THE EASTERN REFLECTOR S Ml Tl Y J. W The official re the slate On homo the Chariot The Henderson Gold Leaf, on the textile mills shows Observer rails him Mr. ran. Too bad. a steady men There are in AND state DOW mills . the previous year. The In both the weather and the cot- Entered in the office st K. C, as second class matter, development of industry in North ton market one hardly knows what Adv. rates made upon application. correspondent desired at every pout office in adjoining counties. Carolina is slow but sure. in to Pitt County, X. C, Friday, 1904. Can't the men of Green. ville see the need of more dwelling houses It is almost impossible for a man to rent a house in Greenville at any price. How we expect t- to look for next. Senator Henna still has friends in North Carolina desirous of having him nominated for President, but think hew ill as Greenville have each commenced a new volume. They are three of the best papers published in North Carolina. Va. Observer. Judge Russell write me one hundred or me one hundred If the latter, the returns are not all in yet, for Darby has not reported the return of the Messenger, Russell ought to have added When the two Raleigh morning the population of our postscript, saying this, dailies get at the millennium,,;. it more thriving and may be the next thing looked for. prosperous when there is not enough of beer or no beer in The Raleigh Times says eighty per cent, of the purchasers of The in . Durham i- about to drown in the union I for the time be in the for the people . . , . , j l i i . y it the dispensary are epidemic has struck Very often you will , . , i ii- .- r i will be a to that tn and everybody is satisfied t or , , , g The Watch Tower, published at its visits a brief i i is greatly improved in appearance and is a handsome paper. except those ho do not want a Gen. Stephen D. Lee, of Atlanta. assumes the office of commander-in- chief of the United Confederate up in one house, and then besides rents are entirely too high, that alone calculated to keep some people from moving here. Let some one that has some money go to work and build some new houses. class and a benefit to the state when the day conies that whiskey will be entirely out of their reach. The country realizes the is not in m. A steadily white labor. Association, made j by the death of Gen. Gordon. of Seaboard Air Line at a recent meeting approved At last a site has been secured of three increasing Home in Charlotte. trust bonds. The Staple is produced is so far removed from everybody that no one is near enough to kick about it. The entire mourns the death of Gen. John B. Gordon. He died at Miami, Fla., Saturday night, a little past o'clock. General Gordon was the most prominent of the Confederacy and was the beloved hero at every reunion in late is going to try his Zion colony in Texas. Plenty of room down there for them, and his crew might turn in for a bit of work and help exterminate the boll weevil. A Georgia legislator has his intention of John Alexander is about to found a new colony on a mixture of finance and religion. We respectfully nominate Mr. W. P. Fife, of the Evangelistic cause and the Great Western Mining Company as an ac- News. at the next session of the Legislature The sheriff of tin county was talking a day or so ago about the payment of taxes by people, and .-aid that this prosperous season it is . slow, while in 1891, which he con- the worst year the Slate has a bill providing for the calling of a B ever had, the people paid the taxes constitutional convention tor the better than ever in his experience purpose of dividing the school fie is told by preachers that the so that the taxes paid by race j sort of situation exists so far The inspection fever has struck Raleigh. The Academy of Music in that city has been as a death trap and ordered closed until proper fire escapes are provided. There is little to b gained by dwelling en the Iroquois disaster. The features ere on the minds the reading public few know from personal ob- Information comes from Waning the lull horror of what that the appointment of V. happened. With these few the j m m i will never to be n be held u -when it. pleasant, and is something they will reaches the Senate. And it ought to always regret. Those who could held sympathize with the relatives and j friends of the victims have done so; A howl is raised around Washing- already The ware of sympathy ton because the cabinet has ordered has found, practically, universal ex-1 th government work o It seems needless, then-1 half hour longer each clay. Most of fore, to dwell on the sad and sicken-1 them do little enough work not to bonds are to bear interest at per I cent. Of the total issue of 85,000.