TWO THE EASTERN REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C. THE CLICK IN THE HALL Tears when was a very young pin ii learned and when I Was twenty-five years old received a offer to go U Italy to In- u corps of operators for a new line then building. Pram Italy was ailed to Sicily on similar business, Where I remained several months. day a ship came In from ca with passengers who were mostly pleasure or health seekers, among them an American gentleman, Mr. Es- and his daughter Alice. Alice Ea- ten was in delicate health, and this was the reason for their ma the trip. Mr. was wealthy and spent his money lavishly, lie took the best rooms in the hotel and had all the servants at his heck, each striving to win the coins he kept in his pocket to secure their attention. I made his ac- one evening, and when he learned that I was a telegrapher he told me that he had been an operator had secured an interest in a telegraph line which had afterward been sold out to a combination for so much money that his share had made him rich. He was very unwise in not conceal- bis for the Sicilian brigands are noted for rich people and holding them ransom. They soon spotted Mr. Ester, one day when he was climbing an ascent back of the hotel alone took him in charge. When he did not return for dinner a search was made, and he was not to be found within n distance of a dozen miles. Then It was determined that he had fallen into the hands of brig- ands. The landlord commissioned me to break the to Alice and I confess found It a difficult mat- She her large blue eyes, full of tears and pleading, at me and beg- me to save her father from being murdered. It was impossible to avoid seeming to acquiesce, and told her that I would Start at once in search of him. I was to go into the interior on business, but I had not the faintest expectation of being of any service to Mr. listen. Indeed, his case was In his own hands. Probably at first he might not defer to the demands of his captors, but after with death the face, he would be obliged to yield. I did not forget either the father or daughter and tried to get wind of the former. I opened telegraph offices and often in communicating with the asked If any news had come from the captive. A reply finally came that It was reported that the demands of the bandits, who thought he was fabulously rich, were so enormous that he could not pay them. At least this was the assumption from what the bandits had permitted to be known. I worked across the island, then back again. One night I stopped at a In the mountains where there was only one building In which a stranger could accommodated, but its owner and the people saw about the place were so looking that I feared to stay there. However, there was no choice, and. leaving what money I possessed at the station. tool; up my quarters In this uninviting abode. The head of my bed was against a wall, and before going to sleep I heard what at I took to be a mouse's gnawing, though the wall was of stone and mice do not try to work their way through masonry. My surroundings were so disagreeable that I did not get to sleep easily, and this continued click in the wall did not add to my ability to do so. Finally it occurred to me that there was. to speak para- an Irregular regularity about the clicks. Besides, would stop and be at intervals which were about They began to In- me. After a silence, when they were resumed again I listened Almost any telegrapher from force of habit will attempt to let- In such sounds, and I soon found myself trying to do so. What was my astonishment the moment I began to one procuring his With a beating heart I waited for the tapping which ended with the word to recommence. When It did I followed the words. American gentleman Is here by bandits. He will give a large sum to any one procuring bis re- The moment the message was fin- I sprang out of bed. took a large knife from my trousers pocket and with the handle telegraphed on the you Mr. Thank for the am the operator you met at the determined between us that we should wait till morning, when I would telegraph for a force to come up release him. We chatted half the night, however, and I didn't sleep a wink. He bad sending bis mes- sages at intervals ever since he bad been captured. n. I par. out of house, sent my mes- sage, and that night troops surround- ed the place and captured every one . on