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Friday evening.
lo
An attack of la grippe left me
w with a bad cough. My friends said
G I had consumption. I then tried
I Cherry Pectoral and it
Y cured me
A. K. Randies, III.
You forgot to buy a bot-
I tic Cherry
when your cold first
I came on, so you let it run
I along. Even now, with
all your hard coughing, it
will not disappoint you.
There's a record of sixty
years to fall back on.
Three Mb, All
It he
. It ha not
In don't U. knows.
Leaf him.
J. O. CO., Men.
Mrs. of
Mass, arrived Friday
to visit Mrs. K. A.
Mrs. L. Carr daughter,
Mies Mildred, left this morning
; for Wilson.
Cast. John King, of Falkland
and ex Sheriff W. M. King left
mis morning for Washington City.
of
i who Been visiting his brother,
s, Tunstall, returned home
Friday evening,
Mrs. George and child,
I of South Carolina, who have been
her parents, Mr. and Mr.
L. Moore, if. this morning.
PERSONALS m SOCIAL
Thursday, Feb.
W. W. of i II,
cams In W evening.
Deadlock Br. ken.
Ai Md. Feb.
which has held solidly
two u the Mary-
land legislature over the election
of a United senator to
B. was
broken tonight by the democratic
naming, a decided
BETHEL
N. O , Feb., 1904.
Hon. Dewey Cherry was in
town today.
of Goldsboro, spent
the day in town. We are glad to
him with us.
Cornelia manning was in
town today shopping.
Miss Mollie Manning passed
through today.
Mrs. W. J. Carson left Wed-
for Rocky Mount to visit
Mr. Bras well, of Tarboro, was
in town today.
W. S. France, of Rocky Mount,
has been here a few days,
M. O. is having his store
moved off Main street on Rail-
road street for furniture.
J. R. Ward and R. D. White-
returned this morning from
LaG range.
Mrs. Henrietta Taylor, of Bob-
is here visiting her sou,
L. F. Whitehurst, of Kinston,
was in town today on business.
Joseph Andrews and Ben
GREAT JANUARY
. WHITE SALE ,
This great White Sale starts out with a
New and Superb stocK of Special January
Merchandise, such as has never before
been here, in Excellence, Variety
or Values presented.
,,, the brilliant
W. represents Baltimore City. Ray- fin left this afternoon for
the Raleigh Post, spent today here, received fifty of eighty
ii eight rotes cast, while Smith, the Lawyer Brown left this
let u,. secured for Greenville to attend to some
to visit relatives in .
F Tunstall, of Kinston,
night h re and left this
morning. j
Miss Brown, of Oxford. agent
for the Orphan's Friend, was ere
M. A. Allen went to
Wednesday evening and return d
morning.
and Carter, to whom Senator
Gorman has recently transferred
hi support, received only
LETTER TO FRANK WILSON.
Court.
The count;
at their last meeting drew
. following jurors for April
term of Superior court
First week James, R
H Edwin Tripp,
Overton, P J Bynum, S Forties,
; j K W H Allen, Jehu L
Horne, Jas M Cox Jesse Cannon,
West and child, Co, D C Dudley, L
Greensboro, have been visit- Cherry, C H Stokes,
left this ,. Sr, Henry J Mills, J A Faithful,
i Mills. Samuel Holiday, John
Cherry home q
hen ; ., H Harris, MB Page,
weeks. He says there is no w J Turnage,
like old Greenville.
Thousands of yards of Crisp, pretty
white goods are here in Patterns that are
varied and most desirable.
Mr J. B. returnee
We -i evening from a
to York and Baltimore.
FRIDAY, Fl B.
A O Co-tea
ii Marti
Clark
Bl h
ill Is.
C. G.
for Norfolk. . B .,., . c B c Beach,
H. B. Phillips went to Suffolk. col, Carson.
today. James Brown, Forbes,
W went to E C Wilson, i .;, ,.,.
