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In Spring
And all other seasons
yon should read
It is the paper for the
people.
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The Eastern Reflector
D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner. TRUTH IN PREFERENCE TO FICTION. per Year, in Advance.
VOL. XVI
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, N. C, WEDNESDAY JUNE a, 1897.
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buy lot
Santa told
THE
people real
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In these days the voice
of is ft-
heard in tho laud, a
j cherry like the following
from the Li
has an effect is
truly stimulating
people at
the people are at work. Look
where you will, business and
activity are seen. There is not a
mechanic on, of employment,
oar men-bruits are all busy. The
of April ahead of
Mate mouth u an of many
years past, and thus far May
I its also.
recent has
Cue of
e t in Chicago.
a Cl who owns
the mill in the j with each other to who cm
m i is believed to disposed have the prettiest most at-
Iii reply to. Mr.
com plaints of tho failure of
to restore pros-
members of the ;
to
THE
IS.
the
paints B are nil in it
the new work of tho the
brush the trowel i- every-
where Been. New labor is are in
fit-Id. Wires if being
and our streets a e be-
c ming a perfect network- Other
communities may e up. hut
Oars has all the
prosperity. There are
goods being sold here
before, our merchants are vising
R ask
It is hard to see, r, why
do anything
of after the
of campaign which has he
who
increasing taxes
the campaign of -be
talked of the home
f the of
tie as with
and
1896 the country was given to
that
had at la-t secured the
advance the
through which ht-so splendid
dreams were to
So far us it be done
of J voters mads to believe
prosperity not thrift,
If an ea of prosperity
s before the
; if labor
, are I u-y and u
you
the most
dies are the simplest. This i
case medical
which promises to
n horrible
Ii ii married the
he tired of his wife,
o to rid of her be to
mill, vie-u it was
it d by as
tilled a vat
to prepare meat for
grinding quick-lime
a. other highly corrosive chem-
he overpowered bis wife
-i c her body ii. the Die
He to the
tin- of the police, fibbed
B f w Lad be- U
n up by the and
placed where of
e mill would them.
Vi wife missed, he
the jail
herself a near
bis He .-aid his i e
of -is impending failure
business, and had to
take bet rather face
stream was
body for
i. lye without when
attached to and the
was i
u- Minder will
almost utter impossibility eon
Ce crime in
At the b of
been b
of corr
with water,
a of gold,
of the ring of
wile-murderer had
neglected to remove it from bis
I Corroding
mixture bad net eon-
it- was spared to be
the first link a of strong
which is
to re nit in mo conviction
of the accused husband-
tractive s ores, our
are being beautified and made
inviting- is as
energy, but on
potting some particular in
power at u.
w the country does put him
in, when the circus to
town, when I public goes in to
the gorgeous promises of
the People of
Pitt County.
Our energies have never
have never ceased to give
looted stock of
and the v I Hook for a h appearance f
of good the y
v j near
may ft that axle-
be t Reverse t
those c and a r
may looked
. die dissension
I. , i ., r u
I upon to i .-
Heap party and maintain the gold j
in face of continued
, in our
best Post.
cum for
made by two blacksmiths.
F were in front f
when
j km- t,. B
way aid cue of them,
in sport, his baud with
and slapped the
other smith on bis ad, which
happened to be bald, with his
open bud. In two days, it
I is reported, ban to grow
expression is on his bead, id less than
people that sheep raising ton days hair had so grown in
does no, , ,,., j patches that the exact print of the
Perhaps is does not pay to raise man's hand was on his
of sheep, but it head. this way this wonder
pays every time to raise discovery, which will cause
dug stores to add a line of
j axle-grease and cause a greater
of his I demand for that article than any
bee j could do, was made. Th
was subject of much
WM. j derision until be hit the
breeds, us the
Col. -I- Cur bad ten
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
Celebrated for u
and all form, t
to lee
CO., York
BUSINESS
and
far ahead of the of the bill b finds flat giraffe
fifteen years as the East is i is far being forty feet high,
fro-1 West. lines that the roaring of
lo in pleasant places small animal with the mange,
ours is a goodly heritage don't land that the monster python,
say hard any more. I swallowing an ox whole, is hardly
to i of the , larger a chicken
of industry and economy- It is very easy under cir-
and help to make a world res for the to
call on be patient
. with the exhibition, but the
l d ea cot see things from the
ting ma-tor's standpoint.- N- Y.
A was
near Elephant hotel in M
Pennsylvania. Be was
pounds of sue
per is said to be our
per i,,, Norfolk Landmark
Gloves the unopened flowers that one exponent of tho
of a small that is a native of has cut into
A New of this
genius was to Washington
ii to get If arrested
and put cull with
i-in i,
sugar trust in to
which to select your purchases,
confidently believe an unhesitatingly a
that ours is the store all in our
fro your f-H- the From thirteen I of smearing all his hen
coming year. sold on time at close
credit prices to customers approved credit.
Goods sold for cash at figures that tell of the
or greens-
possession
bar-
our
wonderful influence of gold, silver
back. they outer into our
they are again converted into the
gains we can buy for the benefit of
friends and customers. Do not hesitate or be
led away but co straight back to your
friends who will take care your interests
and work the harder lo make of a
form of where,
before he had
tribune.
MASON I N. C.
pounds twelve ounce.- ;
ten pounds
another, ten four on j
ten pounds
ounces. The total yield from the,
bead of sheep
pound--, being an weeks a-TO a discussion
of pounds seven ounces the press of the
for ; as lo who was the oldest
Odd Fellow in North Carolina, or
Pact a ho held tho longest
membership
i ho Inlands-
million of pecans
are estimated as an average year's
in United Stales.
The bones end muscles of the
human body are capable of over a u to get the
1300 movements. about the broker's
The most got but
gallery in the world is in
S- I.
a letter from Mir-
I N. M, from J. Ii. Allen,
stronger customer and better mend of was
straight honest dealing between
and man. We arc the friend of the
man, we are the friend of h man, we
are friend of you all. Come us, we
will serve you to the best of our ability. Po-
lite attention, best of service and honest
fort shall yours to command at the
Store
laving
man
poor
order Several cities
claimed the of
the -oldest until finally
Tho Tribunes lodge man
put upon the trail and discovered
to pay a loan of that n
,, . . ; honor i ii a
lodge in
This
dates
is sometimes found n
dome of St. Paul's
largest fortification
in world Fortress Monroe.
It has already cost over
In three years the progeny of a
pair of rats, under favorable con-
will number
The London markets have been
flooded with i earls since out
break of the plague at Bombay.
the authorities got on lo bis little
game, he is Serving a
term a lonely sell, where
can neither nor be in
f. W
man's Mr A Ion writes
that two weeks he was
and feels that his sins
hive been forgiven be sees
many of the foolish he did
his past life and that now be
wants to live right. He longs to
his old friends in
talk with He also wants to
longed to that for consider-
ably over a bail a century, and
for all that time good standing.
Now, a quarry is started as to
who is oldest continuous
Mason in the It seems, at
this writing, that Wake Forest
lays rightful claim to this
as
A Distinction Without n
lawyer in a court room may
call a a liar, scoundrel,
lain, or a thief, and no one makes
a complaint when court adjourns.
The snow in parts of Wyoming prints such
came was l n even the tops of the jack on a
one, planned with
scientific and cunning, and
most minute precautions
taken c. v.-i up of it,
and yet it
b of the law, with a science
which matches which
ed executed r, dis-
covered the trail, difficult lo find
fallow, but yet promising
most surely result in eventual
cannot be
Observer.
Professional Cards
pines, eight and ten feet high. there a libel suit or a dead
Over of the Fourth Estate-
corn have been exported am given
from the United States because they are officers
beginning of year which court, licensed to assist in
record by an immense justice along T If
margin. Our friends arc I u not yon most be blind.
beginning to appreciate a Jews.
never was denied until Hon. C. F. ,.
; elected counsel the
late case of of As
Beaufort, the Supremo Court ha- soon a-j his attention was called
decided
in the person of Mr- Robert
know something of ; Mrs. litmus, ft
who ran a he use here
g use here
He wants her ad-
dress as ho owes her a little bill
and pa. it. He is now
oral.
. JAMES.
Greenville, X. C
to all court.
H W.
lo ft skinner.
AT-L . W.
X. C.
Ci allow
N- V. X.
B, c t
in ail the
The Ways of the
i queens and two kings.
will be in upon .
slaves for He buried the
Negro flowed up
Just before
emancipation proclamation
was issued John Howard, of Lou-
sold four
cash in bis horse pasture. How-
ard died without telling anybody
j full house.
tape has tied up in Sew
warehouses some the buried treasure. Bob
of food for starving in
India.
Over is to be spent in
Massachusetts or good roads this
year. A certain degree of respect
mud be paid to a people who
display stub enterprise i-
a. I.
