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THE REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.
Wilkinson
CLASSES OF
GOOD SOLD
Fine Goods, and Dry Goods, made not merely to
sell, but to serve whoever gets them. Tins is particularly true
of Dress Goods, Silks and Laces, Gloves and
Trunks and Shoes, Clothing, Hals,
Shirts. .
A few kinds of our goods, are the same in all other stores,
like Muslin, Flannels, Ginghams, etc., but the bulk of the
goods we st is in c-8 sense or another different from that sold
by other store.
Article purchased are returnable within a reasonable time
if fail to satisfy.
Entire Stock of Summer Goods
has been Reduced, and
be Sold by August
Lawns and Dimities have been reduced one third to one
half. Have made big reductions in our black dress goods. Low
prices will prevail all through the month of July.
Standard styles for September now
ready. The August Designer Fashions sheets always free.
LETTER TO PITT COUNTY BUGGY
COMPANY.
Greenville, N. C.
Dear Mr. Frank Robinson.
Pa. bought with
a good deal of feeling against the
whole tribe of mixed paints. Our
agents there, Messrs.
Co. got him to do it. He
I am more than pleased with
the job. I of the
paint leftover; I know of several
other jobs, a year old or more,
painted with that are
, wearing well.
What a pity we have to all go
; through the same school, to find
lout what paint to put on a house
leaches. Isn't there
any way to
Yours truly
F. W. Co.
P. L. Can- sells our paint.,
August is
BARGAIN MONTH
In our Dry Goods
Department.
Ricks Wilkinson
BAKER
For nice six room
house and lot. All the
of a home. R. Hyman.
Attention is called to the
of land sale by F. Marion
Whichard and Jno. E. Cobb,
co This sale em-
braces parcel of land belong-
to the estate of the late Eli
Williams.
Wood's Seeds
FOR FALL SOWING.
Farmers and Gardeners who de-
sire the latest and fullest
about
Vegetable and Farm Seeds
should write for Wood's New
Fall It tells all about
the fall planting of Lettuce, Cab-
and other Vegetable crops
which are proving so profitable to
southern growers. Also about
Crimson Clover, Vetches,
Grasses and Clovers,
Seed Oats, Wheat,
Rye, Barley, etc.
Wood's New Fall mailed
free on request. Write for it.
WOOD SONS,
Richmond, Va.
Special cut prices will prevail throughout the entire depart-
on all summer goods. We must have more room and this
means a severe cut to clean out stock.
Beautiful Lawns and
ties Reduced
from to from to from to
from to from to
A special lot of Towels are being sacrificed for August
selling, including Turkish Bath, Huck and Cotton Towels.
All Slippers and Oxford Ties for women and children will
suffer cut prices in this sale. A special lot to close, regardless
of price.
Take advantage of this month's offerings and make your
cash purchases prove to be real bargains.
I J. B. CHERRY
and COMPANY
HARDWARE MERCHANTS
Hardware.
Refrigerators, Oil Stoves, Ice
Freezers, Lawn Mowers,
Hammocks, Rakes, Hoes, Shovels
and other Garden Toe Is. Also
Lawn Tennis and Baseball Sets.
DON'T WASTE MATERIAL
and labor buying an inferior grade of paint. It
is economy to get good quality always. The
paints arc recommended by
all who once use them. Covers more surface
with less labor than any other; costs DO more.
IN ONE SUMMER
one of our Refrigerators will save you the
amount of it's cost, in the food It prevents from
spoiling. They are largo and roomy and are
designed in a way that will prove economical in
using the ice. There is absolutely odor about
one of these. In two sizes at rock bottom
prices.
HOME-MADE ICE CREAM.
There is very little trouble, very little expense,
very little time involved in making delicious
sherbets, etc., with the freezer we
sell. It is solidly built, metal parts heavily
tinned, easy running and a rapid freezer. Prices
low.
.
USE S. W. P.
when . a house
mm th best
j Is good paint
t It's
i i I . g hi; and
i fine.
from the lead, the bet
tine, and the purest linseed oil.
It coven It near well.
It satisfies.
Nu better time to paint
in the fall.
w A-
OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE
51st Year
for the UNIVERSITIES COL-
as well as for BUSINESS, for TEACH.
and for LIFE. Situated NEAR GREENS-
N. over feet above the sea level. In view of mountains.
Largest and Best Equipped Fitting School for Young Men and Boys In
the South. to per annum.
FOB BEAUTIFUL
J. A. M. H. HOLT
Oak Ridge, N. C
Established .
Incorporated 1901.
A. G. COX MFG. CO.
Large stock always on hand.
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.
The firm of Staton, Cherry Bunt-
this day dissolved by mutual
consent. The store at Conetoe, Edge-
county, will hereafter be run
and owned by T. T. Cherry and the
store at Bethel, Pitt county, will be
run and owned by Staton Bunting.
All accounts due the Conetoe store
will to Cherry and all ac-
counts due Bethel stoic will be paid to
Staton Bunting. Aug. 21st,
ROBERT STATON,
T. T. CHERRY,
J. B. BUNTING.
WHITT CO
Marble and Granite
Monuments
and Agents for Wire Fencing.
Main office and electric
Ga.
Branch offices and shops, Rocky Mount,
N. C, and S. C.
For prices and designs- address Rocky
Mount Office.
THE GREENVILLE BUGGY CO.,
E. A. Jr., D. D. Gardner, E. A. Move, Sh.,
President Vice-president.
D. D. Gardner, W. R. Smith, E. A. Sr.,
E. A. Jr., J. E. FACTORY ON MAIN
STREET, SOUTH OP FIVE POINTS.
We manufacture the best buggies on this market. We em-
ploy none but skilled workmen. We carry in stock a full
line of Harness and first class Farm Wagons.
Call and examine Stock.
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THE EASTERN REFLECTOR.
D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOL. No.
GREENVILLE, Pin COUNTY. NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1903.
No.
Tarboro Physician Dead.
Tarboro, N. C. Aug.
people were greatly shocked this
morning at the sad of
the sudden death of Dr. T. P.
Wynne, one of our prominent
which occurred in New
York yesterday. Dr. Wynne was
married Durham to Mies Al-
Robbing, of that place, on
Wednesday last, was iii New
York his bride spending a
part of their
of his sad death are not yet
known.
. AC. L Blacksmith Shops Burned.
Booty Mount, Aug.
blacksmith department
line shops at this place
was totally destroyed by
last night. The fire was
I A caused by sparks the anvil.,
The building was nearly worthless
the chief loss being valuable tools.
Salisbury
London, Aug.
bury died this afternoon. The
end of the distinguished statesman
was a peaceful one, without the
slightest evidence of pain. When
death became imminent the at-
tending the
waiting members of family,
who gathered at the bedside and
took of dying man,
who, however, was of
their
Prospects Great ion.
I Greensboro, N. c., August ii.
There is every proof of a great
gathering North Carolinians
POW living in other states,
Greensboro, at U I-
held here for purpose,
12-It.
The Independent Movement.
There was another mass meeting
in the court Saturday
of those interested
forming a stock company to
an independent tobacco
and to put buyers on the market.
The attendance was not so large
nor there as much enthusiasm
as on the previous Saturday. The
committees for the
townships had done very
little work, and about the only
subscriptions were re-
ported the general committee.
The of stock by the com
millets will this week,
and next at.
o'clock there will a meeting
of those who have subscribed to
organize by the election of officer
and directors.
A Sunday Train- Maybe.
Mr. EL L. Can-, secretary of the
association, has
ed another letter from Mr. W. N.
Royall, general superintendent of
five Atlantic Line, relative to
the petition sent, from Greenville
fur daily train, a Bun-
day train, and for better
the reply to which
seemed a flat of all that was
asked for. This last letter advises
that the matter has been taken up
again, have decided that
with our next change of time-table
comply with the request of
the petitioners in our
passenger trains on Sundays. I
cannot now when we will
make change in our
In reference t the additional
train Mr. said they did not
think there was sufficient business
to justify it, but they would
i an additional
it becomes to do so,
Deadly Branch.
Asheville, N.
ago there was one fatal
and one very serious accident on
the Murphy branch of the South-
railway. Yesterday another
fatal accident occurred. John
Chambers, a young was
killed at Addie, a small Station
in Jackson county. He was
thrown one of
killed. His bead was entirely
severed from his body and he was
Otherwise mangled.
to Whom Honor is
North Carolina has from time
immemorial been blessed with a
grand and brilliant array of master
spirits. Men of such renown, as
Nash, Caswell,
Murphy and others. Men
whose and proficiency
were brought forth at a time of her
greatest need, whose gigantic
powers every occasion,
Are Hurting the Steamers.
gas boat is ruining the
trade of the steamers on the
said an old boatman this
for instance the
river boat. I understand that
last year when Proctor Bros., at
Grimesland, put on a and
thereby took their freight away
from the Old Dominion
Company, that they cut out ten
from chief executor, chief justice thousand dollars from the annual
A letter was today by. ruM it ., of .,
the committee atom Kev. J.
Led bet of the Indiana confer-
M.
he stales that so many North
in state, are de-
it Is.--.- been
to charter an
train, so all have an
of revisiting the
at a
Miss Bessie of Of
N. O, honor
the Slate Normal
has s to
tea- i ii a- led school line,
and will consigned grade of
and
Seven Make
ii in mi i of a detailed and
apparently unofficial story . the
gains made by the bull
clique was made Daily State
today. The given
of of spot cotton
bought by clique,
was at SO average price of
a pound and sold it at average
of cents, thus showing a gain of
Future deals were
based on a ratio of two to
actual cotton, and for the
members of the clique the same
total of up
the end of July. The seven men
who made this money P.
Brown, leader of the clique- H.
DeL. Vincent, Frank B. Hayne,
Smith, T. J. Mayors, C. C.
and F. L. all
of New Orleans
Dispatch.
When a girl can blush in the
dark, she Is all tight.
Information asked as to
of insufficient depot
modal ions.
The Spirit
man
is at Kim-
bull, this state, In case of
said ; have
expressed
for their out u
salary by working the week
at pain. Finally
lie took job -on building
and the
and sued t in-
tent o
is unnecessary, except t.
say that the same spirit of
expressed in thousand ways
is still BO strong in this
pain and penalty bring is
almost unbearable for large
of the human
S. D., Press and Dakotan.
Negro Fatally Shot.
Aug. a
dance last night near this
place Arthur shot
Laud while engaged in a dispute.
Lang is not dead but is in a
cal condition. has
escaped.
Bit; Crowd Alone.
Hatch Bros, are excursionists
right. Their excursion from Kin-
to Norfolk passed through
this morning, when the train
pulled out from Greenville it did
not look like there was room for
soother person to get on board. A
large number of ladies went.
Dropped Dead In Choir.
Wilmington, N. C. Aug.