- are to be for corporate purposes, the balance to take up and provide for notes recently issued. Half of the new bonds will be used for further construction of the Birmingham ex- tension, current obligations and illy, will be applied only hi the as the payment of church, obligations of that race. There ; is that it is in hard times some talk along this line in North Carolina. the payments are prompter bet- tor in every way. It is a very of thing. Raleigh Observer. THE believes a and loan association would be Our State exchanges should begin good thing for Greenville and prove now, and keep the statement standing profitable to the promoters. If we have one, however, it should be pure- a home institution, managed by at the top of the column with other pure reading matter, teaching the people that under the laws of no voter liable to a poll tax who If the Raleigh News and Observer P money kept , poll t . details. If all men and woman who did so for genuine love the vexed question marriage a might be definitely settled once and for all in the negative. Genuine permanent love between man and woman is the one bit of make any kick over the extra time ordered. From all quarters there arc ports of the scarcity of farm labor This should suggest to the not to plant larger crops than be can cultivate and harvest. Better not depend too much on the chance of Eden which was left to the race getting later Alter all, when the gates of paradise closed behind our first parents, shutting them out forever, the one flower, says tradition, flung to Eve by a pitying angel saw and was moved by her bitter tears. Given that and come what may, neither man nor woman can be miserable so long as they love each other. Mis- fortunes do not matter since they are met together and each is strong to resist in the sustaining love of the other. Discomfort, does not matter their greatest comfort is found in each other; poverty does not mat- much since and cheese and or dinner of are alike eaten together with a zest sometimes not included in the menu of a banquet at a swell hotel. If such love in reality en sugarless it never fails to make contentment and joy. ass small farm well cultivated is the one that pays best. We thought ex-Governor Russell was worth enough not to to run around and borrow a hundred from women whenever he wan- to take a little jaunt to Washing- ton. It seems that our streets arc poorly lighted. Of a very dark night when you are away from the business of the place you can hardly tell where you are. We know that the lights that Greenville is lighted with are not electric arc lights by any means, but they could be put close enough together to render more good than they do, as they are of very little value to the town in the shape they are now in. Let us have on the succeeds through agitation to bring about a restoration of the connection between the Southern and Atlantic Coast Line trains at we hope it will next turn attention to a morn- connection between Raleigh and Greenville by way of Goldsboro and Kinston. It would take very little change in present schedules to bring about this connection, and besides the great convenience to the travel- public, it would put Raleigh papers in Greenville at o'clock, a. m. Away among the hills a -d valleys that race between the lofty and forest clad slopes or and the pale blue waters of Portugal's classic river of romance, are a race of people famous for the ages they attain. Men over eighty and even ninety arc found so frequently that they excite little attention. Two men in that country, now living, are- as far as can ascertained, the oldest inhabitants of the world, one of them is and the other is At a banquet in bus, Polk county, the chancellor commander noticed the waiter going around filling the glasses on the table with whiskey, whereupon he was ordered to go hack around and empty them. It is one of the rules of the order that no intoxicants shall be served at banquets, and the are to be commended for it If REFLECTOR is not mistaken all the secret orders admonish and if the members carried he teachings into practice outside of the lodge rooms, and the members of churches he equally true to their obligations, we would not be hearing of any towns going wet when an election on the saloon question is held. I at home and invested here. Surely no town needs a greater number of dwelling houses more than Green- ville, and there is no bettor way of getting them than through a prop- managed building and loan as- A town's best citizens are those who own the houses in which they live. Such people naturally feel more interest and pride in the town than those who are merely transient tenants. When a man in- vests his money and owns his home he becomes a part of the town and or to. or on, the first of of to vote this be next November. This is the a good one it is let every such voter lie fully reminded of his duty in time to com- ply with Post. goes to work to improve his When a laborer can take a part of his weekly earnings and invest them in a home he is en- to save his money and. try the harder to get a home There is a good opportunity here for men with capital to start such an as- and we hope it with be done. Durham druggists will not have a soft snap selling whiskey since the dispensary has been established there. have