H. C
More
ran E-
X, C M. I
X.
attention to
a of
made on
. C. N. C,
LONG-
D Attorneys and Counselors
In all the Courts.
a relative of one the
slaves, recently rented tho farm on
which Howard lived, in
horse pasture
treasure.
Ways
There are only two ways to
assist Cuba. Either we
help it get its independence or, if
Spain objects to it then we must
close out Spain, bid and
his crowd pacK a- go home,
f they won't go, make them
go. The time for talking has
gone by. It is time now to do
of this -Chic
city quotes some statistics
A man biologist says that
the two sides of the never
alike. two of eyes
are out of line; eye is
r than the other
persons out of ten, and right
ear is generally higher than
left.
to some of the hills presented to j San
1-That Ike is am liable he bold tho opinion the Mexico, and it
to other officers for half j charges were illegal, lie reported is prospering
fees in any case which tact to and a in Ills religious life
grand jury returns a ti friendly suit was made up to refer ;
I to Court with the
J. That the clerk is not entitled j above result- Under this I Thus Col. AI Fair-
to charge for from lion the will save brother his Farrago, of Dan-
in a i where the dollars a year and we our j
binds ever, not final magistrates will be sure there is j oat of every ten
diction. evidence t- lino a tine on the part of fiduciary
The county is not liable for bill with average grand J agents begin with an
any costs in av case, no matter j before binding over to appropriation of the funds
bow it results, which is in to j They then work the heavy hear
Courts on appeals thing is sure unless they do racket expect their friends to
for seventy-two years-
Mr. Harris is 9-1 years of age,
if bis claim is correct he was
made a Mason when yearn
age, or
Tribune.
The business farmer is today
the who succeeds where a
others make a bare living.
The business farmer knows what
his are, how far
offset his
The business farmer knows
o a dollar hew much bis
corn crop or his cotton crop is
k ready for mar-
knows whether this aid
cow in his dairy is a source
of profit through a liberal flow of
milk testing well in butter fat,
compared with cost of pro-
product, or is
her head in of labor
and feed He keeps posted re-
market conditions not
only for the moment, bis
local town but the broad sense
of the world's probable supplies
a word,
tho management of the farm is
conducted as thoroughly and as
intelligently as is the business of
the banker, the merchant or the
manufacturer. Compare this
with the ridiculous advice
given by Ml esteemed subscriber
who writes us that,
ion, to successfully raise
a the should
first study carefully a
chant's price list of
previous year, selecting those
products which then commanded
highest price and then act
It is up to
date farmer who finds a profit on
his ledger at the end of the year ;
not the one looks backward
rather and
Home.
of
a in
4- The fee for
can be charged only once
in a case and for each
filed.
fee ft and
lose their cost and out. Let it be
be able to collect half cost out stood that a
county as have been dollar that is bis
Idling in the no matter what bis
Messenger. may be, be is a thief,
more and nothing less, and
does not entitle tile Lived for Years j let it go at that,
clerk the charge recording the
proceedings the minute docket
This is of most
decisions by the
Supreme Court this term and
will correct some of the flagrant
Didn't Speak.
James Hopper, member of a
Maryland family
the present mayor of
Baltimore, was buried today,
abuses under which twenty years to his
has labored, the death Mr. Hooper bad not ex-
will longer a word with bis wife,
for costs when magistrates bad lived in
bind over to with same their
for the grand jury to the same
find a true bill. Heretofore as we Mr- Hooper was years
This is gospel Col Fair-
is everlastingly
right. Hut the defaulters
these of every of
if they are
Chronic.
Au instance
service is presented
the case of President of
the New City Council
who has directed the Committee
on Budget Assessment to
for the of his salary,
to the contingent fund, as
be does intend to ace. pt any
money consideration for
services. It is believed
bat this sort of tiling will ever
become
ho spot on tho balcony of
Capitol at Montgomery
upon which Jefferson Davis stood
when inaugurated thirty years
ago President of the
of Soul States, was mark-
ed on Thursday with elaborate
ceremonies by Society of
called attention to before,
have frequently bound over
IS
morphine habit from a work
recently published
From this would seem that
is most
in France and
hem In the w rid for Cut
Sores, Ulcers,
Fever Chapped Hands
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin
the mid cures Piles or o
although it has is to
perfect s or money refunded
ago be
a lot ground near a
suburb, with
booming it. He used some
money of Mrs. Hooper's The
as is generally the case, work Daughters of Confederacy. A
heavy heart say
didn't to do anything
forthwith whole com-
fall on their and
and their sins are forgiven.
Thus Statesville
Landmark.
to court or committed to jail
parties upon perfectly
convict or to find
bill and from the
county half costs, whereas if ,
had this foil in
would have received coats at
all Under this decision the
Commissioners allow costs
at all unless a true bill is t
again the clerk has been
collecting a fee of es
many times s paper in
action is filed, the decision
dies this evil and only all the
fee one time- It might
be proper and just to say that to
nothing wrong be imputed to to
any officers of the county for a
ff was
lust.
Mrs. Hooper, who thought her
husband was for her
losses, refused to speak him.
He reciprocated, as the years
went by the bitterness towards
each other increased. ate
at the same table; they to
church together, but would
speak to each other. Their
them, but
A lost bin dog and this is
the way the newspaper let
the fact be known i Henry
Mitchell has lost his dog
know where to find
Ho wore two ticks upon bis neck
and a short stub toil behind
The dog is long and
spots at black and white,
if be sees a smaller dog be
always wan s lo fight. He totes
bis tail up stiff when
he's war but
it downward to ground when
ever he is scared. This stump
tailed dog that now is lost was
Henry's friend and crony, but
these over charges, it has been Mr. Hooper fell ill
. the custom and established rule a refused to have anything to ,
victims Sweden, price per box. For sale allover the State and its legality do re Die- he
key and the remote East l patch, made up in
silver star
was embedded in the stone ll
of the veranda as a ma
record of when Mr. Davis
stood.
There is a bill before
Legislature providing
for appropriation of
for road improvements
State.
I it that has this
with
l hat takes die I heir
vitality from their blood, makes
them and v
It I bad evoking, overeating of
stuff, and other
The remedy is an
as the
Instead of the already
Cordial a
rest i-y nourishing the
Itself and other food taken
with it. strength return.
Is not the idea rail-n i lie , .
hi and Immediately.
No money risked
A id cent trial that.
The columns of this paper
tell of a minister of the gospel
who robbed while on a
drunken spree Charlotte, and
of who has just been
acquitted in the courts of a
crime- There are those
will lose much and
for the entire on
account of these two incidents,
without ever stopping to think of
tho consecrated fol-
lowers of tho Master who are
lives of self denial and
martyrdom that they may
carry His gospel to dying men.
It is frequently said, and all of us
are more or less guilty of harbor-
that all minis-
prone to accept calls to
charges whore salary is large
and work is genial. At the
Presbyterian church Sunday
morning preacher told of a
minister who had declined
a call of and accepted one
of to work in a destitute
region western North Carolina ;
and not only that, but be offered
to provide en assistant in tho
and pay him out of his
meager salary of It might
be well for u to think on these
things before we condemn all of
God's for
parent short comings of a
Statesville Landmark.
hi the best medicine for
it in place
Oil.
A colored man writes a
letter to of Pub-
Instruction complain-
that new school law takes
from the colored people the con-
of tho schools for their own
race, which privilege they enjoy-
ed under a former law. Without
passing upon the wisdom of
lowing people to
their own schools, it should be
remarked that the law granting
this privilege, which the
writer referred to pays
less was panned by a
j Democratic was
kept in force during the
administration of Slate
government It remained for a
Populist
and Stale for
which these colored voted
almost to a man. to take
from them this
Landmark.
THE. REFLECTOR
Greenville, N. C.
U.
at the at Greenville,
K. t., as second class matter.
acts upon the policy which be
has in he really has one in
mind.
STATE HEWS.
WASHINGTON
Our Regular
May, h, 1897-
The gag rule of the caucus has been
applied to Republican Senator in order
to bide tariff Iron the
public. They must do nil kick-
the . with
the privilege of appealing la the eM
when the commute.- s
them, but must
on the floor It
remains tube seen th.-r this gig
rule can be made to work.
One the roost things i
the of the d bale t
R-publican i
stead KW
the business of the country was in
awful condition. course they claim
that everything boom the tar-
bill becomes a law.
the King t the sugar
is now being tried contempt,
tor refusing to answer asked
by a Senate Committee. The trial at-
tracts a crowd daily.
