THE FARM
It It.,, of all Industry
LIME
ll the of all good fanning. Write for
the heat authority in the United
on Lime on the Farm, and get
the lime. Don't buy earth,
etc. A i-ii will give you
POWHATAN LIME CO.
VIRGINIA
FRUITS OF MAKE-BELIEVE
By O. L CARSON.
The President Is Cultivating
Friendship of the People
the Pacific, Asserts
the Secretary.
Bat Just as Pat as He Did
When lie Ham-
mer, and lie lie ii Him
the night Man
NEW YORK, Jan. 26.-President WASHINGTON. Jan. in-
ITEMS.
Jan. D
J. Jr., by
of was here
Thursday.
See H. W. for your beef,
INGENIOUS IDEA OF ROBBER steals
. AM GOES A JOT BE
According to Way
it, but
Wm Doubtful.
The other evening a man of the bur
Little Mrs. Cray fluttered Into her
you utter a cry or speak a sin-
tie word I shall shoot you. Give mo
your watch and chain and your purse
at once and then pass
Completely taken off his guard, the
handed the articles
If policy results In a but that he had heard nothing and loss the of time, energy asked for and walked off. A few steps
been frightened from industrial Hammer would retire from the race plow around those stumps
Wilson s policy toward business and formed North here tonight
his proposed legislation affecting are strong in the belief that the op- tars, sausage and meats. type MM
trusts promise a lower cost of living position to W. C. Hammer for district up to date prices as low as an;. and. handing a piece or pa,
home and increased International attorney for western North Carolina place in town. would you
quest's room with a pasteboard in J. Secretary of. has become to strong the Kev. the pastor of the me on this piece of
tier hand. state, declared In an address before mun Is on the eve of withdrawing Methodist church here, will preach
she said, want you to do Society here to- from the race. Should Mr. to the Y. It C. A. in the auditorium The individual addressed consented
something for me. See this perfectly decide to pursue such a course. It Is of the High School to- and. moving toward the rays of a
president has outlined a re- certain that he would relieve a very night All the young men arc convenient gas lamp, read the
birthday is three weeks off but I whose cannot be embarrassing situation for some Invited to attend,
him to wear the Please bounded by national said the his friends who have stood by him so A time to get your disc liar
pretend that you bought it for secretary. has declared war on , rows as Harrington, Barber and Co.,
one of your friends and offer it to private monopoly, and this means the Senator Overman admitted today have all of the different sizes, in re-
Allan to wear. His old muffler Is quite investment of capital that has that he had heard of the rumors that and rival.
shabby and he's going to an Important
business men's dinner. It's necessary,
think, that he should look prosper-
and he can't look prosperous while
wearing a worn-out old muffler, can
Laura, I suppose agreed
Helen. really, wouldn't I
sailing under false colors If
mind that, dear. It's only
joke, know. I do want Allan to
have tho of the muffler and I don't
wish to spoil the birthday surprise by
giving it to him now. He's out the
hall this minute getting ready to start
out. Let's go and insist his wear-
In a moment Helen found herself of-
the to her host with a
can loss generosity that quite
prised herself.
I hate to take tho new off a
e you bought for
friend, protested Alien, who
would really preferred his old
silk scarf.
very glad to have you try it out
for laughed Helen.
Allan, It's so becoming to
said his wife. soft gray just
suits your Don't you
think he looks nice In It,
indeed, agreed Helen,
smilingly.
do be not to lose it-
Ii the size of corporations from Ur. Hammer himself as to his
that have overgrown it will future course. The junior senator
mesa a larger number of said that the case had not progressed
and competing and in the least Since he; and Senator
competition will mean a mons took the matter up with
at a lower price. General before Christ
is worth while to inquire mos, when the head of the department
has not of justice refused to send Hammer's
resulted In the restriction of ex- name to the President until after he ult Baltimore custom or tailor mods.
ports, for of ab- had an opportunity to present th, prices are right and satisfaction
normally I i prices home tends papers in the race, including the teed.
t pl. ion. in famous and somewhat annoying
B. D, and Co.
at Industries rest upon their own davit Hammer was Instrumental
than In having drawn against E. L. n. to I
r, in that proportion will of Asheboro.
they be strengthened for successful It M said
contest with competitive Industries In remaining In race for the Job n you Borne i
the It la certain to cause an estrangement see J. Co and a,
The authorization of international between Senator Overman and Ur. He The steel beam I
banks under the currency law will Reynolds, Senator Overman has in- plow is the on
stimulate foreign trade in the orient slated on appointment and
and throughout South America See- has done about everything that it is
Bryan said, mid the new possible for him to do,
means a larger International com- ,., the other hand has told men close
and of the Orient will have her to that he does not want
mer In his department and in one of
Secretary Bryan Is alleged to have
new administration In with- cannot understand why
drawing approval from the Chinese i am asked to point a man who
loan, did net question the good faith would allow his name to be put to a
brought him to a policeman, and. re-
his story, the pair proceeded In
pursuit of the who was cot
yet out of sight
Next morning, before the
the vagrant was called upon for
an explanation.
lie said. am not an
educated man, and. therefore, can
neither read nor write. evening
I picked up a piece i per, and, It
striking ma it might be of some
Importance, l took It to the Drat per-
son I met and asked him to decipher
it. The gentleman read It quietly to j
himself and then, saying
space, but see A. W. and Co
They have plenty of dynamite, fuse
and caps.
Miss Dora K. Con left yesterday
Aulander where will spend a
few days with her sister, Mrs.
i t i i
Come to see us when you I
Sunday night while Mr Joe Craw-
ford of the county was In town with
his car and had left it on the
Charlie a boy who has
driven for oar owners in
Greenville decided he would gather
up a few of his female friends and
go for a Joy ride, and a long ride i
When near Wilson, a distance
c about twenty-five miles the car re-
fused to run. and it became
, for the to foot it Is.
From what could be learned
to Wilson and boarded the Nor-
folk Southern train for
his arrival here he
ins duties as chauffeur for
Mr. II. M. when he put In
Is appearance on the street he woe
taken Into custody and is now
n the county jail to await the
of criminal court and to an-
i r charge of stealing as
Birthday.
WASHINGTON, D. Jan, VI.
the
Icon Fed.
d upon to-
BRIDAL CUSTOMS OF GERMANY
Mr em Mrs. I. Rollins h r.
om K Mrs-
Helen, you have how perfectly , j Intent of those who had
. . . . Ll-
reckless is with his belongings.
paper like the Adrian affidavit it
is known positively that those op
for n Mr. Hollies
c r, a for a clay or t
.;. C iv kill, i a hog a
ago that weighed tour
I pounds, The
only two years old.
We are glad to know
C Line Railroad Com
Of or In Alien.
word, handed me bis watch, chain and dinner in his
purse and walked off without giving .,,. v , ,,., r,
me time to from my surprise ,,.,,
Hi Join-
I the union the age
.
. i i trades union affairs. As a
he came to lean and
son I nil trade In
i. n, was one of e founders
. and with the Intermission of
has in n , president
r tin i . since
Many Appear Odd to Us,
but All Arc Pretty and Based
on Sense.
are I
customs In any that found
no place else In l world. Many of
them are pretty, A of are odd.
As soon as i German girl Is be-
trothed she Is addressed as
by her betrothal Is a
serious affair than In America
shan't have the least
declared lie who marveled at her
friend's gratuitous play acting.
do be careful, anyway. I
should so hate lo have you lose It, Al-
tho way you lose
had bettor borrow It.
I can usually be trusted, Laura, not to
scatter my wearing apparel about the
city, but if
It Is a great deal better
looking than your old one. Please keep
it on. Helen will be hurt now If you
wear it. Won't you,
Indeed, I asserted
en. dutifully.
So Allan, trying to look pleased and
run be more advantage, i our reports, have landed with toll-
commerce. It would not be fair to lag
attribute a falling off In trade, to Both Senator Simmons and
v. reference has been made, u man stand high with the
the change in policy, because the new j Senator Overman as acting
policy has not yet had time to of the Judiciary committee, re. Go
even If political conditions had especially close to the I
been entirely But neither Mr. Overman
bi n making Improve on the to be worn ever
old A ii. Cox Mfg i plant The woman
which they u tor a freight house,
I'm better prepared to cook i
meats and sausage than
to see him tali place is
town.
He- We are offering you bargains
her betrothal
ring on tho third finger of her left
hand until she ll n and then
It Is transferred to the third r of
her right hand.