It. Mr. Baton and I returned to the coast, and In time brigands were executed for his capture. This was the beginning of my Inti- with the a advantageous introduction. Though I told the truth. Alice would never be- j that had not gone purposely to j seek her father. Mr. offered me a check for which declined. , ; I wanted something more valuable, ind I got daughter. JAMES HOWARD FENTON. For French Persons who have worried through a may get some sat- from the thought that with their own language they are revenged upon the Parisian. Is a little book which makes straight the way of the Eng- language for French tongues. Hoes one wish to say. is it. miss; one so charming and pretty walking . of course, would be one of the Bret remarks a French would have occasion to It i Is only necessary to consult the miss; so If the traveler goes to the theater the man at the box office may say. have ; stalls allow me sat are best for Evidently is given up as a bad job. is as difficult for the Frenchman as for the German, though n German manual gives John Bull as ITEMS. 1903. A good rain fell Monday- Crops are looking well. Little Miss Julia Braxton has been suffering era days with her throat. Luther and sisters, Misses Lizzie and spent Saturday night Sunday visiting near Greenville. Jerome and Charles went over the river Thursday. Miss Annie is on the sick list. E. D. Braxton lost a barn filled with tobacco, by fire, last Friday. H. Langston spent Tuesday night at Miss Eva Langston Sat- night and Sunday in Win- Charles wife GRIMESLAND DEPARTMENT Advertisements. Conducted by DR. C. M. JONES. GRIMESLAND ITEMS. Grimesland, N. C, July 1903- Our community is full of little boys and girls all growing up in ignorance and idleness. They are helpless, they cannot command what they eight or ten months term of school every year. We have referred to an effort that would be made to hold an election and levy a special tax, in order that we might build a house and have longer children spent Saturday Sun- day with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mr. and Mrs. E. D. went to Winterville Monday. term. Let us get together, ask for an election, invite Prof. Rags- dale to come down and help us, and he will secure a prominent speaker education and arouse Mack Bryan, of our people to see the necessity of a was in the neighborhood Tuesday, school in our midst. Let's Miss Tessie spent have an election, and we are sure Great In Franc, i The strangest of the underground l worlds in France which I visited was devoted to the raising of mush-1 rooms. Its limits seemed unbounded. M Indeed they were, for It pierced the hillsides In every direction. We entered through an opening under an orchard of cherry trees. During a crop is every hours. Three men. with their great baskets, make the rounds of this under- ground farm every morning, and every day In the year can count on an crop, which they ship to the large cities near by and even several miles away. The discolored and or mushrooms are sent to the canneries, but for bis best growth the producer receives only cents a Magazine. days of last week in Green ville. E. E. went to Ayden Thurs- day. Miss Lucy Belle Langston Saturday and Sunday near Win- W. M. MOORE CO. Grimesland, N. C. Headquarters for Goods, Notions, Furnishings, Hardware, Groceries. summer goods be- sold at half price. Special prices or. hats caps and and all rib- laces and millinery goods. Wanted a thousand dozen eggs at per dozen. Car load chickens from cents down. Best Timothy hay at lowest prices. Cheapest place for fruit jars. Ice always hand, especially hot days. Bring all of country pro- duce and try W. M. Co. highest prices. Dud Moore and Scott Galloway will please you. ITEMS. The beastly as Gibbon calls him. spent at hast six millions of money on table in as many months. He Invented, or his cook invented for him. a dish which he designated Shield of One of its principal In- was tongues, of which both Pliny and Martial speak in terms. says that the have tongues, and near the root is a piece of fat which Is accounted a great When Captain Owen was surveying the east coast of Africa his sailors shot down hundreds of these beautiful birds In order, with an extravagance worthy of to make a dish of the tongues alone. Grimesland cannot afford to take a backward step. Rufus Galloway and Ed. Boyd returned Tuesday an ex- tended trip down the country. T. W. Walker, of