Senator Vest opened his short
patch by There will be no
opposition to the passage
this bill. We know the con-
country, the ruined homes,
the blasted hearts. II can
even from our political
we will cot only welcome it, but
M will bless the when it
; but I do nit believe that higher
duties will bring back the
aid illuminate the and closed
with the our can
bring relief, if they can shed light
our darkened path, I will hail it i u
matter in whose hands may be the
lamp. Give us prosperity; relieve the
people. Put blood again in the veins
the torpid country. Do this, and I
will accept the boon, no whence
it comes
Ir. proposing a amendment
providing a bounty on
exports Senator Camion, of Utah, took
occasion to utter threat
If the till shall t J give some
justice to the farmer, I shall do
all in power to throw at the
Ohio, who
s willing to be the Democratic can-
says the outlook
The Democratic chances carrying
the Slate could be bettered.
less the wrong man is put at the
head the the Democrats, with
the aid cf the Populists and
R publicans, will, in my
beat Mark and the
It will be a case
avalanche sweeping them oil the
of the political sphere. The
had bitter dose defeat
at the spring elections, but
a to bitter pill
viii swallow
An important v.-a- held in
this week, in at-
dance being President Mask,
Clark, Secretary Gardner, and
film Chairman
the executive committee, of ll e
a Association clubs. The
was held to arrange the de-
tor carrying out the plan adopted
by l he executive committee the
at its meeting last month, re-
to a lion the
Democratic clubs the
Wort will be started at once
in Maryland; Ohio, New Jersey.
Iowa and those
States list attention because
arc to hold important elections this
year.
i he pi emotion
to the Senate to fill the vacancy
by the death of the late
South until the leg-
meets and elects a Senator, was
highly pleasing to the Democrats m
whom
is popular.
The choicest bit pie handed out
this week by Mr. was
grabbed by an as
and ex Minister to
Conner, of Iowa, being again nominated
in the la-t named petition. Mr.
C tiger served in Congress with Mr.
like so many the
who have been provided
The friends of Cuba that they
have been by the
and they are disposed to hold Mr.
responsible. is true that
M hid not personally make any prom-
but promises were made by those
who came as near to claiming to speak
for him as it was possible without
actually doing so, that it was the
intention Mr. to speedily
put into operation bis policy, which the
speakers declared would Cuba
independent. Those secured
pledges from Republican members of
the House that they aid in
preventing the Senate belligerency
resolution from being brought before
the House until Mr.
An lady of Concord was attend
pig the of her She
was taken sick at the grave and
within an hour.
A young son Rev. Johnson, if
was kicked in the head by
a horse late yesterday evening and
perhaps His skull was
Sun.
W. Rowan
was dead in her room a t- w
days ago- When her three-
weeks-old infant was folded in her
arms, says t-e Salisbury Sun.
The two children who recently killed
their lather, in county, have
been murder in the second
decree and sentenced to SO years in
penitentiary One them was a
The Methodist conference the
district will convene a.
on July 1st. The first
of the c will be devoted
to the district Sunday schools.
THE GREENVILLE TOBACCO
MARKET FOR-
WARD.
More be- Bum and
Two Large
m Process of Erection.
O.
The history of the slow but sure
and steady growth of the Green-
ville tobacco market has too often
been given to be unfamiliar or
requite a repetition of its
in the of this article,
except to show the regularity
of each year's
The first year the
Greenville market sold two
and twenty five
pounds with one warehouse and
one prise house- The second
year with two warehouses and
two prize it sold one mil-
lion two hundred twenty five
thousand Third year
third warehouse and two or three
prize houses were built
ville Belling, as it truly does, the i son on
finest bright tobacco grown in J
world, there seems to be no doubt j Woman
of the great possibilities in store
for her in next few years.
Tobacco teas
Tobacco stems supply both
nitrogen and potash. These
stems must not be confused with
tobacco stalks. Stems are the
midribs of the leaf are dis-
when the leaf is out into
wrappers or stemmed tor the
English markets- They are
largely employed in fertilizing
tobacco fields; also potatoes,
earn, grass, and other potash
feeding crops. Stems vary con-
in analysis, according
to the quantity of sand and water
present- American Agriculturist
in this connection gives the fol-
lowing
stems are usually a
purchase at per ton-
stems contain about
cent, water, per cent,
year very near two a ha i organic and volatile matter,
million pound were market J ling 1.8 per ct-nitrogen and
Greenville- The fourth a ;. t cent- mineral matter, of which
There Should Be More Like Her.
Sunday Service.
J. W. a white man living
near S. C , left his wile
and children and eloped with a young
who lived near him. He leaves
hi- six children, of which
arc almost helpless.
C. H. Williams, of Nash county, is
the lather three children, all of whom
have six well formed toes on each foot.
Mr. Williams says tint it was always
noticeable when there was an addition
to his family aim the young one was
born with only five toes on each foot,
it would only live a short while.
J. Stokes, county, took
some eggs under a hen that had
setting, and had left her nest, laid
the egg down on the ground the
sunshine and after a hours was
prised to find that the eggs had turned
to live beats in-
ORIGINAL.
A-I
People fishing compliments
their best in shallow water.
Is a idle when he labors r
an impression or entertain an
In society it is not proper
to return a collector's calls.
moves the foot
a his is a fad as you
born.
Whom the love they ma
gray, so they can dye
The we never
who borrow a dollar of us and never
return it.
Men who by the yard and
thinK the ii frequently moved
by the foot.
II your best girl values a clear com-
more than a clear
ha b drop
Many a man his success in
to the banns his enemies
than to the h s friends.
Out West farm mortgages have be-
so heavy that they have to bore
through them with an auger
plant corn.
The prosper.
fourth warehouse and
more prize houses built,
confidence in the market
beginning to be established and
the opposition that was at
offered begun to give way to
and this year the
market sold nearly, or to be more
accurate there were on the
four floors a fraction over four
million nine hundred thousand
pounds. The past year with a
good many added improvements
the previous year in-
creased facilities for handling the
crop, there were handled in
Greenville over a million pounds
more than the year before-
Thus it can be seen that while
we have not made altogether as
as is claimed by
some of our neighbor markets we
have succeeded at best in build
a solid one
of, if not the best bright tobacco
markets in the State. A
noticeable feature developing
the market is the fact that nearly
all those interested have built
their own houses own them-
which increases the if
possible, developing enter-
prise, for with their own money
invested it is but natural that
that .
energies should increases
Thus far I have spoken of
past growth of the market
Now a word as to the
Reference has recently been
made that other improvements
would be added during the sum-
mer for the coming crop- Messrs.
B E. Co. have
chased from Mr. J- K Corey a
site which they are now erect-
a factory for
both by steam
They are putting in
latest improved
about S per cent- is potash
per phosphoric acid- Seed
leaf stems are usually drier, con-
about the same
of phosphoric acid,
but one-fourth less potash. As
with all coarse material, stems
should be applied very early
the spring, the better is
to plow them under in the fall-
supply both nitrogen and
potash and are as well suited to
the tobacco crop- They are so
popular in the Connecticut valley
that all the stems available have
been used, before the season
for soiling June
each has found the dealers
with their stocks exhausted
their late unfilled, from
to tons of stems being
used annually
Journal,
An incident here on
day which we sale in saying
is a parallel in the county. A
lady came to town that day and made
some at one of our stores.
She said she has married years,
has lived all this time within lour
of Greenville, her family
ten persons, but this was the first time
she had ever been in a store
chased an article. When questioned
more fully she stated that had
at home the her
needed, that her band raised his
own supplies, that -y never bad to
buy anything except hats, shoes, sugar,
and the few things they
not make or raise at home. She said
that the women of country
had largely abandoned the practice
miking ch-th she had kept it up aid
she could easily meet the
needs her family in that
She did to help her husband along
and to help him for In- farm.
The was very much
pressed by woman's statement and
told her be to present her with
a dress as a reward her industry.
He is well acquainted with her husband
knows from his habits she had
made a true statement their manner
of living. The man never buys what
can be made at home, and what lie
buy the oath is paid for.
Such as this are so rare as be
was not a day
the country when the music of the
spinning wheel and loom of our moth-
grandmothers was hushed.
Could there be a return I hi so times
when the farm produced what the
family consumed and the good women
made what was worn hear
of fewer mortgages on the farm and
the hard times would lose Ins
occupation.
Sunday was an interesting and en-
day the people
At the Methodist church in morn-
Kev. N. M. Watson preached
able on the of
members. It especially
ate to those just being receive. into I
the membership the church and
already in the I
Master's At night G. L. i
Williamston, in the
church and all present
his sermon excellent one.
The of the church
filled both morning and by
H. T. Vann. of Scotland Neck. Large
congregations heard him at service
and were delighted with
There few ministers the
ability Dr. Vann and he b always
heard leave a
good.
At iii a Sun-
day school mats meeting was held in
the Baptist church. This meeting was
presided over by Mr. W. Hading
who proved an admirable selection Ir
this duty. remarks
and presentation of the
were Addressee
were made by I. ex-
Got. T. J. Mr K Milliard
and Mr. A. Cox, a
were all a high covering
different features Sunday school
work and the vast Rood the are
to the world, both winning
Christ and in creating a higher type
citizenship. Brief remarks ware lo
mule by A. and
C.