The man continues to wear his
ring just as nil wife wore hers when
she was a bride. There is no
said the desire
these pleasant rob- I would get the most for him to pose as if he were a single
cultivating the friendship I be broken. It is believed if
Of the people across the Pacific. Overman insists upon the
already has spoken a word of of Hammer that he ma
to tho Filipinos. A recognition of use unpleasantness between
the rights of the Filipino to wort .,. and the attorney general. Bo far.
out their own destiny will strike n however. Mr. Overman Is said to be
s, thanked her again and went responsive chord wherever the standing Just Where he Stood When he received
man. He r and one
tor money go where they Bel
for cash. See It. D. and
Company and be
Miss street is spending Oil
week-end at Kinston with friends.
a. w. An go and Company have
a carload of hay, one of
man. One can at a glance If he
has achieved matrimony, and
girls that this is the safest
way, as It other girls from flirt-
with their or husband. The
wearing of the wedding ring by the
German men is said to have made
the divorce percentage small.
to tho dinner, wishing with secret
that his wife would be quite
so anxious about his appearance.
The next, morning while Helen was
packing her trunk to leave Laura
came Into Hie room with tho muffler.
wasn't it just Allan to go
to business without even thinking of
returning this to she asked.
took It out of his overcoat pocket be-
fore he was Up, and ho never missed
K. You see. men are really awfully
Ho you wonder that I
him not lo lose
murmured Helen, absently.
She was a little tired of the muffler.
wasn't it Just splendid that he
recommended the
Still believes, It is thought that Ham-
pier is well qualified for the place. I J. Cox
But if he continues in this at-,
It is feared an annoying situation
will he created.
R. T. Barnes, of Wilson, has been
appointed on Office deputy the
tax
Representative dodger declared to-
that he was wearing You
know, when he was thanking you so
effusively last night I could hardly
keep my face
I sighed Helen.
Two days Helen reached her
own home she received a gray silk
muffler from Allan. It was a much
handsomer and more expensive
pie have feared foreign
SALE.
By virtue of the power of sale con-
a certain mortgage
ed and delivered by A. Knox
wife to Ida L. Knox to W. C,
James on the 30th day of December,
which mortgage was duly
In the office of register of
deeds of Pitt county In book Q-s. that bis statement published in
page the undersigned will sell I Asheville several months that war
for cash before the court house door j between the United States and Mex-
In Greenville, on Tuesday. February; ,. inevitable, still stands good
24th. 1914. at p. m. a one-half that It was now only a mat-
of a very short time when this
government must Intervene and he
believes drastic action must be
en before order can be restored.
The senate has confirmed Francis
Winston as district attorney for east-
North Carolina.
fine lot of
them for your
never suspected It was really his own undivided Interest the following
described tract of tract
o land in Bethel adjoin-
the lands of Reuben James, Jr.
Sallie A. Matthews others, con-
by estimation acres more
or less, and being the land inherited
b Ida L. Knox from her mother Re-
A. Harris, said interest being
than that which he had supposedly to the life estate of
borrowed from her.
dear said the note
which accompanied it. was
right, after all. I should cast
away my pride and allowed her to pin
that muffler of yours to my overcoat.
I have to confess that her anxiety was
not unfounded. I must. Indeed, be the
creature she thinks me, for
did lose your muffler. When I went to
Bryan, said land known as the
A. Harris tract of To
satisfy said mortgage.
W. C. Mortgagee.
F O. JAMBS A SON.
Proctor
The Proctor Hotel, Greenville's band
take it out of my overcoat pocket to new hostelry that opened last
return It to you I was astonished to ,, became noted as
find It gone. I hope that the I am .,.,
kindly trusted mo with, and that, re- step In catering to
I am a mere man. you will f The room adjoining the hotel lobby
find It in your heart to forgive me. on the south side has been fitted up
Dy the way, I shall be eternally for u was opened to the pub-
NOTICE
Under
By virtue of power and author-
given by a certain mortgage deed
executed by C. L. Barrett and wife
Nora L. Barrett, to J. R-
which is recorded in the office Of the
register of deeds for the county of
Pitt, in book 1-10. page the fol-
lowing property will he sold at pub-
auction,
A certain house and lot in the
town of Farmville, N. C. hounded on
the cast by Main street, on the South
by the graded school lot. on the west
by the Belcher heirs on
north by the lands of W. H.
butter. Sec
supply.
Prof. Nye went lo Greenville this
morning on business.
Garden seed of all kind at A.
Ange and Co,
The genuine Hurt, ninety-day oats
at Barber and Co.
Miss Cox, who is. teach
at Is the week-
end with her parents.
Misses Williams and Green, who
in the graded school,
are spending with Mist
The spring will soon be here and
you will want lo paint your house
v weather Is mild. Be sure
and lee Forrest for the
for it Is one of the best
paints on the market.
The old Vance Literary of
High School has become
small for the number of
had The members of the society
deemed it necessary to divide it and
make two of it. A committee was
appointed to arrange for the
ion of the society, and the following
plan
Thai one should be called the
the other
that they
and
Connected, no doubt, with the cheap-
of the word has been the
practical of the
The distinction between the
two was brought out tho seven-
century of
which declared that visiting a lady
it not enough to salute her, but her
gentlewoman also If she be then pres-
At the beginning of tho nine-
century, who has marked
with attentive observation the
vicissitudes In kingdoms govern-
and, with a precision almost
foretold what would hap-
advertised In The Times his
readiness to such advice
persons of fortune as may prove of
tho very utmost Importance to
a lady requires an
said tho
an will give her the
don Chronicle.
Umbrella Man Likes.
A umbrella should have a sub-
look. Therefore, little Mrs.
don't surprise John on his
birthday with an umbrella having a
slender, frivolous handle, kiss
you gratefully for remembering him
the while inventing reasons for never
carrying it. Or he'll It at the
first opportunity. Remember to look
for an umbrella having a partridge
tick, a ferrule of solid brass and a
both should have the Paine ponderous handle of carved deer
constitution to begin with, giving horn. And If you can afford the
, . i . ,. .,. price, have the umbrella of tho sort
each the privilege to change same if . and flt a
they see tit to do so. That both have case g one
the same time to meet and to have men who ,
places of meeting that the get him a of rotund pro-
members be equally divided accord- portions and of leather with a wooden
grateful if you won't say anything to
about my losing your muffler.
She Is such a punctilious woman
that she would be quite upset over my
fault, especially after all her warn-
So, with apologies, I throw
myself upon your
gracious What shall I do
with the groaned Helen, as
looked at the muffler with deep
version. feel like a
fraud. For if anyone ever obtained
fronds under false pretenses I
done so In this
The Is modern
furnished and most attractive. It
is something Greenville has long
and we are sure both the
home people and the traveling
i lie will show their appreciation of It. j
Mr. B. Steward will he In
Charge during the day and Mr. W. L.
night, with Mr. H. H.
Swann as caterer.
This Is a lunch room and
rant which W feel proud, it he
leg equal to any In tho state. The
hours will he from a. m. to p
m., to both lad.- pad
. and known the L. Bar- the funds in handle This type sheds Its pelt read
Sams Old Grouch.
An old lady who saw Merchant
of many years ago recently The public generally should lend a
a modern production of
same When naked how she liked
she seemed
to have been spruced up a bit sines
the first time I saw It. but that
tho same mean, ordinary
he years ago.
the Boston Transcript
liberal patronage as their
to the managers for their
forts In giving Greenville an
up-to-date place of this kind
house and lot and containing
one acre more or
Place of sale, court house door in
Greenville. N. C. Time of sale, two
p. m. Wednesday, February
25th, 1914. Terms of Bale, cash
This January 20th, 1914
J. R. Mortgagee
WINSTON A. MATTHEWS, Attorneys
Clocks.
Mr. M. nines, proprietor of
the local Coca-Cola bottling
has placed hand-
some advertising clocks in public
places around town. They are good
time keepers well as attractive.
South Dakota and South
Seres, Other Cat,
The Kt, BO mailer of how
are the only stales In which tin . cured b; the wonderful, old i.
Heeling Oil. It teller.
rd Hie lime.
treasure be equally divided. The and reveals a tightly wrapped silk
report of the committee was
received.
The two societies met and elected
officers as
THE
A. H.
vice president, n
Secretary, Jno. L. Owen.
Supervisor, Jamie Smith.
Critic, Prof. F. C. Nye
Chaplain, P H Thorne
Martini, Jasper Edwards.
Treasurer. W E
Till
President, P. D, Croom.
Vice president. It. Harris.
Secretary W. K. Tucker.
Supervisor, H. L. Scott
Treasurer, Manly Jackson.
Critic, Prof. J. H. Carroll.
Chaplain. O.
