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U , JOB PRINTING. The Reflector is pared to do all wort of this and FINEST STYLE. Plenty of new mate rial and the best i of Stationery. WE PAY POST ACE. all Chary, W will mail to anyone our advance illustrate I ea a- for It contains of lire. Carpet, Lace a, Baby You save man's trading the manufacturer, a are pay- lo ill dealers double our op a now tor Julius Nines Son Baltimore, Md. Cards F. i JAM tees ii all e Collection specialty W I t I B K p B. W- ham 0- Eastern Reflector. D. J. Editor and Owner TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance. VOL. XVI. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY The Change. January 12th, 1897, b the dale of the ending and the beginning . f two political ems in North On that date reins of the cut of Commonwealth passed i it the hands one into those her. Sue a change, it the history i ground of reason, is as the changes it the seasons Look about Tax Bate be Increased. It appears that the rate of tax- this State will have to be from cents to tents on the hundred dollars worth of property. The report of the State Auditor a total assessment, as per of returns for 1896, of and property is This shows a Seldom has a man pastor in taxable values for the a church twenty years; in does a maintain a successful long; seldom do s a or any maintain i's twenty yearn, in mind sire for So long as c IS p so Ion ail. p , w divided in their so long as the people are divided, so long will there be so long as there are patties, so long will there be changes, tot the desire of the people new in- mobilizes a majority of them of, The assess- of railroads, the ht 1890 was makes the total assessment of the real and for 1896, 1895 it was or Ida 1896 Congress should give the col- grower.-, the tobacco growers, coin, wheat, and barley growers, pumpkin per- producers, the live stock, and all other agricultural inter- PEOPLE'S STORE Two Papers for We have made to Reflector and North the above amount, is campaign year and you should take the two leading papers. PROFITABLE Spate. Bf C. N York, Doctor . The chair must fit I or he's The office must be large enough to the clerks, or they can't work to ad vantage. A cf milk be car-j safely a quart measure. The place of business better be a little too large f r the glues too small For the flu be Highest of all in Leavening U. S. Govt Report Absolutely pure SLAVE OR MASTER, WHICH f A Vivid Illustration of the of the Liquor Habit. into opposition to affairs us they arc. I he who while it. is at it Snow I ill. N- C. X. C. GALLOWAY TYSON, N. C in all the 1ST C, Dittos over C. Cobb Son's Store. E. Y. C. Wilson, X. C. S. C N. attention given to settlement on tune. V . H. Long, W X. C N. C, Attorneys and Counselors at Law. es all Courts. It is a political maxim that would receive I lie sup- port of the people must either lead them into changes or I. How swiftly in their s ; lo changes there must be. To North change Inn It is until it is lore, unfair deliver Every one who lows his Stale will hope good, and work for good. If good comes not, need Win y; there is retribution. Pi wrong is the birth throe f tight. If other e- were lacking, there is that G h a it the Written large history have been the very making el the pro- of the Be- colder. Tue manufacturers are the salt of the earth, but they not all of it. The farmers, laborers, trades- men and professional men supply a few grains of it All of them are to a slice of the Re- publican pumpkin pie while it is being passed Sun. men who believe in thy attaching to the numeral will interested this story A certain young bus- Ma of jumped aboard a trolley car at to into the city- He handed conductor a half and received return two dimes and a brand-new quarter. K ho said, up coin; you give me an old quarter for this Or give me some other kind of the matter it's a counterfeit said the c inductor, with an indignant gleam in his eye. t but I'm superstitions about these new replied the other, I wouldn't carry one if it to The conductor began to have doubts of the passenger's sanity. Thou the took the trouble to explain. you look closely at this aid He, will find that upon the obverse there are So much for that. Sow turn it over, here we have a whole nest of In the first there are other stars here. Then the scroll which holds its there are letters forming the motto. I, So take the shield on the eagle's I There are perfect horizontal upon that- and The eagle holds one claw arrows and in the other an olive branch with leaves. words latter contains letters. See mean old A New what does amen said Phillip to his older brother, who had reached the wife age of six. teems mustn't touch it. Phi lip. was the unhesitating reply. exclaimed the boy's mother, who bad overheard the and answer, do you tel your little brother that old me so, an- Ernest. no; think what you are saying. I not have told yon urged the astonished mother. you return- ed the little fellow, very Bib in- liter was nuzzled until she remembered that she said. means, so let it A PLEA FOR THE INSANE lie election id a United Suites Sena- tor now out the way, it is ex- that the Legislature will get down to a considerable which will he the changing o State officials. There will he a general i the natural result the change administration no any- thing else. The turning-out of every Democratic official possible is a mate result the pa-sing of party from the the Stale Yet, white the right the present administration to make the voice of humanity is heard protesting against a change in the management of ill asylums. The Ob- server that when the Demo- came into power in the late Win. J. editor of the Charlotte Democrat, made a prompt vigorous fight against the removal of Dr. Eugene from the superintendency of Insane Asylum at Dr. Grissom was a and there were capable Democrat who wanted his place, yet humanity prevail- ed over partisanship and Dr. Grissom was not removed until his own caused him to retire. The same arguments that prevailed then are now. It would be a grievous wrong to the unfortunate in- sane of the State to take away from them the people they have learned tr love; who have their cases in hand, and who are gradually bring them back in- to the to-put them in charge strangers, totally with habits and conditions. would be a change that would undo the pa it lit aid work of years, and that would be a crime against people. It would not be move cruel to tear a babe from its r's arms it into the arms of a stranger. Let all the other hi changed, but when it comes to disturbing the lite of the inmates of tin- Stall's the administration should pause. V humanity triumphed over in so it should do now. lit-- asylum doors themselves should be a protection for these unfortunates against the for office, else, but leave the asylums and their sacred Charlotte Observer. unmolested To Plant Trees Dr. John C. president of Trinity College, has addressed postals of the college inviting them to send young trees to he planted he grounds Dr. writes hat one thousand will be planted the name of the send- rs. It is desired that trees from all of the State should be planted, so that Trinity students may see North trees growing around them. For this r a-on, each friend of the is to take up two or three trees from the forest ship them to I College the first of they may be planted on Arbor Day. Every friend can make -i.- small contribution to their great Visitor. Playing With Words. Nearly everything is subject to a river will foam at the mouth There are no corns on the foot of a No bracelet is ever an arm of the tea- Even the has a stein of doing things. Roses are books within whose is found the honey of thought. Don't stalk through life, the does that. Don't brag about your be aid such a common thing as barley has a in ard. Nature and are kin. Even some gardens have tulips. Don't say lady or if they are friends of yours they are supposed to be Don't strive to outdo your friends or neighbors in either dress or house- Probably your husband's means will not permit of it and it will cause for a ask for lady's or man's furnishings when shopping; it is men's and women's. Don't say is a nice the form is is a nice Don't stamp your feet to get them warm; it does good it is unladylike. Don't forget to say to a salesperson after waited upon. y because thy to earn their this way is reason why they wouldn't appreciate courtesy. is a little thing. Do it. Don't wear your most elaborate gown shopping; plain cues are in the best taste- say isn't aren't; there is BO such word as to get on a street car or elevator ; let the others off first. To the People Pitt County. Our energies have relaxed. Our forts have never ceased to give the selected stock of GENERAL MERCHANDISE from which to select your purchases. We confidently believe and unhesitatingly claim th t ours is the store of all stores in our from which to buy your goods for the coming year. arc sold on time at close credit prices to customers of approved credit. Goods sold for cash at figures that tell of the wonderful influence of gold, silver or greens- When they enter into our possession they are again converted the best bar- gains we can buy for the benefit of friends and customers. Do not hesitate or be c d away but co straight back to your friends who will take care of your interests and work the harder to make of you a stronger customer and better friend of straightforward, honest dealing between man and man. We are the friend of tho poor man, we arc the friend of the rich man, we are friends of you all. Come to see us, we will serve you to the best of our ability. Po- lite attention best of service and honest way of for the I to mud off w fort shall be In command at the crushed -he life of. those who ran m, yours to command u rue ,.,,, ,,.,, pie's Stow. or there will no it on .