The entire services t v.- day were
instructive I
Weekly Crop Bulletin,
The weather the week
ending Monday, May was
for work, but
only fairly so for the growth of
crops. The nights generally were
too cool., retarding growth,
of cotton but the latter
part of the weak w s and
improvement in crops resulted-
here was an excess of
ft deficiency precipitation,
though local showers occurred OB
17th sad in many counties
Some hail was reported, without
material damage. The general
crop prospects are fair. Insects
are enemies the far-
mer at present.
DISTRICT-
The past week was sunny and
warm during the day, but the
nights were quite cool, ex-
scattered shower i or
and every department weather was
fully thoroughly equipped dry. Crops of all have
when completed will be a
model riser
Mr. E- 15-
member of the firm of T-
hardware clerk is A Co. on this market,
known by a stovepipe hat, the carpenter
by his coat and the law-
by his while
Observer.
Shall Cuba be
obtained by direct purchase from
Spain view recent events in
in Madrid, as well H
in the light of various hints that have
been dropped regarding the
policy the administration
Cuban this as.-um-s
considerable importance. This g
might purchase Cuba
from Spain, perhaps, as was suggested
nearly years ago, making it a part
the national domain as Alaska and
now are. On Ike other J,
the sale of the island might
by the
United Slates between Cuba and the
mother country, the I agreed upon
being in the nature a war .
secured possibly by bounds guaranteed
in Washington. Rumors are flying
about that Spanish government has
been approached upon subject, and
has declined consider tho suggestion
favorably otherwise. But while the
ministry might not entertain
the it is by no means certain
that some future government might not.
Spain is terribly want of money, and
the receipt of a hundred millions
of dollars in lieu of what is certainly
slipping from her grasp might not he
spumed by a statesman who not
have a war record to From
American it more
and more certain that intervention in
the Cuban struggle is
Baltimore
Think of a it so
as to he afraid to h I h
names of its own officials, making
reports of outrages and butcheries
for these officials might be as-
and we unable to protect
Think of such a power as
United States unable to protect its own
consular officers in the territory of a
given ample lime to do something. I power Ike Spain Shades
Now it is ascertained that may be Monroe and
even months, before Mr. Me-
has shown me a contract between
their firm and Messrs. S. T- Hook
and C f.-r remodel-
their huge factory.
house is now of the largest in
the east and when the
has been completed it will be one
of the most convenient. Tut;
firm of T- E. Roberts Co. will
change tho style of the r firm
came at this hereafter
it will be Roberts
They expect to equip this
with machinery for steam
drying and stemming Mr.
tells me that they will
prepared to do double the
that they have bean
when it remembered
that this firm is one of the largest
buyers here it some-
thing for Greenville- asked Mr
what his candid
was about prices for the
growing crop- His unequivocal
reply was that all grades of to-
except probably the very
common, would be
year. Me rather seemed to
that good wrappers would be
better demand at better prices
than any other particular grade,
but said he thinks cutters
smokers, too, will sell better this
fall for some time past. This
is encouraging, for generally
speaking h time past deal-
everywhere have been
to be despondent about
the future and it is
gratifying to this writer indeed
to hear a hopeful expression
from one who ought to be in
pretty close touch with the trade.
I have not been able to see Mr.
P. to know definitely
whether any additional improve-
j will be made in his factory.
His is already the most
factory here, last year
they put In steam and remodeled
the whole factory making
modern in every particular.
With these improvements the
capacity of the Greenville market
made some improvement and are
clear of grass. The week was
favorable for farm work,
which is we up everywhere-
Cotton chopping is
cotton small, but fair stand ;
cool for cotton, which does not
look as well as u might- Bud
cut worms are doing great
d to is
stand I but growing
fairly well; plowing it now. To-
transplanted ; needs a warm
rain t start it- Peanuts growing
fairly well- potatoes are
inferior and very much damaged
by potato bugs ; crop being
flipped from south portion
Sweet potato sprouts being set
arm showers needed.
ITEMS.
N. Slat,
Miss Hester Jones, of is
visiting Miss dames this
Sheriff W. II. Harrington here
his way to
T. it. Peal at-
tended the Baptist Union i Green-
ville last week.
L. I. of Greenville, here
Sunday.
Miss Bessie James, of is
visiting here this week.
Dr. C.
Greenville, was hers last Thursday.
D. H. James, of
Saturday ard Sunday in Bethel.
F. P. Woolen preached
the church Sunday
T. It. Bullock went
business last Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel who
have teen living here nearly twelve
months left Sunday Washington,
I. C, their former In me.
they to return in Sept.
Prof. B. F. school will
disc next Friday, June 4th. The ad-
dress be delivered Prof. A. J.
Carolina Institute.
We have two Johns in town
last week, John It Ward and John
Each was the recipient of
a line Loy.
Miss Sarah Rollins gave a musical
at the close her
school the hotel last Thursday
night which was highly creditable
her and he pupils and was greatly en-
ill have been increased several J joyed by th large crowd
million pounds and with Green-
.
t has come to our know-
ledge diaries of Hie
New York, who was a true and
gallant private soldier in th; Army o
Virginia, during the war be-
tween the State--, Las set apart in his
private fortune the sum of one hundred
thousand aid-
in erecting somewhere in the South,
a Abbey or Memorial building,
a the relics
and the Southern
and that he has en a most lib-
to all Worthy
charities, i it resolved by
the members of the Grimes
Camp of
present, and by the Green-
ville, K. C,
1st. That our are are
hereby tendered our comrade and friend
B. Rouse, his
and patriotic the re-
BAKER k HART.
Hardware,
Tinware,
cs, Hubs, Building Paints
Oils and Stoves.
Fair Dealings and Honest Goods at Rock,
, Bottom Prices.
Tin- Una
trip Iron Greenville to
oil
Tea. via
and via
Tickets sold from to
Cotton and
Below are prices
and tor m
by aV M .-
chant of
cotton.
Good Middling
Middling
Low Middling
Bond Ordinary
Tom-quit i
GREENVILLE, X. C.
t;
Prime
Extra Prime
Spanish
o tn
Io Take
to Operate
Are tn Hood's Pills. In
MM. As one
C. I.
Proprietors. Miss,
Tho only to take
internal in
the brick I Will sell ail Brick-
now band d liver
at short at o on
Lint within one
I hundred mile th
our comrades and the j and If. C. Addles- all coin
dear South future to
lion the glory our
Land.
2nd. Thai recognizing e fact that
our grand old Stale, North
which was Bethel and
last at which
more lost in killed and
than any her States,
in the war between the Slates, and
were peers any
the world has ever and that we
upon he. ;
soil be the proper place
erection of the Battle Abbey, still we
that Richmond, the the
the city
it- i- in our judgment
the proper place tor its location, and we
earnestly request to
his great i in the
erection of the Abbey at
Virginia.
3rd That we sincerely
with in his affliction
devoutly hope that his
may he restored mid that he may live
to see the Abbey a finished
structure.
That we tender on.- thanks and
beet wishes Io Gen. L.
of the heroes engaged in his-
work of raisins funds for
of the Battle Abbey.
Introduced by E. A.
cf Bryan Grimes Camp Con-
aid unanimously
adopt, d May
K. LUCAS, X. G
Co.
Win.-baud, N. C, May 1897.
The recent rains have crops
look better.
A large crowd from here attended
the Disciples Union at Creek
Sunday.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
residence of W. It Jr.
J. S. returned home
day from Chapel Hill.
Mrs. J. H. is very sick.
D. B.
from
C. T. Cordon, cf Washington,
here Thursday.
E. E. and Brown,
of spent and Sun-
here.
R. O. t. ton returned from
last weak,
J. II. one the oldest
this section, last
Alexander,
Monday.
Work will resumed on the
rot;
S. E PENDER CO.,
N. C-
Notice to Creditors.
Clerk of the Superior Cowl of
Pitt having letters
to me. the on
the of May. 1807, on the estate
r. II. notice Is
hereby given to all persons indebted to
the estate M make immediate payment
to and to all creditors
of i to present their claims,
properly authenticate I, to the under
signed, within twelve
date this this will
be plead recover v.
This the day of May,
KATE s.
of the estate of J. ii, mount.
G . -Tames. Atty.
Notice
On Monday the 7th day of June
will fell at the Court House
dour in town of Greenville to the
bidder for one tract of
land In county containing about
acres bounded as sit-
belong-
to I. A. adjoining
the lands Hart, Mrs. Kate
Spivey, . DalL J. B.
Mrs. Becky Stocks.
Joseph Hardy and corners with the
homestead Of the said L. A.
thirty three and one
third more or leas all woods
land and being Hie excess of
L. A. an
x in my hands collection against
L. , and has
levied on said land as be property of
said L. A. We
This 25th day of April
W. II.
S. M, O. s.
Notice
in a short while.