decided that druggists who want to sell booze as medicine must pay a tax REFLECTOR. Dearly beloved you things mixed. up and let the druggists give you a straightener. We have no here. This is a dry town, would have you to understand. Durham Sun. Sure. Bog your pardon, bud, for getting mixed this time. We will take it straight-hereafter. News quotes Sena- Thomas New York as saying that the democratic party is now and and The News says that the party is now on fundamental Senator moans by that the party has abandoned its principles. do not know what The Charlotte News means by saying the party has united on fun- democratic principles. It has no principles at all present In he South democracy means white supremacy. In the North it does not mean burg Journal. There are tames when a view of the outlook or a gloomy view of one's own side savors of treachery. We are on the eve of the battle. Mr. Seems to us to be n better democrat than the editor of the News. How can prohibition hurt a town when the money spent, for whiskey will be spent for something else or Herald. A war in the East would not help the farmers of this section, for about as many of them have provisions to buy as have them to Herald. Effect of an Eastern War. The near danger open ties between Russia and Japan Occasioned much discussion as to the commercial effect of such a struggle upon the United States. Opinions differ rather widely. The most obvious one which until within the past few days was the most widely that a war between Russia and Japan would distinctly hurtful, if not disastrous to American trade and industries This notion was used by the bear on Wall street Tuesday and Wednesday as a means of de- pressing the market. On the other hand there is a grow- conviction among merchants and that such a war would not impair the prosperity of the United States, but would act as stimulus to trade and increase the demand for American-made goods. Atlanta Journal. WINTERVILLE This department is in of J. M. who is authorized to rep- resent the Eastern Reflector in Winterville and territory. WINTERVILLE ITEMS. K. 1903. Mrs. J. D. Cox r Sunday afternoon in count Elder T. N Maiming went to If yon want your horse shod, The Man With the Hoe. if your or own shoes , , , . Observant people know that repairing, and for general . , . , , ., , . , . country came near a panic last rear work call and see , . . , t ii . ,. . . when stocks were going down like L. House on street. . . , Inn elevator in an open shaft. The We now have a lot of porch cause of the flurry and the heavy Column timber. It you in need was the wholesale stock water- yesterday. W. H Crawled, n m-st why not u flt on that began during the Spanish- lent farmer living near died j are American war. Those get rich quick Monday nod will be buried to day. speculators, who had been heralded Fair and Leonard Hamil I. of our farmers has ton went to today. beau giving wire fences test nod that weld is the The firm heretofore existing best be ever saw. under the firm name style of B. Mfg. Co. have all in Co., has been dissolved and no continually buying by mutual consent and will hero- more, after be and styled R. G. G. A. Co. will Chapman a Co., Winterville, yon 1388 lbs seed meal in Josh Manning, of exchange fur a ton of cotton was lure Sunday. give per bushel. upon so much water as gold that the ; old craft was plunging in deep seas. What saved lore is what lien- Nine Doors and clews Springfield, Mass. alias L. O. Hoffman, swindling MANUFACTURED BY A. COX MANUFACTURING WINTERVILLE, N. C. Dr. IS. T. Cox spent Monday in Greenville. If in need of seed meal corn, hay or anything in the Storm that way finally safely weathered, because of the prudence our bankers and the strength i f our national resources, as the of the tanner, who once proved himself the backbone of the The tide of loss and disaster was E. F. Elliott left yesterday for G. A. Co. as a representative from haven't not clucked until the Southern farm- doors and who is charged with thirty-two from the Atlantic to the Pa ,.; and is now under sentences aggregating ten years for these broke jail here today. his escape he unlocked nine A of The concert from the i ;,,;,. most the opera house ft Of foil; in place. For Bent r house and lot located between Tuesday Abe company is con p . deride their personality they were c artiste number on the program as meritorious and the audience appreciative. The ladies credit for ft is a mark of to be in sawed through three written six different here to the Grand Masons I- in long With which is now in at that we are afraid our will think that saved the country as Mr. Pf d finally climbed we are growing a old fogyish Clews says, but it was chiefly the wall. or instead of Southern man with the hoe. Every This accomplished at But we want it has gone up an hundred o'clock this morning, yet be was of has been advanced because i a front seat in the band it has increased the balance of trade IS too weak to move moving forward. I D. on Academy