Oscar colored, member
a church choir, dropped dead last
night during a meeting and the
was thrown a
great com motion. When the
preacher announced the hymn t
choir stood up to sing and
fell back The choir loft was
the scene of much excitement and
several of its occupants made a
hasty retreat. The excitement
was so great the parson was forced
to dismiss the congregation.
Richmond Strike Declared off.
Richmond, Va. August
street car in this city which
began June was declared at
end at a meeting of the
union, ft hen the strike com
there were men in
the union. Of this number
have returned to work or have
applied tor reinstatement,
have left the oily many have
got other positions, leaving
about who retain their
in the union which is
practically disrupted with the
decision to call the strike off.
Train Caught.
Aug. man
who changed the switch at
ha doling last night
Which caused the wreck of H Soil
em railway is
His Is John Turner, lie is
a and is to in-
sane. Turner was arrested
Fort. and is in jail there. He
full of bis crime
Voluntarily.
Still Batting
Den MoineS, Iowa, Aug.
Supposed white caps posted no-
at Olive, a town on the Mil
railroad six miles west of
here,, warning the
to leave the and
threatening all white men who
employed help in any way.
Isaac Anderson, a man
by the Milwaukee rail-
road, has been harass-
ed. An effort was made two
nights ago to blow up bis house
with The chimney and
part of the wall were shattered,
the family barely alive.
Two weeks ago f was made
to him in his home. The
colored population, numbering
several hundred, is terror-stricken.
J. R. and C. M. re-
turned Tuesday from
northern markets, where they
have been purchasing goods for
the firm of J. B.
to commander in chief of the con-
state forces, to the
of all mankind, both at home
and abroad. Lest we forget let us
be of today's
bear in mind that there
are master spirits yet our good
state. And some who are the
equal the grandest of the great
spirits of all the ages that are
passed. grand character but
seemingly almost forgotten. A
man who has been thoroughly
tried, never found wanting,
who was first in war, noble,
true peace,
will live ever faithful the hearts
of his countrymen. Such is the
grand, noble, eloquent, Maj.
Chas. M. Stedman, of Greensboro.
we old Confederates can
on this man whom North
Carolina's people all love ad-
mire from the mountains to the sea
do him honor by
helping to place his name the
roll and electing him our next
governor of North Carolina, for we
know North Carolina never reared
a I rue more eloquent, nor wore
noble a son.
amount that the steamship com-
took in at this port
I do not claim to be
posted on the matter, but
the Proctors do an enormous
and this is entirely within
the limit of probability. the
is the cause of it all. They
draw less water than steamers
and they go faster. There is very
little need for them to follow the
buoyed channels they thereby
shorten their routes by several
miles. It is the day of the gas-
boat. They are taking trade from
the steamboat fellows, it will
not DO long before they will
have all the freight on the up river
routes. Of course, this is merely
my prediction, but I believe that I
am Gazette-
Messenger.
TWENTY EIGHT YEARS AGO.
Bill i Dead.
Colonel Harry Recollections of
the Greenville of Other Days.
Colonel Harry Skinner informs
us that years ago he a
citizen of Greenville, reading law
with It is inter
bear the tell of
Major t widely his impression when be first landed
The reason a woman never tells
her husband a secret is that he
makes her mad by keeping it.
It now u by the people as
at his home this even-
Following an operation for
the removal of gall stones, several
days ago, he became gradually
weaker most of the time,
end Of
his family, his Wife, four daughters
and two s wore at his side to-
night. The four other two
Texas, one in Mexico and Carl
Smith, New York city, have
been summoned by telegraph. The
will be held Wednesday
morning.
Heroic Treatment Snake Bites.
Mr. Cornelius while
on his return one evening last
week from town to his borne on
Buck Greek, came in contact with
a huge venomous snake of the
mountain which coiled around
his lower limb and two
severe gashes with its while
Mr. Wheeler was trying to
the reptile his leg. One
look effect in his right leg just be-
low the knee, the other in his
right He immediate-
to the residence of Jen.
who has the
of removing all poison
the by any poison
snake and her application of treat-
seemed to have good effect,
though at several times during the
night those gathered around his
bedside did not think he would
live through night. After he
Will bitten by the snake he says
that he drank about a pint of
key, one-half pint spirits of
one quart of blackberry
wine ate two and one-fourth
plugs of the to-
and within twenty-four
hours he was able to sit up and he
U still News.
the small village Greenville.
He says Greenville vs then a
very small village, and, as be ex-
presses it, dullest,
est little town he ever and
his wonder was that such men as
Galloway, Billiard, Johnson, Ber-
and many others were
with the conditions that
first the community
to his view.
Then there were very few
houses, Alfred Forbes and T.
B. Cherry Co., being the lead-
merchants in town. Colo-
Skinner declares that lie was
impressed when he looked at the
surrounding country districts and
saw the wonderful facilities nature
had bestowed upon the county of
Pitt. Indeed there has been a
development in Green-
in Pitt county and the whole
Eastern Carolina territory. Colo-
Skinner has always been en-
as to the possibilities of
Pitt county and has contributed
largely toward the progress and
growth of the town and develop-
the county.
At present there are few people
here who were citizens when the
young lawyer came from
his native
fire enthusiasm of youth, to
set up the temple of home lay
the foundation of character.
These years have been rich
in joy and Borrow, but through
them shines alight that hallows
the past, embalms it in memories
that no time can efface. May the
glow of happiness shine
the pathway of the
this sketch while the next years
spin out their mornings, and
nights. May his shadow never
grow less.
It is just as easy for a girl to
fall in love as for a baby to
to take the bottle.
TWO
EASTERN REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.
Parham and Parham
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
GRIMESLAND
DEPARTMENT
Conducted by DR. C. M. JONES.
GRIMESLAND ITEMS.
A large part of the floor
space will be ready for the
opening sale.
The building will be com-
in a short time.
Competent assistants.
Class Service.
New House and Fixtures.
Sell your Tobacco First,
Last and always at Par-
ham Ware-
house.
Sell with us and we will do our best to please you.
Grimesland, Aug.
There were services in the Dis-
church Sunday morning
and evening. The meeting will be
protracted for a few days. The
I pastor, Rev. Mr. Tingle, and Rev.
; Mr. Powell, of Greenville, are
conducting the services. III.
family are with him.
. They are stopping with the family
of J. O. Proctor.
Ed Elks and Miss Myrtie
tor have gone to Norfolk on Hatch
, Bros,
Miss Stokes is spending
this week with Holiday,
and is serving the church as
this week.
Lena Harris, of Greenville,
and Miss Ward are visiting
the family of Dr.
Leon Fleming and Claude
spent Sunday here.
Mrs. Fred Arnold is very sick
with typhoid fever.
Mrs. W. S. Galloway spent yes-
visiting the
country.
Your friends,
W. M. MOORE CO.
Grimesland, N. C.
Headquarters for Clothing, Dry Goods,
Notions, Furnishings,
Hardware, Groceries.
sum met goods be-
at half price.
Special prices on
hats caps and ant all rib-
laces and goods.
Wanted a thousand dozen eggs
at per dozen.
Car load chickens from cents
down.
Timothy hay at lowest
prices.
Cheapest place for fruit jars.
Ice always on baud, especially
hot days.
Bring all kinds of pro-
duce and W. M. Co.
for highest prices.
Moore Scott Galloway
will please yon.
PARHAM and PARHAM.
PERSONAL AND SOCIAL
WEDNESDAY,
Miss Lizzie has returned
Miss Nellie
Whaley accompanied her home
for a short visit here.
Mrs. Walter L. Chandler, of
Virgilina, Va., came in Tuesday
evening to visit her father, who is
sick.
Charley Manning went to Ayden
Tuesday evening,.
Miss Harper, of Wilson,
came in Tuesday evening to visit
her sister, Mrs.
L. E. Fountain, of Tarboro,
spent Tuesday night here with Dr.
William Fountain.
Misses and Lucy White
left this morning Wilson.
Mrs. Felix Harvey, of
arrived this morning to visit Mrs.
E. B.
Mrs. A. E. Tucker went to
Scotland Neck this morning to
her mother.
Miss Nina James left this morn-
for a visit to
Mrs. Annie E. Finch, of Wilson,
who has been visiting Rev. and
Mrs. H. M. Eure, this morning
for Tarboro.
Mrs. Allie W. Newton, of Falk-
land, is visiting Mrs. W. R.
Parker, in South Greenville.
Mrs. W. B. Ricks returned to
Winterville Tuesday evening.
Miss Pearl
ton, arrived Tuesday to
visit Mrs. L. Griffin.
Mrs. Bettie Taft returned to
Winterville Tuesday evening.
W. C. Hines returned Tuesday
evening from Weldon.
Charlie Gurganus, of
has accepted a position with J. F.
Davenport.
Miss Lena King returned Tues-
day evening from a visit to Farm-
ville.
c. n.
Physician
and Surgeon,
GRIMESLAND, N. C.
Complete Stock of Drug.
H. C. VENTERS,
N. C.
Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy
Tobacco and Cigars. The
only Soda Fountain in town. All
the popular drinks. Hot Peanuts
every day.
T. F. PROCTOR,
Grimesland, N. C
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
Anything wanted in the
of Clothing, Dry Goods,
Shoes, Hats, Groceries
and Hardware can be found
here, whether it is some-
thing to cat, 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.
. V
THE KEELEY CURE
you know what it does It a of all desire
for strong drink or drugs, restores the nervous system to its normal
and reinstates a man to his home and business. For full particulars
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE,
Correspondence Greensboro N C
ENTRY VACANT LAND.
Jordan Nobles and warren Stocks
Of Pitt county and state of North Car-
hereby enters and claims the
following tract, or parcel of vacant
land, in township, said
state and county, described as fol-
lands of diaries
and Lorenzo Me-
Jordan Nobles and warren
stocks and others, containing thirty
acres, more or less -lying on
branch and Gray branch.
This 14th day of August
JORDAN
WARREN STOCKS.
R. Williams Taker,
or Pit county, By H A Blow
THE GREENVILLE BUGGY CO.,
E. A. Jr., D. D. GARDNER, E. A. Sr.,
DIRECTORS; D. Gardner, W. R. Smith, E. A. Sr.,
E. A. Jr., J. B. FACTORY ON MAIN
STREET, SOUTH OF FIVE POINTS.
We manufacture the best buggies on this market. We em-
ploy none but skilled workmen. We carry in stock a full
line of Harness and first class Farm Wagons.
Call and examine our Stock.
E. Sr.,
Proctor Bros.
SUPPLY HOUSE.
rollers aim
If you want lumber to build a
furniture to go in it, clothing
dry goods far your family, provisions
for your table, or for
your farm, we can supply your
We manufacture
TOBACCO FLUES
and sell the best tobacco trucks, also
do general repairing of buggies, carts
and wagons. Come to us for any P
thing you want.