On Monday the 7th day of June
I I at door
in the town of Io the i-11. -r
bidder for cash J. A. s in-
in one tract of land in
about acres
as in low n.
snip and known at the Carney
laud. Io an in my
hands for J.
which been levied on said
.
a plan by which Farmers m get
CHESTS FREE
mm --j-r
II
.-
,,
it- t .,.
R. R. FLEMING.
A. G. COX.
G. i. CHERRY.
Phone line today and we Up u, see it
W. II,
Sheriff.
E. B HIGGS.
Ci -hi.
Organized June 1st, 1897.
The Bank of Pitt County,
GREEN
We solicit your We offer every
and accommodation consistent with sound
Banking.
-DEALER IN-----
HEAVY km FANCY GROCERIES
GREENVILLE, x. c.
I will the best goods obtainable and
will sell them at the lowest prices possible. I
will do all l can to obtain and hold your pat-
Come and see me.
M. H,
door to Jeweler. THE LIVE
Dealers, Tobacco Makers
and Bicycle Dealers and
offer their to public- orders
Tobacco Flues
assure you will heretofore snake the beat of
t ho price. All our work is we are ready to
repair anything in our line a to a We will
think you to see us.
S. I PENDER X
Hose.
What Kind
Seamless, fast black, with double
heel and toe.
What Sizes
From the smallest to the
misses, ladies
men.
Price ;.
The small sum pail.
Where
H. M. HARDENS
The Low Price Merchant.
P. in
before buying
and examine
FINE CLOTHING,
We Hit Hard
At the profits on every-
and during; the
past week have
the pleasant experience
of send in d away from
our store hundreds of
delighted patrons. Most
of them had never
ed with us We
please our old
customers and want to
make some more new
ones. It will be to your
interest to step in and
let us quote prices on
C Nothing;, Notions and
Gents Furnishings.
Suits made to Measures.
LINE
Dress Goods, Shoes
Furnishings
is superb and your inspection is invited.
FRANK WILSON
The King Clothier,
People Pawing Way.
Mrs. T. Carr, of is vis-
Miss Lilli- Moore lift Friday
tram a trip
M. Owens and wile returned
train Norfolk.
W, T. Friday waning
from a visit to Virginia.
J. W.
evening Nev
Mi. K. A. returned Thursday
evening
A a Tyson, is
visiting Una. K. I- South.
day evening
II. F. and sister, Crisp,
lb Warren.
Alis. tins is
visiting T. K. looker
V. C. Joyner
J. W. Wiggins returned
day evening tram Mount.
Miss Pal returned
at
Cadet returned
Iron so n
F timing
a days felts U
Mrs. ti. i t Neck,
visit Mrs.
Flanagan.
II. Harding m d U. Jarvis re-
Miss and
Waiting Mrs
K. L.
Mi. and Sidney
are
Alias Jarvis
Kans and wile of
have been lulling relatives lure,
returned borne
E. wile, of Farm
ville,
nine Ii
UNION MEETING.
Union in
ch lien- Friday
devotional men eon-
by Be. D.
J J. C berry was chosen moderator
and Be. D. b. Ricard, clerk.
The the
Town Churches What h done
with was lead by J. O.
Alderman, Washington, lie said
churches are dead,
greatest need is more
lite. Mr. was lull in
this discussion by W, j
G. C. Finch, D. Ii.
K.-v. G. L. Finch,
ed discussion t
n M bat relation should exist between
pastor and lie inane an ad
talk on this
After prayer and praise mice, the
. church
shall we on with ;
kn up. The was opened in
a sting address by Rev. F. T.
of Several others
tool; part in this sub-
The next topic was
in behalf which It-v. J. Alder-
f Interesting
H duly
es in in the institution.
At Be. F. T. n
preached to III,,
ilia go forward.
The was a good one and much
enjoyed by the congregation. The
services were conducted by
R-v. It T.
Ci-o;.
One Boa. Held in
train i
isl.-. I- relatives.
P TO R l Sn, and cow d
I a M , K. C. White's
l Store, N. C.
THE
Local
I season is i n.
Ha is milt n it i.- dew.
even to
to
lo Ike
ill is ll t
a cash
Tl e v corner has be i
The ti am
it i e lo
The corkscrew realizes dial
turn
I'll Convention tit the
i . Temp-ranee
in et in -la ;
-This i- certainly a d. re-
the as he
house crepe on the door.
You need i's i to
purify create an
ant give sweet, g
no hive
t stand in the building
it-i. at time
iii-t fire.
n yo wile's
hair Honestly,
is tint
There is no daub of w u-k among
the o new
indicates there is life
We an to sea edit K.
Se
in upon the
R. it. came in Friday
livening she had
been the
Mi s J. Cherry and F. G.
Jim-s evening
King's
Mrs. It. II. Hudson
i i., who have been visiting
Riverside Nurseries, return-
ed home
A i. pastor
has be. n sick
able lo be I
All U see hint out.
C M.
through evening
lo H. the dedicatory
in the Presbyterian church
ii town
Th- green apple will
small Ii iv blue.
the a .
his eves.
be m i the
mil oil with the
and the undertaker to
overtake her.
will probably be
the next lo go on a strike.
you ride a
Jo-ix
A goad advertising is the beat
re bu as loss.
been
is the
-tore front into the newspapers.
Some fishermen have
meeting good lack this week.
Mi. X. Bart tells us that be had
new potatoes from his garden Monday.
The chap who has decided to pro-
pose to a and learns his speech by
heart be lest his bean
gets up in his
The is indebted lo
S. an invitation to the
closing exercises cl Trinity School,
June
Men do not advertising
when they have made a judicious
use it. It a part their
i built ml j its very
lions.
s,
Traps bile's New Store
is is
end d. and we not is u
applicable lo some
cl the town. It may be a fatal
Close listed men all In- ,.
together, man
alone. I don't believe in
. . the
yesterday saw a fisherman
carrying bis bait in a small can which
The pi I
you it doesn't lake
make
was marked concentrated
The w ho s paid for g
u may be said lo be
rocks.
The Tribune, publican daily
paper has suspend d.
I hough with its politics,
About all it we
through with J
ire the betas,
he game base r be
June brides and sweat girl graduates , v. . M
have the market on white H one
dress goods. score
The man who buy; porous plasters of Kinston.
can't He is to get . u
stuck on km the pedestrian, have that
The man who owns an replied the
celebrate the his on the
with his little hatch it. j asphalt, undoubtedly run
Mrs. a good
lo take out a lire
Mr. Newly wed-
When a man quarrels with his wile
to make up he
bring her a new powder pull.
Something Greenville.
Where is it At Five next
dour to
hat in A Feed More,
where con get Hay. Gram, Meal,
snip at lowest cash
price. Corn and meal cents
No. It.
C. Manager.
The ears of customers can only b-
n ached solicitors or traveling sales-
men, and but a them call be
addressed at once; but ads are ad
. d to the eye, can be and
read thousands at the .-aim- time.
It is nut always wise award a con-
tract lo I lowest bidder. The best
lawyer never enter into
a case. Tin- beat architects
lo furnish plans without
the order. A blacksmith ob-
more wages by the day and a
higher rate by the piece would be
paid to an apprentice Printer's Ink.
Of
Massed by ti-c
a y f
N. C,
We have heard with
sorrow the the sudden death of
I. A. Sugg, mother our
and A
Jr.,
It Thai We deeply
our and take this
method our condolence to
him in this hour his deep sorrow
and of any i i
power.
d, That a copy of s- res-
be spread on
our society and u copy sent to the
family, the Greenville and
the Ob
friend was highly hi lined
b, us and now we mourn
hit blessing God
upon him in this deepest
W. S.
W. II.
J. son,
T. M.
L.
M. W. Nash.
Committee.
Devotional exercises conducted by
F. T- Wooten.
A in
and spoke on The mission
of the church to the followed
by F. K. Milliard.
the most inter
of this morning the
Box e
Q lite a number of practical
the box, which w-re an-
in a very
manner by Messrs.
ch, Wooten and It
Mr. which was
d lo.- Ibis in will be given
sill
The for con at this
s was and
The discussion opened by
K of Keck,
made an fill address Ho
point d out the rapid
l hat b en I iv
lug the last live years, show-
the and had
reached la higher than
previously existed, lie said other
had made
I he same line but his .
I him lo work of the
Bx-Gov. T. J. interest
on the me and in the
Course h's paid the
a high He d he could
mike the
the had done mere for
than any other de-
and possibly all
others combined.