Martial, N. J. Todd
NOTICE HI SALE.
i c Pitt County.
the sup. L Before i.
. Clerk.
Li K. Williams Ad-
; late K. a.
vs.
id Williams,
heirs at law of E. F.
, d. .
i a of
i- Pitt county made by
I, C. Moore, clerk Of the superior
nut Pitt county, on the 23rd day
Di r, in the an-
i pause the undersigned com-
i will on Monday, the 2nd
March. 1911. expose to pan-
i fore the court house door
to the highest bidder
ca.-h. the following described
or parcels of land,
and being in Falkland
township, Pitt county, North Caro-
and being Lot No. in the
vision of the II. P. Williams land
and beginning at a stake on the
Snow Hill road tho crossing of
Pasture Blanch and running with
aid road north cast poles,
hen north 1-2. east poles, then
north east 1-2 poles to the
ridge across a ditch, then with said
south west poles lo a
west gum, T. I. and E, K.
then south east GS poles
c. a Poplar In a prong of Jacob's
1-2, east poles to a stake,
hen south 1-2. to a White
Ink, thence north west poles
the beginning, containing M 1-2
lores more or
one other tract in said town-
ship, county and mate and beginning
t a -lake Emilia corner
ind runs south 3-4. west pole
to Popular in a prong of Jacob's
then down the of
to a stake, corner of
W. It. Williams, Jr., then with his
Ins north 3-4, east poles to a
take at Emma J. corner,
hen sooth SO 1-2, east poles to the
beginning, containing acres, more
less. The two tracts constituting
Lot No, in the division H. I.
land's, which was allotted
to E. F. Williams by division deed
dated the 14th day or June, 1907, as
appears of record In the registers
in Pitt county in book T S, page
This sale will be made for the
pose of making assets of the
of E. F Williams, deceased, and said
sale will also Include the dower in-
of Leila E. Williams
widow of the said B. F. Williams and
the purchaser at said sale will take
the entire fee simple title, clear of
all encumbrances.
This the 23rd day of January.
F. C HARDING, Commissioner.
HARDING Attorneys.
I Id
That Spineless Type.
Bishop Quayle, at a dinner In St.
Paul, was talking about that
typo of who waters and
flavor his doctrine suit his wealth-
parishioners.
can one of these
said Bishop Quayle, to give
flock the simple and straightforward
exhortation. two evils choose To Cure , j n Day
then his eye happens to
meet that Of S multimillionaire. Cough and o Cold.
. , I If lo
tho multimillionaire frowning g. w. on
Is a hard, disapproving glitter
In The divine clears
throat again.
Of two he stammers,
choose, my brethren, lesser,
less it be, of course,
the other la the
The States now to
Germany nearly pound of
prunes a year and pound of
raisins.
The University Oregon has a to-
of 1781 students enrolled
year.
The Columbia Tailoring
Company
of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Will give a display sale
of mens made to meas-
suits on next Wed-
and Thursday of
Jan. 14th and 15th,
we invite the public to
come in and inspect this
nice line of samples we
assure you the make-up
and fit of these garments
cannot be excelled.
J. R. J. G.
STRENUOUS IN HIS PLEASURES
AN UNDERSHOT CUPID
By FORBES DWIGHT.
FIRE
EXTINGUISHERS
We have just received a shipment of
Fire Extinguishers for
garages and homes.
The extinguisher is only three
inches in diameter, fourteen inches
high and weighs only five pound. It
can be attached to any mobile and
it also comes with a bracket attachment
for the garage and home.
It i approved by The National cf Fire Underwriters
and will positively reduce I per tent en
automobile and garages.
Ask your Insurance Agent, then to see us and let us
show you this little machine.
The John Flanagan Buggy Company
GREENVILLE, N. C.
Established 1866.
u River Bridge MARKET
Call to see A. R. STEPP
Fresh Beef, Pork, Fish and Oysters.
Meats always fresh, and we sell strictly.
Beef Steak . Lie per lb.
Pork Steak . per lb.
Oysters . tie per qt
WOOD, SHORT LENGTH, DELIVERED TIME.
Just across the river bridge. No delivering in
town. We will save you money if to us.
A. R. Stepp
FOR SALE
Cow Peas and Seed Peanuts
Apply to
HALL MOORE
KEEN j
and tools always guaranteed. Stag and
paints Detroit Vapor Oil and Gasoline. Stove and
Ranges. King Windsor Asbestos hard Wall Plaster.
Atlas Cement polish Oil and Mops,
CARR
Perhaps the beet description of
Holes that can be given la to say
that his idea of a highly hilarious eve-
was to spend It searching for
certain illusive. Greek roots. That
perhaps gives a very proper Idea of
the gentleman and renders It
to mention his heavy-lensed tor-
spectacles, his baggy
clothes, his absurd ties, and his air of
always having something very
on his mind.
Besides Greek roots there was one
thing worthy of mention In William's
rather austere and ascetic and
that was a bow-legged undershot, 70-
pound bulldog rejoicing in the highly
name of Frazzles.
William Holes sat alone that April
evening In bis study at the house of
his widowed sister with whom he
boarded and who was Inordinately
proud of William's bulging forehead
and his with Greek roots.
was capering joyfully somewhere
about the yard below, and William
should have been on the trail of the
usual Greek root Hut Instead he was
staring moodily at a bit of paper be-
fore him. On the were sundry
lines, each beginning with a capital.
One would never have thought of the
austere William as breaking out. Into
thought; Indeed, it surprised
William as much as it would have done
any one else.
, New neighbors had moved Into tho
house next door, and one of the said
new daughter of the
a most amazing pair of
violet ayes, William had first noticed
them he had seen her making
with Frazzles through the
, fence one day. They were most
I eye,
William had known by certain all
too apparent sighs that ho was rapidly
descending Into paths of insanity, but
tonight the crowning climax of it all
had come. He had written a poem, a
poem about her lines of soul-
drivel in Iambic hexameter.
William, oh. called his
sisters voice from tho hall below.
coming up to
A moment later Frazzles was claw-
vigorously at the door. William
opened It and in bounded 70-odd
pounds of animation, fresh from a
romp with the girl next door. William
abstractedly watched him scurrying
about the study.
Ho stepped to tho table and picked
up his recent assault upon prosody.
Her eyes were starry and liquid and
like the stars and all tho rest of
that was perfectly true, but that didn't
make him any less a silly fool for writ-
those verses. What would she say
If she ever saw them
He snatched them angrily up.
crumpled them In his hand and hurled
them to the floor.
that's the end of said
William Holes, with
Frazzles ceased growling at a has-
sock and cocked an ear. When the
paper hit the floor he bounded for-
ward. In another moment it was In
his mouth.
Here, sir Come
William commanded in his most
voice. But Frazzles,
many a gambol with an old
shoe In mouth and William in
suit, bounded Joyfully about the room,
bolted down the stairs with the howl-
William In pursuit, edged through
; tho front door, which was open, and
sped down the front path.
William went to the gate and
Then on tho next porch he heard
words that fairly froze his blood.
tho good Frazzles Give
it to me That's the good old
William fell his knees giving way
beneath him. He had headed those
them like a the
mental fool he was. he now remember-
Margaret's
Quite Involuntarily he whistled for
Frazzles again.
Footsteps sounded on that next
porch. Tho vines were pushed aside.
She stood there looking over at them.
you looking for Frazzles,
Professor she asked.
Every one him
although he was not a full-fledged
one yet. It seemed so natural, and
so eminently fitting.
is, Is he
ho stammered miserably.
She leaned farther across the porch
railing.
Just brought you
sent said she.
didn't send he cried In an-
Didn't you write
I'll have to admit I wrote It,
but I never Intended you to see
she said In disappointment
such a lovely poem,
j William gripped the gateposts hard-
Was having covert fun with
him
heavens, what do you
think of he groaned.
a little
laugh.
flattered my eyes
she said softly,
what I think of you
come over and
Frazzles In arms. She
was tuning her Hushed face In his
wrinkled face. William Holes for-
got there was such a thing as a Greek
root.
And for the first time In Ufa
Frazzles found that one and the same
moment two of his friends
would pay no attention whatever to
him, despite all his frolicsome
about them. I
British Author Takes Chances With
Life and Limb That Would Not
Appeal to Many.
Ian Hay. whose carefree
ha soothed an hour for many
a reader, not to say reviewer, may
have need himself of the easygoing
Trixy gazed wistfully at the patients
traits of his for Mr. Hay has no, from time to time, went up the
lately taken up two dangerous pas- stone steps
D M.
Attorney at Law
Land and Drainage a Specialty.