, Richard Harris, A- Bullock, J
; Dawson. William A
Jesse C J I
I,
Greenville, K. C
Dear Clothing is just like
paint; It fits or it it wears
or it turns weather and
water or not; goes out of
ion-
What do we wear clothes for
Did you ever think of if Differ-
persons have different reasons,
no doubt, but paints
for beauty, to be in the fashion,
and keep-out water.
says paint; we
There i beauty in paint,
we a good deal for that.
An i costly and
; ; put-on a -proof two or
hi of paint, and your
last b long as yon keep
I . . It costs nothing to
t; it your buildings nor
to.
is the paint that
j appointing paints are paints
The Lace Department
Is full of beautiful new patterns.
and Val Laces in match sets all widths and
qualities.
The Embroideries
Are just too pretty to talk about, for it is
to give you any idea of their mint e
them to appreciate them. We have them all widths and
prices, in match sets complete; and we have
provided for the little folks in our selection.
Greenville's Great Department Score
W. returned to
Hassell today.
of Goldsboro,
come in Thursday
J. J. Perkins returned Thursday
evening from
returned Thursday
evening ft nu a trip up I.
Miss Elmer
Whichard, who has v. i mg
Murder at Tarboro.
Tarboro, N. Feb.
i a double
here, the
ea. Pittman
l i the hi use of Mag Battle
to see her sister, Lou, who
P. S.
paint.
Yours truly
F. W.
IT. L, Carr sells
., pro i led to marry him and
friends here, returned changed her mind. M i
Miss Etta Harris left this morn forbid Pi ti i id entering the
to visit her sisters at Charlotte when he drew a pistol and shot
and
Mrs. White, of Greensboro,
rived . to
her son, II. A. White.
her dead.
Re then went into the house
. . Lou fatally. Pitt
man fled, and a hunting party is
after him.
W. C. Hogshead, representing
the International School of An Appeal lo the Ladies.
has been in town a. The following call will be an-
day or so. in the churches on
Misses Annie Savage and Sunday The ladies of
Bobbitt, arrived the town are Invited to assemble
Thursday evening to visit Mr. and at church Sun-
Mrs. Adrian Savage. day afternoon, Feb. 7th, at
. . . M i o'clock, for the purpose of organ-
Mis. Miss May J
Belle of Georgia, arrived
When You Should Olive Oil.
line oil i- a food which has more
in i-ii in it than any other food
and ii should he considered
i article of diet and not
i . as n condiment.
If blood is thin and you are j
take a tablespoonful of
. i . times a be-
.,,.,. I, after. If moat cannot
,;. nearly sup-
plies its place, and it makes both fat
muscle.
oil aids digestion in a re
and u you have never
it as both medicine j
food . m have overlooked one of
ii most wholesome offerings.
If you arc thin or nervous, if you
are lie or from dyspepsia,
try olive oil and do not think that
olive from Spain or Italy is any
bettor than that from our own
try.
Thursday evening to visit her
brother, H. A. White.
Saturday, Feb.
T. Skinner returned this
morning from Kinston.
Miss Jessie Lee went to
Kinston Friday evening.
if the be clear, and
devising ways and means for
developing a stronger sentiment in
the town against intemperance.
ministers of the town and
representative laymen from the
churches expect to be present,
short addressee will be made and
I definite plans laid for concerted
W. E Cox went to j energetic effort in the cause of
Friday evening. temperance.
The City Hay Grain Co
AND SELLERS OP
Hay, Grain, Cracked Corn,
Bran, Cotton Seed
Meal and Hulls.
FIFTH STREET, ONE DOOR FROM
FIVE POINTS.
Get our prices and our stock be-
fore buying. We want to buy your
Corn and Peas for ;
Seed oats at Johnston Bros.
Come and see us before
your seed Irish potatoes. We
will handle fancy Maine stock.
Johnston Bros. w-it
Stray taken up. I have taken
with my stock one male pig,
black color, weight
about pounds. Owner can get
same by proving property and
paying all charges.
J. B. II N.
. V
D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOL. No.
GREENVILLE. PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 1904
No.
THE BALTIMORE FIRE
LARGEST CONFLAGRATION IN THE HISTORY OF
THE COUNTRY.
ANOTHER DAY ON CHANGE.
Rumor Knocks Prices Down.
New York, February 4th, 1904.
