la K F. Service. night a tan be in Methodist At that time the of the will me.-t together t a Welcome to J. A. e new pa r who has come to ac charge of the Methodist church The following will be the pro nm of the reading and prayer Rev. W. E. Powell. Hymn A of on T i churches, by Rev. F. G. Hartman. Anthem collection. Address on behalf M. Jarvis- Anthem. addresses by Rev J. A. Prayer by Mr. Bf. A. Allen. Parting hymn. Benediction by pastor. Cards the It v, to Mr. Churchill Thursday t at Opera House. The public cordially invited to attend. ion will remain e t d until after the bridal party love Dome tar. avoid the Lilliputian Wedding. A Lilliputian wedding will be aldermen of Elizabeth City refused to issue liquor licenses. The keeper of Wake county at Raleigh, was assaulted Tuesday night by prisoners who attempted to escape but were foiled. The pick pocket captured during the state fair led the assault. Since the sheriff of Caldwell county died a few weeks ago his daughter has been appointed tax and is filling the office well. Xmas Shoppers An Overworked Woman. stopped to got a glass of milk He other day at a Jersey farm- said the commuter, accord- to the New York Mail and Ex- press, and the female head of the es- who had six children playing around, was inclined to re- pine at her hard luck in having so wort do. t. hole she re- marked in a tone which indicated that she was ready to resign. in acres have I inquired, hundred on I -n head i f cattle, two cows, tux hogs and work horses for the yon run the whole I asked.- I do, every hide and hair of she sighed. you some it help k s the lord ones body s pi in that a i you got a I . tin ti idly. she said sternly, I have to run him, at the request of the New windows of the building were Bo i; Store is papers fur appropriate f-i I hi lit tic co- Comet to the weak and weary curing all stomach Itself, ever if but I disordered or I famous remedy troubles and digestive disorders. supplies the natural of digestion and does the work of the stomach, relaxing the nervous tension, while the Inflamed muscles and membranes of that are to rest and heal. I, cures Indigestion, flatulence, palpitation of the heart, nervous dyspepsia and all stomach troubles by cleansing, purifying and strengthening the glands, membranes of the and digestive organs. Dyspepsia Cure State Auditor Dixon says that the pension warrants will go to the feature of one night of the bazaar time be the house next and that pension- Many little folks will be in it and on should call on the it is going to be interesting. clerk of the court for their warrants, a-id see how well the little folks upon the registers of imitate the grown ones. deeds as formerly. Combat Boil Weevil. New Orleans, met in extra session today to consider the cotton bull weevil danger. Thee was issued by the The explosion of a lamp while blowers were giving an ex- Greensboro, caused a panic audience person were set on tire and burned, doors and Orleans cotton exchange and the Louisiana Growers It will consider no question except protection against the weevil. It is expected to create a boll weevil commission order Texas cotton seed to pass an appropriation that will enable Louisiana to co-operate with United States wrecked by people jumping through them. Congress has ordered another exp at building a light house Shoals off on the North Carolina cast. Henry in. the con at the hist term of the to carry out the plan i court of county and of defense suggested by the plant It Was Good. The Merchant of had a large audience In the opera house, Friday night, and the play was an exceptionally good one The costumes were splendid and the acting a very high order The audience was well pleased. a Good Judge. Today gave us aH opportunity of knowing why our Winterville department editor has talked so much about the pretty girls of Winterville High school. Several of them spent the day in ville. Here's a Corker. The Wilson News takes full responsibility for the chicken and bicycle story, It Jim bike out of fix and he dis mounted endeavored to put it in order. He unscrewed one of the nuts which fell into a coop full f chickens, one of which swallow- ed said nut quicker than a duck could gobble up a June bug. Jim wouldn't be outdone so he chased the chicken and twisted his neck and soon the missing nut was found its craw. The chick en cents. He could have gotten a whole pound of the finest kind of nuts at any grocers for less Tor Sagely Ta. only. Ska trial which for C CO, Suppose Bassett should write an- other article and give it as that in order for Trinity Col- to become a great and institution of learning, it must allow the