On Monday, May 17th. It-v. P. G-
of Danville, to
Greenville to conduct a series meet-
in the Baptist For ten
days he In Id two each in
the church, at and P. M. and cot
Cage prayer meetings were hid each
morning in some home. The very
day I the meeting Rev. A. . hi in r
paster of the church, was sick
d was able hi gel a; last j
day's Rev. X. M i a I
of th Went
o the aid of Mr. and I -it
fully by bin. through lbs t-
We do not believe a in i ling was
ever h. Id here that n soiled M nine
good than this Mr.
is a man with the Holy
and he power. lie i. u
fears not to CO ill
ail its forms. II. and
might have been . x-
art tome who- to k
lion at his bold hut
with the masses his were
approved, A preacher who no
one accomplishes no he is your
friend who tells you your
sins and you lo
when the earth
not please all to whom he n
Ii Opposition arose that He .
yet the truths He
will live on A man has
lo be told of sin I the error
his way.
Mr. plain preaching hen
did great good, We believe its in-
lice will fur a i
crowds people heard him
night. Many have been I
their sins, and have
been Blade on others which I
out,
The meeting closed I n, .
and tie brat day was th b . It was
an impressive scene to see throng
standing
to ton brief from
Ur.
vi-i 1-
more than people have been
h i. en n-
ll bee j
drawn closer together in love i
and faith and zeal every
Christ an has been and
a la-ling impression good his be ii
i.
Mr. I It with the prayers
the to. Cod's to
. i
tin him, i d they
for him lo in n here at future
day.
A railed of Bryan Crimes
Camp Till county Confederate Vet-
was held at college grounds,
i, 1897, E. A-
presiding. Alter roll call the
following was unanimously
That th- time for our annual meet-
be on the last Thursday in July
each year; and lilt I the college grounds
be the place of mealing
notice.
On motion a h arty vote thanks
h u lend King's Weekly,
and Greenville Enterprise
f r their kindness in gratuitously pub-
all for this inciting.
No the
I was entertained by Pig ,
and John of Company H.
Calvary, who told u any
breadth Iron Yankee Cav-
and, in the very their
hilarity, that noble o-i and
chi f of the
called tin- old to
which was very enjoyed
all. After dinner they adjourned lo
meet again at college July
k, ma.
K. A.
F.
X.
He's You.
Maude, dear, an axle tie-does
n -I bar it sometimes
has nuts mi it lot;.
Miss. Mai
loll is to when
be you above The axle-tree
bears almost we get in all
our big markets.
Yours
l-s
Anniversary.
Ii It. y both live until
of next July, Key. John
wile, Co
have been married forty years.
We understand that they celebrate
day by having Hair relatives
friends together with them.
It You want a
SUIT OF CLOTHES
i of Spring
C. T.
Where the
can be
A beautiful line of-
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Furnishings,
to select from.
C. T.
hen across the hills
Si-is the prisoned
When t- the n.
Joins with Bang bird's symphony ;
hen, it to us, we
Turn our thoughts to soda-water.
For balmy April breeze
I ells the sultry nays are
hen we the trees,
And our throats are hot and dry.
Then soda fount
up his bank
Bidet Hall
Please state in your paper that
II. It. presiding cl of
district, was viol
sick on night do. two days
h Was unconscious. He is at his home
near Fayetteville. He is some
a are his r
He desires the preachers in his
district to hold the quarterly confer
ding to appointment.
Yours truly,
I. L. Nash
Heavy and Fancy Groceries.
I H R S- yo can always find fresh Bread.
I. ti L SI Rolls, Pies and Cakes, also Candies, Fruits, Nuts
to which the Expectant Mother , Materials, and a nice line
exposed and the foreboding and and Fancy Groceries. Call and see
dread with which she looks for-,
ward to the hour of .
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
HERS
allays Nervousness, and so assists
Nature that the change goes for-
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
Wash- hopeful passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without left strong and
vigorous and enabled to joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of and
the time of recovery shortened.
know one lady, the mother of three
children, who in the
birth of each, who obtained a bottle of
of before her
fourth confinement, was relieved
quickly and All spree that their
labor was shorter and less
John G. Macon,
in I a, the present term
Session Cosed.
The spring term of Greenville
Academy has closed. session of
Prut. school is a good one,
and the term just closed was no except-
ion. There is not a better school
boys in the State.
Joining the Churches.
morning twelve
seven
were in the Baptist church as
candidates baptism. This is the
the recent inset-
inn and others expected to
Harri s.
Only three marriage lie were
issued this week, fur white and two
for colored couples. The total number
issued for the month of May was
twenty, eight tor white and
twelve fur colored.
Men Hurt.
There came near a
dent Wednesday among the workmen
on tin- ham A heavy
timber was being hoisted position
when it fell hack on two of
men. One them was badly
on the head and hurt in the back, and
one loot other man was severely
mashed.
Out
The report having gone out tin t the
new Council was contemplating
changing the ordinance to bi-
and prohibiting riding the
side walks, petitions are being
ed asking to let the law
as u is. With such an
we have in Greenville, a law
bicycles would
that they could not be used
in town at all. There are a great
wheels here and a prohibition
their use would work a hardship in a
number can -s. Bicycles have to be
listed taxation, and it would be
unjust to the owners to make them pay
taxes on what they are denied the
privilege use or benefit from Many
people wheels during
the past year with the expectation of
law remaining us it is, and it would be
wrong alter their money is invested to
prohibit the use them. We hope
the let the bicycle or-
remain as it is until Greenville
has streets. This is the only
way to he just to the
About o'clock Monday a dis
shock was here. It
lasted a few seconds the
trembling caused n
numb, r of persons lo rush out of them.
We by wire that shuck w
tell at House, and
Tarboro. No doubt it ex ended over
a much larger
Dr. offered a
to the p of for Beaufort Court,
entertaining the and
pleasure the meeting her., had
d.
committee l
place and preachers tor next et-
die that as
the tilth Sunday lull at a
time when many the ministers are
engaged in services, the
me ling he then BO other
me -ting be hid until the This
was adopted the Union ad-
Hue Acquitted.
K J. I in telegraph operator at
Washington, who November shot a
a named Richard who
w. in hi., was bird to
PER at Stores,
or by mail on receipt of price.
any application, by
Tut CO., Atlanta , G.
J. R. COREY,
Was Orel y
Built It Up
Sores
was I with eruptions on my
face, which appeared scrofula. My
that J was
advised to Hood's to
build me I pix bottles.
Before I had if this amount I
found I . I could rest
better at refreshed in the
morning. gained in Bash I
DIE, No. Carolina.
offering lag for
years, four ll- fit if
made a complete cure. It b years
I took but I
net red With any sore or
in ;. Mas. M. J. Hartley,
Lovett,
AND COLLARS
A General Horse
Millinery.
Groceries.
THE SWIM.
II in
Merchandise
call and lean save you money on
FINES SHOES of celebrate Eagle brand.
WHITE,
NEW GROCERY STORE.
Opened h . to S T. and have a full line of
CIGARS AND TOBACCO.
o select from frosh low down in price. A
to ail. Come me, will make it pay
JAMES B WHITE
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is the Beat-
to pi-i Hood . sad inly Hood's.
lie
Hood's
I can now be found in
the brick store for-
occupied,
W. Brown.
Come to see
Hi
SALE 1897,
DRESSES,
SHIRT WAISTS,
CHILDREN'S WEAR,
SHOES AND
t mi from tin b
OR IN
Lang Sells
Cheap.
-ts
Your attention is now invited to our
Notions, Hats, The best and most
assortment of new styles now awaits your
inspection. We lead the trade. We challenge
the country for bargains. We guarantee sat-
every time.
RICKS i TAFT
Emporium of Spring Fabrics.
The
The savings are
plating reduction cf interest to
. per cent.
That is fact alt that invested
is now worth where its
is ace
personal of any kind.
When the owners of real estate
in this b- gin to realize
tents will come down and
the condition of the will
be bettered-
Where a man his
business gives personal
attention to the ho is
fairly to whatever re urn
he can got out of his enterprise
in these days mere in ,
Una by not
worth more per , and
the owners of money
have to e
that.
these have their mine
Hut their absence
must content itself ii
legitimate wage.
THE COWARD.
. II
If he had i n -lit rode forth
search of
for smiles and
for of
He would nave n or perchance
For he had wit and no heroic all.
They at
school, and hoy of half his
Were wont to chafe and bully him and cull his
ample ear.
And he would hi bruises and weep o'er
dare to revenge, ho had a
coward's heart.
And when the workmen in made op
their minds strike
This dastard held aloof of course and worked
on,
They told him that he robbed their wives and
children of their bread.
wife and child have got to wag all
the coward said.
One as this passed along his
way
He saw in the motor's path a tittle
one at play.
The car on at mighty witness
held his breath
And waited for the child to meet a
death.
Then something flushed before the car,
some one screamed with flight,
And men and n elided their eyes
that
Joy O joy The babe was saved, and where
it was at play
Naught but a coward's lifeless form in man
glad lay.
S. E. Wiser In Cleveland Leader.
THE AVOWAL.