- ;. There must be room, room g is meridian i and must be t bandied as are any other goods. Too of ft Too little of it means on I i v- is as foolish have little advertising space as too fl tor space. It is as that the ad- space be large I as it that the be large to the demand- A complete stock will bring more business, while stock will away advertising space A I w years ago a noted wild bear gave n performance with his pets in i Me I the hading I III his lions, tigers, leopards and j h i u. through their par. the awing the audience his net nerve and his control over their. At i he closing act of the i the performer an boa So in length I He had bought it when it was two or , three Jays old ; and for years he hail d daily. that it was pi harmless and idly under his control, lie had , seen grow a tiny reptile, which he nit. n in his bosom, into a monster curtain rises mi Italian woodland scene. The weird strains the Oriental hand still through the I t s. A rustling n rise is and a huge is seen winding its way through the undergrowth. It stop-. . is erect I its eyes sparkle. Its whole U j body seems animated. A man from the heavy foliage. Their eyes; times tis many ,., the business. There ate es the public seeing a large of of ha f the If the can stand it, and it ally can. twice as much advertising will pay more twice as much profit. a higher must sea Advertisement, and may a small Liberality advertising, us well as every other of man is victor. The serpent is under the control of the master ; under hi- and direction it a At a signal from the man it slowly approaches bin and begin to coil heavy folds around him. Higher and business, reduces the chances. The doing of a thing as should be done ma; not result they rise, until and blended into one. Its hide- head is reared aloft above the mass. The man gives a little scream, and audience unite in a thunderous I burst but it frees their lips. The train scream wail of death agony. While the legislators are giving lo The arc I lie as. them, elves s the valuable s for taxes of some of the Records Carolina, pal residences of the fashionable part o they might n the who I In-city of New take special in North Carolina Gerry, and Fifth av and in all t nil concerns history, re- line, Astor murks the Wilmington I Filth and street, m j ; man-ion, Seventy e lie- second street and at Washington in full ; II. O. Fifth accordance will, its own programs, i, avenue and Sixty-sixth street, will do a smashing business now, that mansion, Filth is, that will break up j W. K. Vanderbilt who is lot protected by some sort o and connection, direct or indirect, will. i W. C. Whitney, Fifth me pay, and if the thing, the better way must BUR Tue New York raid, both in its home and foreign hat started afresh as to the probability that many persons entombed alive. Nothing could justify the pro of so a upon the public, except a hearty belief in the danger alleged, and a hope that agitation of the question may result in more care being taken to avert ft. It adds a horror to the King of Terrors, one think that he may possibly close his life within the counties of a coffin five feet below the surface of the earth. But we have never taken much stock in the story of men women buried alive. Usually, the evidence upon to establish the fact is of the of undertakers who have had occasion to disinter many dead bodies, and who have said that in the of their long they have never seen any proof that any one of these bodies had been buried alive. So far from to their the proof quite conclusive the other Of course, we concede that men women have been ally buried alive, but in e-u times such cases have been i In times of epidemic, or from other causes, burials are very numerous, and very hastily made, people may be buried alive, but it cannot occur otherwise. Yet many who, in their lion--, are by the fear of. harried into their graves cold, untimely, and who make request such calamity. And direct that not a few, we heard lone after bone crack, as those powerful lightened upon better. if Mail's had bu must, but remember that you had is ,,. 2.- v., economics on your t, the people may not are economizing hen you cut i ere and there side of your but the world knows you are doing . cut the your advertising space- combines Die- patch. ii ii ii- wasted in my what ought to have been a part of the last decided at the polls, the hat elected gold-bug b- ard to the Senate. It is to b hoped, that the constitutional amendment re- quiring the election of United Senator the people soon be adopted. The Legislature to State matters and not so much in and acting on things bearing on Mount and street, Filth Fifty-seventh Fifty eighth streets C. P. Filth avenue mil fifty-s ; change experts, the situ- has so A few years ago, of the Indian corn used Great by far the greater part came from the and Black Sea tries- But the two enormous crops of coin in this country in 1895 and 1800 have such a radical increase in exports of grain that, according to the New Fro Es- ts slave enslaved him. In this horrible in portrayed tin- whole story of intemperance. The man who has taken the first glass of in- liquor has taken the of intemperance in his bosom. If throttles monster now, it is done. Hut if he permits it lo live- feeds and nourishes it. he may control it for even years, but it is ally growing stronger, and some nay its folds will encircle his soul mid bear ii. to those regions woe. worm not St the fire ti not The unchangeable is; drunkard shall enter the kingdom of suspect, are moved thereto by the fear of premature burial. We are not quite sure I hat one who awakens from a deathlike sleep in ii fiery furnace is much better off than lit who awakes in a grave; but, possibly, the preparation for incineration affords . i ii that for do he j not. A Neat Trick P on Some of the Wilson merchants were treated to a little per for lust week. A traveling was the artist. He would enter the store, purchase some article of slight value and in payment a large bill, requesting at the same time that the change be paper and part silver. The merchant would comply, laying out the change upon when just as the fakir was about gather up his change he would apparently discover that he had piece of silver in his pocket which he would produce, and adding to the pile on Hie counter he would de- the return of his bill, the due. But be abandoned all hopes Sequence in Dreams. Dreams are things. Ah lit a week a West Philadelphia dreamed hail lost her watch, and in the she looked HI the place where sir; always put her piece, to, discover that was gone. This, of course, led her to believe that someone had actually stolen it, and that she was not dreaming, but was merely in a half sleep. Win. this carting suspicion the crestfallen woman told her brother of the affair. The bro- had to visit various pawnshops and station give a careful do of the cosily article, and was kept hustling around about three or four days, vainly endeavoring to get a expecting no evil would hand over. The would walk on, when, en counting out his money, the merchant would lie was one the bills he had tendered as change. The light fingered agent had slipped it right before his eyes, without being detected. After making two or three hauls a watch was put upon his and he was caught in the recovering the lost treasure. In the evening of the. very day that her broth d die search fancied loser had another dream. This time she dream id that he- tore retiring she had hidden her watch in a shoe the bottom the closet. Alter rising next morning, merely out curiosity, she went to I he in her dream, and to Ii A. L. Barber, house Filth and Sixty-eighth now by ex-Governor Norton and re- see W, C. Whitney, Pell known as Fifth avenue and Si street The principal h and t -s are assessed as folio ti Fifth Av-mm House. part by S. V. ; same, part owned Louisa M. Gerry, II Motel, The. Cowman House I- House, Holland House. Grand Hotel, Imperial Hotel, Hole, W. in Thirty fourth Street, John Jacob Astor, Sew Ho el, W. Astor, Hotel, Hotel, Manhattan Hotel, Windsor Hotel, Hotel. Hot-. Savoy, Grand Hotel, Seventh avenue, eight and streets, K. Navarro. Grenoble, William Osborne avenue and seventh street, William Taylor, tor, Hotel; Marlborough Hold, Hotel, F. T. Kinney, Astor House, St. Denis formerly A. Stewart's man- Metropolitan lid. Progress University Club, w . act and locked Head there beheld the fight time-piece. fir as the cf maim from i he United States is con- the United States ha been tending