boys of the with the other Would a majority of the trustees still vote to to retain him He would only be expressing his of you Times. sentenced to be hanged but respited the governor until December 17th, will be executed on that date if his sentence is not commuted, as this has not been done Free Press. The Scotland Neck Common wealth reports that this year raised barrels of corn on acres. The year old daughter of John Kay, near Pigeon, disappeared from home. A. note was found, supposed to have been written by the girl, in which it was stated she intended to drown herself. A boy died of lockjaw in Wilmington Wednesday, the re- of playing with a toy pistol. Mr. W. H Stone, of Shallotte Brunswick county, is known for the fine quality of pecans which be raises his place. This year he gathered pounds of from three trees. The pecans are thin shell, full of meat, the flavor is very ton Slur. Only nineteen deaths are charged up to football playing so far the present season, But just think of the the not killed had Citizen. moving to get a Carnegie library, the millionaire having offered a donation to that town. E. VICTOR COX, AT Ayden, North Carolina. SHORT ITEMS. barrels apples, cheap, at M. Schultz. Toys, babies, wagons, oranges, lemons, bananas, grapes, raisins, currants, citron, candies, nuts, dates, figs, mince meat, at M. Schultz. Job Lot sound well-worked pound. Write for terms. Those without commercial rating must send postages for re- ply. R. H. Patterson, Tobacco Penick, Va. for horse farm with room dwelling and necessary building. For particulars apply to W. H. Moore, Falkland, N. C. Look to interest and see our splendid display of . Beautiful Knit Wool Sweaters for Ladies in Red White and Blue. Black Cloth for Ladies Men Knit Jersey for Children, White Crochet Wool for Babies. Wool Golf Gloves Ladies and Men, Woolen Knit Gloves and Mittens all Colors for Children and Babies. Handsome Gold and Sterling Silver Handle Umbrellas in Ladies sizes. Elegant Caps and Fur sets for Children and Ladies, beau Linen and Plain and Embroidered Handkerchiefs for Ladies use. and Lace Curtains. The above list is only a few of the many beautiful and useful articles shown in our Dry Goods Department. Come to see us we can fill your guaranteed, SHOES FOR PARTICULAR We are proud of our shoe stock this season. We are certain we have the finest line we have ever shown and we are that store gets even a little bit ahead of us. ULTRA and Shoes for Women are our strong cards, and we are able to meet the require- of the most fastidious as well as the more conservative pat- and we invite a thorough inspection of our in name, ULTRA in character, ULTRA in every feature that con- tributes to fit, comfort and style. In finish, material and work- we are proud to present to all lovers of good taste in footwear a shoe for which we have never yet had to make apology. The Shoe is constructed on common-sense without sacrifice of those attributes that appeal to a woman's taste, or her pride, in a well and stylishly foot. Our usually up-to-date line of children's and infant's shoes is even better than ever. We we can insure you perfect satisfaction and save you money in your shoe needs. ,. The Home of Women's Fashions. The On y To get the confidence of the people of Pitt county by is through the daily and semi-weekly editions of THE EASTERN REFLECTOR. and Friday. J. Editor and Owner. VOL No GREENVILLE. PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1903. NE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE No. WELCOME SERVICE New of Methodist Church Greeted. Rev. J. A. the new of the Methodist church here preached his first sermon to his new charge on Sunday morn- His sermon was excellent and made a good impression on all present. Sunday night all the of the town joined together in extending him a to Greenville. attendance was large that many people had to occupy the gallery. This come service was characteristic of the Christian unity existing among the different churches Green- and shows that the glad hand is extended to the new pastor, not only by the members of his-own congregation but also by aH the people of the town. There was a good pro- gram at this service. The Scrip, tore lesson and prayer was W. B. Powell, of the Christian church. Rev. F. G. of the Presbyterian church, delivered the address -of welcome for all the other churches of the town, and ex Gov. T. J. Jarvis spoke the words of welcome for the Losses by Hail. In an interview with E. A. or, the secretary of the Mutual Hail Insurance Company, of which O. L. Joyner, of Greenville, is president, some very interesting facts were regarding