Another chapter has been
written in the history of the pit,
one that will be felt by some as
long as they this mundane
This is a country, and to
be an American is-getting be at
high premium, a real, genuine
luxury.
Today was Spectacular on the
The of war be-
tween and Japan was
promulgated p. m., and in toe day by which
chaos and followed. a vetted.
Everything calm The f
and serene, in a moment, In
the twinkling of an eye, there was was the fire ten
a old -v
fur
about;. s. I-. hi
Definite particulars of
fire started in
Sunday, and wiped out. f
the business section of
are simply appalling in the
of wrought by
the flame-. The is the great.
eat in magnitude that ever
in this country.
property is immense, it
is fortunate the lite -started
MS Of
THE FIRST CLASH OF WAR.
JAPAN DISABLES THREE RUSSIAN WAR SHIPS
IN FIRST ENGAGEMENT.
Ii
III. II
and young men tumbled over each
other to see v e
the war. And when it was an-
nuanced that the-e was war, down
went the drop, drop,
as as a Texas clone. No
one even present n the cotton
exchange could possibly it. as
it was. Prices dropped a
as the could
work To those on the
it was fun and profit, but Woe I
the man, for he was has
under tbs nether mill stone. An-
other game of made and
lost iii
f cannot, believe there
of war but it has hail
war no war. It
ally that if there is no
with this sec-
were burned out. The
Co., of which
Mr. O. G. of this
was the head, was one of those
burned.
THE
People in discussing Haiti-
more fire find not in history
with which to it
the great Chicago tie. Vic find
these
i . . I
I rendering
homeless. T hundred
id the v as i-
mated at
the
fire all that made ii
th Baltimore tire.
While not neat the number
of buildings was burned is Ii, I r i-
more as in that pro-
loss in Baltimore exceeds
that Chicago by
is easily accounted for the fact
city are much
larger and more cosily than
topic of n versa Jo d
Many of the large role. by the business houses are much
St. Petersburg. Feb.
dispatch received here says
torpedo boats have
attacked the Russian squadron in
the outer Mad at Port Arthur j
that three slips were I
damaged. Admiral
official report of attack the
J; pa in-- is as
moat
y ,. that at
of February
Japanese victory upon the
All acquainted with the personnel
of the Japanese navy and army
agree that the war will he a con-
series of daredevil exploits,
even riskier in than the
bold at Arthur last
night.
Chef. Feb -f
tint the
evening,
lime
her buildings destroyed,
being The
at J.
There was much on
the property Inn hut ii is
as to-he of the
to pay, as
such may bankrupt
interest
In and fr days ii has
sale house- that bad
great
thinking and I for
enjoying Che to
high
Kilts in
real war the price of cotton will j General A Miles is
go much higher. And if there is head .
war ii will high to be in-1
m time. It w b ind
to the I The will carbonize
one oil, converting it into a
a hardened resembling
j In be is ii
with capitalists and tin up like paper,
be read out an the exchange c L ,, f ,.,. ,,
Tuesday, at. o'clock, non, by w may a ere from
the brick. I and
at
0- IV. Feb.
wind in
ha j ruck Weldon
four o'clock,
a id ruin in its path
I in- Cotton
I tilting most.
The wind southwest
of their mill, roll-
ii nude a sodden it
i by -an -o Hi
squadron in
r . the i ;
. ii the
and Oat and the
cruiser wet.- damaged.
An inspection i being made to
ascertain the of
carnage. following for
your
London, Feb.
coup in opening war
strong position at Port
Arthur
Not only is it of the
tremendous energy will which
pan will force the bill
it is as almost
blow ho far as naval opera
lions are concerned. Naval ex-
here are tin- opinion
the of I he
the
to
Alter s
Heel e
. ed
f III VII
i- now said
and
I into a
fl
W i i
the entire , .
and
the tWO
Dee turned
lire on
ships wire by
hells. here
st the
naval
them
s es-
say or
was
th- Kn
and that n
very weak, weaker
They I be
victory tn
dispatch
men into
other points.