about bushels each week to ports, of ibis is used in bread, but tie chief a ml for it is for and distilling purposes. Grandest Remedy. Mr. It. B. of Va, that be had eon- up to die, fought sought all medical treatment that procure tried all dies he d hear bin got no relief, spent many night- sitting up In was induced to try Dr. New Dis- was cured by u-e Of two bottles. For past three years h i been Some little I attending t. and Dr King's New Discovery is th remedy ever n add as it has so for him and also in his Dr. New Is guaranteed Coughs, and Consumption. Trial bottles tree at John L. Drug SI Ne York is a great money center which boasts of an t i of mote than India is one of most densely p ed of the world year ate , against deaths, showing hot banks low. And yet it is during yo us ordinary health-M h past year over the made homeless in of over one million. The that city and that it was the great mass of the inhabitants are hardest year experienced by poor, the production of food the poor. Extreme stuffs in the most favorable sea- is not largely excess of consumption. The past year a year of scarcity a famine now prevails in some of adding vastly to the difficulty in staying the ravages of the Ninety per tout, of victims misery of the admits of no adequate port this day generation, when arrangements for burial are in the hands of skilled directors and embalmers, we may be sure that the danger of alive is much less ever before. Certainly, fitter one has been embalmed, there is possibility of his being buried alive. Tie character of the em- i totally precludes that idea. Nor. in country district where the of men skilled in the details of burial are not to be is the danger in question great. It in the country that a bony is buried until unmistakable of death have appeared. The Herald may gather here and there evidence of premature burial, but the cases are a few out millions. Yet, as none of us wish to share the fate of these unhappy few, cannot but wish that every precautions should be observed- Usually, we may adopt, as competent adviser, experienced or funeral directory though the process of herself has pro- a safeguard better than any ii i- The efforts of the Herald to Salve. The salve in the world tor Cuts. Brahms, Sores, Salt Teller, hi Corns, and Bra wealth and extreme poverty side by side. . this whole question before Star. In Year Book f-r published Loudon, Mr- Joseph Jacobs compiled that the existence of about eleven million Jews in the world today. More than those Jens subject the Autocrat of oil the A great of the has been witnessed all over the world vegetable, act . . , tone lo the nerve in the however, and probably most gently the Liver and America within recent Kidneys, aid- these organs in public may arouse dreadful . noon the part of end, will good results, and c; i o to be exercised , i ever to Know, It may worth to know that tho very beat restoring the d i nervous system to a healthy view is This all in appetite. Is pronounced by . throwing off Impurities In the blood. years. his varied social improves the appetite, status may be, and I Jew bus flourished in who have tiled It t assessed or in. refit, , e increase of and . . cents per For sale Hold for. or k John l, women. . lacker Athletic Union and cures Pi s. or Hiatus may be, Wandering v Is digestion, Club. i n It HP flourished in those who have tiled It as the Very be As a rule, real estate is not ass or be of nerve tn , ii i m v u . cents per sale Ho d for. or per or its full value in New York t. . i . TO.

IS DEFLECTOR. Greenville, N. C. II at the post office at Greenville, C, class matter. LEGISLATURE. ELEVENTH . . The Senate opened at o'clock, the Lt. Governor presiding. Dr. Carter prayer BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. Scales, fixing as a quorum com- third the members V. Hyatt, Jas. I. on to the sale and liquor in number of pages now employed. to amend section of the Code, granting from Maj- or's court court, and to amend chapter laws 1895, relating to for to amend chap- laws 1835. and to prohibit the sale of liquor within I Mt. Pleasant Wilkes Anderson, for the relief J. G. Grant, of Henderson county. in regard to Senator. Anthony, to appoint H. Justice of the Peace. Mitchell, by in favor of I. Moore, to pay him balance of fees claimed on property sureties of sheriff of Wake county. presented resolution from citizens of Plymouth against any in charter of that town. Clark, to prohibit sale of in any -church in No Carolina. to amend chapter regard to e stock in Halifax county ; also in regard to salaries of solicitors. Also to amend section the Code in re- to farm products, to amend chap- laws of 1895, prohibiting hum. in Cannon Dickson, Grant, Henderson, Person. Ramsay, Rollins, Wilson, Sharpe of Smothers FOR DOUGH TON Anthony, Barringer, Justice, Parker of Ray, Scales. FOR THOMPSON Alexander, Clark, Hardison, Lyon, Maxwell, Mitchell, Parker Randolph. Patterson, Rob- Shaw, Utley, Walker. NOT VOTING. is at home in Rowan very ill with A bills and resolutions were in- in both ranches bat the work the day was the ting and for the chairman of committees to remain at present. mi an I Water Com pan. to have its at are now in t said the men who officers MM Virginians are now dead. The present officers are North Carolinians and want the in this Stale. Passed second a d third read- a in Co point five from the Senate and eight from the House to amendments to the Election law and the Government. He said there were some in the election imper- should be cured. went over to confer with Grant and they had whispered Rules and passed second and third readings. HOUSE. The House to its last ad- was called to order yesterday afternoon at o'clock by Speaker roan, Representative Green opening prayer. There was no business done with the exception of some com- and other current announce- vote for-United Slates Senator was as follows HOUSE. For For i For Thompson Not voting SENATE. For Pritchard For Thompson For Not voting HOUSE. FOR PRITCHARD Adams, Al- Alexander, Ai Arlington, Babbitt Bailey, Black- turn, Brown Bryan Chatham Bryan of Edgecombe, Bryan Chandler, Crews. Currie, Dancy, Daniels, Duncan, Elliott, Freeman, Green, Hare, Harris I Harris of Hyde Hod- Howe, Lusk, Meares of Pear, Petree, Pool, Somers, Sutton, of Cumberland, Sutton of Hanover, Wemyss, White of White Randolph Wrenn, Young. FOB Bunch, Conley, Creech, Dixon ct Cleveland, Duffy, Ferguson, Gallop, Jam.-s, Lawhon, Leak, Lyle, Murphy, Nelson, Parker, of Wayne. Pearson of Burke, Ransom, Reid, Smith, Walters, Watts, Wilson. Barrow, Carver, Cathey. Chapman, Craven, Grumpier, Dixon of Drew, Fagan, Ferrell, Foster, Hauler, Holmes, Johnson, King, Morton, Person, of Wayne, n of Wilson, Price, Ward, Whitener. NOT VOTING. Cox absent, Pitt. present, of Rich- . Jones absent, ford. Reynolds absent, Mont- Durham has The of Cabarrus SENATE. FOR PRITCHARD SENATE. The Senate was called to order at by the Prayer by ex-Rev. T. W. Babb. who has been here since the opening o the session lobbying tor Pritchard. BILLS Justice, to repeal chapter laws of 1895, relative to divorce, and to amend chapter laws of relative to sales by trustees and mortgagees. Walker, in relation to the probate of wills. Maxwell, to place the name of Junes R. Smith, of Wayne county, on the roll in grade one. Sharp to incorporate the town Wilson county. to laws an additional cause of divorce. Hardison, to place W. county, on die loll in gr. de two. Early, to Bertie Association. The House was called to Order at o'clock, Speaker in chair. hills Daniels, for the relief f R- W. ex sheriff Dare county. t place the name of Louis Grady, of Lenoir county, a private -r in Company I. from the . N. C. Cavalry in the late war between the States, on the pension roll. to he of Marion, to amend section of The Code, relating to appeals assign- of widow's Allen. pay J. A. money due by county for teaching district school No. Young, to compensate clerks tab. election to designate the duties and fix the compensation of the boards of county commissioner., Harris of Halifax, to repeal section chapter Public Laws of 1895 relative to election expenses. Elliott, to incorporate the Burial So- No. N. C. of New Hanover, to active belonging to regular or- fire companies the city o Wilmington, the amount their city poll-tax. of to sending c to the penal and charitable and educational institutions of the State. to pay vial in capital cases section 1739 of The Babbitt, to repeal so much chapter entitled act to cut- and mill logs in lies Hyde, Pamlico and a relates to the county Pamlico. son, to the town ct Wilson county. HOUSE. House was called to at o'clock by Rev. Mr. Glenn opened with the bills introduced were these. Barrios, to repeal the act allowing two additional Hancock, to charter Hare, to it a to steal any book, or other J re- d of election. senators and in to work for the d the tax on fruit brandy. to ill divorce law, so that a man is in jail, his wife remarry. A resolution was introduced Dr. J. L. M. Curry to address the Leg- next Thursday. Col Lusk called Dr Curry Met he said if the Doctor was going to on anything we were interested in he was willing ; not, he would said the Doctor was a prom- man, had written a hook on -southern literature and Ml a Cunningham said he had written a book on Spain, also. added he was also ex- carried of election, to he county scat. This not to apply to ties here such officers have already been paid. to amend the to suits, by striking out words one or more and disinterested a ml by the affidavit one or more practicing Chapman, to require the or in of deeds etc., in m utter they are registered. Bill reducing tees passed second and third readings. Bill to allow Clerk to appoint ties and they allowed to take pro- bate of deeds. Several counties were added, end the bill, on the suggestion Lusk, was referred to the com- for a general bill. Thai guardians, is executors who who misapply funds, be for embezzlement, passed sec- and third To exempt directors from jury duly, passed second and third by consent, introduced a bill to amend the Code cal Association. Murphy, moved o adjourn until Amended by to alter the at adjourned to meet at o'clock SIXTEENTH BAT. Cone-pond 07- Senator Cameron, who has only a w weeks i.