Cold Comfort
Is what we are after, and the possession of one of
our Refrigerators will insure sweet milk, cream and
butter, cool drinking water many dainties that
would be unattainable without the Refrigerator.
THE NORTH CAROLINA
STATE AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE
Courses-Literary, Classical, Scientific, Pedagogical, Commercial
Domestic Science. Manual Training, Music.
Five courses to diplomas; courses leading to de-
well equipped practice and observation school; faculty
board, laundry, tuition and fees for use of text books, etc.
a year; for non-residents of the state twelfth annual session
begins September In, to secure board in the nil free-
applications should be made before July 15th. Correspondence
invited those desiring competent and for
other information, address
CHARLES D. President, Greensboro, N. C.
HAVE YOU A LAWN
If you have you will want a Lawn Mower pretty
soon, and we've made it easy for you to own one.
i here is no need to borrow a lawn mower when we
we sell a good machine with best steel knives at such
a. satisfactory price, and guarantee it to do the work.
Water Coolers, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks and
everything else in the hardware line.
H. L. CARR
We promptly obtain U. B. Foreign
PATENTS
Send model, sketch or photo Invention for
free report on
How to
and
Far fret
TRADE-MARKS
For free book,
write
to
u s
IN o
J. W. CO.
Norfolk. Va.
Cotton handlers of
Bagging, Ties Bags.
Correspondence and shipments
solicited.
THE REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE, N. C.
THREE
Ayden Department
R. F. JOHNSON, Manager.
W. C. JACKSON CO.
Dealers in DRY GOODS, NOTIONS,
CLOTHING,
HARDWARE, GROCERIES, ETC.
AYDEN ITEMS.
Hay, Corn, Lime, Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls.
Depository for
Public School Books.
Agents for
Ml Royal
Blue Shoes.
REST AND SLEEP
to Good
Rest and sleep are the sisters of
mercy who go about to smooth
wrinkles away from women's fore-
heads and otherwise repair the
ravages of too strenuous days.
The idea of occupation
i all wrong. And the woman
A Tribute to Red Headed Folks.
tell you one thing you
never said the observant
resident. never saw a
headed beggar and nobody else
ever saw one. In all my life I
never saw a thriftless red headed
l man or woman, and all headed
I people are the soul of energy and
i all of have nerves. And
REPORT OF
AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, JUNE II. 1903.
Loans and Discounts.
Furniture and Fixtures. u,
Expenses Paid.
Due from banks and bankers
Cash.
Total.
.
, Aug. 1903.
Mrs. Annie Finch, of Wilson,
who has visiting Dr. M. M.
Sauls, went to Greenville
day.
W. C. Jackson made a business
trip to Kinston Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Mrs. Irene Ormond, Miss
and
Ray Taylor, all
took the train here
Monday for Asheville.
Dr. M. M. Sauls went to Black
Creek Saturday returning Sunday.
Miss Blanche Cannon who hits
been visiting in Kinston several
is an Say, a fully inhabited
who has acquired the of resting j
for it is an be able to
show middle age a face luminous
with life and when her
industrious sister is sere and gray.
nest hasn't a keener
sense of resentment than a red-
headed temperament. And you
never saw a red headed woman
sister is sere gray . a red head-
This is not a plea for idleness.
cause, whatever her condition .,, all the
red heads surcharge all the
rounding atmosphere with activity.
have the greatest respect and
admiration for red headed people,
and the only reason never tried
to marry a red headed woman is
that I don't like husbands who
are afraid-, of their
of
I Charlotte Observer.
Capital Stock.
Interest.
Deposits. 7,530.00
Total
you bought it from HINES it's all
Country
Produce
Bought and
Sold.
J. J. HINES
Live and
Let Live
Prices to all.
Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Shoes,
Groceries, Hardware.
Always go to the
DRUG STORE
for your drugs. I carry a good clean stock of pure
drugs and chemicals, sundries,
stationery and toilet
a bottle of my Fig Fruit Syrup for constipation.
M.
Price cents,
--V.
If you are not satisfied I will return
M. SAULS Ph. G.
Pharmacist. Ayden, N. C.
in life may be, the woman who
has nothing to do is not only
happy, but She is
bound to stray over into the
country of the arch enemy and
find the mischief especially re-
served for unoccupied hands.
The great and
houses are full of the
of marriages who yawn through
purposeless days form foolish i Progress of Prohibition Town.
acquaintances habits out of; the consideration or those
lays, returned home Saturday ac-1 people who may think, or claim at
by Miss Alice Budget. it is so hard not to think about that the open bar helps to
Miss Coward left for to be done tomorrow, so the we submit the fol-
Monday. difficult to lie down to pleasant the experience of
E. J. Gardner and mother, Mrs.; dreams the dear, soft night and during the past five
J. B., spent Tuesday in Maple Cy-1 not toes and fret, in sleepless estate has doubled in
press. for fear that the and In many instances
left yesterday on lies beyond the gate of doubled.
log may be too the handsome
sorrow or disappointment may be buildings have been erected
too much to bear. during this period. The same
we might strip our minds of building lots that sold six years
what they have throughout height or nine hundred
the day when we disrobe to don today bring two thousand
the garments of rest, we plenty of ready buyers,
be far happier and prettier, and population has more
our voices would be tuned to a I doubled and the home seek-
more agreeable key. cannot be accommodated. Not
All men and women are prone house In town.
to g to extreme of industry or people have grown in
idleness. The pendulum docs not refinement and intelligence until
balance half way across its you see a drunken man
principal is the all absorbing Temperance in The and
at present. i would be an excellent text on element f entire
The Free Will Baptist to preach and the business has revolutionized the
Seminary Monday with the household would come in entire county for years past
for a share of the counsel. bar been found in the
I county.
Boys Never Missed. j who fought t he removal
John an old-time the bars are today convinced
Hatch Bros, for
Baltimore, New York,
and other points.
Edwin Tripp went to Kinston
yesterday.
Jim of was in
town Sunday.
The board of directors for the
graded school will meet Tuesday
Sept. 1st, to elect, for the
coming session. good many
have been received from
parties desirous of being teachers
of this school. Who will the
Prof. T. K. Peden, of Ohio, as
much larger attendance than he
expected. This is a good school
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.,
i probably the most extensive in town, and our pi ices are
ways, We also carry a large of such as
Hay, Oats, etc. Let us serve you. J. R. Smith Bro.
and ,, has on j that it was the best thing, and
the head of man of them loud in then-
it, and we are highly pleased praise in the substantial and won-
the attendance at the himself progress
this year m so much larger Keenan Guide.
, , n . his wife last Thursday. She
spent yesterday town or ,,, of their
tending unloading of who
he has bought preparatory to la- w
the d would abstract , T. I. Cherry, drunk and
of
Mayor's Court.
Mayor H. W. Whedbee has dis-
posed of the following cases since
M. F.
Fancy
The most up-to-date store
and the nicest soda fountain in town.
Polite and prices that will
surprise you.
Fruits at all
times. In fact everything in the
grocery line you can ask for.
M. F.
Ayden Brick Works,
Successor to J.
door to bank.
L. next
After a man has tried for three-
quarters of an hour to light a lire
with kindling wood, it is
hard for him to see how m fire
insurance company can ever lose a
cent.
E. S. EDWARDS,
Owner and Manager.
AYDEN, N.
near
ting up a ginning plant
home.
merchants are giving prices
OB their goods, selling some articles j
below cost. They do
if it that the sell so many
of them.
Some improvements are being
made our depot. We are
glad to this; a new one
not hurt.
A sweet expression covers, a
freckles.
Same men take to religion
political afterthought.
Bent pins and carpet
under the head of goods.
the best Brick in
Eastern Bricks
all hand made- Makes furnace
arch and building brick. Full
always on hand. Prices to
suit the times. Write or phone
me for prices by the or
carload. Yours truly,
E. S. EDWARDS.
E.
VICTOR COX,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ayden, North Carolina.
DR. JOSEPH DIXON,
and
Surgeon.
AYDEN,
Office in Brick Block.
HOTEL TRIPP,
EDWIN TRIPP, Proprietor.
Beat the market affords.
meets all trains.
Rooms. Electric lights.
from their pockets such change as
they were of and would
carefully hide it tn all soils of out-
of-the-way places about the house.
A day or the funeral
called t mind this habit
of In wife's, and took it into his i
head to make search of I
the house. The result of his search
astonished him. There seemed to
be money nook com- j
He tied coins and bills
ac old and carried
his find to a friend, and they found
that Che held
put the money the
K J., Dispatch,
18th. h-j
The Raleigh Post presents two
reasons why
be enlarged at a cost of
It says that more room is badly
needed in the building to transact
public business, and that with the
increase in the valuation of prop-
the state will have the money
to Nevertheless the next
legislature will be slow to make
the Sen-
Some people are so naturally
tricky they take pleasure in cheat-
themselves playing solitaire.
etc., lined and costs,
14.36.
John Britt, using vulgar ind pro-
lane language, lined lit costs,
14,75.
Daniel, carrying concealed
weapon, bound over to Superior
THE DEATH PENALTY.
A little thing sometimes results
in death. Thus a mere scratch,
cuts or puny boils have
paid the death penalty. It is wise
to have Salve
ever handy. It's the best Salve
on earth and will prevent fatality,
when Burns, Sorts, Ulcers and
Biles threaten. Only at
Wooten's Drug Store.
Couldn't tell a Watermelon.
Two town boys went beyond the
corporate limits for a visit Sunday
afternoon. out to the
watermelon patch of their host
and pulled a nice melon to take
in with them. Taking the melon
home they drew many buckets of
water to cool it off, all the while
anticipating the feast soon to he-
enjoyed. Imagine their disgust
when they cut the fine
and found it to be only a citron.
FOUR
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR
AND
D. J.
PAUL It. OUTLAW,
Editor and
Associate
in the post office at Greenville, N. as second class matter,
Advertising rotes made upon application.
A correspondent desired at every post office in Pitt and adjoining- counties.
preference to fiction
It is said that a foreigner cross-
ed the horse and zebra, producing
the Here is the
Guenther, of Frankfort,
calls attention to a cross between
horse and zebra, called
Professor Ewart has produced
by careful breeding and which is j and amounts to the same thing
considered much superior to
mule. It is even affirmed that
mule will lie replaced dining
INFORMATION WANTED.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad I
company has announced that it will,
put a Sunday train on the Weldon
Kinston branch when the
change of schedule is made. This
is in the extreme W
come tax.
n this case on one side is the con-
provision prohibiting the
m a happy scrap J judges salaries,
PITT County, N. Friday, , 1903. men. has employed the in i off if that Paris celebrity. Madame and to the point;
PLAN TO
MEET THE TOBACCO
TRUST.