Greenville, was here Tuesday, talking tobacco, tacking signs telling jokes. He is rare good fellow we en- joyed his visit. . D. G. Moore went Greenville Bethel, N C. July 1903. . , , . . . . ,, . , . accompanied by Miss Mr. of Green t, . . . . . . , ,, . Eula who has visiting came over Monday and returned . . . . . . Tuesday relatives here tor a week or two. J. C. Taylor Bro., have just Mrs. J. W. is a completed their store on Main few days with her mother's family street. It adds much to their on river. place of business. H. C. Venters is moving into Mrs. Martha Knight, of Rocky . , . . , . Mount, died here Tuesday about his new residence on Pin street. o'clock, at the home of her In a few days J. N. Mayo daughter, Mrs. Pattie Cherry. She family will move into the was in her 71st year and leaves I deuce occupied four daughters. We extend deep j est sympathy to the bereaved . . ,. ls, family. Henry Boyd is on sick list We are sorry to learn that Mrs. j today. G. W. Howard continues sick and , F. and Miss T. F. PROCTOR, Grimesland, N. C. GENERAL MERCHANDISE Anything wanted in the way of Clothing, Dry Goods, No- Shoes, Hats, Groceries and Hardware can be found here, whether it is some- thing to eat, something to wear, or some article for the house or farm, you can be supplied. Highest prices paid for cotton, country produce or anything the farmer sells. hope she will soon recover. W. L. Britton left Monday for I Mount to visit his Mrs. J. C. Wynne. Albania. Albania lies miles on the Adriatic sea and is fifty to a hundred miles Wide. It formed originally, says ; ; William Jackson Armstrong In his rots of from part of all i of and part of Macedonia in the , i eleventh century. From this territory ; sprung who defeated the I man Invader; and Alexander of Macedon, the conquerors; Perseus, ; whose fame as a soldier covered the world sixty years after Christ, and , who for forty years armies sent against him by the Turk. Ancient Albania lay in Asia, Just east of the Caucasus. Louise, are visiting today the family of Dr. Jones. The stage J. O. Proctor Bros, new gin house gave away last Wednesday, came very near causing a serious accident to two workmen, Manning and Sam were on it at the time, felt the impulse of the Oh many a dart that pierced the some timbers Would fell from the lifted hand,, overhead just in time to save And much of the strife, of wear- themselves from a thirty foot tall, life They were left hanging by Would cease, at the first command, high up in the air. If we only were understood If we only could If We Only Could Understand. For The Reflector. If we only were understood. If we only understand. Misses and Susie Moore went to Thursday Oh much of the pain, of slavery's afternoon and returned chain The Whole you've been to I was married last Tuesday week, and the next day we reached Niagara. Soon as we got there I started out to see the falls with my bet You should have seen all the other men turning around to look at her as she Press. a shame the way those children arc growing up without any parental restraint when their mother Joined the Woman's Literary society and began attending all the Mr. lop got sort of reckless and Joined a Don't Worry Oppressing the striving soul Would vanish from hail to the birth Of after the good, If we only were understood If we only could understand. Full many a word like- a sombre bird That flies on its way of woe Would never be said, of living or I dead If hearts be sure they know, Gould be sure they were understood Could be sure that they understand, j I. N. A beautiful woman starved to death in New York recently. Why didn't she go to one of Mr. Car splendid libraries Hum Day. Customer promised to have my work done yesterday, and you haven't touched it yet. Printer -My dear sir. we've been so busy In this office that you ought to be very thankful that we took the to make you a promise. a favorite generally a dead one after the Brat Father Served as a Bumper. A young lady who is employed in a millinery establish- is earning quite a reputation for being the victim of mishaps. Sunday, while recovering from a week's illness, she stepped through a register at her home and fell into the room below. The blow most killed father, but if father, hadn't been below to catch the descending girl, further hat trim- ming would have been indefinitely so far as the young lady was Journal. D. W. DEALER IN Groceries And Provisions Cotton Bagging and Ties always on hand Fresh Goods kept con- In stock. Country Produce Bought and Sold D. W. GREENVILLE North Carolina. J. Proctor Bros. SUPPLY HOUSE. piers If you want lumber to build a house, furniture to go in it, clothing and dry goods far your family, provisions for your table, or for your farm, we can supply your needs. We manufacture TOBACCO FLUES and sell the best tobacco trucks, also do general repairing of buggies, carts and wagons. Come to us for any- thing you want. H. C. VENTERS, N. C. Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Tobacco and Cigars. The only Soda Fountain in town, All the popular drinks. Hot every day. c. n. Physician and Surgeon, GRIMESLAND, N. C. Complete Stock of Drug. Another blow to the chief oyster at Oyster Bay. Kentucky re- publicans have endorsed him. Ms Pill After eating, persons of a bilious ho derive i-rent benefit by taking of these pills. If you have been LINKING TOO MICH, they will promptly relieve the nausea, HEADACHE and nervousness which follows, the and remove gloomy Elegantly sugar coated. Take No Substitute. The Ayden Branch Office of The Eastern Reflector is in charge of E. V. to whom any matter for publication on this page should be sent, and who is our authorized agent in Ayden and surrounding territory- W. C. JACKSON CO. Dealers in DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING, HATS, HARDWARE, GROCERIES, ETC. Hay, Corn, Lime, Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls. Depository for Public School Books. Agents for Blue Shoes. AYDEN ITEMS TWO STORES-DOUBLE STORY BLOCK gALL KINDS OF floods and We are adding to our stock a nice, new and up-to-date line of H FURNITURE We carry almost everything in the furniture line and prices will be made as cheap as consistent with good goods. Prices are very much reduced on Lawns. Slippers, etc., also a certain line of Shoes. For a cheap pair of Shoes better come at once as we have put a price them that will certainly move them Yours for business, CANNON TYSON. REPORT OF v H AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS. JUNE II, 1903. Loans and and Fixtures. 602.84 Expenses Paid. 110.00 Due from banks and bankers 11,088.00 Cash. . 017.76 i. Capital Interest. To- Ayden, X. C, July, 1903. Miss Bonnie of Kin- is visiting Miss Annie Ed- wards here this week. Miss Lizzie Anderson returned Wednesday morning from a visit to Alexandria, Va., and Graham, N. C. stopping her return for a few days at A. J. Manning came back from the summer school at Raleigh Tuesday. Misses Carrie and Henrietta Wesson are visiting Miss Nina Cannon for a few days. Mrs. A. J. with little Jamie returned home on day evening from a mouth's visit to and E G. Cox to Scotland Neck Wednesday. Miss Davis, who has been in Washington a visit to Miss Bessie Mae is home again. Little Miss Sallie i returned to Ayden last Friday I from Dr. L. C. Skinner went to Greenville Wednesday. Miss Ethel Skinner, of Green- ville, is here visiting her brother, Dr. W. G. Lamb John Lamb, of have been in a day or two. Always pleas- ant and popular ate these two of the you bought it from MINES it's all Country Produce Bought Sold. J. J. HINES Live and Let Live Prices to all. Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes, Groceries, Hardware. J. W. and BROS. GENERAL HEADQUARTERS FOR AMERICAN FIELD AND HOG FENCE .,, INCH. n-i Cattle Style i J in. or o in. apart i ft Si in. or la. Made of large, strong, high grade steel wires, heavily Amply provide for expansion and contraction. Is practically ever- lasting. Never goos wrong, no matter how great a strain is put on it. Does not mutilate, but does, efficiently, turn cattle, horses, hogs and pigs. EVERY ROD OF AMERICAN FENCE GUARANTEED by the manufacturer.; and by us. Call see it. Can show you how it- will save you money and fence your fields so they will stay fenced. Also Mower, Rakes, Binders, Cultivators and all IMPROVED FARM MACHINERY. fr SATISFACTORY DEPARTMENT STORE. J. R. Smith Bro. Quality is ever the first consideration in this store, because that is the only basis for values that insures the satisfaction of customers and the continuance of successful business. OUR, STOCK OF General Dry Goods, Millinery, Furniture, Hardware, Groceries, Etc., is probably most extensive in town, our prices are ways light. We also carry a stuck of such as Hay, Corn, Oats, etc. Let us serve