-u and who considers himself politics and who consequently doesn't care whose political toes he treads on, is doing some very plain his late Simon Cameron, he has an the certain Republican have turned on bis Cuban resolution. He is especially bitter against John who he says him be- fore he was compelled to accept the position Secretary State in that he was his and who has since then used his Senators who wish to be solid against the Near W. Jan. . o'clock P. M . HI tin- home of the Mis. K. Mr. I. P W II I Ml-- Wire l a their Elder F. After was lied Mr. invited la he had a sumptuous pared tor bride and hi d valuable presents John T. Smith glass Mi- Lucy Pippin pair Miss Rosa cake Broadway let cups, saucers and plates Miss Ha syrup pitcher, Mi-s picture C. L. and wile work basket, L. bowl and r, Mi-s Nellie w i null i i . I . solutions so industriously it the box, Miss resolution was now brought to a vote ,, , ,.; would be debated. ,,;,,. ,.,, ,.,,, A Washington real estate about John Sherman and how- he acquired some his wealth may be only a coincidence, but it minded me a former transaction of lord spoon Mrs. R. A. W set tea spoons and table spoons, P. II. bowl. Mis Alice Atkinson pickle Mis- At- pickle Smith wily Sherman when I , j, s. -j,.,,,,,. . .,.,,. ., plates, linen table doth, cake SENATE. The Senate Opened at o clock, Li. lit. Prayer offered by Senator I AMI A to amend the charter the Carolina Mutual Fire Company, to provide the supervision of schools He was a mutter great and moved that copies b- printed. Scales sec. the print, t. Scale-, to t law of 18.15, amending charter of Southern Stock Mutual permit the company to pass by-laws that will control the Justice, tor the relict and tax collectors. them to collect arrears of taxes from 1891, time it that h to be the next Secretary of State he took out u permit the erection f ,.,.,,.,, ; .,, . a block dwelling in I . . Washington. When he became Seen- the under Hayes In built a block of houses in an undesirable Ease Washington and . were ell sold to the I can course, Mr. Sherman made cm-; ,,, , Headquarters for. Hardware, Tinware, Spokes, Rims, Building Materials, Paints, Oils and Stoves. The I II -.-tor Book Store Ins more ill.-- peas with Minister to Spain under Cleveland. Col. Lusk asked if that made him ; that it shall not popular There w. re several passages etc. This is when Dockery made an orderly of us many the whole making , the day next Monday. Hancock, j to 1.11 end ever interrupting to move no to concur j j to returns of es wanted a commit- . es. hills particular rear nearly then buy mid. a price, but you can imagine how when the real estate handled property approached a . , Treasury with a pi to Jo buy one of these which murder-d David in pin body knew belonged o the Secretary j dam ibis port, Of the Treasury, and gave him a hanging around the m hint to tin- that that . ., , . ,,. , ,.,, , . , , . Mill- s-v.-ii would not likely to discharge a I clerk who his houses. I shall keep my eye on house. Mr. Sherman is now built. I have a to k whether an T , Will be bough, by State j has . . In- 1- to alien . Due mil ire is to having be om n t on his hand- than at period since be became the autocrat of Thursday II. . .-. j since inc -i mill, mis the House. A petition I A. J. will begin d by members the a series to ill has been presented to him him A. A. M. The lecture-, will to his arbitrary rule against n and the hills In So Dr. I was invited to make next Monday. DAY. Reynolds called the to order at noon, i by Mr. Belts, of presented a petition U veil the killing partridges except by mission land owners. to amend section 1,367, of The Code, relating to depositions by Scales called the attention Sena- tors to the edition Greensboro a very been placid on and hoped they would ex- it carefully. Hill to amend chapter laws 1891, that neither nor chewing tobacco Mid all in any form shall not be to minors, as is provided in lb case cigarettes said ibis was his hill it to pass. Hill to appoint II. a the peace, a lawyer and this is was clerk shall not , old SENATE. Mr. Alexander to prevent forfeiture A goods sold on installment. to and void all trust; combines. On in lion copies wire o printed- the printing copies bill to establish a Reform School. introduced the following That our Senators and B in the Congress of the United Mates be and they are hereby instruct- ed upon all occasions and at every op- to vote the fie- and limited coinage of silver at a ratio of to of any international or foreign agreement, whether the same be in the nature an independent bill, or if the same be attached us a rider to any other species of legislation. At the clerk lead this resolution, Lt. Gov. Reynolds, Grant and broke into a broad grin, as much as to say talk of silver now We have elected our gold and it is too ate now to instruct him. to make the bill a order for next Tuesday at noon accepted by Carried. to prevent discrimination be- tween different kinds legal tender money. Anderson, to appoint a five, Reps , Pops., and Dem., it- the Senate so that no committee shall be composed more than ten members, four paSt upon any objection to evidence in any deposition upon the ground that the same is immaterial, or and such objection sh ill be passed upon and by judge or court upon the That act apply to all depositions and any trial a justice the peace. Newsome, to abolish criminal court and the records over to Superior court, Parker, of Randolph, to incorporate he Company. to amend chapter laws , f relation to canal liens. Shore, to prohibit timber or r ob. in the Yadkin river. Utley, to pay J. M. Turner lie learning public school in St. to incorporate tin- L -i Bank of Mitchell, to levy a special tax for Nash county. It to the and distributing dead bodies. Early a amend chapter 21-i, laws of in relation to fishing. to establish a scale of lets clerks of Superior courts, extending chapter laws of to all ties in the State. chapter scribes fees for all work done by clerks in Pitt than in most of t he HOUSE. The House was called to order at o'clock by Sp Dr. Dixon opening Among hills introduced were Harris, to repeal the act to amend the charter Wilmington, ratified March, 1895, and declaring all laws and clauses of laws concerning Wilmington existing at that date in lull force and save that there shall be elected by the voters each ward, one alderman and the shall appoint one and the alderman thus shall elect a mayor. Lawhon, to protect cultivated ground the ranges of poultry, by making it a misdemeanor to allow to go on or remain on such ground one day's notice by Its owner. Meares to pay registrars and judges of elections each for services last trick appointing by the He said be bit- to appoint by the Legislature, but now the laws their by the people. HOUSE. At o cluck the House prayer was offered by Rev. met and Dr. Levi Branson. Hills and resolutions were introduced as follows R. solution by Duffy, to push the case if vs Young from Wake, and lo allow a sub- to complete Cathey, to allow Swain to i special tux. Nelson, resolution instructing Sena- tors and Representatives to vote tor the tree coinage silver ratio lo requiring Craven to illegal tax col under act March HUM. to allow to bonds and n Daniel- i i i . Cook, to place the J n in the hands of the naval . . . to authorize sheriffs to make lax titles. Hauser, to the railroad com- mission act, lo the com by popular vote, t make the rental of IV m to yearly ; p fare and cents p. n ii ; to make telegraph -s o per words cent fur each additional word ; . bill to suppress and combines, by imposing penalty forfeiture of char- by those out of the Stale, and those in the State when over tine or ; ids resolution the governor to gel ion us to the total salaries railway official; mid salaries exceed While, lo make the i.