hail storms and losses thereby in this State. This is the first business of the home company, Mr. Taylor says it has policy holders in North in the tobacco growing counties; that there were about losses by hail, the total amount paid by the company being The figures and facts show that one fourth of the farms were injured by hail taking the state over. Not long ago, the statement was made in the news papers only one field in a hundred was injured by hail in the course of a respondent of Wilmington BIG SENSATION Suspicious Grave Leads to In- and Unearthed a Body. Greenville had a startling Sunday, and for the time being there was something doing official circles. That morning a man approached Police- man S. I. Dudley with a tale to unfold. The man said his wife went across the river, Saturday afternoon, hunting wood When in the thicket between the county and railroad bridges she saw two men standing over a hole in the ground. Seeing the woman approaching the men ran off. She went and looked in the hole that had the appearance of a grave, and was astonished to see a box expos- ed. matter needs said the policeman when he Lost a Valise. Miss Lizzie Highsmith, of Cone- toe, was ere at the meet- Saturday, and spent the night with friends. While the way home in company with a lady friend, her valise was lost. They were riding in a dose top Ventilation, Heat and Light. Paper read before the Pitt County Association by Miss Agnes Moore. Of all the necessary things that should be considered by a teacher on entering a school room, to me ventilation, beat and are of the greatest importance, since they are three of the prime necessities of life. All school rooms should be spacious, light and airy, kept well comfortably heated cold weather. Our school houses, as a whole, are but poorly ventilated, in . . . .,. irritating the and often most cases it is impossible lays the foundation for catarrh a loom filled with all of those adults; they rush in their clothing saturated with induced by their sports; so that on an average each pupil, school hours loads the air with about half a pine of aqueous come from close, uncleanly homes and others from a sick room, whence bring in their clothing germs of diseases. Besides all this, the air is almost constantly filled with fine particles of chalk dusk, which finds lodge- the nasal passages and the upper part of the larynx, thus to have them otherwise. I believe that would . , . j . . ., we pupils with have more of a liking for school, if , , ,. . . , . headache, dull and inattentive the rooms better ventilated. , , T . . . . I A e from best authority poorly ventilated rooms, the i , ., . , . . perfect ventilation demands children ate living in an v rank only is heard the above, off he bur it of space for pupil, but . . I often not over ft are the room filled, but poisonous . m v j u i perfect health demands cu ft; effluvia is breathed and K me on of fresh air for every child per to find Coroner Laughing- . to the walls house tell him of the burial that had taken place in the woods. The leaked when the policeman and coroner started together they were followed by a crowd of excited with and fills the meshes the pupil's clothing. As such, it soon creates a hot bed in which the germs of contagious diseases, live and develop. The schools have great advantages, in many respects, buggy with the valise tied on be- to-be-jurors the city schools, as they rarely bind, cod upon reaching home an- more than one story high, most timely their remarks j found it was gone them. Reaching the spot the i . . and usually are not nearly so grave was easily found, and i crowd stood around awaiting developments. dist up Both of these were In addition to appropriately expressed the feel- wearing apparel, the valise of all in this welcome- j a quantity of Christmas Rev, Mr. was most purchases and some money. We in his response to these ad- hope an honest person will find it dresses, won a warm, and it. place n the him. He is a most pleas- at , , , t , a n i mangled form, thinking the and address, an. F V V i . of a foul murder was hid m ,,,,,., earnest speaker, and-e feel -sure , of . , , T. , , . . , . . -it- that wot. The next, work was to ,,,,,,,, H h g BUrt their ,, . . , , V i, t open the box. was done , r,., blessing to eh inch and to the, one of the lectures that i . , , . ,,,,,,. ,; . when the Investigation ct . , came to a sudden end with a cry ht. M The prayer the ,,, to. Prof. W. H f vice was by Mr. M. A. Alien. r.,.,. . i .