HOC AND HOMINY.
Western India, the animal being Humbert, were tried before the purely theoretic
What would do if that
hoofs. It is livelier than the mule the defendant referred to him
capable of advising and as intelligent, but nothing is
said of its use of its
We are not
In an article published in the as to their business, but
Raleigh News and Observer Mr. -T. we have never known a and
W. Peele gives a plan for meeting farmer to starve. When f More we believe this new-fan-
the tobacco trust that is full of good we have more townships like Kirby, is mule
reasoning. Sir. Peele in , in Northampton county, we can
and should ; leave the tobacco trusts and all other to show
organize to ., , .,
, trusts to whistle for company. I he
or smoke any
not because I hey are users of Times has the fol-
but as patriotic who de- to say in this connection.
as a
OUGHT to be taxed. The Land-
We are not exactly from Missouri.
under certain conditions, you will
bunch of second hand brains behind some
imitation gold glasses view the from.
the opinion given, the Supreme
The Coast line probably -h Attorney General Oilmen
citing the constitution and deciding
that the judges salaries cannot
How many lives of child
murderers can pay for one second of
such agony as this mother suffers
that a certain people
would be opposed to a Sunday train
t,. r taxed. the Landmark kindly
and that would give for
a . x. i present the views of these able law-
taking it off whenever they wanted
. who disagree with the attorney
general So far we have been unable
We suggest a habeas corpus or to find one single point which
some other proceeding with a Latin i anyway have effect contrary
sire to see their fellow-citizens who
raise the weed have lair and Kirby township, which is to vote, j .
reasonable profits. Those who use o levying a local; The mother of the child is pros-
in their to its school fund, is, and the gravest Bears are felt.
Rich Squaw, She is a delicate woman and case of the New the provision reamer.
justice and promote domes- perhaps the most prosperous town- had much trouble in life. Her bus- yellow journalist who is to establish t. We believe that as a matter -of
fused to drink tea which was taxed to see Western meat on sale in the Jess of ed upon her makers.
in the interest of a monopoly in of the the farmers heart in, the horrible death her
England and all history has raising a surplus at home. Neither golden haired darling.
with their praises. Now. I simply farmers of that township buy
ilia refill lo corn or to any amount. .
propose i in, people refuse ,,;, in hell that can-
chew or smoke or dip tobacco many a
form which is manufactured by the i Pal and many of the not be greater than that of the
monopoly mono- tanners are in a position to who her heart
formed at the and thin when , . f
of devil and against they please. rt in for her child, after a
peace and dignity of the . life of hardships.
This is in accord with
judges should be taxed, if other
comes are to be-taxed, but
It was the Halifax lynching, and T K rests upon nothing b. a
spectacular. Doubtless the hitter's f personal opinion as to at is
made
The Morning Post
Winston Journal may boast
tot, that if the consumers stop very properly of the interest its
. i readers take in its advertising col-
but when it stands its pretty
on
control of the situation and break I girl pictures in advertisements
,, r . , . . i their head, an in the issue of the 20th,
the power of the trust to control. . ., .
, it may expect trouble. Readers ., .
prices. The merchants themselves are going to on the
At Monroe a father and son mar-
sisters. The son deserted his
own wife and ran away
wife, the old man being
years old and on his dying bed at
language would be of that
should he allow himself to ex- We quote the Lands u
press his candid opinion of the
Rooster,
I mark respects d
ions of the judges and rs who
hold that the salaries of the officials
,, .,,,,. , i mentioned are not. liable U, the
he Sun has been ; lax. their
can accomplish but little in this
direction by refusing to handle
trust made goods unless they are
backed by the consumers, but let the
consumers declare against the use
of these goods and will find the
merchants ready to co-operate with
further on this
young man is both his step mother
leads even to study the attractions the woman who eloped with the
of a pretty hat or shirtwaist.
friend must be more
., , , , i ,. and The affair is a
Where, oil where is the Posts
I i i , i . , pretty howdy-do.
Knowledge of human nature, there
in-
reason
converted. After present reason for belie that
deserted his . the constitution never em
,, , expire it will carry no more w his- . ,
ray with his , . . such an exemption and the doubt
key advertisements. Hail the day should be resolved in fa of the
when more newspapers practice what
they preach, For -use, will our
present he and
ire
ox end the
has yet to he discovered the thing
that a man will not do for a
and we don't believe a little matter
such as standing head
make any difference, Men will
stand on their heads or on any-
body else's head if a woman wants
Item to do it. Thai is human
,. , venerable sir. Now look back-
ward by the light of other and
see if it is not.
subject Mr. Peele
who wish to break a
nation should be careful to strike at
the article and not at the middle
men who handle it, lest you force
them into an alliance, open or secret,
with the trust.
tobacco, be careful to the
war to the point of attack. Don t
boycott any merchant, but boycott
the article, no matter who sells and
no matter where sold. Let the mer-
chant see you don't want to injure
want to scotch a snake
by which you hops to benefit every-
body
No doubt the participants in the
latest prize tight made some money,
but what is there to soothe their
chagrined souls when it is
that the fight failed to over-
shadow the yacht races, the Turkish
massacres and the open
door in the newspapers.
Well, maybe the Southern is not j ample for that the
in the S. A. L. deal after all, but in j constitution, never contemplated
these matters the best the public , Who shall
can do is to take it out in guessing.
St., was notified from Washington
that he could only have two little
Robbins as assistants in the post-
office nest at Rocky Mount, instead
Everybody knows that lynching the four wide open bills of George
Washington, Jr., Stella Lincoln,
Ex-Governor Taylor, of Kentucky,
says he had absolutely no knowledge
the plans to kill In the
When George Washington next breath he swears Caleb Powers
is innocent. Perhaps he learned
will never be stopped until the
crime that causes it is stopped, yet
people continue to present other
solutions of the problem.
Gray Hair
I used Vigor
for over thirty years. It has kept
my free from dandruff and
has prevented my hair from turn-
Mrs. F. A.
Billings, Mont.
There is this peculiar
thing about Hair
is a hair food,
not a dye. Your hair does
not suddenly turn black,
look dead and lifeless.
But gradually the old color
comes the rich,
dark color it used to have.
The hair stops falling, too.
a Mil. All
If four drag-flat cannot you.
end us one dollar and we will express
you a bottle. Be ear give name
your office.
J. C. CO., Lowell, Mail.
Alexander Achilles and John A.
Logan, which were being lined
yellow with government graft, he
wrote back that the Robbins were
the only white republicans in town.
A Washington letter then stated
that Postmaster Robbin would
be given two colored assistants.
This will never do in the world.
Who ever heard of Robbins and
blackbirds in the Char-
I Chronicle.
Rut we have i I j lite crows
and black crows in the same corn
patch.
There is a gentleman up in the
state of New Jersey that New
needs in its business. His name is
John W. he has been
receiver of the First National bank
of Asbury Park since February. He
has paid depositors seventy per
cent., and has money in sight to pay
the balance. Perhaps if he were to
go to New Bern he would
much the same success in undoing
the doings of Dewey.
this from I
We sincerely hope the farmers
will succeed in their efforts to get
fair prices for tobacco, but if the
final analysis shows that the
are the ones on top, it will be a
costly victory.
Again has Greensboro been
by nice looking young
It is not only a crime but a
win and shame to rob such child-like
innocence.
There may be no connection be-
tween the governorship low I Art.
say what the MEANS
when k NAYS a plainly as can be
general
prices, but that will not keep some P and
late the fees, and emoluments
people from thinking so.
We all hope Rill will live on,
of course, but he has done so much
good in the world he has earned a
Heavenly rest.
of id Officers pit for in this
but the a f judges
shall not be during their
in office,
r does not stop the
d es slop the
It doesn't make much difference j says Morning Post. There
never In , been a law in all the
world prevented the
etc rime. The two people
in the world were the first law
rs and their descendants
broken every law enacted since
that time, is not laws we need
but lawful people.
whether Dewey is in this state
unless he still has what he lifted
from New Item.
It is the fashion now to cuss the
tobacco trust ad but it is
possible that the trust is not
for everything bad.
We suppose Sir Thomas Lipton
has made arrangements for getting
back home after losing yacht
races.
out for the first man who
tries to put politics in the
dent tobacco movement.
Ms Pills
will save the dyspeptic from many
days of and enable to eat
whatever he wishes. They prevent
We wonder if it will necessary
to boil the Milky Way order to
kill the the milk,.
Charles Murphy, Tammany
leader, is for Cleveland. So is
Cleveland,
SICK HEADACHE,
cause the food to us
the body, give k
DEVELOP FLESH
cause the food to assimilate and
the body, give keen appetite.
and solid mucks. Elegantly
Take No Substitute.
Penny packer is still governor of
but not of the news-
papers.
J. Edward is accused of
fraud. This will not worry a man
who has been proven a scoundrel.
The trust can be scotched, but
it no summer's picnic.
Stubborn
FACTS
Back up Our Claims for
YUCATAN
TONIC
Fact One-K is a Tonic and not
a stimulant.
Fact vitalizes and lends
permanent vigor to the entire
human system.
Fact not a drug, but
a normal, scientific cure for
Jill Malarial Complaints
Chills and Fever,
Neuralgia, Rheumatism.
N fa and
prohibits all to depression or low spirits.
Women with troubles peculiar to their sex are
restored to perfect health. will
cheerfully add his testimony to ears,
TRY IT-TEST
with every
THE AMERICAN CO.
IND.
If.
BIG STORE
Where I bought stacks of
Clothing, Dress Goods, Shoes, etc.
and other seasonable merchandise, which I am now offering
in fact cheaper than we otherwise would offer, but for the low price
NOTICE OF ELECT IX
FARMVILLE TOWNSHIP.
By of the Board of
of Pitt C N.
adopted on Monday the 3rd. day
August. 1903, notice is here-
by given that there will be an
election held in township,
Pitt County, N. on Tuesday,
the 22nd. day of September
according to the law and regulation
provided tor the election of
General Assembly, at
which diction the question of
to the sect o
Raleigh a Pamlico
Ra r C
which bus at
Seven dollar, be
lo electors
said The
I he and Pamlico Sound
Railroad provides that
the said may
bonds to an
not exceeding three thousand
dollars per mile, the purpose
aiding in the construction of
the said railroad, the bonds
to bear interest at
cent ard the principal to be
cine thirty years from the time
of issue. The charter of the
Raleigh and Pamlico Rail-
load further makes it lawful for
any county, township, city or town
in or through which the said
railroad or its branches may be
located, or which may be interest-
ed its construction, to
to the second mortgage of
said Rail load company such
sum as a majority of the qualified
of any such county, town-
ship, city or town may authorize.