-t registers deeds alter the in in Young, lo aid the Carolina blind. Dancy, lo cHow county to levy a special tax. public building bills and to a lime to be set the of those bill- now on the calendar, lie d plainly to Committee presented the petition that he didn't wish to grant the r. quest, although he took it II he grants the request, there will be plain sailing for him, and hot much Mm v for the bills to the Senate the remain lime session j if h- it, there may be a lively row. almost two thirds I In House easily the so The mi n he's House on declined lo follow the wishes of Speaker Reed one ruing the Free Homestead bill The bill been reported to the House Justus was amend d by the Senate and the House will be given an vote on the Senate amendments, it done when the bill came back the Senate had not ordered the bill n f lo the C e. The e nun refused even to accept an amendment, exempting from the operation the bill the lands which the government is selling as trustee to Indians. Representative Virginia, one in.-i prominent young democrats in the has this to say a w the lure the Democratic party will no the D.-m It is today stronger and more compact, more aggressive buoyant than any part ever was e. Without or a Vast majority the voters this country today are in d it. Having d I I'm in present administration, i- is hi near the and I the interests of the manna Th i i- will continue its aggressive t for hi gold silver as legal lender money mid against special lo trusts, combine-, and corpora- Those who failed to act with us iii last Unction will most tin m return to the party. have already done so. Cut concessions in principles or will lie made, though, lo gain the these. their of patronage and discredited as loyal those who do not return w II not be potential for evil in the future. The. proposes beat no retreat from the advance grounds is has should d. Constipation fully world. It retains lend in th bowels produces biliousness, liver, Hood's tongue, k tr mi- ail s Tills S I I cure all Prepare. bf I. i I . I. Mast. The to take mill Barker too and so country business location in Eastern Carolina. Address J. Bryan Pitt Co., Mi C. To Reflector Readers. To those of our table who pay up for y- 1897 or a not lone in a will in out v lo and Homo Journal, of Tenn. This devoted to Health, Homo and h a monthly have only a limited j b r to i away on above yon wait until your neighbor in the last one we have left. If you want lo take of this offer you only have to pay up for this or us one new Tor a year. Those who have already paid up for the year h this notice is made will receive the Health and Home Journal to Ore II h-fore -u- court Clerk of I'm county as th Stokes, t hereby give. to M t th i estate to make if to he under- and ail persona claims the the same for payment m or h lore the l day I-is. or be pit ad in I r January I W. It. If. of Stoke- FOR THE m INn hi on the market get the old reliable Farmers Alliance, SOLD BY Pair Dealings and Honest Goods at Hock Bottom Prices. GREENVILLE, We have a plan by which Farmers can pt TOOL CHESTS FREE B I I t.- 1.--. build a P- I r- purl m I o L es a m I Sim J. W. HIGGS. S. M,;. , i HARDING. THE GREENVILLE BANK . . . . , . of Than a Hall f- Million Dollars, N. Win. T. Dixon, President National Rank. Mil. W the The Scotland Neck Bank Scotland of and general N. Scotland Neck, If. At t H. Fleming, N. C. application. GREENVILLE Horse Exchange. For Horses Mules to Dr. old stand, rear of Hotel Ma- eon. have just returned with a line of from Richmond, at prices to suit Call at once, to see ray stock before buying elsewhere, it will pay you. I a Livery in connection and have neat turnouts polite drivers. E. C. WHITE, Manager. For Buggies, or Norfolk Traps I save you cent Nothing but first- class vehicles hold and guaranteed a. stock be Owing to the death of of our firm post year and in order e we find it necessary out our entire stock of FORBES UPS possible and to close out as early as possible we have marked everything right down to FIRST COST. From such a stock at the low prices the goods will be sold you can get genuine bargains. Come early you want the benefit of these bargains. stock will be closed out as fast as GREENVILLE, N. See us buying, we can save you money. 0.1.

FRANK MM The King Clothier. PURELY PERSONAL Build Houses. I. ii of a inn ii. who wanted lo T , ; all I av wade citizen, like Row is W. S. came in Saturday even- of is in town. J. S. end M. Jones are C. M. returned lo go u another town because be could not get a U live in. In this way Greenville loses. town more dwelling douses, must i In in or other cases like occur. It. Greene, who returned tells while in that he practical in- in embalming in all its forms. i lie purchased embalming tools and It. returned . . , Saturday evening. J city he. M Mi I u large stock of and mi i stork tie latter part of tins week and will at the John office. evening. J. Perkins returned from Wed., evening. HOSE BARGAINS IN in we were writing about last week The prices are remark- ably low and the goods are go- fast. We are selling off the entire stock of Clothing to make room for spring goods. This is a bona fide sale, and if you need anything, it will be money saved for you take a look. The proof of the ding is in the of the bag. Come and see them. for boys and girls. Every pair sold under guarantee. The King Clothier, FRANK THE REFLECTOR Local Reflections. cigar is e id pulled up. Several printer hunting jobs have town this week. The pay ell in Tie auction of watches i making work for the jewelers. learn that Mr. Ed. of Thursday. Three murderers were lynched near La., night. As a rule, men are well heeled. The Atlantic line put on a Florida special. Many a chap who thinks he is dead in love discovers it was only a The Greensboro Record a handsome industrial edition on Friday. When a man writes with a pen sometimes can't get an inkling of hi.- J. moved his shoe shop to bis brother's store at J. Brown's. old stand. Billie says he believe it was warmer hist summer than it la this winter. King's Weekly has put in Cylinder press and paper enlarged lo six columns. The kid to know- why chop down trees, and then them up. College, of New York, was Wed- B. W bite is his of in the Mare between those by The man who has the amount of gas is not the one that en- lightens the world most. The hotel often to put op with a many things from the guests who put nil with him. Do reckon will ever have number opera house Our is missing all the amusements. A. B. Ellington is a display of wall paper in his re showing how the paper appears when put up. Wonder steps will be taken this year to get a tobacco or cotton factor Greenville. The town needs both. men seem to hub any Brother i had rerun A number small enterprises might be established in Greenville and they t wonderful help o the town. One of of Jason Far township, Saturday, and. died Sunday to use money to speculative r there will be fewer bank crowning is her says the -aid her cooking is sometimes very The Greenville Telephone Co., is preparing to exit ml its line to Snow Hill and give us with that town. The tobacco Warehouses had fair breaks ibis week. There is still tobacco in the county and it comes in every day. are selling leading brands fertilizers tobacco and . Save to See their advert 1st men I. Some people are never -d. Tell them how to live happily on a small in- and they want you lo the income. The Well on Evans near the building is being worked on again. It seems hard to git good water there or much of it. Governor II has offered a re- ward Of for arrest of John Keel, who killed David Crandall, ill this county, on Christmas day. Drummers continue to arrive in much to the delight of our hot keepers. We all love to tat the around. It is an evidence bus- The poet long gentle K. turn to gladden men, Nor thinks that when it conies it time again. just received his first stock of spring -Uppers in ox blood, tans, and Columbia black. They are beauties and will de- light the any of your new ti- but they are very distant to give ; you any presents, then arc too kin put a polish on a says Brother Watkins, bit change his De painter kin make a common plank like a line walnut board. Dead men are soon So are dead advertisements. The business in -n who advertises one month in the year reasonably expect to long remembered by the purchasing and Printer. It M. Wright, Surry county, a very old man, does not know a letter or note in the booK. He cannot sing, or even raise, or pitch a tune, yet when he sleeps he sings some very beautiful in a melodious voice. Sam Jordan Nelson and one of his sisters have been adjudged insane and were taken to the at Monday i Both of them have been ail their lives. W. II. ton and his son, took them to Jas. B. White has launched out bis own hook and has opened a first- grocery on Evans street, next lo S. T. White's, where he says he will keep everything fie inner man. Everybody knows Jim White bis cleverness bring him good trade. . We that he will be Thursday evening. XI. B. and wile returned from Friday evening. Gov. Oxford g. J. A evening from a trip I he XI. Tuck, r and W. K. r. tin i v from u t north. if Ii. a-- rived evening to visit the White. S. W. iV . veiling to his Hi. E. It. I. who Was her T. returned to h F i II. v. e I iv where In been acting Miss Annie Ar. arrived evening lo W. Mrs John Pi was Mrs. Emily Harris, retained lo her home in Friday Jessie who h-s been via ting at Cook the train h. re morning for Dunn. Presiding B. It. Hall came in on Friday train and held . i Iv in Methodist church at Mi-s And who has been visiting family E. O. hit on evening's train W. E. Lewis, lot anally, of Greene county, has moved here and the G lions.