In office formerly occupied
and Blow.
L L Moore W. H.
politics. He
an American
Gun-
led to Dr.
that's office.
For a pain
or something
that I. too. might
ascend those
she sighed
and caught sight
of her rosy, spar-
beauty In
the mirror. do
not remember
ever having look-
ed Interestingly
She gazed out of
times, motoring and
writes as follows to
nearly ended my literary and
careers about three weeks ago by
capsizing my motor on the way back
from I was driving along a
Highland glen and rounding a sharp
corner when suddenly realized that
was going much than
thought. Next skid-
right across the road, a tire burst
and the whole thing rolled over side-
ways. was thrown out on the road,
quite unhurt, with my luggage all
around me. Luckily the car did not -----o
turn right over, as the glass screen the window again
stop- t. or I might have been penned slim, dainty girl
underneath. Ultimately another car walked with
came up and we succeeded In gelling a limp was
my car back on Its legs again. The inf, her way slow-
part of It all was that toward the
It ha I received no particular damage bore
beyond the broken screen, and In
three-quarters of an hour of the
dent I was on my way to Edinburgh.
have lately become a politician
and have been adopted as prospective
Unionist candidate for
It is quite a hopeless m
has been a radical majority of
or so for the last years, but
It should be a useful
name of Hermann
M. D.
a limp
gets one through
sighed
NO WIFE
Writer in Collier's Doesn't by Any
Means Agree With Inez Mil-
Trixy.
oh, why, am I so abnormally
Trixy worked herself into many a
fever of vague imaginings. Romances
galore she wove about the doctor and
his feminine patients and smiled wist-
fully when she pictured them one and
all fainting Into the doctor's arms.
Somehow, Trixy could conceive of no
visit to a physician wherein a
played no part.
I would only
from sheer Joy at being near
Feminism by all means-only that ever got tho mused
bi an u , golden head falling
doesn't commit one to accepting every
advanced by Mine. Inez
Holland i Take bar remark against Ma and his hand
the other day about ten minutes in stroking her brow.
every four hours being With the wonderful thought of Dr.
for keeping Now, ten minutes soft hand on he.- brow In-
may do In a Manhattan apartment came to Trixy.
Sou. where are tho would faint. That very day
law. but who calls running a when he came up the street in bis
In our small runabout, she would dash out on
loan there are no uniformed hall-
boys to fall back on; no speaking tubes
or dumb waiters or service In-
In the lease. One cannot have
breakfast brought to one's bed for the
some time, somehow, that
breakfast has to be cooked. The house-
keeper In our town Is a homemaker.
She has mending to do, and stops let
Attorney at Law
In Building, Third
Practices his are
desired
Greenville, North Carolina
H. M. D.
Practice limited to diseases of the Eye,
Ear Nose and Throat
Washington, N. C. Greenville, N. C
Office with Dr. D. L.
day every Monday. a in to I pro
M, W.
Attorney at Law
Office formerly by J. L.
S. J.
Attorney at Law
in Edward Building, on the Court
House Square
V.
Veterinarian
seated at R. L. Smith's stables,
hospital service.
I treat all animals. Calls
day or night.
Day Phone Mi, Sight Phone
PIERCE
In all the Courts
Office In Building on
street, fronting Court House
B. P.
Life, Fire. Sick and Accident
office on Fourth street near
BOOBS
Attorneys at Law
Green ville.
North Carolina
CHOKE FLOWERS
For all occasions, Roses.
Violets and the lead-
Our art in wedding arrange-
are of the latest touch.
liner In Moral offerings to be had.
Blooming pot plants, Hy-
palms, ferns, Norfolk pines
aid many other nice pot
Rose bushes, evergreens,
her own steps and swoon right before
his very eyes. Ho would pick her up
tenderly and carry her into that
charmed office and administer to her.
During the afternoon Trixy spent
many moments contemplating her
wardrobe. She gazed with longing
eyes at her new shell pink silk.
mending to do. and stops let- t m he and
lovable of all It Isn't even after all gray rather
present w Her heart was beating a
a recurrent dread of on
ours were a tn P J
.-day a Weekly. bump or do
The Lady Who T her
. m, . to before the doctor b eyes.
Si women When she heard the familiar motor
still class. under there been a soft spot on those
boll, in Canada and the United assuredly would
States, whereas have sought It. It was she had to
In restaurants and railway trains and , ,, .
other public places, and
nor the men think it an
J. L, A Co,
Store Greenhouse
RALEIGH, N. C.
V. J. Jr.,
Agent Greenville and Vicinity
Cabbage Plants
FROST PROOF CABBAGE
FOB SALE.
The Jersey
-ion and Large Late Drum
This selection should
ens headings through the summer.
. Prepared for shipment
Prepared shipment In lots from
neither they anticipate a fall that must be graceful um t at per thousand;
and without danger to her physical at I.
. V V fan
She arrived at tho bottom of tho
steps Just as tho doctor drew up at his
curb. He glanced up at her and a
fleeting smile swept over his face.
A second later Trixy rushed to his
side. He had tumbled In a heap be-
side the car. She knelt down and drew
head to her lap. Her breath was
the way.
Five years ago, however, before our
English lady In a restaurant after
smoked a cigarette, she My
asked the men of tho party If
thought them was any harm In her do-
so. whereas now a lady's cigarette
case Is opened as soon as the
comes round she and quick pants.
salary to make the remark. , , an down ft,
In New York, the cigarette In q one -i
Public is still in many of the do
restaurants; but the is begin-
to make way In America down
husbands and And smoky lit- geek M doctor .
tie mouths as pleasant to kiss as lips The to
that are not Is own
o. b. Greenville, C. Can
size.
Count and
L. C. Arthur
N. C.
business.
ruddy cheeks and he collected
with startling suddenness.
cried Trixy.
was a very foolish thing to
murmured the doctor. fool-
he repeated. have had some
.,. , .,. me again
of schools. He also asserts that o .,,
he left handed was to be not mere y found
awkward, but prone to wickedness. He Qr k
Stammering Children.
Stammering is often caused by try-
to force left-handed children to
use the right hand, according to P. I
Ballard, county council
m It was you who
charming .
candor. have wanted to know
presented many statistics. , , He had risen and was standing look-
out of one group of Mi. left-handed but
children one per cent, of pure left- , be.
stammered, 4.3 per j
cent, of being taught to use the day , for an
right band. In another group of had ac.
the figures were 4.2 per cent, and and this day
per cent, respectively. dream a part of She gazed
out of ten children face and found It ex-
who had been taught to use the t u waited to hear her
hand were practically cured of
after being allowed to use tho
left hand exclusively for months.
There were twice as many left-handed
boys as left handed girls, and
mering wan twice as prevalent among
Making Carnegie
Lancelot V. Madden. Irish historian,
rises to remark that the story that An-
drew Carnegie derived his surname
from a Hungarian ancestor la absurd.
or says he,
Identical with the names of
voice.
should not be standing here
she said quickly; la
dent that you are working far too hard
or you would not have
I did not exactly con-
fessed the doctor. really fright
fully tired and wanted to drop
down and r a moment. The
of you, so near and yet so far,
suggested Idea carried out
successfully. Are you very
T she said,
yon me from bump-
my own smiled.
FOR
Christmas
Nuts, Raisins,
Candies, Figs,
Dates,
Cakes, Oranges,
Apples, Bananas,
Celery, Grapefruit
Lemons, Citron,
Powdered Sugar,
Toys, Wagons,
Dolls, Vases now
in stock at
S M SCHuLTZ
PHONE ii OFTEN
.-.,. mT own
and and k. y, me and y, a refreshing
Ilka them, derived from the original of j j a to
Irish or names of . . a a
The family la well knows Irish
and la a branch toe
or
am no longer the doctor
said Joyfully a cup of tea Is last
what I
Into N
tn
Man
Baggage and
No. Might us Day
-t. ell
.,
FOR SALE
Six room house with modern improvements
in West Greenville
Two six room houses within block of Court
House
Two valuable lots on Evans and Washing-
ton Streets
MOSELEY BROS
Real Estate Agents
HE MADE HIS OWN PLACE
HEAD BODY
III IN PILE
Jan. painful
Mrs. William Killed Hus- ac id. at the state school
ACCIDENT AT
band I Away From Home
Business.
Jan. Mr.
William Lynch returned last night to
Ms home about two miles from Wen-
dell from a visit to that place he fail-
ed to find wife, and after a
search by neighbors her
body was found half buried In a
brush pile in a little stretch of woods
near the home. Her face and body
was terribly mutilated
nil she been dead several hours.