Such subscription shall be be made
, in coupon bonds, bearing interest
at live per cent , principle of
said bonds to Lie due payable
thirty years from the day of issue.
election to be held on the
said 22nd day of September, 1903,
j township to
whether a majority of the
qualified electors of said township
favor said subscription of Seven
of fire percent,
bonds the said second mortgage
the said Com-
is hereby further given
that by order of the said Board of
Commissioners of Pitt County, N.
C, adopted on the 3rd.,
day of August, 1903, there will be
, a registration, in
with law, of the qualified electors
. of said township. Reg-
books said election
i will be opened fur registration
the various precincts of Farmville
; township, Pitt county, X. C, on
Thursday, day of August,
1903, at and said
I will be
the 12th day cf September,
1903, at The registrars
election are required to keep
i the registration books open for
registration from A. M. each
day until except-
from the morning of the said
20th day of 1903,
said arc closed at
on Saturday the 13th day of
September, 1908, and on each Sat-
during the period of reg-
toe registrars shad
attend then registration
books at the polling place of their
precinct for the registration of
The following named persons
, have been registrars
and Judges of election Farm-
villa township, Pitt County, N. C,
I for said election.
B. Davis.
Judges of M. Lewis
. and R. L.
By order of the Board of Com-
missioners Pitt County.
of Deeds and
Clerk the Board of
era of Pitt county.
NOTICE.
Letters administration the
estate Lawrence Stocks deceased,
having this day boon issued to me by
the clerk of the Superior Court of Pitt
County, notice i hereby given to all
persons holding
to present them to me for payment,
i duly authenticated, on or before the
. 14th day of August or this notice
will be plead in the bur of their
i All person Indebted to said, estate
are requested to make immediate pay-
to
. This the 12th of August. Hint.
CANNON,
of Lawrence stocks,
Who is He
Who is it that makes the Few-
gallons, wears-longer paint t
. via.
NOTICE OF ELECTION IX IX
THE
lows
BE A B DAM K s I .
By order of ht o Com-
of X
adopted Monday, 3rd
of Angus-. . ;. . ,;
given will ,.,,, it-, i
held in Dani ,
County. S Tin . i
of 1903, .
the la and ;. ;,,;, .
for the election of the regulations
General Assembly, at which election
the question Assembly a .
or .
mortgage ho. of j;. . tin
Railroad
to and amount which has fixed Sound i
,,; I.;
I, .;.
. i to .- -i
S. HI lift h
at Twenty-Five Lund pi
, ii ,
l.
-.-
t r. the
M l
mile for the .;.
Will be
electors of
of r
Sound
that the
second m. i
amount do ix
sand
purpose of aiding i
Mid railroad, said the
bonds to bear internal the bonds to bear
per cent., and principal the rate of six p.,
to be due thirty ,., ,. ,. . ,
., .
foil of Mid
road further make ,, fa RailroadS
any county, ,,., ,. j, , f ,; .
which, he aid rail, city or tow., in or
road or us branches may he lo- the said road and .
be interested be located or which ma .
s construe., u. to subscribe in its construction to
to he second in .
said Company in such of the said Railroad
. gorily of the ,; i, a. , , V
elector of any such county, qualified , .
ship, city town may
, it.-
made
Such subscription shall be made
coupon bonds, bearing interest at b,
per cent, the principle of said ,.,. ,
election to be held on he
day of September. i o
Beaver Dam township is day S
.
Railroad ,,;,,,,.
v. , . . ,
n to sell your tobacco.
that
if ;.
, -i
hi . , .
given
. . . I
., .,,. ., v
p., adopted Monday, i. .;
1903, there be on K l.
will be open . in e
registration J
the 12th day of , v,
The S -i
election are lo .,,,., ,
registration i. . .,. ,,
.,., . , ,
until souse,
the of o., . ,
day of August,
books at o. St l ;
the 12th .
1903, and on each m
the period, of
IN
for , .
,,
id i
.-Mi
TO THE
CONSIDERED THE
registrars shall attend th
registration at the
place of their township fur the
registration of Voters.
The following named persona
have been appointed registrars and
judges of election for the
precincts in Bearer Dam township
far said
Registrar K.
Judges of p.
and L. Smith.
Hy order of the Board of Com
missioners of Pitt County.
Register of Deeds and
the Coin
of Pitt County.
Mr
I i
th
Hi
ii ion
ll .
I;
fol
North Carolina. I Court
I County, t Sept. Term,
Mary Harrington i
. -Summons.
Willie
The defendant above name will
notice, that an .
in the superior
of Pitt county to obtain a . .
bonds of matrimony bi . , . Ir
the from the defendant and House.
the said defendant will further take 4th Ward, W. J. and
notice that he is required to appear at . n ,
the next term of the superior court ll
i.;
in. j.
The . g
i mi . bi in , i
judges .
ward I
Greenville, Pin
said
1st Ward,
2nd Ward, A. ;.
3rd Ward, L.
G. Moore.
i Ward, B. A. Tyson, Jr.
OF
Ward, ;. Daniel and B.
H. old Boom House,
2nd Ward, Alien Warren and
Dixon, Mrs.
house.
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REFLECTOR. GREENVILLE, N. C.
SEVEN
This department is in charge of J. M. Blow, who is authorized to rep-
resent the Eastern Reflector in Winterville and territory.
Miss Mayne of
returned to her home last Monday
evening.
Looking for something to
Go to A. D. Johnston.
Leonard Hamilton left yesterday
for a visit to Mr.
Hamilton has for several years
been clerking for J. R. Johnston,
but is now taking a long needed
recreation and will next session
attend the Winterville High school
We will all miss him on the West
side.
Hunsucker Buggies seem to be
favorites with the preachers and
-doctors. It really looks like what
is good enough for them ought to
do for the rest of us.
You should not fail to see or
write the Winterville Mfg. Co.,
and get their best prices on Porch
-Columns, Turned Balustrades
Newel Posts, Pickets for Stair
Way, Railing for Porch, Brackets,
Boxing Brackets; Sawed
and Trimming for be-
tween Brackets.
There Is a petition in
among the of the
public school in this district to the
school committee asking the
of establishing a public
school at church, and
that the children be given their
pro part the public school
fund and allowed to attend any
school they may select.
Notice A. G. Cox Mfg. Go's,
paint ad. You don't see the same
old thing over and over
something new each issue. Stud;
them; it is a matter of dollars
sense with you.
Mrs. J. B. Galloway, of
land, spent Monday and Monday
night with Mrs. R. G. Chapman
and took in the excursion
New lot of cotton seed meal and
hulls just received
G. H. Kittrell Co
For good stall for
market with adjoining room for
groceries. Apply to B. F. Man-
Co.
A few roosters
left that we will sell reasonable
G. A. Kittrell Co.
G. R. Dixon and Elbert Smith
are improving turning back band
rollers G. Cox Mfg. Co.,
having turned over nine hundred
each last day. Dixon was a
few ahead.
advance of cotton
goods we went north early and
purchased our stock of fall and
winter goods and feel sure that we
you money as we bought
bulk of our stock at old prices and
the same way. Everybody
cordially invited.
Yours to serve,
Harrington, Barber Co.
A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. have been
having a rush of orders for
both single and double wagons
every fall and spring that they
have deemed it expedient to make
larger preparations than ever this
season. The large building where
wire fence, tobacco flues are
made has been cleaned up and
already several wagons are set up
ready for delivery.
Country produce to seller trade
A. D. Johnston pays high prices
for all kinds.
Our Mr. B. F. Manning is now
at the Nor in and we cordially
earnestly invite everybody to wait
his return before purchasing
their fall and winter goods. Give
a trial. We know we can
please F. Manning Co. I drinks.
Singletrees and Plow Beams
made of the very beet material by
the Winterville Mfg. Co.
All here are very much gratified
to learn that Prof. F. C. Nye, who
has been sick for along while, l
so much improved that he
from the to the home
A. G. Cox Monday and spent the
day. It will certainly be pleasant
to hear of his entire recovery.
See M. L. the jeweler.
Repairing promptly done. Work
Mrs. Alice Galloway and Misses I
Hellen, Lucy, and Mamie
way and Jimmie Galloway, of
spent Monday night
here on the excursion
to Norfolk Tuesday.
A. Fair,
good shave line hair cut,
Latest style.
Miss Hattie Kittrell,
several days Gold Point,
visiting Miss Lyda
came home Monday.
All kinds of scroll turned
work done to order by the Winter-
ville Co.
Friend Kittrell is the
champion wrestler of Winterville.
He has a stand challenge for
the world.
We would call attention to the
fact we have added dry goods to
our line of merchandise re-
ask the public to call
Mfg.
Co.
Mrs. Bettie Britt left for the
northern markets Monday even-
to millinery for the firm
Mrs. Britt Co.
For pair nice young
mules, wagon harness. Mules
are well broke and nice workers.
See A. G. Cox.
T. F. Nobles, after being away
from home for a long while, has
returned.
Farmers When you visit A. G.
Cox Mfg. Go's, plant instead of
loosing the day just take along a
load of wheat or corn and get it
ground into a flour or meal
as can be had anywhere.
reason why A. G. Cox
Mfg. Co. has so much to say about
vi fence is that the farmer is
always needing wire fence, some-
body is all the time buying wire
fence, and they are always selling
wire fence. Those who have tried
elsewhere say it is the best and
cheapest
Miss Sadie Little was here shop-
ping Monday.
If you want a bargain, such as
you have never before realized,
wait until our Mr. B. F. Manning
comes back, then give us a call
we will tickle you almost to
F. Manning Co.
The Cigar Co. don't
belong to the trust. Send your
orders right along get the best
cheroot in the world for the money
patronize home industries.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
We have just made a large ship-
of corn, oats and
Get our p. ices before buying.
G. H. Kittrell.
A. Forbes was here last
night.
Miss Stella West, who has
visiting at her Lome in in Wilson,
has returned.
A. G. Cox, Prof. and
B. Carroll left Monday evening
for to attend a meeting
of the trustees of the
High School.
John Laughinghouse, of Green-
ville, was here last Friday.
A. J. Fields, of Raleigh, was in
town from Saturday until Monday.
Misses Carrie and Henrietta
Wesson spent Sunday night with
Mrs. C. A. Fair.
We carry line of school
stationary, slates, pencils, tablets,
pen points and ink, Composition
books, box paper etc., give us a
call please.
Harrington, Barber Co.
Miss Pearl Nelson, of Grifton,
and Miss Anna of
was here Saturday.
The store has in stock
cheap perfumes, high priced per-
fumes and all kinds of perfumes,
talcum and tooth powders, tooth,
nail, hair and shoe brushes,
soaps, shoe polish and shiners,
shoe blacking, pipes, harps, mar
rubber balls, cigars, chewing
and smoking tobacco, slate and
bath sponges, pepper, and
pickling fact everything
that you will find any well
kept drug store.