- next to the O. Ii- has mi bis place in the for the the last few days. He is home with grip. Joyner returned Friday evening from He r-ports the of as she being able to sit up. J. W. Waters, who several years ago lived in Greenville, then in Falkland and later in town. He is representing E. C Co , of Chi ago. THE SHOCK HEB. We learn of I be very sad and sudden death of It. A. Parker, of Tuesday under unusual circumstances. On night some one placed anonymous note on Parker's gale th. substance of which said that it he did not leave the neigh- days he would be a dead man. was the first discover mid read this note m and being a delicate and having already undergone some excitement and fear some trouble her husband had recently had about stock and his having to lake matter into court, this shock was more than she bear. She was prostrated from reading the threat on her husband's lite, and was taken which she never and during the day. This is a sad case indeed. It is not n who was the author of the white cap letter, but possible t-e party should found and nun It is thought that the reading this white tun note having such fatal upon Parker was due to her of danger to her husband out the trouble hi stock and his being prosecutor in a case in recent term of i Superior Court in which J. A. was de- Some one had killed a hog belonging to Parker and hauled the animal in a curt to a creek. The curt was tracked from field to where the bog was thrown out and back, whereupon he was indicted for the act. The evidence brought out in the case was such that the jury found a verdict of guilty against and Judge in ordered that judgment be suspended over him. upon costs. In the trial Walston plead his own case, and after it bad ended he told one Judge he was unable to pay the cost and would have lo go to jail, and importunities to the Court were such that the Judge instructed the Clerk to recognize Walston for the and let him go, adding he not pay the cost will pay it Since the above appeared in laTE Daily Reflector of Thursday J. A. has made the following which he says he makes because he was the party with whom Mr. Par- bad the trouble over bis stock. Mr. am informed that the note was placed on Mr. Par- gate on Saturday night, at which time Mn. Parker it the point death, and that the died Monday without having any whatever of the Bring Back That Mule. is distressed over in a valuable mule. II the animal Thursday fr luge sum of cuts. The a was lie stable and not lung idler was down in the cost him cents more to gel that back on Ids A generous supply the animal and for it looked like Jim would ready to run a crop this year, but upon out in showed up A lib i reward ; tor of ITEMS N. C, Jan. 2.1, W. B. Cherry and wit.-, of are visiting relatives. W. A. James, of who ha- ii.-iii pending a few days lift his Sunday morning William Staton is a new piece lo one his on street. Samuel Earner, who has been down a weeks, return d Sun- day, At the residence of the bride's lather Mr. G. W. Edmondson, at o'clock P. XI. on Wednesday, January Samuel S. Moore was married to Beulah C. Moore, Esq. l Grimes played the wed- ding The attendants were D. A. Mimic and Lizzie Ed- J. I. Nelson and Lizzie Mi, John I, an I Mi.-.- Nelson, Dr. R. J. Nelson and Miss Edmondson, and Fannie Bell, Baker and Highsmith, Mil- ton and Mi-s Daisy Suitor, L. J,. and Mi-s Bettie After the marriage the bridal party and large crowd quests partook a and all seemed to enjoy the en- The bride an j om were the recipient many handsome and visitable p m the folio ring of which are only a partial list I D. A- set silver tea Lizzie Bug. Lizzie Edmondson, Pearlie set break- fast plates. Edmondson, water set. J. T. Nelson, bowl and pitcher. XIIi Mangle Nelson, set knives and forks. XI. Blount, clock. Bettie Manning, butter J. II. Manning, spoons and ring. J. XI. steak dish. Lula Cochran, water set S Cochran, steak dish. Joseph Warren, set china plates. Jimmie .-leak dish. Miss Mary H and brother lamp. Sadie and Beverly, pickle dishes. Maud James, butter dish. Lizzie Grimes, butter dish. Dr. K. II. Hargrove and wife, bowl and pit her. B. A. Beverly and wife, linen table cloth. Baker m and towels. Grimes, set napkins. Vannie Staton, set glasses. Daisy Staton, linen towels. Ward and wile, set dinner plates. Bettie glasses. L. H. breakfast Dr. R. J. Nelson, tea set. Miss Fannie Bell, glasses. Miss Nina Grimes and brother, table. Dr. R II. Hargrove and wife, linen towels. Robert Keel, shade lamp. Robert Staton and wife; shade lamp. Cherry brother, t -r table. Dr. It. J. Grim, s and wife, rocKer J. It. Bunting, rocker. Mr. Camp, join their host of friends in wishing them a long, joyous, i us and through lite. Fresh Carr i at S. M. Schultz. Apples cheap, id cents a peck S. M. Schultz. LOCKUP. And Lit His Life in the Fire. to Be fleet N. C, Jan son set fire Friday night to the lockup at in w he was a prisoner, aid burning th and him- i it. i wanted -i. n and killing some ago In. the con. with whom he I, d I a over a pair He was captured locked up at about on about o'clock night I in- one and a while In b II from the smaller one. the couple lo in-ill- in and wile. As entered the room preceded by BOMB Young; At t W. at th- he home of the bride on son avenue, Jew and MiN S. Novella were united J marriage by pas- of Hath list A dub- We Extend Thanks in . N. C, La-l at a small station n Carolina mil. s here, n loan i Lee a u Stephens. It s ems that so I had, ill XI. J. G. Maya and J. W. Higgs march r by Annie he bride in an i while satin dress ml th groom rote u suit of black. Ml i- one of our most popular you g ii d a r of large morning, his mother ,, j. u, t , c j cause, Pi this n. an .,,. ,,,, against Le u. the ,,.;,, So young went to ,,, ,,. j, . p ,,,,.;. ho. s, called j, . .,,. ,,,. r la lei out received. We never aim at more elaborate display of Both the jail . We had a good trade during holiday and still have a lull to select from. show you the latest in Dress Goods, Shoes, Notions. Hats, AND GENTS FURNISHING prices that are way down. Come and or and we will give you m re goods for a bill than any house in Greenville. TWO . I marriage d take place iii . ,. ,, , ,,, ,,,. in A the couple W . C . Jan. ., on a but owing to Ab-ii. I i i.- i I Mer . ., i the groom for a week the freight had one , , , ,. . , , , ,, , the change was made to a ed- the -at in L c-Hi -1 . ,,., their train No. I Hi. .,., , 1.11 V Hi home IS. I hie. cars lb-- material were ,. , , . . iii.- brother the bride, the a the train . , . , . , . . , . I-- in. I i- to is lying bull in a iii n t. a , , , , I II . lake l wreck. I h entire log train jump- ed elf b. lore the collision an no one except I About light back sprained in the en--f lire heard n the street, blame is died to anyone a-i Ly out aid found that train ha the freight In pass were on and not knowing the material train w. re. All th Ii were on coming started to cross the Ir promptly and in a of time as material train pulled u. the Ham s were extinguished and no done to speak of. AT the was very Sam Allen, one die N. Jan. 22-d. bad been on a trip in the O-i Wednesday, and the time hoc e the bride's above mentioned In pill up hi I E. Ward, a- i o'clock P. Ii-i All the others bad left the stable, and la J. II. Page were married i. got down to doors D. C- Moore, The attendant i ., ,,;. fl,.,. popping in w. re S. C. and Miss Mary n in loll, , , A- J. and m., i,,.; saw a W. P. W and E In . id ,, , , in rm son, M and -Miss L. L. Ward and Miss ,, n M ,,. lie Ward, C. P. Page and Nanni. through the ceiling After the lo bridal p an t d Wen ., i-,,.,. of f was to the home of W f later would Page, E-q, where a it and j u been beyond all human power to HEAVY aid GREENVILLE, N. C. All goods fresh and of the best. An up-to-date Bakery in connection and you can always get fresh Bread. FIVE POUTERS Zn If we had a penny for every broken resolution this glad New Year, Van. not be able to attend oar was through life be a happy one. A LONG LIST. Happy in one We Jr. .-top the lire. i he being loci- ii. a row it frame in the would have en a disaster had lire once gained Th tire is s. d lo have d by I he explosion or o a lantern that Ind been left binning on During this week the Heeds issued marriage s, I , , t the colored eight for white and eight S. S. and E Oliver and Annie Carr J. L. Smith and Little. P. and Fannie Smith. George Owens and Molly J. K. and S. Novella Higgs. Ed Smith and Alice Baker. Brown Emily E. Cobb Julius Clement and s Greene a id Bettie Chapman. Usury Harper and Abbie Strong. Wm. and Street. Sutton and Pitt and Forbes I and Sarah Atkinson William A. Tyson. Thank the Stranger. We are told that a stranger in a few days ago, after looking over copy of The Daily said it was the best piper be saw pub- in a town the size Greenville This gives an idea of the their home paper makes lot the town. .- The rain Wednesday almost filled up tire cistern. is a good water in it now. Good Blood Is essential to health. Every nook and corner of the system Is reached by the blood, on its quality the condition of every organ de- pends. blood means strong nerves, good digestion, robust health. Impure blood means scrofula, dyspepsia, or other diseases. way to have good blood is to take Hood's This medicine purifies, vi- enriches the blood, sends the elements of health and strength to every nerve, organ and tissue. It creates a good appetite, refreshing sleep and cares that tired feeling. Remember, Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the best In fact the One True Blood Purifier. S take, easy to operate. percales, Arriving daily, come and see them. Lang Sells Cheap r rT ST. ST Phi O g P e S. I o e- s a e P pa H o en . c J-5 is. TO So e-- -S o g O co P V Q ,, as O a S r s CO CO CO . OUR AIM GIVE POLITE SERVICE. These three what we to be the just put due every at of ours. three we shall vive v.- an we are in In nil departments will o lines of Lang Sells Cheap. Notions, Clothing, Hats, A fine Vine of hurl FINE SHOES- As pretty a o shoes yon ever saw. RICKS TAFT.