yon. J. R. Smith we hope to have them us again. They left through the country for Washington the evening. Hotel Tripp has been crowded ed with traveling men this week. JOSEPH AT c. in Always go to the DRUG STORE for your drugs. I carry a good clean stock of pure drugs and chemicals, sundries, stationery and toilet articles. Try a bottle of my Fruit Syrup for constipation. cents. If you are not satisfied I will return M. your M. SAULS Ph. G. Pharmacist, Ayden, N. C. Ayden, N. C, July 1903. T. J. Sweeney, chief traveling auditor for the Coast who had been here Monday, left Friday morning. It. M. Prince, who was stationed here last winter as relief agent the Coast Line and who will week wed one of daughters, left for his home at H. C., Friday morning. F. L Cast ex, of was in den Thursday. M. Elliott, Norfolk, came oft Thursday and left Friday morning, J. A. Harrington picked from one bis bushes the other day a tomato weighing twenty three Charlie went to Greenville Friday. Miss May Anderson returned Thursday evening from a visit to Farm ville, Misses Mary Mary of arc visiting Misses Lizzie May We learn that J. J. has taken the contract to paint the handsome residence of J. R. Smith on Second street. Mrs. J. T. Smith, Jr., returned from a visit to her relatives J Wednesday. Elmer Gardner A. Nobles went to Grifton Friday. C. M. Capt. J. M. Turner of came to Ayden Thursday in the interest the Raleigh and Sound Bail- way Company. L. V. Morrill, of Snow Hill, came from Snow Hill with them. , A hasty meeting of our citizens was called and the gentlemen presented their pro- position. They wished to know what amount, if any, Ayden would subscribe to the building of the road. The matter will be taken and discussed and developments may follow. We are sorry the promoters could not stay longer in order to give us a fall outline of their proposal. But Mr. Parham to go to In conversation with Mr. Sam- J. Parham one day this week, he informed us that he had formed a and would go in the tobacco warehouse business in Greenville the coming season. He will leave some time in July. Mr. Parham has been engaged in the tobacco business Louisburg a number of years, and is an ex- tobacconist. By honest dealings with everybody he has gained the confidence of all with whom he has Mine In contact, and he carry with him the good will of the people of this entire section. The editor of the Times regrets his departure f town, bat wishes him family great, success and in their new home. We Minuend them to the people of Greenville, to the cur at I'm county, we will say will deal with them more honorably Samuel J. Times. Meeting and Meetings. There were places numerous people town to gel together Fri- day night. Some of the hail choir practice, the Anti Saloon League com tees met in F. C. office, the Association met In Hie court house, the Carolina club met in the mayor's office, and there was a lawn the M. B. church lot on Washington street. Enough not to let the dull. Meeting of Board Education. The board of education will meet at on next Fri- day, July 24th, at o'clock for the purpose of considering the school that district, and district adjoining said district. The all persons interested in these districts, are hereby notified to be present that may be heard. W. H. Co. Schools Advertising is the plow that first lays bare the ground for plant- HART JENKINS, General EVERYTHING KEPT IN A FIRST CLASS STORE. Get our juices on Meat and Flour before buying. I sell your Eggs and Chickens till you get our offer on them. THE AYDEN HUSTLERS AYDEN, N C. Ayden Brick Works, E. S. EDWARDS, Owner Manager. AYDEN, K. C. Dr. Louis C Skinner, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Ayden, North Carolina. One door north of the best Brick in Eastern Carolina. Bricks all hand made Makes furnace arch and building brick. Full always on ham. Prices to suit lbs times. Write or plume me for prices by the thousand or car load. Yours truly, EDWARDS, HOTEL Ayden, N. C. EDWIN Proprietor. Best market affords. all trains. table Rooms. Electric VICTOR COX, J. ATTORNEY AT LAW, Ayden, North WEAK EYES. Why suffer from eye strain, pain in the eye severe headaches and general dis- comforts of the eyes, when J. W. GRADUATE OPTICIAN. AYDEN, N. C. Can permanently cure yon of those discomforts by fitting you with the proper glasses. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money re- funded.