Sir. Lynch a well known and re-
farmer of the Wendell sec
and lives about miles from
Raleigh.
A thorough investigation of the
premises revealed that Mrs. Lynch
had been killed near her home and
her body dragged by the perpetrator
the killing to the brush pi i
yards distant. Her cap was found
near the place where the show
she killed.
deaf late Friday night
a young man by the name M
Italian fell from a third floor window
and broke his back, arm in two place.
and also sustained other Injuries in-
it is believed. He is a son
of M. M. blacksmith, at
this
and Highly Praised Writer
Virtually a Graduate From the
was a mechanic, and there
much of any kind of machinery
wasn't good at from cutting screws to
a thousandth of an inch to working at
locomotive building. I was an
uneducated man until I took myself In
hand and educated myself in the last
three Even now haven't read
mere than of Shakespeare
and not much and not very
much else on poetry. Hut biology I
am keen This, according to the
Kansas Star, la the way In which
John the author of
and Other describes him-
self.
whose discovery seems to
be a disputed point between Lady Mar-
and the English Re-
view, since his sudden recognition last
March, has done other manual tasks
besides screw cutting and locomotive
building. Of a long list there might
be mentioned electrician, engineering,
The annual meeting of the Pitt
Branch of The Farmers Mu-
Fire Insurance Association
b. held In the Court House
ornery 2nd, at eleven o'clock. Ev-
i m is earnestly requested to
attend.
U LITTLE. Sec. Treas
must accompany orders
a ant ads. except from those
having regular advertising ac-
counts. The rate Is cents per
Hue. six words to the line. Tel-
No.
sword making and work In a motor car
factory; he was discharged from the i coffee at
M.
latter for smashing a lever or some-
thing. Then being fond of betting, he , BALE THO Ml
followed the horses as a business and two-horse wagon. T. W. White-
MANY.
wrote for racing papers. Finally he ;
showed some verses he had written
to Lady Margaret Now he
Is a poet, a remarkable poet, and has
been duly lionized by London society.
He rode on a bicycle to a banquet
en In his honor and arrived so late
ASSORTMENT OF
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Located on Dickinson Ave. Near A. C. L. Depot.
Open Saturday from to P. M.
THE FARMERS BANK
Greenville, N. C.
B T. Cox, P A. Edmundson Cashier.
R. V-P. VI. B, Bryan,
If All Were that, as the report has there was
nothing left but cold chicken and Ezra
Pound, the American poet.
and Other Po-
and finding as you will many a
line of exquisite workmanship, it may
well difficult to reconcile the
author's command of meter and the
music of the time to the tale of his
untutored past.
The husband went to Wendell yea-
in. from provided
afternoon to do some shopping
an had been his custom nearly
Saturday and with neigh-
made the gruesome find about
o'clock, after searching the
tees for over an hour. There is no
due to her murderer and the only
live assigned for the deed is a state-
she made several days ago
some one was stealing the family's
potato.-3. It Is thought that Mrs
Lynch heard some one after the p.
and killed when she went
out in the yard lo Investigate.
Mrs. Lynch was a middle-aged
man and was the daughter of Mr.
a well-known of
that section of the county. Owing t-
the lateness of Hie hour it was
cult to further particulars of th
killing.
statutes Would he Facet.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Jan.
nil tho lawn requested in resolution i
by the Mine Work-
of America. In convention here,
there would be many
upsets In the statute books of the
land.
The government, for example,
be required lo take over the
ownership of all the public utilities,
including coal mines. The govern-
would prohibit the collecting of
on passenger trains and street
with
s. would be federal laws
providing old age and pen
liability and compensation
governing fie mining Industry,
migration would be prohibited
all laborers In the United states were
provided with employment. The state
militia forever would be barred from
In strike districts.
It Is probable that the convention
Conclude its work before the
end of the Week. Hie meeting thus
, has been devoid of factional
i fights, which delayed proceedings in
previous conventions.
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K nationalists, speaking before an
By virtue of an order made at the here today. any
January Term of Pitt Superior Court change Is made in the home rule
in the case of K. Williams et
f. LOOK. DB.
on A. C. L. or Norfolk
Southern railroad. Pitt Lumber Mfg.
Co. Greenville, X. C.
will a beautiful line on dis
play Jan. 27th, for and men's
suits. C. T. I
Malaria or Chills Fever
Mercantile Company, I will
sill at public sale before the
house door in Greenville, on Monday
the 2nd day of February. at
o'clock, noon for cash, IT
notes and-numerous accounts,
the said Central Mercantile
list of said
can be posted at the
house door and also at my
This January 22nd. 1914.
If,
said Redmond, only will be
by the good will of our
tend to show that when this Is mixed , No. i prepared
with other metals, such as copper, for for MALARIA or CHILLS FEVER
instance, it produces a series of
which may be turned, forged and
machined and have a high degree of
chemical resistance.
LUCK THAT COULD NOT LAST
Goddess Had Smiled on
But Day of Reckoning Was
Sure as the Breaking Morn.
With the rent fix weeks in arrears
Five or six dotes will break any
if taken then a a Ionic Fever not
return. It on the liver than
and doc not or ;. ken.
WRONG TO SHRINK FROM PAIN
Eminent English Divine Points Out
How Its Action Is for the Benefit
of All Mankind.
An address dwelling upon the value
and benefits of pain was delivered by
Sc , trembling lest the land- Doctor Inge, dean of St at the
lady should hear the beating of his annual meeting of the
heart and call for a reckoning. branch of the Charity so-
there reached his ears the sound says the London G
Recently fierce words, as of two striving to- revolt against pain, he said, is
articles of travel and information it helped me M promptly as before. unravel- , like the very thought of pain as our
i. I . . . , I VIA
Washington, D. C, Jan. 1914.
Hear
The tabulation of the separate re
turns from the for the Jan
report shows your
summary to be correct. There were
bales of cotton, counting round
half bales, ginned In Pitt county
from the crop of 1913 prior to Jan-
It, 1914. as compared with 30-
bales ginned prior to January
1913.
You will please furnish these to-
to nil of the newspapers in your
district, careful not to
In favor of any of them.
Very respectfully,
WM. J. HARRIS, Director
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New subscriptions received
slice.
Christian Church Yesterday.
The Sunday services at the Chris-
church yesterday were In-
and the pastor preached
two able at both morning
and evening services. His theme for
the morning was cannot servo
and and his lesson
was road from the sixteenth
Luke. At night he as bis
text Luke 18-17. of
At this service Mr. H
M. Swann sang very Impressively
to
For County Home Cite.
A tract of land, containing from
to acres, located on railroad
from on either railroad
direction, on either railroad.
few miles from
Please submit font
slating location number of acres of-
price per acre, whether clear-
ed or not. to any member of the Hoard
of County Commissioners or Regis-
of Deeds.
K. M. WOOTEN,
Member of Committee Appointed.
i tr
Hume Rule Hill Certain.
Ireland. Jan.
one of their domestic tangles. I ancestors did not dislike it, and we
At there came a light tap on shrink from inflicting it even with good Every sane man knows that, bar ac-
the door.
Scribbler looked toward the window
reason. The recollection of pain
Is a safeguard; and In other ways
effectual means that
U T possible avenue of escape. How- pain Is the best effectual mean, that
before make up his could devised to protect us against
mind to try the route the
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, ft
reach tho of the C
la n blood
and In to It you take In- offense charged In
Is two years In prison
Trial of Labor Leaders
Mich. Jan.
term of county circuit
court which began today promises to
be made notable by the trials of
thirty-eight labor union leaders who
Indicted on o
conspiracy to with non-
union mine The
grew out of the great strike In tho
Calumet copper mine region. Prom-
among those under Indictment
are Charles H. and C. K Mi
honey, president and vice
respectively, of the Western
lion of Minor. Tim maximum sen-
the
door opened cautiously, and first
bald head appeared and
then the rest of him crept slowly In.
In a whisper ho advised Scribbler
not to pay Mrs. Insomuch
various dangers.
Is quite clear that Cod dots not
death to be an evil or an in-
justice, and it is equally clear that ho
Intended his creatures to pain.
Pain Is a condition that Is most
she was not the head of the house. , In this world. Would mother.
the home rule bill will be
the law of tho land tills said
John E. Redmond, lender of the
Norfolk Southern R. R.
POUTS OF THE
Schedule in Effect January II, 1911.
N. following schedule
published as information ONLY
and are not guaranteed.
Trains Leave
EAST BOUND
a. m. daily,
Pullman sleeping car for Norfolk.
a. m. daily, for Plymouth, Eliza-
beth City and Norfolk. Broiler
Parlor Car service Washington
to Norfolk. Connects for all
points north and west
p. m. daily except Sunday, for
Washington.