The of the o rope
in Outer Darkness
Six hundred thousand children
the fl in which sleep the
North Carolina of twenty years
hence, are without schools of any
kind nine long, forgotten
every year. Can one be expected
to write of so lone
as the children of the plain
are so miserably cared for,
when the way of betterment is so
possible North does
not know what she is doing.
a few towns is sowing good
seed, but the length
breadth of the State the
devil is sowing- and the
reaping must come,
Men and brethren, this matter
is with us ; we are responsible.
it is our State. We mast
and build stronger and
greater the of North
hope, our public school
Recorder-
111-- press so
attention to European
ilia little
in the the
mm i. a. in-s tin- really Jo mm
the horrors id situation
Celia. ,
sun, ii matters
bad tin United Stales would
take hut in
pay us an
It the greet societies in
and the thousand humane
in knew i con-
in Cuba not -i
such a cry M for Ar-
hut would be
hocked -nil
attitude century for long
past. The disclosure of
the Senate o. We
open foreign world to
Ike in the of the
The cowardice o gov-
dis-
i it- . to bring n blush
lo every
New evening Post.
A moderate drinker
a who
iv to be found in
live. said lie. -de
y u I have lo en
Jo was Ike
reply ; let us put U lo proof
For flu- six months, do Hot touch
a The was
lie bis promises, and at the close
tin- he to his friend with
tears bis eyes, believe you
me a drunk id's grave.
knew b that in
way a slave t- drink, bail the
la t nave the ii
my lite. Had the beth
tried later on it might have been MM
. lo -p I Ii r pledge lo;
Ml. Airy, N C May
Fry ard Charles Atkins, white, both
angle and about year old, the
cigar maker, involved
in a a
o'clock, two miles
lids initiated
fat a Atkins instantly,
the Hit-line the
shot and kill d by in tin
pm
last night.
w re dunking.
The imperial Spanish in
Vienna is probably the only one of
riding schools
a have lasted to this day and
p; this one would no more
exist were it not for the
of Charles VI, who
provided tat l ho continuance of this
favorite by a large bequest,
which provides for the annual
spending of the interest only,
the permanence of the
The conditions of horseback rid-
as handed down here, are prob-
ably the most correct example of
how riding was taught centuries
ago, at a time when the art of rid-
well constituted the most
as well as necessary
of a nobleman.
Chivalry then meant expert
knowledge of horseback riding.
Emperor Charles VI also provided
that only horses from the Id pizza
stud, where then the
finest horses of Austria were bred,
should be ridden in the
and of these beautiful
animals are constantly kept in the
model stables attached to the ma-
Only stallions are sent to Vienna,
and they an snow while, with a
flesh colored nose. Horses for
are shod with
Weekly.
Life.
on the an boor or two
Banana, when the band is
playing its liveliest Roman so-
is on and
receiving visits from to
carriage along the
races of the pi- laid
out under X. ., n. is the place,
writes Ellen in an exchange,
to study Roman life ard Roman
manners. oW families.
With names have men's
mouths may cut down
their establishments and rent
hut a few bare rooms of their pal-
aces, but they never give op their
hordes or the afternoon drive
through the and up the Pin-
hill. The younger Women,
with their skin, delicate
and large, s, are apt
to very good to look at, and
their dress, with its lavish u of
lace and flowers, is often more
graceful than that of Frenchwomen,
if not always so refined.
have just got to
come out and take dinner
tomorrow. I won't take no for an
answer. Will you
; shall be de-
lighted.
thought you would. You see, I
want you to come out and see baby.
The little fellow is strong.
He throws his cup, s
clear across the table at every meal
Air by a Human
Dr. Hall makes tho fol-
lowing interesting in on
the amount of air a human being -i
the average size and
will consume in tho space of one
minute when in
when in the degrees of ac-
When at rest, we
cubic inches of air pea minute;
if walk at tho rate of one
an hour, ire two miles,
mill's an hoar,
four miles an bow, If we
start out and ran six miles in an
hour, we will cubic
inches of air daring m minute of
that time.
here a in the
the
at Eagle Luke, lid , n
Dining a
, ti.-i-ind Wanna on
a u pi he found to
my that he sun a perfect
he very
there had ever a
man. says the telegraph-
it the little,
roe la the beck
the and told the that
he had beard of one perfect
Win n inquiry was made as lo re-
entity, as
first his was
ford, the timid, shrinking
certainly delivered a
,. .
people who to
regulate the and kidneys will
the true remedy in Hitlers.
This medicine does not ale and
no nor Other
cant, but acts tonic and
ll mildly on the and bowels.
adding strength and torn to the
organs, thereby ailing Nature in the
of the
i- no excellent and
tills ions, old I, it j list
exactly what
per at John I,. Hens
is a feeder and re-
well to liberal
On corn lands the yield
increases and the soil improves
if properly treated with fer-
containing not under
actual
Potash.
A trial of this plan costs but
little and is sure to lead to
profitable culture.
All . t.- ac by actual
iv-- , 1.1 i-.
in a v-. w.- .--tH Mil
b-e lo B A act write tor It.
KALI .
St.,
is
one
When v.-u
so slight it lie,
enc twit is
The is free.
There is no
love startled word.
It were praying
It no heard.
Yet,
Who shall Mean the
the mending
When- the as weak
What avails the
Far the bird to seek
every i. lending
Wings yonder peak
Thrash, they recapture
You to newer wrong.
How yon
Strain to suit the
Gone lie the
Of
Robert Johnson Century.
Color
While most are
probably still inclined to view with
suspicion or with positive
the claims made by its inventor
for the process of pro-
pictures that the
colors as well the forms of nature
by a purely chemical operation, yet
some hard headed Eng-
capitalists have demonstrated
entire confidence in the Pa-
solution of this old problem
by purchasing from him the patent
rights which lie has obtained or
plied for in all the countries that
grant such rights. syndicated
plan is to keep the process a strict
monopoly. No ore will be allowed
to bay the formulas for preparing
the four liquids by the of which
tho colored photographs are pro-
Mt in each country one or
more agencies will be established
where will be sold and
instruction in their employment
given. It will east some money to
secure such an agency.
The United Stales consul at Frank-
fort reports that an offer of
for the exclusive franchise in Ger-
many has in i n refused by the
don company. The speaking
apparently from his own
edge, declares that, however
tin process is, the accuracy
and beauty of i a results cannot be
questioned, while the practical
plication of it is so easy and should
be so e to open a new
era in York
Times.
THE SULTAN AS HE IS.
A of
of Turkey.
Victor ard, in writing on
key and the sultan for a
review, has told some very interest-
facts. several years ho was
a college professor in Constantino-
and knows his subject thorough-
He blames the sultan and Russia
for the Armenian and
holds the sultan up to scorn as per-
haps the most abject coward hold-
a high position In Europe.
So fearful is the sultan of
mite that he will not allow electric-
to be used in Constantinople, as
it is generated by
Here is the pen picture ho draws
of the
Hamid gentle, shy.
man, cold at a first inter-
view, but whose manner becomes
acquaintance. His
temper is even, his address affable,
his native intelligence above the av-
hut his culture Is nil. The
gross farces of the Turkish Stage
and French liter-
are his great delight. has
the whole of
to be translated for him.
His piety, perhaps simulated,
narrow and superstitious, and his
private life serious, and, indeed,
austere. The most severe Young
Turks admit that for centuries the
Ottoman has not
pied by a man so little sensual. Em-
have all been charmed by
Abdul Hamid, and many have not
got over this pleasant impression.
It is duo to the extreme
of this autocrat, to his attention to
their remarks, his apparent assent
to every one of their conclusions.
The proofs ho gives of hard work,
good will scrupulousness appeal
to even the most liberal Young
Turks, like
great effort or long habit is
necessary to mistrust or disbelieve
a man who seems BO upright and
who certainly is unhappy. Every-
thing his attitude, words and
even silence, his sudden pinching of
the lips, starts of the body, wander-
looks the pallor of the
cheeks disguised by
thing shows unreasoning, incurable
fear in the successor of the
and It is tho key
to his character, pear has
in him pride, passion and vices, but
it has also killed generosity,
straightforwardness, honor and all
further than that of self
Throats.
Some wise has
that public singers are freer
from throat troubles than other
class of human beings. The reason
assigned is tho constant of
tho voice, giving exercise to the
muscles of tho throat. At which a
clever man suggests that tho mu-
and medical profession join
hands and substitute glees for gar-
for
madrigals for mustard
and oil. Ho con-
that tenor songs may be
for and ballads for
bronchitis. In time, perhaps, a mu-
medico hospital may he
with special songs written
to suit special eases. Of course this
is all very pleasant sounding, but
when tho neighbors taken into
consideration it is doubtful if the
old methods not to preferred.
Chicago Times-Herald.