-. i hour, as much foul air re- but there is no ventilation stall except that which enters cracks the occasional opening of the door. When the outside will permit the windows should be raised at recess for ten minutes. At close of school each day all windows should be liaised for one hour, unless rain or snow prevents. The heat also should be kept regulated as nearly as the temperature never being held a if After the Boys. Dining an Endeavor of Kit; delegates a young ma, and and -f bottled energy sud- upon a citizen who had been he discussed in his own j sensible style crowded, too, the temperature is more easily regulated, the r. more quickly ventilated The officers quickly had Very few bonus are kept at the hands in the grave to bring up the high temperature of many of lowed to go under degrees or box, and the crowd drew nearer rooms, and even the j over degrees F. to catch the first glimpse of the children get to their homes, after The light should always come up the back and left side of ill vein in- pupil, but cross light should not have . titled ; be permitted as they are injurious l 11.- it is to the eyes. s will As much sunlight should be on permitted to the room as it does not t to shine on the work or in the eyes draw of the pupil. cooped i i Uses . nothing but ad Tie yell given by the crowd B Life for the Those win, beard that J . in the effort to himself laughed so much months. d the officers don't love to t-e bi words were of gold in may not Jr. O. U. A. M. Monday night a new lodge of Jr. the officers love to i-e , , . , i, m . The problem . . . . . , . , l us to change the q. U. A. M. was organized hereby It aid Prof. building, and organizer J. B. Simmons, It begins with the I the if but by a numb r of members of Win- through in Pitt v. The new , n , the life activities, and Bode bar. , . , ,;, i,. in the purposes of h. r t Never have they .-Superior Court Clerk has warrant ventilating in- I Pitt No. and i schools I starts with members, Follow- where windows are oar only should, if delegate per man replied the of lofty and looking him over from head to mm with a keen glance, slightly can- couldn't and fair the with you, but we Me and service, after your the soul At this unexpected retort the j with holy man dropped his peculiar, tone, of Magnetism Bod said is more guess you have got the right it universal than we think when a there. If somebody had been after me when I was a boy, I should be a better man Died. The little 3-year old son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Spain died about o'clock Monday night. The death j In of the child was quite sudden, as counties for a it had been sick only since Monday day or two great soul with love and the well springs of the vine in man. This was evidenced in the sympathy which bound together speaker and the audience at Winterville Friday night. X. Reflector. morning. The bereaved parents have the sympathy of the entire community. U- W. S. Little, a short period eighty nine in the 4th class tit each, and fifty- three-widows who The amount -coining to the of Smallpox at Dr. Brown, of who went to to make tells us he found two of small- pox there, one of them very bad. There have been so many exposures to the disease that there is danger of it spreading. Going On Crutches. Squire G. T. Tyson, of Dam township, was here to. day traveling on crutches and one foot all led-u p. He got hurt some days ago by a horse behind with fever, died near which he was riding breaking here la. t night. through a bridge. and th top If neither of these conveniences to be had, then we can open the window from both top and bottom with a bar across the bottom o, window to break the force of draft of No tonic- is so refreshing as a few, deep breaths of cold pure air, which sets organ aglow with the energy of the fiery oxygen gas. A going from the open air of a clear bracing day, into a crowded school room the disagreeable, and often oder of the atmosphere of the room, caused in part by the ; moo of Carbonic Acid Gas driven down the chimney flue, and which escapes the seams and door of the stove. A like effect is felt in case of a furnace. I The insensible perspiration la more active in children than in I are widows. are the H. T. King. Vice CW. P. Edwards. W. Asst. R. W. J. Thigpen, K M-u news. I. P Thompson. O. L. Burgess, B. Harris, H. T. W. J. Thigpen, W. P, Edwards. Help The Needy. There is always room for able work in Greenville and The King's Daughters do much of it. They want to make as many as possible happy this Christ- mas by giving them needed which they are unable to pro- for themselves. Our people should extend the liberal hand to the noble women in carrying on work. Any contributions will be gladly received. Many widows are said to be gar Possibly that's why they pr