WEST BOUND.
a. m. dally for Wilson. Raleigh
and west. Pullman sleeping ear
service. Connects north, south
and west
a. m. daily, except Sunday, fee
Wilson and Raleigh.
for all points.
p. m. dally for Raleigh and all
intermediate stations.
For further Information and
In sleeping cars, apply to J.
L. Unseen, agent, Greenville. N. C.
H. S.
Passenger Agent
W. A. WITT.
General Superintendent.
NORFOLK, VA.
.
me
Cur.- la not r quack ll
. by one of the host
country for yarn and I
s prescription. It or
but tonics known, combined with tho
boat blood purifiers, directly on th
surfaces. The perfect
l M
y. I chunky .
Hold hT Price
and a maximum fine of
COLDS
or O doses will break
two i what .,. Chills Fever, Colds
re. such wonderful l; curing i it art fiver
free nil.
better than n
Scribbler acquiesced and
disappeared
A little later another rap on the
door, this time more Insistent caused
Scribbler to look up. It was Mrs.
don't pay my old man any
money, Mr. Scribbler. He won't do
nothing but drink It up. This morning
I had to let him know who runs this
house. We to each
other
Again Scribbler acquiesced.
That six mouths ago. They
haven't spoken to other yet. and
Scribbler goes on his way rejoicing.
Puzzle What will be the
question they ask when they
start speaking
His Newspaper Good for Wrapping.
The proprietor of the local
at a small Prussian town
not far from Berlin, does his best to
make his paper useful as well as In-
Two days a week he has
the General printed on only
side of the paper so that can
be used for wrapping up provisions
without any danger of contamination
from ink On these days the
paper Is twice large as on ordinary
days, so that the public loses nothing
tn the way of matter.
hood be what it is without and
self-sacrifice Would pity and charity
have any scope In a painless world
Would a world In which no de-
served pain be a moral world at all
must not shirk pain, for It Is In
Itself beneficial and part of God's or-
of the world, Is a great
we cannot get rid of moral evil
without Where pain ends gain ends.
Success is rooted in apparent failure,
and in the highest pleasures there Is
always an of
Family Dissensions.
Dissension In families often
from a lack of humility and too much
presumption on the part of the
members of the family.
soft answer that away
Is for the hasty reply, the
unkind retorts that kindle tho fire of
and are the outcome of
disorderly minds which are prone to
resentment of lacking In
the gentle humility. Love
does not in the home where
petty pride shows lbs unlovely
It chooses to dwell In the
home where the spirit of unselfish-
of self control, of
end of charitableness makes the at-
sweet
FORD
The Universal Car
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i o. b. Detroit
Supply Co.
by
Phone
Greenville, N. C.
THE ANSWER TO
THE HEADACHE
if
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Cures Neuralgia.
The modern pain relief. On the market for years
still growing. No doubtful resells. and BOB. bottles.
Sc at CO , H, C
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STOKES, N. C.
We have sub-divided the J. L. right in front of the school
house, into
Ideal Building Lots to be Sold at Auction
1914
AT A. M.
to the highest bidder on very EASY TERMS of 1-4 cash and balance in
and years.
Stokes is bound to come to the front, their is to be built in the near future
a big establishment, and the long needed station, so come to
Stokes next Tuesday find get on the ground floor by purchasing one or
more of these valuable lots.
Our All Star Band will make music while Col. W. T. Burton Bro.
sell a lot a minute
FREE PRIZES GIVEN AWAY FREE
We sell Rain or Shine. Everybody invited. For further information see
A. B. Windham, Stokes, N. C.
Atlantic Coast Realty Company,
GREENVILLE,
NORTH CAROLINA
TO
m ii
GORE
Cl IV. I k . n. j
a the art I
term the
i t up I
Nona wilt to
Kit It Bond I
I Bid i Id i
hint the will d
hi .
brought light
. .
Mrs. Bond. I
I. Bond I i She is
pi Her and a
dentist, whom she married at
while he had another wife.
her first had been an-
nailed she became teacher of
shorthand and was thus employed
when met and married Bond.
In her suit against Senator
the . hi BOO I i
to her reputation following
alleged advance made to he in
w, when called to see
the senator In the inter, of her
I r
Internal revenue collector.
Mrs. Bond first
aw Senator Gore In hit private of-
be tell d hold of one I r
hands, and her
he d i old of i ac of her
feet ii talking him
thought ii to I Hi to I r
In I I.
time i met In room her
hotel, h that time hi
n pi hold of hi r a
he i i the bed, I
that when r ISSi
broken In trying to avoid n
for help and It in con I
with men to h
Friends of Mr not
from the to their
belief that the whole affair, as d-
by the woman in her
In Washington, was a
framed up the political
of the blind senator to ruin his pub
He Others the
man's to a desire for revenge
upon Senator he did
rot secure for her husband the
he Bought.
In view of the fact that Senator
is now a candidate for
the approaching trial and
outcome are await d with keen In-
t In political lea In Okla-
Man., well known in
i lea
i in i Jami a la
of I Di
central
. I
re. Al
Stale League Heeling.
Pa Jan.
i i.
York Base Ball League
bl re today to discuss the Bl
and make arrange-
preliminary to the opening or
Hi.- playing The league cir-
remain the name
year.
Is not a but Ii r
than Greenville,
i the t .
I ii i
l i
S. .
SAVE WK HOPS
I em
Red Devil Lye.
IV Bin CANS r-
it roe only t.
Hall I .
Save My
Mrs. Frank Wilson Home.
On Tuesday afternoon at her home
hi girth in her easy and
graceful manner, Mrs. Frank
charmingly entertained her friends, I
from to in honor of her
M on, I an I
Hassell am Hisses V and
rs Fr ink Wilson, Jr., and
, the door to
take I H
i r at i ti do
.;. . ; and K. II
i .
In the
Mr.-. Per II and Ml
Warren ti and i
ii p d r i r
i. Mi ad S, T. White at d
W. II. Ball, and in the re,
line n the library were Mrs. Frank
Wilson, the hostess. Mrs. C. D. Has-
sell, of Williams ton; Mrs. John But-
ton, Of Bethel; Mrs. W. B. Wilson.
Mrs of Rocky Mount;
Mrs. Zeno Brown, Miss
drop, of
Wilson and Miss Lena Harwell of
Raleigh,
The guests were received at
dining room door by 1.1-
Dunn. G, B. Ferguson. II. E.
Batts, i. Wooten, T, it. Hook-
and Miss Ivey Taylor.
Refreshments consisting I
i, cream, mints and salted
e- i I i Hob n
Novella u
Minnie Sugg, Mary and
Linda Warren.
During the afternoon the Italian
I orchestra, stationed in the rear hall.
entertained the guest with delight-
music.
The was very, handsomely
, i l with cut flowers and pot
ti The color i
was red, the library white am
dining room pink.
NOTICE.
i a, i . v,
being owned by w. L
I A, Move, this day dis-
solved partnership mutual cob
sent. W. I,. will collect
and pay all
W. L.
DR. B A MOTE
Ninety carloads of valued
at 1100.000, were gathered In central
Texas in
WIN i Jan -1. tin next
i. Jan. In the High
, ,,; to om i ill
give an i I
and
n An
; hear
and j ill i If.
i . in
on rebuilding I
J. Co and n
t nice fresh
i right.
and got your stalk
now for , i ave a nice supply it
them. in Barbi r and Com
i been Quite a number
i e w ho c
In en very k from vaccination.
If you arc looking for fanning
we have them. We carry
plows single and double plow traces
hands and line-; also paints.
varnishes and paint brushes,
s are practicing ball
i . day. They are exp 11-
to me m the best games
in the history of the school.
by lag
your hay. oats, and cotton
. from and Co,
p to with it time.
The literary societies
High School are arranging for a de-
bate t Hi. Di II High B hi d
ill take o i. i r I
Man the .-nth.
Don't the Hunt Club
We a i s pi l es on
them. B i Forrest and Co.
to Si s W, II for your fruits,
i y I all kinds of
ind i
Barbi and i
red a large shipment
win p i. you lee them.
and Co . say the I, p I
underground
Which ill be put in
pt . I in tin near future
We Invite the young men to come
and look over out line of sprint
i lollies, we have a nice line. II D,
Forrest Co.
When you are in town go to see J.
Cox and Son., for your soft drinks
They have the moat up-to-date place
means that you are a
citizen, if you purchase your
i supplies from Kit-
i . .; you will continue b
save.
i good driver to drive a
nice i r of hi and pi
A. O. Cos Mfg. u
C.
bill tin
.
n .,
t lea
fork Stock I
. .,.