street. .,, ,; ., , , . . . ., . . J distinctly understood Wit ply to C. A. r-air. a company, as none are sent out to represent the conservatory until have passed a most thorough examine Confederate Bonds. j town, we have it list products is adjusted to the There is . i no , Miss Harper of Black the most gallant cotton, the mill people will also. There is not the slightest clew to Jack, been visiting i he handsomest men, the for See M Or time, returned home J. Cox Board i per day. Best House in town. this expired lightest clew to in the breasts of English about thirty-eight yens ago, but ii. i nicest and A party went out to chapel Sunday and organized a Sunday school. Victor Cox, was here Saturday on professional business. A, G Cox Mfg. Co. line in a few d received another r load of d can furnish you fence G. A from i mains Ho- world ever hand and this country our elder and Observer. I ladies a d better than the Father blessed with a long life. W could continue In escape. While he was Another Veteran Dead. Kittrell, so apparently. The hope still lives, and the current way ii,,. London stock out ho broke into various rooms. book records and shops to I lies, some tools that lie issue of exchange year fad that these bond obtain a suit . holders have raised a fund of obtain and rate the Jerome H. Fuller died hero needed, and settlement of these and other ii filing j But where are they to ply for the recognition of the t Cut expected to was in See then. Home and there sustained a are Every effort has been made to track him but without s. ho far. here, but will refrain after ion and only ask the public to cine suddenly, of heart failure. a small ladder for use I he outer wall. EV-several Capt. Fuller; Clark tonight made a of the investigation, but on- Ci fall that injured his wounded and left him H for life. He at prices w e a lino hats for was a and i go-d man. ranging from . to both old young, aim trunks, valises, t prices Wanted-Age-d for Pitt Major of and to k for Life In- his friend. with here Cox Mfg Co. orders for over Economic .- they are large Shipments of these There seems to be practically no end to the demand Mies Dome A of Green- ville, after spending sometime with her sister, Mrs. J. F. Smith, returned home yesterday. A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. have a nice lot of coffins on hand. Prices always glad to Serve you and save Company of America Liberal contract to a Ad- dress, with references, your money it possible. nylon Barber Co. Mrs Life Ins. U-. n. V C. Cotton seed a ad corn sale by W. P. Washington. Also a limited of need One customer I gathered one acre in cotton I tie past fill over cotton, and I made from my Goods. J to per of cabbage. I -have a limited cotton, seed to sell. Price if coin to per bushel. 1- 13-4-wk D. W- W N C. A Full Line of Millinery Where it the Lamp During the holidays the street limp on tie coiner Pitt and streets disappeared, The. lamp lighter says he would like for to tell him where it is so can get it back in lace. I Two New Routes. have been at mid in this county. system co to enlarge and is proving a great benefit to people along the routes. A. D. JOHNSTON, Dealer in are very reasonable as heretofore. I Staple and Fancy Groceries, Prompt attention all orders. Prom the way A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. are selling carts we predict that will make a great Dry Goods, Hats and Conn- try Pro Meat, Meal, Flour and Lard Specialties. more composts this season ,, , ,,, . . Cakes, Crackers and Cheese than usual. always fresh. Tobacco Snuff and Ci- gars. Pure Apple Cider Vinegar. Going in to see our friend and and Vegetables, Hominy . , . ., . . ,. I and Canned Goods. Green and train, under the door neighbor, Dr. B. T. Cox, ed Coffee. Toilet and Laundry soaps, was some sort of a one day last week, he with a very happy smile on his face informed us that he bad the good fortune to receive a nice present the day be fore. Upon our inquiry he told us We asked if it was in Tinware. A. D. JOHNSTON. Winterville, N. C. Lady or gentleman to manage business good-legal He replied, t beautiful little standing. straight cash salary and expenses paid each direct from headquarter. Expense money advanced, position j permanent. Manager, making four at hit home, on for corner. We congratulate the hope his good fortune may com nine to multiply while hr troubles diminish. Chicago. An Alabama paper tells of a travel- man who received a letter from his wife informing him that she was going into the nearest town the next day to have cut The man did not know what she meant and hurried home by the next that it cal operation. The papers declare that out a is a bloodless operation, and involves no risk of life. A man talks to amuse other and a woman talks to amuse her- self. Fortunate is the man whoso friends are all good his mies all bad. The average man thinks the average man is far below bis level. ls A Conscience New Haven, Conn., Jan. n. William J. 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