Miss Garris. after spend-
sometime friends in
Grifton, returned Monday morn-
Would you like to sweeten your
toot h. If so try some of
fresh penny candies at the drug
store.
Mrs. Ola Manning has been
visiting in the count
Tho secret of a good meal. The
best flour, pure lard. The best
baking fresh butter
on ice. AH of them at A. D.
Miss Annie Lee Staley, of Staley,
N. who before last had
charge of the primary department
of the High School,
was on the 20th married to
Dr. Thomas L. Fox,
ville. Mrs. Fox has many friends
and they extend most hearty
congratulations wish her long
life and a happy one.
Candy, snuff, tobacco, and
cigars at A. Johnston.
FRANK
S ON
THE KING
I have just returned
from New York, where
I bought all the latest
novelties shown in
Furnish
and Shoes
New arriving daily.
in for a look at the new things.
Hats, caps, shirts, collars, cuffs,
etc Cheap at A. D. Johnston.
Hoarding J.
Cox. Board ll per day. Best
House in town.
Nothing is more cool and re-
freshing hot days than a
cold drink prepared by W. L.
Burst at the drug store soda
fountain. He will give you in a
few moments notice any of the
latest and most popular cold
Misses and Clyde Cox,
of Ayden, with
the Misses Dawson.
Use sold by
A. D. Bell, Upright
Grocer. N. C
Bettie
WINTERVILLE, N. C.
A Full Line of Millinery
Goods. m
Mrs Sarah Taylor,
Fashionable
Milliner,
Best and latest styles always on
hand. Call and see. Next door
to Dr. B. T. Cox's drug store.
Frank
Wilson
THE KING
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THE EASTERN REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.
DEPARTMENT
The Farmville Branch of the Eastern Reflector is in charge of Rev. T. H. who is
authorized to transact any business for the paper in Farmville and territory.
R. L DAVIS
.,
FARMVILLE CORRESPONDENCE.
N. C. Aug. 1903.
We notice in several papers that
elections held during the
latter part of September for the
purpose of voting a tax known as
second mortgage bonds by sundry
towns and townships on the line of
the railroad from Raleigh
to Washington, aid this enter-
prise in its completion. the
project of building road is a
one, there has
no survey made and line definitely
located, so the voters i theM
may know where the
route will be located and whether
by the locution mud
through which the road shall
Take for instance Farmville town-
ship, the voters are to sub-
scribe a tax equal to per
mile through the
yet no one knows the line of
road will be permanently located.
This to us a one sided
and all the advantage the
if the road was run
to this place.
It seems to the writer of
lines, that before bonds
are delivered to the railroad
company that a positive
able and perfect understanding be
had as to the route. what
we can learn we are that
unless this matter is fully arranged
General Merchants.
No need of going further when we can all your needs in
Dry Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Hardware,
Furniture and Groceries.
Full line of Richmond Stove Cook Stoves and Heaters.
Car load lots Hay, Corn, Oats, Cotton Seed Hulls and
t list-class Soda Fountain where all
popular cold drinks are served. Meal P and
we can supply the trade with ice in Manufacturers of Buggies. Tobacco Flues and Trucks.
Farm Wagons, Coffins and always on hand.
In season we operate a Munger Cotton
PARKER.
FARMVILLE, N. C.
Carry a full line of patent
toilet articles and stationary.
any quantity.
G. C. BARRETT,
FARMVILLE. N. C.
unless this matter is arranged n. o. . . , T .
before the election is held Z J P T D AT P C
voters who are in favor of the road j . . U . I U
if it should come by Farmville, I PP I
will not vote for the bonds unless
they are assured that Farmville be
made an objective point.
This is quite an important mat-
it behooves the road
to Mate pi where they
intend it. locale the road, so all
doubt ad ob-
luted, and the voters of Fat
especially shall be in-
to vote intelligently on the
bond issue.
We wish to see the road built.
When completed it will develop a
section of county la a
great measure, without railroad
facilities and create a means of
transportation direct from
R. C. C. JOYNER,
Physician
and Surgeon.
GENERAL MERCHANTS,
FARMVILLE, N. C.
side of the projectors of this road, j which we have
We realize the fact that in build-
roads large towns on or near
the final direction the road
run, there is no dancer of these
towns being given the go by but
it is the intervening points that
there is great uncertainty attend-
the locating the road Dear them.
The has asked
township to vote a certain amount
Of bonds Where
is the certainty or assurance that
the town of Farmville will bean
objective point thin road ;
There U diversity of
ion as to the of this rail-
persons have
the opinion Hint the road run-
from Wilson to Greenville
never had will give to
the towns greater competitive
advantages not now possessed.
With all these advantages given
due consideration, we think it best
before the day of election the 22nd
that out shall
know if the road shall be run to
N. C. Satisfy us on
that and we think the bonds
will be voted by a large majority.
Unless u man has plenty of
money or a wife who can cook
eating is a nuisance.
Lawyers can stir up strife and
business, but doctors are
obliged to let well enough alone.
lie snip to find your
will follow the old plank your uppers if you sit
being the case, it would throw around waiting for a dead man's
Farmville at least a mile from
old plank road route, and would is better to have loved a short.
truly destroy whatever advantage j than never to have loved a
or benefit which would
M.
C.
MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS,
Leaders in Fashion. Full line of
trimmed and huts, Bowers,
ribbons, cheaper than ever.
We carry a large stock of General Merchandise, Dry Goods.
Clothing, Heavy and Fancy Groceries, Furniture, Tools, Farm-
Farmville, N. C. Implements, Seed, Fertilizer, Hay, Corn, Oats and other
feed stuffs. We solicit a share of your patronage. Fair and
courteous treatment to all.
J II HARRIS
FARMVILLE. N. C.
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats,
Fancy Groceries. Crockery,
Glassware. Fruits, Confections,
Cigars. Everything
tor cash. Highest price for country
produce.
BRO. j
FARMVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA
Dainty things for any meal sold
at prices to suit
any purse.
We provide the most attractive necessities for your
table. do it this having the best Groceries,
by handling them in the best way, and by selling them
at the most reasonable margin.
Clothing, Dry Goods, Groceries,
Tobacco, Cigars.
Cotton seed Meal and Hulls, Hay, Oats, Corn and Bran
always on hand.
Johnston Bros.
GROCERS
We make Q specialty of
For Men
Women and
Children
Shoes
it conceded that we give the
best Shoes for the money of
any house in
CHEAP GOODS.
W. G. administrator of R. II. deceased,
to notify the public that he charge of the oil
goods owned said R. II. at his death, and s offer-
them to the public regardless of cost. The stock
of h lull line of GOODS, NOTIONS, CLOTHING,
HATS, OAFS, SHOES, hardware and groceries, all fresh and
nice W. G. is agent of the Royal Tailors Mfg.
Co. All suits made to order to lit tin- individual.
is taken and a good lit guaranteed. We can furnish
goods at percent, less than tailors charge.
If you want bargains come early to
G. Store, j
Farmville, N. C.
HARDY SISTERS,
Milliners,
FARMVILLE, X.
The in west latest styles in
Millinery, Hats trimmed to or-
on short notice.
it
I JAS. B. WHITE, I
General Merchandise
and Department Store,
GREENVILLE,
N. C.
FARMVILLE, N. C.
Proprietor.
Table furnished with the best
the market
rooms, Polite and prompt
inn.
C stock of carefully selected Groceries, Dry Goods,
Notions, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps and Furnishings.
Country Produce bought and sold. Fresh Butter, Eggs
and Family Supplies constantly on hand. Country trade
a specialty. Flour and feed by the car load.
m. LANG,
FARMVILLE, N. C.
you selections from as complete a stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
as can be found In Eastern Carolina.
Special lino of Dress Goods and Trimmings for Ladies.
Full Skill Celebrated Shoe, for Every pair warranted.
Corliss, Coon Co. Collars and Cuffs for Men and Ladies.
Fl OF ALL GRADES. WHITE IRON
I BEDSTEADS AND MATTRESSES.
Clothing, Dry Goods, Hats and Groceries.
Hardware, Farm Implements and Harness. Ice Cream Freezers
and Hammocks.
Two warehouses full flour, corn, oats, bay Ac.
At. ERIN
N. C.
The Stock complete in every e
t and prices as low the
lowest. Highest market prices
paid for country produce.
CRANK H. WOOTEN,
Attorney-at-Law,
N. C.
Practice in all the courts. Special
Mention to collection of rents
and other claims. Prompt
tension to all business.
JAS. B. WHITE.
AFTER TWO YE AltS PREMIUMS HAVE BEEN PAID IN TH
II III
OF NEWARK, N. J., POLICY
Loan Value,
Cash Value,
Paid-up Insurance,
Extended Insurance that works automatically,
Is
Will be re-instated if arrears be paid within on month while you
are living, or within three years after lapse, upon satisfactory evidence
of and payment of arrears with interest.
second No Restrictions. Incontestable.
Dividends are payable at the beginning of the second and cf each
succeeding year, provided the premium for the current year be paid.
They may be To reduce Premiums, or
To Increase the Insurance, or
To make policy payable an during the lifetime
of insured.
J. L. SUGG,
Greenville, N. C.
EASTERN REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.
Department
The Brunch of the Reflector is in charge
of C. E. who It authorized to transact any
for the paper in and territory.
J. J. Satterthwaite
Bro.
Invite you to make their store
headquarters and while there to
inspect their complete stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
and learn their low prices. We
can supply all your needs
any line of goods.
We are selling Lawns and other
summer dress goods at about
half price, to make room for
all goods.
R. R. FLEMING,
Merchant and
Manufacturer
Always carries a complete
stock of
General -Merchandise.
D. W.
DEALER IN
Groceries
And Provisions
PERSONALS AND SOCIAL.
MONDAY, AUGUST
H. W. is sick.
this morning
Cotton Bagging and
Ties always on hand
Fresh Goods kept con-
in stock. Country
Produce Bought and Sold
D. W.
North Carolina.
C. P. left
for Windsor.
More About Tobacco
Manufacturers of Lumber and
Cypress Building Shingles.
Special price on carload lots of
Shingles.
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After thirty years of successful business I am
better than ever prepared to supply all the
needs of the people with a complete stock of
General Merchandise
I can furnish anything wanted, from cam-
needle to a steam engine.
Not Quite
How often can fat a
nail or screw driver or an-
lacking. Have a good
tool box and lie prepared for
emergencies. Our line of tools
is all you could desire, and
we will see that your tool
box does not lack a- single
useful article.
Of Course
You get Harness,
Horse Goods,
of
J. R.
Corey
OLD LIN
I handle fertilizers
and
cotton in season.
The manufacture of the Davenport Braxton
Fertilizer will begin about Aug.
15th. It is the invention of the century.