; II do
it to make the i
--1. i hi bill i
of the Inquiry.
it gives the New fork k
change the option of Incorporating
under the New York laws or
itself under the direction of the
General.
The representatives the exchange
will argue against incorporation on
the ground that disciplinary powers
would be largely taken away by the
disruption of the present club or-
In lieu of the
i of d bill safeguard in
by the listing re-
ts more stringent the
iii argue
t itself, through
a similar to the
Companies act, should con-
t of i
Escaped I
by the
Clue as is
of
WILSON, Jan. i Then is
Interest here today over an attempt
assault Saturday night Two
girls, Lula Hamilton and Ml r
, r, .-1 ; IS and
n- on tin to i from
a m es win a a
i i long black
to H. in .
lure i
line i i Mis sci, and ,
n pit an I l
ll . the Is and tin
miraculous, in telling I
story, om , . in says that with
the the gun, they both
d and the younger girl fell to
the sidewalk. probably
that I bad girl tor
he ran away, girls
j almost i lazed rushed into the home
j I. A. Corbett, close by, and gave the
alarm. The police were and
made a close search. The affair
kepi quiet yesterday in an effort to
catch the if possible, bit it
that there is little chance, for
the reason that the girls cannot
a description except that given in thin
II, of g families and
Incident on the leading
in e I. Nash, and
j in five blocks of the business section.
The t is lighted, but
i i re the girls net the man
i deep because the closely
Why Take a Chance
Forming a Drug
When by G
King Externals, for that Id
croup, you ran
no i It k drugs or
rub ens ii
tolls I
a i- -lion of
lion. One bottle i k t
Your druggist will ad y or
If fails to do ail
claimed for it. Ho on the safe Hide.
Keep away from the drug habit
and use the King of Externals.
Medical Co.
CONCORD, N. C.
Weakness and Loss of Appetite
Tip om standard v tonic.
., I,;,; TONIC, out
A Ionic
Poi adults sad
TI COAST
BALES CREW HI Kl
a tour of ,. . i
through Florida and other
southern ii- i of the
I Atlantic Coast Realty with
their pi car
In tows lit morning
where they conducted a land
sale yesterday. The crow port
some of bet Bales they have
held w.-re down In Florida. They
will leave here tomorrow for another
long trip with a sale tor nearly e-
for several weeks to come.
GREENVILLE IS THE
HEART OF EASTERN
CAROLINA. IT HAS
A POPULATION OF FOUR
THOUSAND, ONE HUNDRED
iND ONE. AND IS
ROUNDED BY THE BEST
FARMING COUNTRY.
INDUSTRIES OF ALL
KINDS ARE INVITED TO
LOCATE HERE FOR WE
HAVE EVERYTHING TO
IN THE WAY OF
LABOR, CAPITAL AND
TRIBUTARY FACILITIES.
WE HAVE AN UP-TO-DATE
JOB AND NEWSPAPER
PLANT.
WE HAVE A
OF TWELVE HUN
AMONG BEST
PEOPLE IN THE EASTERN
PART OF NORTH
LISA AND INVITE
WHO WISH TO GET BET-
ACQUAINTED WITH
THESE GOOD PEOPLE IN
A BUSINESS WAY TO TAKE
FEW INCHES SPACE AND
TELL THEM WHAT
HAVE TO BRING TO
ATTENTION.
OUR ADVERTISING
ARE LOW AND CAN
BE HAD UPON
Agriculture Is the Most Useful, the Most Healthful, the Moat Noble Employment of Washington.
. H. C, FRIDAY FEBRUARY ,
NUMBER S.
Will Permit Mexican
Rebels to Export Arms
From United States
It Will Place Them On Equal Footing
With the Federals
um e
Only Military Will he Per-
to Ship War Munitions
Across the
Border.
WASHINGTON, Feb. em-
against exportation of
of war from the United States
to Mexico is about to lifted.
Wilson and the cabined
decided that because the
embargo, by practically depriving
the of arms,
the Huerta government Is free to
get them from many sources, really
puts the United States in a position
of showing partiality rather than
neutrality.
The embargo is to lifted with
the Idea that rather than
to bloodshed, the importation of
arms by hastening an end of the
war will reduce bloodshed.
An official statement outlining the
purposes the administration Will
issued from the White House.
governments have been ad-
vised of the pending action of the
United through the embassies
ind gallons abroad, and diplomatic
representatives in Washington have
been notified.
It was said that the development
would not affect the America embassy
in City nor the American
troops on the border.
Tuft Exportation of Arms.
President Taft Issued the
of arms to all sides on March
1912. Ho did that under author-
of congressional resolution em-
powering the president to take such
action whenever he should find that
any American country conditions
if domestic violence exist which are
promoted by the use arms and mu-
of war procured from the
United
Tho only word that came from the
White House wan that an
announcement would be made
S p. m. today.
is every reason to believe
that under authority of tho
of March 1912. President
Wilson Will continue to exercise dis-
power in Issuing permits
for exportation of arms so that they
may not fall Into Irresponsible hands
So far as possible only military chiefs
on both sides of Mexico will obtain
tho munitions. how that win
has not yet been worked out
The president's decision was reach-
ed after many month's of careful
and while in the first instance
the belief of the administration was
that the denial of was a human,
act. the conviction has grown upon
the Washington government that its
has operated unequally toward
the warring factions.
Embargo Fostered
Partiality Instead of neutrality was
the result of the policy in the
ion of the president the members
of the cabinet who finally determined
th.- the real course would
lie put both factions on an over.
footing.
Tho administration also
that to permit the situation to drift
would be merely contributing
to an Incessant struggle.
Although chiefs
have declared they had captured
sufficient ammunition from the fed-
the Washington government,
while realizing the important effect
normally throughout Mexico that its
act will produce, is insistent that Its
position as neutral shall be main-
Action of V. S. as Last Resort
It was understood in official circles
that announcement of the president's
determination to life the embargo bad
gone forward to Charge
In Mexico City, probably with
to advise the Huerta
government.
Fir many weeks senators of the
; relations committee have been
urging President Wilson to permit
free Importation of arms to the bat-
the fields In the hope that the war
might be ended and peace re-
stored.
Those close to the president said
he would take such action as only on-j
the last resorts In his Mexican pol-
icy, preferring to depend for the
time being on tho
the which
has so far the Huerta gov-
from obtaining credit abroad.
Sells Lots in Forty-Five
Minutes Breaking Any
Previous Record
One of the most successful auction
sales of real estate ever held in this
section was that conducted by the At
Coast Realty Company at
Stokes yesterday. In order to prove
to those In attendance that they are
at all times on the Job and know how
to dispose of real estate in a hurry
on yesterday broke all previous
made by the company, when
in forty-five minutes they sold fifty-
nine ideal building lots at satisfactory
prices. In fact every lot sold higher
than was expected, which goes to
show that the people in and around
Stokes that the little town is
wide-awake and is compelled to go
forward.
On next Saturday, February 7th
company will hold two sales
Bethel of city tots. At In the
morning a sale will be held for the
people, and the colored at
Mr. H. S. the re-
on this sale and it I
safe to say that it will be a success
under his personal supervision.
Commissioners Draw Up Jury
Lists For March Term
Superior Court
During their sessions on Monday
and Tuesday the County Commission-
drew up the lists of jurors to
serve fir the first and second week
of the term of Pitt
Court which begins on March
First Week.
W. Fulford, F. S. J. K
Ill-own, W. G. Stokes, J. H.
J. A. Moore, C. U. J. It
Lewis, W. C. A. Tuck-
George Richard
WILSON ITEMS.
Rebels at
Officials here who have been In
cons ant touch with tho Mexican
campaigns say the
forces have been at a greater fl-
advantage because the
artillery of the Huerta army. The
while plentifully
supplied with small arm ammunition
land materials for their rapid Arc
guns have been almost entirely with-
out heavy artillery.
Superior artillery enabled the
Huerta forces to hold the large
the south. Mon-
ti icy, San Luis and
others against which Villa and a rebel
estimated at 1.1,000 men now is
preparing to move as the first step
in a campaign against Mexico City.
Act Only to Square Heal
Every administration official who
was let into the confidence of the few
let into the confidence of the few
who knew of the Impending step, took
pains to emphasize that Wash
government was not raising
embargo to aid the constitution-
nor as any evidence of
their cause, but merely to
an Inequality In tho warfare
which has been brought about by the
operation of the proclamation of
Favorable Report Made
By Inspector For Free
Delivery Of the Mails
AS TOURIST
OF THE
I H Formerly
Agent, to En-
on This Work.