Comparative. Peddler a best in the world. you any bet- ones yes Bore are better The slanderer inflicts wrong by calumniating absent, and he who gives, credit to the calumny before he knows its truth is equally guilty. Herodotus. Wickedness, when properly pun- is disgraceful only to the offender. Unpunished, it is to the whole K. I AND BRANCH KB. AND ROAD TRAINS SOOTH. of a Hemp. We weighed anchor en Oct. when to sent off two boats in search of seals. On this occasion one of the boats, being swamped in the surf, was mediately crushed against tho rocks, its crew having a rather narrow es- cape from drowning. One of the men fought bravely in tho breakers for an hour, without relinquish- his grasp on his rifle. With scrupulous care now a letter upon which of us carefully inscribed his Having placed it in a small bladder had been given to us for the purpose by the Norwegian ; in Melbourne, consigned it to the waves and leaned over the ; bulwarks to tho mail depart i Much to our chagrin, a large alba- hove in sight, and our message had gone many yards the huge bird gobbled it up First Landing on tho by C. E. in Century. Dated s Weldon Ar. M. V. Rocky Mt Wilson Selma Ar. Of-I Wilson Goldsboro Magnolia Ar M. OS P. A. M trains going Nov. it Ar Gold t- Ox A- Wilson Rocky Mt A r Tarboro Mi Ar Weldon P. M P. M. Si Train on J Neck eaves Weldon 3.65 p. m., Halifax 4.1 p. m., arrives Scotland Neck at 4.55 j, to., Greenville 6.57 p. m., 7.45 m. Returning, leaves Kinston 7.2 a. m., Greenville 8.22 a. m. Bali x at a. m., 11.20 except Sunday. Trains on Branch leave Washington 8.00 a, in., .-ind MM p . m. arrives Parmele m., and 4.40 p. m., Tarboro 9.45 a. m., Tarboro 3.30 p. m., a. id and 6.20 p. m Washington 11.60 a. m., and 7.10 p. m. Daily ex- Sunday. Connects with Sooth n Neck Branch. Train leaves N C, via Raleigh R. R. daily day, at p. m., M Plymouth M., 5.25 p. n. Plymouth daily 6.00 a. m., Sunday a m. Tarboro and Train on Midland N. C. branch daily, except Sunday. a m. arriving a. m. Re turning leaves a. m , rives at 9.30 a. m. Trains on branch, Florence R leave p m, p m, Clio 8.05 p m. leave a m, 6.40 a m, Latta 7.50 a m. daily except Sun- day Train Branch leaves War- u v Clinton except Sunday. and 8.50 p. m- eaves Clinton at 7.00 a. m. and 3.00 m. Train No. makes close connection a. points daily, all rail also at R Mount Norfolk and R for or all North via Norfolk. JOHN F. DIVINE, General T. M. J. R. V. THE COSTLIEST THINGS. Article Worth a Of A buff pallet, exhibited at the fair Garden, in January, was val- at The costliest paintings of modern times have proved to be and Millet's M. gave francs for and francs for Mr. Henry Hilton in paid for and presented- it to the Met- Museum of Art. That was the highest price ever paid fur a modern picture until was sold at the sale for francs. Of cone sales of two great pictures men- broke even this record. The shah of Pen has a pipe worth The most costly book in the wot Id is declared to be a Hebrew now in Vatican. In the year 1312 it is said that Pope Julius II re- fused to sell this Hebrew for its weight in gold, which would amount to This is the greatest price ever for a book. In the year a tulip was sold in Holland for It weigh ed grains. The costliest meal ever served, a far as history shows, was a supper given by one of the most lavish of all the Romans of latter day, to a dozen guests. The cost of this supper was which would amount to or nearly A feast given by a Roman emperor of those degenerate days, to bis brother Lucius, cost a little over Suetonius says that this banquet consisted of be knows can't act a bit and different dishes of fish and looks upon a salary tho first season l different fowls, besides other courses as positively nauseous. is proportion. county. South Care- lira, it labor in report for 1896 I bat miles, at an expense for th year of less the purchase f two road inn h- to haul Son A who can't wen perhaps never more numerous they now said one of our best critics a little time since. have pretty charming figures and can smile most bewitch What more can the most ex In like way writing in 1875 to a country man- ager, my experience provincial managers I should say that a young and pretty woman who can't act, and who knows can't, is an acquisition, particularly when wants no salary for her Now, such a my son asks to offer you. Tho lady is off the stage and has the advantages I have named above, and ho gives mo bis word of honor that so far as to come to your theater and show her insufficiency or anything else the may require. Sh may a genius or a duffer. doesn't know what she can do, be- like tho man who didn't know whether ho could play on tho fiddle or not, having never tried. She wishes, at any rate, to put her foot on tho stage, which generally means her foot in Will you her a trial If turns out worth anything, pledge myself to her at earliest possible opportunity. If not, you are come to her so long as you find her thoroughly Packing- Supp. The bag has displaced both th hogshead and barrel in the ship- of refined and raw sugars. There was a time, so very long ago, when a thing as shipping sugar anything but a stave made vessel was of, but now it is i just other way. Tho bag has be- come popular because it is cheaper, and continues to grow cheaper, while receptacles ad- in price at about same ratio. Even molasses has gone back on the and that sticky com- is being carried in bulk. Philadelphia Record. fortunately for his ex- did not very long, else that would have bean exhaust- ed, as well as the game preserves of Libya. Spain and Britain and the waters the Carpathian an-1 seas. One dish ah me the table of the Emperor cost The largest sum ever asked or offered for a single diamond which the of agreed to give to Mr. Jacobs, famous jeweler of Simla, for tho diamond. This is con- the finest stone in world. The costliest toy on record wan a broken nosed wooden horse which belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte, and was sold a few years ago for francs. The costliest cigars ever brought to this country were a box of brand specially made for the Prince Wales in Havana, the price for which was Sen to Fees the Weal Point Examination- Among the thirty members of States A j a Wen Point who were re- I discharged as re-nit of I the am examinations, Geo M Leo, of Virginia. Lee is a sou of Gen. Lee, c ;, l i- i. Lois old, and was admitted lo We- fall. the military academy Leo was a cadet at the institute, a Lex- V- He is the first member of the Lee family has ever attended who baa DOt made, a tactics, studies ; Him grandfather, Robert E ice, the of the Southern received his training at West Point, was graduated in bis class, father, Lee, also took at the tame school. A Case Without Parallel. A woman, whose we did not learn, was killed at For tome reason the was tired of life and d lo went lo a well and g tome it nod a tone around the cross beam and her neck for the hanging making those boards fie m over the the woman fell into it. Tin ; rope and sh was jutted to bottom of the well. When taken out the woman was us d ed a while. A piece of the was around In r is supposed o have assisted her o b learned no further pa.- of the Tim. s. A I--i said she in a tone of bitter rebuke, as I can you are going to never contented, Maria returned her erring husband. made me up horses, and bore you complaining about dogs. Do I object to your cats and your No, madam I would scorn with your I bog of you to respect my for nobler Probably a woman would be a bride to her husband longer if she would continue making company of Most women begin to save their jam for visitors when they have been married three months. Boston Post. Thin la l Love makes the v., go world seems to go round, but loves makes your head swim. That's the explanation. Boston Tran- script. apiece, a popular cigar among some of the rich men in New York id a special Henry day which comes bi a handsome BOX, wrapped in gold toil, and retails for apiece. The largest price over paid for a cane was bid at an auction in Lon- don of the walking sticks which were once the property of George III and George IV. It was Cr and was given for a walking stick of ebony, with a gold top, en- graved and with a crown, and also containing the hair of the Princesses Augusta Elizabeth, Mary Sophia and Amelia, and inscribed, The Gift of the Princes- Mary, The costliest mats in the world are owned by i he shah of Persia and the sultan of Turkey. The shah and sultan each possesses a mat made of and diamonds valued at over The largest mat ever made is owned by the Carl ton club of London, and is a work of Magazine. A man tells an of dent in county that is a little out run. At ill.