Logger with some experience, with two
wagons and one ox curt.
Steamer K. L. Myers leave
Washington daily, except Sunday,
I at G a. for Greenville, leaves
I Greenville daily, except Sunday,
at in. for Washington.
. . i Connecting at Washington with
DunK Steamers for Norfolk, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York Boston,
Aurora, South Belhaven,
Quarter,
I points for West with rail-
M roads at Norfolk.
i Shippers should order freight by
M G- U S Co. from
T . . . n t . , V New York; Clyde Line from
Is the place to get Clothing, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes. Bay Line and Chesapeake
Hats, Groceries, Hardware, Furniture, Crockery, etc., at S. Co. from Baltimore. Mer-
Ta ft , , . II and Line from
U Boston.
A fall line of Drugs and Medicines. Highest prices paid CHERRY,
kinds of country produce. L
H. MYERS, Agent,
ISIS-S Washington, N. C
T. W. Snell this morning for
Cleveland Moore left Saturday
I evening for Goldsboro.
J. S. left this morning
for Baltimore.
R. Hyman went up the road
I this morning.
Clarence went to
this morning.
J. C. Tripp went to Ayden Sat
evening.
Miss Star May, of Farmville, is
visiting Miss Mellie Harris.
J. A. Ricks returned Saturday
markets
J. P Davenport returned
day evening from the northern
market.
Mrs. S. J. Berry, of Washing-
ton, is the of Mr. and Mrs-
II. Ricks.
C. T. returned
, day evening
J. B. Harding left Saturday eve-
for Raleigh to resume hie
Studies at A. M. college.
Mrs. E. Pippin, of Baltimore,
arrived evening to visit
Mrs. J. G.
Miss Nancy Coward, of
county, arrived this morning to
visit her brother, H. L. Coward.
Mrs. E. H. and little
daughter left this morning tor a
visit to
Miss Estelle Harding, of Peters
burg, Va., who has visiting
Misses Essie and Eloise Ellington,
returned home this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Howard,
of arrived Saturday even-
to visit their daughter, Mrs J.
G. Mr. Howard returned
home this morning.
I. A. Sugg, left Saturday
evening for Richmond. From
there he will return to S.
C, to resume his duties with the
A. C. L.
Miss Myrtle of Greene
who has been visiting her
sister, Mrs. C Laughing-
house, left Saturday evening for
Kinston.
i Miss Margaret Skinner return-
ed Saturday evening from a visit
to Baltimore. Miss Mary and
Jeane Winslow, of that place, ac-
companied her.
you are thirsty you our
Soda Water Fountain. The soda water con-
daily from our fountain during hot
is enormous. The quantity sold is
proof positive of its popularity. favorite
hind is here, because we all hinds.
Bryan Nichols,
The Baptist
Female University
Schools of Science, and Phil-.
Bible; Art;
Business. Faculty of men nod ;
women, whose whole time, with two ;
exceptions, is given to one subject.
periods an hour each.
worth of new equipments for De-
of Chemistry, Biology,
History, and Mathematics.
Music Department embraces of the II
Clavier system graduates teaching in
the South. Other Departments up to
date. Students cared for by Lady
Principal Lady Physician, Matron
and Trained Nurse Expenses in the
Literary course 1167.60 per session.
In the Club, about less. Next
session opens September 1st.
For other information address
R. T. VANN, President,
Raleigh, N. C.
p. R. L.
Dentist. .
N. C.
J. J. Laughinghouse, R. W.
King and O. E. Warren returned
Saturday evening
Mount.
SUICIDE
The startling announcement that
a preventive of suicide had been
discovered will interest many. A
run down system, or despondency
invariably precede and
something has been found
condition which makes suicide
likely. At the first thought of
self destruction take Electric Bit-
It being a great tonic and
will strengthen the nerves
and build up the system. It's also
a great Stomach, Liver and Kid-
regulator. Only
faction guaranteed by Wooten's
Store.
One men get over the
habit of saving money is that when
they do, they loose it in invest-
instead of having the of
speeding it.
Dr. F L. Stevens,
our state experiment station, i
still at work on the tobacco wilt
disease. Nothing ha- ever yet
been published in agricultural or
scientific publications about it,
nor does it appear that the disease
is known outside of North Carolina.
Some of the farmers in the infected
region have attributed it
some to the fertilizers, some to
continuous cropping in tobacco,
but it due to none of these
things. is a microscopic
germ found soil. These
perms are so small that millions
of them could be put into tea
They multiply rapidly and
may be carried by the plow or by
ditches or on the horse's hoof to
soil previously
to in great numbers. No
way to destroy the germs is yet
but Dr. Stevens will
experiment with different chem-
in the hope of finding a
remedy. At present the only
thing left for the farmer to do is
to plant no tobacco diseased
fields until the germs die,
ably in six or seven
in the meantime a remedy is found.
This disease must not be con-
founded with the
which causes the tobacco plant to
fall; over. With wilt the plant
stands erect, while the leaves wilt
as if the roots had been cut off.
Alter a full investigation
Dr. Stevens will discuss this mat-
more authoritatively in our
columns.
Just now he wishes very much
to learn in section of the state
the disease exists or is supposed to
exists. We earnestly urge every
reader of the Progressive Farmer
who knows of a probable case of
wilt to write at once to Dr. F. L.
Stevens, West Raleigh, N. C. He
is employed by the state to
this matter, and should have
the fullest co operation of our to-
growers. The will be
theirs.
July the Tobacco Trust
raised the price of American cigar-
England fifty per cent.
Two weeks later it reduced the
price of its raw material in North
Carolina more than fifty per cent
for later reports more confirm
our last week's conjecture as to
i his. The Tobacco Trust is power-
but in America there is yet a
mightier power. One of these days
the by its greed and
is to bring itself into deadly
and unequal combat with the
Citizen.
PUTS AN END TO IT ALL.
A grievous wail comes
as a result of unbearable pain
over taxed organs. Dizziness,
Backache, Liver and
Constipation But thanks to Dr.
Dr. King's New Life Pill put
an end to it all. They are gentle
but thorough. Try them.
Guaranteed by Wooten's
Drug Store.
Licenses .
Last week Register of Deeds R.
Williams issued licenses to the fol-
owing
WHITE
J. T. Whitford and Eva M.
G. Winnie Cox.
John King Lillie Evans.
Frank Young and Alice
Stephen Ward and Annie
Tucker.
George Grimes and
Malaria Ever have it Know all about
it Want to get rid of it Take
Malaria and Ague Cure.
CO. All
Mot.
TEN i
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR, GREENVILLE, N. C.
Wilkinson
CLASSES OF
GOOD SOLD
Fine Dress Goods, and Dry Goods, made not merely to
sell, but to serve whoever gets them. This is particularly
of line Dress Goods, Silks and Laces, Gloves and
Trunks Valises, Shoes, Clothing, Hals, Pants,
Shirts.
A few kinds of our goods, are the same in all other stores,
like Muslin, Flannels, etc., but the bulk of the
goods we sell is one sense or another different from that sold
by other store.
Article purchased are returnable within a reasonable time
if they fail to satisfy.
Entire Stock of Summer Goods
has been Reduced, and f lust
be Sold by August
Lawns and have been reduced one third to one
half. Have made big reductions in our black dress goods. Low
prices will prevail all through the month of July.
Standard styles for September now
ready. The August Designer Fashions sheets always free.
LETTER TO REV. H. M. BUBS.
Ricks Wilkinson
Greenville. N. C.
Dear Three churches in
N. Y. have had
their first lesson
Messrs. Lockwood
painted the parson-
age; estimated gallons; took
Messrs. Shutter
painted the Episcopal church;
estimated gallons; took
Same painters painted the
church; estimated gallons;
Of they estimated from
what they had been using. The
saving paint and is or
a gallon, Total saving on three
jobs to painting
costs two or three times as much
as the paint, you know.
Yours truly
F. Co.
P. S.--H. L. Carr sells our paint.
Will Open Tuesday.
Brinkley Hooker's center
brick warehouse in com-
will have its opening
sale on Tuesday, Sept. 1st. This
is the only brick warehouse on
the market. It is a splendid
building and Brinkley Hooker
are going to keep it abreast with
the times.
August is
BARGAIN MONTH
In our Dry Goods
Department.
Your Eyes,
My
with one of those fine imported Lace at Pulley
Bowen's. They are reduced from and cents to
; North Carolina, In Superior
; Pitt County, S Sept. Term,
, Mary Harrington i
vs. Summons.
i Harrington.
The defendant above name will take
that an action entitled
i has been commenced the superior
Court of Pitt county to obtain a
from the bonds of matrimony by
the plaintiff from the defendant, and
j the said defendant will further take
notice that he is required to appear at
the next term of the superior court of
said county to be held on the 3rd
I Monday of sept. it being the 21st
day of said month, at the court House
of said county in Greenville, c. and
answer or demur to the complaint in
said action, or the plaintiff will apply
. to the court for the relief demanded in
said complaint.
This the 12th of Aug.
F G JAMES, C MOORE,
for Plaintiff of -s c.
j ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE, j
item of administration upon the
estate of Lawrence Stocks deceased,
I having this day been issued to me by
j the Clerk of the Superior Court of Pitt
I County, notice is hereby given to all I
persons holding claims
to present them to me for payment, j
duly authenticated, on or before
14th day of August 1904, or this notice
will be plead In the bar of their
j All person indebted to said, estate
are requested to make immediate pay-
to me.
This the 12th of August, 1908.
JESSE
of Lawrence Stocks,
Special cut prices will prevail throughout the entire depart-
on all summer goods. We mast have more room and this
means a severe cut to clean out stock.
Beautiful Lawns and
ties Reduced
from to from to from to
from to from to
A special lot of Towels are being sacrificed for August
selling, including Turkish Bath, Huck and Cotton Towels.
All Slippers and Oxford Ties for women and children wilt
suffer cut prices in this sale. A special lot to close, regardless
of price.
Take advantage of this month's offerings and make your
cash purchases prove to be real bargains.
J. B. CHERRY
Greenville Produce and
Provision Market.
Reported by M.
If you girls must cry do it gracefully. Women's
tears are too to waste on common
chiefs. Don't be caught with one.
FOR SALE
-BY-
A. G. COX
TURING
COMPANY.
, The, Sherwin- Williams Paint
pat.
Family Flour straight
Corn- per bushel
I Bacon- hog round per lb
ham
sides
shoulders
Cork
Lard
lbs per bushel
Peas
Potatoes sweet
Butter
Duck
i head
Broiler
lb
Geese
. Feathers new
lb.
lb
Tallow
Fodder
Hay
Beeswax
Meal
PAINT BUILDINGS WITH
Established .
Incorporated 1901.
WHITT CO
Marble and Granite
Monuments
and Agents for Wire Fencing.
Main office and electric power plant,
Ga.