News and Observer I
Raleigh Is soon to have a tourist
agency, and from this point there will
be arranged tours covering
of this country. And it will be
J. II. House, W. S. Belcher W H. to the people of
and North Car inn that this
Crawford, L. B. Fleming, J. S. Pitt-
man, J. W.
Second Meek.
W. Crawford, J. Rollins. W.
T. J. Andrews, J. J
Martin, O. G. Little, W. II. Con-
W. J. Little, R. A. Gaskins.
J. B. Carroll. J. H. Edwards,
A. W. Flake, Peter Flem-
W. J. Fleming, J. J.
J. T. Moore, L. C.
SHOW
BEADY FOB
Merchants to Go to School.
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn. Feb.
What is believed to be the first
school for merchants ever conducted
this country was opened under the
of the extension depart-
of the University Of Minnesota
The course Is modeled after the short
courses conducted in the various
states for the farmers. The
will be carried over a period of
I've days and will embrace lectures
by experts on Important questions
connected with the buying, selling
displaying of goods. Salesman
store management, ad-
window trimming, store ac-
counting and methods meeting
mall order competition are some
the subject's that will be dealt with
the lectures.
WILSON, N. C. Feb. Re-
As I have not written
yen In some lime will attempt to send
items.
Mr. Best who bad
paralyzed for four or live years, not
being able to walk nor talk, but ha
cheerful until he died a few
d ago at the age of lie
mi- taken to Snow Hill for burial.
He was the father of Dr. Henry Best.
was taking care of him and lives
in Park avenue.
Though it has been a week since I
commenced my letter and thinking
it will be news to some of your
leaders concluded to let It be.
Our neighborhood is in
mourning and sadness today.
Tho death angel came this morn-
about o'clock and took from
Mr. and Mrs. R. K. their
little son and Mrs. E.
Mayo's grand He was two
months and eight days old last night.
Ho was a sweet baby, thought he seem
id to suffer nearly all of his life. We
greatly with all the he
real i d ones. The burial Will take
place at p. m. today.
We hear of a sad tragedy In
part of Wilson this
morning up Nash street. Mr.
Watson went to the barn to feed his
horse and a murderer shot his face
nearly all off and his gun was lying
by him. They asked him if he shot
himself and be motioned no. and
they asked him if someone shot him
and he motioned yes. It seems a I
if thy failed this morning to find
who it was that done the
beard about one o'clock that
he was dead. I did not learn Ml
age. He was a good citizen and a
nice man. I did not learn
ranch family he left.
heard some few days ago that
a somewhere In town left her
baby to attend to something and
when she went back in the house
he found her baby burned to death
I did not learn the name.
Texas. Feb.
are practically
id for the opening of the sixth Na-
lorn Show in this city next
week. The exhibits already In e
give assurance that the exhibition
will be the largest most
or Its kind that has ever
been held In the United states.
Though corn corn products
form the bulk of the exhibits
brings back Mr. Charles H.
formerly district passenger agent of
the Seaboard Air Line, who resigned
in 1310 to general passenger
agent of the Georgia and Florida
Railroad at Augusta. Having beer,
appointed tourist agent of tho Sea-
board Air Line Railway, he will es-
here Tourist
with offices la the Tucker
building. Mr. will be In
charge with Mr. W. A. Swallow as
assistant.
Mr has extensive experience
along this line, and prior to severing
his connection with the Seaboard
worked up and personally conduct-
ed large parties successfully to
I lints of Interest in tho a
Canada and Cuba, and this success
is proof of his equipment for the
work which there is a large Held
the smith
The wink will I a i
plans for all kind- ex
tours the I
tourists and
will be interesting displays man; fie
varieties of farm products pleasure seekers, will for
families and private parties.
A of the states have re-
to the Invitation to make
exhibits at the show. Practically
cry state of the south middle
will have displays. Many of
tho states of far west will be
represented for the first time. Idaho
will be represented with a wool dis-
play, and Wyoming will show some
methods of dry farming that were
originated In that state. California
will exhibit some of her choicest pro
ducts of the garden, orchard and
vineyard, and Arizona. Nevada and
Utah will show the wonderful results
accomplished by Irrigation.
Progressives Active.
PORTLAND, Me. Feb.
members of the Progressive state com
of Maine are rounding up
here for a meeting tomorrow, when
a date win be fixed for the state
convention and other plans
I'd for the coming state
getting Into the fl Id early
waging i vigorous campaign tin-
leaden believe that party
make an even better showing at the
polls this year than it did in
i lion in November, when
Maine returned iv votes tor Room
M against for Taft The
party has already decided to
complete State, congressional
and tickets this year
all tails d out, a
to have on band maps,
and full Information to tours
throughout the world, which it be
to all. Mr. as to
I conduct all large tours and
these will be chaperoned by Mrs.
tis. tho social feature of the tours to
Already Mr. is arranging to
a party through Florida, and
In March, one to Washington at
Easter, through the eastern cities and
Canada this summer and to the Pan-
Exposition at San an
next year.
We are glad to welcome him back
to Raleigh and With him much Bill
OPPOSE COLD STORAGE nil l.
international Brotherhood or
and Joiners of America
may not hold Its convention in
because of the alleged
hostile attitude of the business men
of that city toward
are having some
weather just now but it is most too
cool to plant gardens.
T. K. I.
Conference Tonight.
The regular annual business con-
of tho Baptist church will be
held tonight after the regular mid-
week prayer meeting service A large
desired.
to Entertain
TAMPA. Fla. From many
parts of the State, and Cm
delegates are arriving in Tam-
pa to attend the midwinter sessions
of the National Association of Real
The gathering will
open tomorrow and continue through
the remainder of the week. The lo-
cal trade organizations have
elaborate entertainment for the
visiting real estate men. many
whom are accompanied by
wives and families.
Says Letter to Mayor J. I James
From Congressman Small
QUICK ACTION IS
It is up Congress H hither Up
At-
or be Held
July I.
Through the efforts Mayor J. B
James and Congressman John H.
the government postal officials
I ave at last sent out a few
items relative to the free delivery
of mails in Greenville.
Several weeks ago when
Inspector. was here he,
was by government
officials to go over the situation while
Lire and make his report to the de-
which he did. Since, that
time Mayor James has written several
letters to Mr. Small asking that he
urge the department to make a re-
port on the inspection of Mr.
.
yesterday Mr. James received
a communication from Representative
containing the letter from the
department In which advised
t a law report had beer,
made by the in- pi i the
. i, take
in ii n owing
i , t that
new during the current
mi i id i hair
The i m taken up with
as tin i a
C, Item if bill an II
passes contains additional funds
new service for the current year
It will be possible to con-
to the establishment or
the service in Greenville, otherwise
cannot be taken until 1st.
in
it is to be hoped that congress
will provide the deficiency Item
that it will contain additional
ft r new service and that Greenville
may get the first hand-out
Postmaster J. Whichard who
has also been exerting himself in
of establishment
delivery, is also work on sonic
other Improvement. In the mar,
vice for which it is hop-
ed will be accomplished in the near
future,
Public Hearing nil II I old
Storage Bill.
WASHINGTON, l. C. Feb. i
with a view to ascertaining the
opinions those most close
, the House Committee on In
and Foreign Commerce
began a series public
on the Mi cold
till, which i to limit time
of perishable commodities from
in six months The cold storage In-
and the s men i
from the arc vi.
against measure it is
claimed its enactment win dis-
courage production, destroy the col-
lateral value of perishable products
be detrimental to the i
ii the end. because sold storage wan
houses are necessary, t, not regulate
prices and are used to Store
in tines of overproduction to meet
he necessity of the time of a short
supply, Norway. Sweden and other
countries have also
through the department
the provisions of the bill,
that would seriously em-
their trade with the I sited
Slates In salt and preserved fish.
I III Ml
El It.
Hating a number in-
n to time hold-
the meeting of the Pitt
County t Association, I take
i of notifying all t,
the regular monthly meeting of
be held in
ill- Saturday, February the
bi cud Reports from
, head of ail departments Indicate.
that this will be an unusually
meeting, and I urge all b I i is
, attend.
II H, 1.1 V
Pitt Co.
Ohio Mate
TOLEDO, i Beginning today
and continuing lot a period cf two
i lid possibly three Toledo la
to entertain the annual meeting and
tournament Of tho Ohio State Bowl-
lag Associate. Individual and team
bowlers are already here from
points many more are ex-
when tho tournament gets
under way.