GM.
gold may be cleaned by
in n bath of HO grains
grains sodium
bicarbonate and grains
salt, all of which ingredients are
dissolved in three quarts distilled
water. Tho fluid must be for
in well corked bottles.
to cleaned placed in n basin
and covered with liquor and taken
out after awhile, washed and rinsed
in alcohol and dried in sawdust Thu
looks like now.-
He M a careful thoughtful
man. In fact, it may said that
ho was an extremely careful and
man.
He was resting comfortably in his
easy chair with his feet resting on a
footrest when his
pencil seeded sharpening; Any
other man would have taken out bis
knife and begun work at co, bat
he was too thoughtful for that, also
too
Ho got up out of bis chair
and went across tho room for a lit-
waste paper basket that was
in the corner. Then ho re-
turned to his seat in the easy chair
and the basket on tho floor
between his legs.
His wife smiled approvingly, and
he felt of himself.
He open-.-d bis knife, lean over
his and began work rm the-
pencil.
is lust tis easy to careful
and he as he de-
the first from the
end of the pencil,
replied fol-
lowed the shaving with her eye and
it go over his shoulder and laud
Oil the carpet behind
Rut why continue there are few
have rot tried to sharpen a
a smell basket in some mo-
an of temporary insanity.
When be had finished, there were
three shavings in the basket, and
the rest were on tho floor.
That is visually tho way it hap-
Post.
Beam
who car. t Ml wen
perhaps never more numerous
they now said one of our
dramatic critics a time since.
have pretty faces, charming,
figures and can smile most bewitch
tho most is
acting playgoer
In like way Charles I
Witting in a country man I
my experience
provincial managers I should say
hat a young and pretty woman
can't act, and who knows can't,
Is an particularly when
wants no salary for her
New, such a one my son asks
to offer you. Tho lady is
the and has the advantages
I have named above, and he gives
his word of honor that so far at
he knows can't act a bit and
looks upon a salary the first
as positively nauseous. is mix
to come to your and
show her insufficiency or anything
tho public may require
may n genius or a duffer.
doesn't know what she can do,
like the man who didn't know
whether ha could play on tho fiddle
or not, having never tried.
wishes, a any rate, to put her foot
en tho which generally means
foot in Will you
give her n trial If she turns out
worth anything, I pledge myself to
remove her at the earliest possible
opportunity. If not, you
come to her so long as you find
tho third canto
describes a
in Switzerland which
notices awful stillness which
precedes
All heaven and earth though net
fie. ,
But breathless,
until
r-ea- to i alt, the
On, live Iron, one
But a
And bi r
Ruck to th. All-, who to hut
aloud I
Tho description is too long to
quote, and, indeed, too well known,
hut Sir Waller Scoffs criticism on it
may not he so well known. He says;
is one of the most beautiful
passages of tho poem. Tho
and far of a thunderstorm
is described in verse almost as
vivid its lightnings, live
thunder among
tho voice of mountains, as if
shouting to each oilier,
of lug rain, the gloaming of the
wide lake, lighted like n phosphoric
present a picture of sublime
terror, jot of enjoyment, often at-
tempted, but never so well, certain-
never Letter, brought out
Queries,
A r F
Much curiosity is directed toward
Henri of
My Something of mi
he is, has
been a long skirmish. Tho follow-
passage gives some idea of the
risk he once
more than a quarter of a
be says in his preface,
have been like a man on a switch-
back railway, continually plunged
from the highest summits into the
depths, A few months after
the day when tho threw
down tho doors to
me and carry me in triumph
to take my scat in the national de-
government, I was drugged to
Versailles in chains threat coed
with death. For a whole hour I was
paraded in tho streets of tho city
like another and I can
still bring to my mind's the fig-
an man, attired in a close-
buttoned Crock who waved a
red umbrella and started in the
of the procession.
Flay him alive this
III. Mistake.
is business, Wilkins
Wilkins Can't make it go. At
this rate I'll bankrupt in another
month. I don't seem to have any
head for
i you but you
have a good stand, and if you'll
promise to keep off and lot
mo run things I'll go in with you as
partner.
Wilkins Done. A friend in need
is a friend indeed.
Guest, of Mr. Wilkins years
a magnificent place
you have- everything that wealth
could buy or heart wish I You have
been wonderfully prosperous, Mr.
Wilt-ins.
Mr. Wilkins but,
after nil, I get only half the profits
of my establishment. I just tell
you, my old friend, mistake of
life was in, taking I
Manning and
The late Archbishop of
Canterbury and Cardinal Manning
used to meet frequently at tho
club and good
friends, though Manning thought
that Benson was not rugged enough
in bis policy. A correspondent of
tho archbishop, who was also a
friend of the cardinal, received from
Lambeth palace in a letter in
which the Anglican primate said of
the Roman cardinal, are not
mistaken in thinking that I highly
regard his and his life and
value the of Cardinal Man-
heart toward with more
to the same purpose. The
Showed the letter at the
time to Cardinal Manning, who read
it with evident pleasure. I,
n- lie put U down,
a great liking for my dear
sister of York
Tribune.
The Lave
One of i c large volcanoes in
Hawaii has a large lake of liquid
lava in its crater or hollow. This
seething, billing mass like
i glass i the
but under microscope pieces of
the original rocks of very minute
sire may be detected. Where it has
cooled in curious festoons along the
it resembles shag from some
mammoth furnace.
W. H. v. ho
makes a of
without
doubt cur
ed more s t an.
Phi ; hi
is ;
have of
him. Hi
valuable
work on
this dis
he sends
bot-
of his t any sufferers
who may send P. o. d Express
We a cure to address
a. ,
Notice
Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Secret of Beauty
is health. The secret of health is
the power to digest and
a proper of food.
This can never be done when
I the liver docs not act it's part.
know this
modern
Family Medicine Cures
of
On Hie day of Jane A. D. ,
i will -i-ii i Hone door i s Liver Pills are an
in the ton n of lo ill a r i i i l
f, one tract of I a i in put cure for sick headache, s-
PeP malaria, j
thence wit ran t the I I
to Read, thence said i I V
mad to the if
or
he to
son, II- ox an I
load from ii x to
to an execution in my an For
collection ox j
been lei land as i In- op. j ,
Mid II. i ox.
W. N.
S. M. D. S.
TO OX.
Mr. s Joins, of t lie dreg ti in
Jones Son. III., in
of Dr. says that
last winter his was
laB her ease to
at
do for her. It
set in ii to develop into Hasty
lion. Kings New
i in m-1 lots it, lie
took i home, lo the
of all Set better the
a hail dollar bottles
cared her sound and well Dr.
and i- guaranteed tins
seed Try it. Free trial M
St JOn dreg tore-
too,
is
tor ck, a
ii-an, that purpose h sold in tin
cans, holding one-hail
i cents.
Lam, ii. Co.,
March
-i kinds of mi lite,
on I. i one package of Black
all the others I saw
cattle in
cure
Oh ; T c.
laxative.
gentle cathartic.
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Family GROCERIES,
of
Flour,
Meal,
Meal,
mt patent on d.
ct in the L. B. J
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upon and
the the
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the patient budding up the
nature In
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of
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FOR ADULTS.
WARRANTED. PRICE BO
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fan Louts, No,
la of
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In all c
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UNDERTAKERS.
fit mm m
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and the Dice line of
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cloth r brought to
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a,
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to care will receive
mark f .
Our prices ere loner men ever,
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cm be a My all
times John I
Baggy Cos
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THE STAR
ALWAYS AT .
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the i, all and
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s. M HI Mile S. V.
foe Only Daily
its Class iii tho state
EDWARDS. Props-
At store
GREENVILLE, N.
M and in l
kinds of
Ail of repairing done
We and good
in prepared to
GO,
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in-----
Wire and Iron
work
prices reasonable.
THE OLD
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Bat. Dress I bare Am
fir I and Clark's O. N. I.
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Life, fir e and
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HOUSE,
it placed in strictly
FIRST-C ASS COMPANIES
COURT HOUSE.
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daily
leave
v 8.0 , in., p . m,
in. p.
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in i n. mi,, arrives
a. in., and p Dally ex
pi on
Meek I
Train leaves N C, via
A H. It. , -t -inn.
lay, at p. l i i M ;
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lei
a. m.,
i.
Try In on Midland H.
n. arriving in.
leaves I a. m,,
ii s in.
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p in. p
cave I i a m, I in,
riM- Latta 7.60 a daily except Sun-
Train leaves Ware
t or Clinton
Iii, in. and p, m-
iv Clinton St 7.00 a. m.
Train makes close
ll all point dally, all rail via
alas at
and Carolina It It Not silk
r ill via Norfolk.
r.
Old
t AM FOB FIRE PROOF
SERVICE
Steamers lei v
villa and land
on far Rivet Monday.
BA. II.
R, leave II,
Java, and
lire
lure mane
of w mi Tar
at Washington
for
Phil New York and
should or
via Dominion ti an
Sea limn
Nor-
folk t re
iron Baltimore. Merchants k Miners
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