- last of the on the f count ticket had two sous each, all i IO vole out- i t s x mi., were Strong Demo- overt of I hem voted against father. M. PORK SIDES AM. BUT their supplies will And their Interest to act oar prices pal Our-t is j n all FLOUR-COFFEE, SUGAR costs cotton planters more than five million dollars an- This is an enormous waste, and can be prevented. Practical experiments at Ala- Experiment Station show conclusively that the use of will prevent that dreaded plant disease. All results its use by actual on best farms in the United told m a little book which we publish and will gladly Bail tree ts u in America who will write fur it. GERMAN KALI WORKS, Nassau hi., York. Male MM So don't you think a man ought to save at least half tho he but how be, with his creditors howling tor it all the Record. Views Men. Once it was said that man is a hero to his valet Mary Gay Humphreys. has another reading for the saying in Magazine, for shows how roan is no hero to his The mystery of men's lives in the out of which illusions arc spun, has always had a greater in- in determining tho of women than is readily admitted. To transmitted through ring finger the electric thrill of business, of clubs, of stirring move- the life of men, gives any woman vantage ground over others if her sex. Hut in tho actual com- of business, of affairs, the wear and tear of daily life in and elevators, this mystery vanishes. A couple of type, at luncheon will illustrate badly situation yet too new to fairly reckoned up. Over and fork they will match as snail boys do pennies. tint of hours the boss is only a man of whose necktie they may dis- approve, or of the way wears bis hair, or perhaps of bis grammar, and it may be be appears greatly to he advantage of some young man at a neighboring machine. Poisons i red i f oil in the of goat, chili , and ft- aid are prevented by ii-c at Ilia Digestive Cordial, a prepared by Lebanon, X Y. It is in ii an I bas power lo taken wit . it. Thus it mis s and Anally . is u-i-s of Ii acts i d weight l-ll. w-. he dose. i. ken immediately alter eat lug, abates pain and so plies. u. rove its cents. I, i. it be.-1 in -d for d en it in pi r iii A little while ago we read from some doctor were the greatest, and end now a New York who oat ins y to cud bat should always be Now are for to that ice be boiled watermelons roasted- j r AM I r. TONIC and bur w this r-tr. f II tho ; u. I-. ,. GABS AC Trade the Bill. Tl e is iii in dent good faith that in bill we bad heaviest foreign trade of our his- who make it are to themselves others they at reality I tin-y quote. anticipation of the pas-ago of bill. era crowded Ibis market with products until total of our imports for 1892 was a dollar a head of population. This mowing out 1892 a volume of our exports a head of population, next when bill had been ii operation Ion enough to check imports, exports dropped to loss of over a head. The percentage of cultural products exported in 1892 reached Manufactured 11- and products of the mines were thus less than a of tho whole. Last the W bill the gain in of in i mi fa-i a red goods so that faun pi ml ii- Is i e only of the total. Our heaviest years of were 1880, with for each head of our 1881, with a head, and 1892, with a head- In total foreign trade 1893 was a bond pop- below 1880 aid below 1881, while 1893, a year, only in foreign trade O the of was a bead below the 1873- The threat of bill as- d exports by As soon as the law operation it began to oppress imports, of to down exports so This is what the show hey are A lady was at din net the other day quite an old ard a few Tin-children were allowed coins, in with i I be lb is stood Midst to allow he priest to leave the room In advance. He, however, pushing the through door- way, said, firs Glancing next at ; s, as if her to precede h. was met by a wave band from the bitter, who said great next V it a day, you the busy little bee mode long have you been that to be a bettor time than yon seem to have, if Detroit Tribune. Irresponsibility of United States Senators. Inn paper contributed to the New York Herald of Representative Tucker, of presents some strong lo the election of United States Senators by direct vote of the people. of Tucker's strongest arguments is that under the pres- method of election the United States is small degree either to the who do or to Legislature he is before the Senator's of six ears the which elected him also expired While the moral still exists the political body that possessed the power to hold bun to a strict accountability is dead when he up for a w legislative body has its place. Thus tho Senate of the United States, while holding groat and , legislative power, baa little responsibility to the people. This n one of main reasons why the I majority States S prefer the mode of election. son is that the legislative CAUCUS can be much more easily lated than ballot box. 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Bad sent free. A i d. S i r. with t-e U. S. foreign countries Op. D. C. ID FOil TOO. AT Tobacco, buy from s en- to buy at one profit. A seal- FURNITURE a head a privet to suit times. K having ran, we s The i II of th- w II SEPT. months. The are as Primary r per mo. 0-. t ii. i Comet For tho o'clock church wedding, When the bride wears a traveling gown and there is to be no calls for afternoon dress on the part of the bride- writes Walter Germain in The Home Journal. should, even if he is going right from tho church to the train, wear frock coat of black, light trousers, The work and discipline gloves, light four in hand or will as heretofore. a continuance of past patronage. W. H. cure cure ban breath. one gives relief. cure constipation. core at ascot tie, top hat, just as If the wedding were to be a large after- With Poor. learning a lovely skirt but, bf course, I don't let any Dee me. I practice in a room all by I Yon follow tin Australian l ml let system. tr. v. f v. 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SERVICE Steamers lea Ore villa and Tarboro In on Par River Monday. and Friday at A. M. Returning leave Tarboro at A. H. Tile-day-. and In same days. i stage of water on Tar River. Notice to Creditors. The undersigned baling been duly Appointed and of Put as the administrator of in hereby given to of raid the on or in-fur he 1st day of February, 1898. or this cc. lie plead In bar their re- very, notice Is Riven to In- cited to the estate to u i hi the day Jam KN of II a i icy Attorneys. AT HIE FRONT v a I INK- YEARS has me that the best Is ll I Bona. Building s m. and every ii g for Millers, Mei bulls. as well a Hats. press r bare hand. Am head for Heavy Groceries, and for Clark's O. N. T. aim keep and N. Life, Fits aid Accident N. C AT DOUBT All placed in strictly FIRST-C ASS COMPANIES I AM with -lean for Norfolk. Philadelphia. New York and Snippers should marked via Dominion r-m York. from Nor A Baltimore Steamboat It SON. Agent, n It Agent. Ore-iv r. LAND SALE. vii Ml. of ow, r vested III me as by a decree of Court made at Mm eh Term, . In case M. W. ii. Is. Perkins and J. P. Vs. I,. Elliott and John trading as shall oiler for sale, at Co rt dour in in the highest bidder ion the Ml day Of a certain tract of land in s deed in W. Q. Stokes wife to . an- I iii Book Ii page in the Regis t r's county an I described in the pleadings in the -hove ease follows. lining the lands of Alfred Smith mi of J. B. rick on the west, Ian s Cal- the north, and the lands I. K. Inge n en the east con- seres m or less aerosol land conveyed W. O. stokes and wile to I by deed d January 1802, in Hook . page MU and re leased from the operation of i c afore said de d In trait by John on by deed release lo W. O. ind in page f mis Win. II. R; Ci THE STAR Daily in North far. Jan. Daily of its in tie State. Free Silver repeal of the Ten Per Cent. Tax on Daily ousts order their i Wm. N. Administrators Notice this q milled before R. A. of Court, of t con administrator of the es- tut Carson, notice Is hereby given to editors of Id estate to present I hell duly a ed, to me for pa on or before the nth day or will be plead In of their All o said are re to make and tin day I f J. II. T. Carson, cf Estate. and by firms f of the ed tales circuit for em I of North faro entered in the the Bank Norfolk, x . I s noon on day. I, the C. nit House door in , county. North expose lo i sale a certain tract of in n.-t. and townships c hundred am more or leaf the Alfred K C. Cannon, rs an l on both side of the road from Cross Ho I Adam's the-v v F. II Terms Dec.