Branch offices and shops, Rocky Mount,
N. C, and Sumter, S. C.
For prices and design- address Rocky
Mount Office.
A Bad Breath
A bad breath means a bad
stomach, a bad digestion, a
bad liver. Pills are
liver pills. They cure con-
biliousness,
sick headache.
All
Much of a Good
That's what we much Silk Mull, Mer-
Pebble Cloth, Mercerized Chambray, etc.,
for the season. The season really lacks two
months of being over, but we must reduce stock
for fall goods. Consequently we are making
great reductions in Wash Silks, White Goods,
Embroideries, Percales, etc. The profit goes to
you if you take advantage of these reductions at
once. We will not carry them over. You'll not
have another chance to get the same goods for
anything like the same money. Note these prices.
Silk Mulls, all colors, was , now
Mercerized Pebble Cloths, was now
Mercerized Chambray, was now
New White Front
JAS. F. DAVENPORT.
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR.
D. J. Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOL. No.
GREENVILLE. PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER I,
No.
BENEATH THE WATERS
PROMINENT YOUNG MAN MEETS
MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Wallace Riddick, of
Disappeared August 18th,
May Have Met With
Foul Play.
Wind and Hail Storm.
Petersburg, Aug.
News reached here today of a
and hail storm which
over Mecklenburg county.
The path of the storm was be-
tween Boydton, county seat,
South Hill and the damage
to crops was great. A
just arrived from the county Bays
that the tobacco on three
thousand acres was from the
stalks that corn was ripped to
pieced. The loss is estimated at
over
Hertford, N. C, Aug.
of the body of G. Wallace
son of Dr. Riddick, of
this place, has not fully cleared up
the mystery of bis disappearance
and body. The body was brought
here last midnight on a gasoline
launch Rivet. A
jury held yesterday render
eA- a verdict accidental
log. Only six dollars was
in bis pockets. He is supposed to
have had
On Tuesday, 18th instant,
Riddick Hertford
. at Elizabeth
to Nag's Head.
As no boat left that day directly
for the Head, be boarded the
. intending to go
. to kc Island and
. thence by sailboat U Nag's Head.
It
was just before when he
told seven I his Elizabeth Oily
friends bye and to
catch the Ante boarded it
be with Walter
, him mount t. the
case is bin baud. This suit race
was left boat- No
theory can possibly be offered than
that was somewhere
between this
Island be fell of and
His on s baldly
remembered by crew.
An air of mystery en the
whole affair, om-
that per-
Burned.
Kinston, N. C, August
Fire discovered in Mr. Jesse
in Vance township,
AMERICAN CONSUL AT BEIRUT
ASSASSINATED.
Admiral Cotton's European Fleet
Ordered to the Scene
of the Cowardly
Crime.
Washington, D. Aug.
A cablegram reporting the
Mysterious Death in Charlotte.
Charlotte, N. C,
Ralph F. Elliott, of Col.,
died at midnight at the Charlotte
hotel under what were regarded as
suspicious circumstances. Elliott
has been living at Southern Pines
and Hamlet for three
gone to that for health.
He came to Charlotte on the 20th.
Yesterday he worked all day in
the hot sun, and when he went to
supper complained of
well. He remained around the
hotel office until o'clock and
then went to bed; about II
o'clock he was found in
and died shortly afterwards
The circumstances surrounding
of the United death were investigated today
about six miles from Kinston, yes- consul and it is given out that the young
Woman Slain From Ambush.
Laurinburg, N. C, Aug.
Alice colored, of
Laurel Hill township, this county,
was shot instantly killed last
night while quietly sitting on her
front porch with her and
children. The coroner's jury after
a full investigation today
ed a verdict that the wound was
inflicted by a gun in band of
an unknown person. buck
shot were found her body.
There seems to be no clue to the
murder.
morning at and in it
few minutes the building and near-
everything in it was destroyed.
Mr. daughter discovered
the tire from the smoke in in r room
and gave the alarm. No lire had
in the house since five
evening before some
that the fire was the work
of an The amount of
the loss is not known, but it was
learned that Mr. Fields had
Tom L Johnson for Governor.
Col limbos, Ohio, Aug.
of the most remarkable democratic
state conventions in the history of
Ohio polities was held in this city
today, and Mayor Tom L. Johnson,
of Cleveland, was nominated by
acclamation The
fight was a bitter one. Scenes of
the wildest disorder and contusion
ii ended presentation of John
Kin's name the convention.
There were several personals en-
Beirut, Syria, was received
at the state department this morn-
from the United minis-
St Constantinople. Within an
hour after the receipt of the dis-
path were seat to
minister at Constantinople to use
the most vigorous measures to
impress the Sultan of Turkey with
the gravity of the case. He was
told that he should demand the
immediate apprehension con-
of the From
the tone of these instruction it is
evident that ibis government does
not propose to tolerate any
by the Turkish i
but will, if necessary, take drastic
measures to arouse Tin key to a
realization of the seriousness
of the
man was overcome by heat.
Pitt County Tobacco Company.
was a meeting in I be
court house S r lay to perfect e
Sir Thomas Li it Down and Out.
New Aug. Tho-
mas Lipton declared today an
that he would never
again challenge for the
cup until a man had been found in
England who Nat
in yacht building. He ad-
his at his
failure and frankly said be bad no
i hope of even a race,
organization of movement for y
Sir Thomas said,
department, the being
property was
with about one third
Burned.
N. C. Aug.
i factory
was destroyed by lire tonight.
started a few
sober, he tot, be. quilting. It Started
have fallen off, nor they
believe that being in the boat
health and spirits, and with i-ex-
bright future, he
v jumped with
tent, lie, was traveling
not hare acquaintance
the therefore no
foul play was done
The Deadly Mosquito Again.
Durham, N.-C, Aug.
i this city Will a white
boy, is at door as a insult
of a mosquito The lament
stung him the little finger
Sat ii relay and a few days ago
poison set in. it was decided
amputation of the arm was
bat the the
patient became so ill the
operation could not be performed.
His friends and the physicians
who are him have little
hope of saving his life.
an independent tobacco company
to establish a tobacco factory
and put buyers on the market.
Only a few of who had
in their names for stock were pres-
but these proceeded to to the
work before them.
The first action was to arrange
the application for a charier. This
was done by naming it The Pitt
County Tobacco Company. The
authorized capital was placed at
brains and development have us
beaten. If the day ever comes
when England produces a Her-
then I will challenge
again. It is to be
compelled to admit it, but the
brains boat-building are on
this side of the
Sweet Minded Women.
Bad at Church.
Young people who go to church
should have a sufficient amount of
respect for themselves, if not for
So great is the influence of a
with to begin, sweet-minded woman those
when of this amount is paid her that is
less. It is to her friends come in
seasons of sorrow and sickness for
In the Same Predicament.
It is told on a young
man in town that be recently mi-
his best girl in church
which was
col led ion
others, to refrain from talking and j . , th
whispering during services. We., . . . ,, ,
taken up the man
have some complaint
The Hold Boycotted.
Baltimore, Md., Aug.
and pledge not to ever
patronize the Jameson and
Hotel at Hamlet, has
been signed by over three hundred
Particulars of
Tarboro, N. Aug.
of death of Dr.
Wynne, which white he
was his honeymoon in
New York last nave
here. He ate some soft
shell
his system and
four later be died.
Electric lineman Kilted by Fall
Wilmington, Aug.
of the
Street
fell headlong from a pole this
morning, striking on his bead. He
probably fatally injured. He
was painting the pole and lost his
balance, falling feet.
Opening of Wake Forest College
Wake N. O., Aug.
The college opened this morning
with students registered. On
the first day last year there were
registered. This is the largest
this a Jew of our
young people and we are fearful
t if they continue this kind -of
misbehavior they will be called
down the preacher. It will, of
course be unpleasant for
her to do this, and we would
advise those who are in the habit
of going to church to talk
laugh preacher is talk
bis congregation to make up
their to stop it or stay at
Times.
Louisburg is not the only town ,
, maybe, and be sweats over that
the.-state such , . L , . ,
and tells how hard he works
while a woman from early morn
explored bis pockets and whisper
ed to the young haven't
a cent; Changed my
mean time the young lady
been searching her pockets and
finding blushed a rosy
red as she
the same
Cold Leaf.
Woman VI. Men.
As an all round proposition a
woman can discount a man any
day. The man knows one thing,
traveling salesmen that travel and day by far in the history
go through North Carolina. of the collage.
can be made. There arc many
others we are sorry In say that
Wilmington is among number.
There may be conduct
among the young people in all the
churches here, but we know it is
sous to sane of
It has nut been very since
the pastor f one our
referred to bad in
his commented severe-
upon conduct. It does
all well-raised people
won Id behave in church
if not from a feeling of reverence,
then through respect for those who
go there to worship. If those
people who make a habit of talk-
and otherwise misbehaving
in church knew what others
present thought of them they
would surely either stop
conduct or stay
Messenger.
The of the property of
corporation in Pitt county, as
by the state auditor, is
till dewy eve, and if the baby has
the colic, midnight,
does more things than a man could
do. Her environment held her
she is learning new
tricks right along, and within three
hundred years, unless man pro-
he is going to be a back
number when compared to the
brisk busy, little woman
Every,
thing.
American Consul Not Assassinated.
Washington, Aug.
cablegram was received by Acting
Secretary of State Loom is tonight
from at Con-
which changed the
aspect of the affair at
Beirut.
Minister reported that
owing to a mistake in the trans-
mission of a word from Beirut
to Constantinople, it was made to
appear that
killed, in fact an at-
tempt only had been made on his
life.
help aid comfort. One soothing
touch of her kindly hands works
i wonders in the feverish child, a
few words let fall u lips in
the ear of a sort owing do
much to raise the load of that-
is bowing its victim down to the
dust anguish. husband
comes home worn out with the
pressure of business, and feeling
irritable with the world in
but when he enters the sitting-
room, and blaze of
bright fire, and meets bis wife's
smiling face, be succumbs in a
moment to soothing
which act as the balm of to
his wounded spirit. We all are
wearied with combating stern
realities of life. The rough school
boy Hies a rage from the taunts
of bis companions to find solace in
bis mother's smile; the little one,
full grief with its own large
trouble, finds a haven of rest its
mother's breast; and so one might
go on with instances of the
that a sweet-minded woman
has in the social life with which
is connected. Beauty is in-
when compared
with
Store Entered.
The store of Mr. K. L. Johnston,
at was broken
Friday night. The thief seemed
to be after money, as about in
change that had been left in the
money drawer is all that was miss-
ed.
Died of Sunstroke.
Ben Cherry, a well known color-
ed man who was helping moving
the old academy building, became
overheated this Saturday, and
died in a few minutes.
Miss Pearl left Friday
evening for a to