The plan
attach--,
land s m
sea and
start.
of the
now
of
and
he
at
it
ones
. iii iii
. . us lie prop-
1- fit I
i he w he lo-.
date
id today as to the
of
made at no in.
mid divots be car a-mi
US to what it will be, some widely oil
others. am 1.1
all in my
I by a of
I than may
I lens
be
be by coming t-vi-t-
will
b the fit
no it
gravity, he j bah another At
A wired
from a as
Japan,
e, . deal w truth in thin, Japan
R rate, e-m
from fellow C .-
not refusing now
and be
;. ;, thing to have
I, family. It ch for
any fr hi- go . ll ii
i--1 . long on out off, and I
too stretched.
A received at p. tn. by Mr. B n from
the New York Word reads as follows;
naval battles already fought, nine
warships, sank or disabled. N. loss-
mill.
yard in i
II
ti . m Moors
i-i ; mines j.,
. A
f II
. , I
h ii
. . i i
. It
i I
111.1
. in eh I-.
.;. .
r l II , Li I
Smashed the F
Moore
. ,
A.
and
I . h-iv
Sea
mil to
I-
nil gas i it
into contact with r baa
M been covered, The Boats
rate I have not beard of is not extinguished by
pail . wafer, and gives a light
loot good property and bargains, to power for
It is bitter cold, cold, but half an hour.
the same number of people are to The value of this invention in
ha every day on streets, case of night or in
A. , foes is incalculable. The torches
Marriage License.
Deeds
V; i l lie K.-S
c .
fl . i. and
A X
i U an
t -i
Sun l. r
sell.
J, R
. .
L II. l
run
j . ell ah in. I ;
B. id, L.
l in the
;. The firm ill
way ; .
, III
I ; . I I I ;
I I .; j
It
.
-i
Ilia
.-cs
he
de
use
Tn
it.
was
. Ii ml
ii a- lie lie p
I e
. Ii con Id veil
Notice of Dissolution.
Hi
rim ins
i will not only give the endangered
x i light to escape from a
other man, j foundering vessel, but will- attract
b t is a from passing ships that
KI if wont , may to th .
trick
Wiley May and A.
son.
Jno. Morris and Annie Moore.
J no. Lee and Carrie
., as b
I who assume all Vienna, . I ft A
and all accounts due he
old firm are payable the new requesting
hi in.
Nearly every mania the country
has bean about for
the day he by
father
This Feb. 2nd 1904.
O.
A. L.
The way to make appreciate
to buy them a good
dinner to eat While you are telling.
him t intervene the Russia
conflict under the pro-
visions of the international
tribunal at The Hague.
Hot only does the man
for bread give you a stone, u he
it at you. .
. t V
F h
I Department
The Farmville Branch of the is in charge of REV. L. E. SAWYER, who is
authorized to transact any business for the paper in Farmville and territory.
v V V v
ITEMS.
N. C, Feb. 1901.
W. A Fleming, of Hassell,
Friday night here and
to Washington Saturday.
R. hit-hard hat moved in
the house that was occupied by J.
IT. last year.
Sheppard Manning, of
ville, who was married last Tues-
day evening to Miss Maggie Laugh
his bride down
last Wednesday night to visit his
other. Mrs. Johnson, near here
and returned Saturday,
by Basil and Miss
Nora Laughinghouse.
S. who has
right sick for some time, is able
be out again. We
will improve.
one to
can call on L. R.
I . he fair days we had
week tr e rapid
progress work. Every-
tobacco and more
A. A. was in town Sat-
Most of our visitors now are
drummers, at the time.
B. B, Whichard spent Sunday
near Bethel.
Mr. and Mrs. W E. Whichard
spent Sunday in Washington.
CHEAP GOODS.
W. G. administrator of R. H. deceased,
to notify the public that he has charge of the
goods owned by said K. at his death, and lg offer-
them to the public regardless of cost. The stock consists
of a full lino of DRY GOODS, NO I IONS, CLOTHING,,
HATS, CAPS, hardware and groceries, all fresh and
nice W. G. is agent of the Tailors Mfg j
Co. All suits made to order to fit the individual. Your meas-
is taken and a good fit guaranteed. can famish these
goods at percent, less than tailors charge.
If you want bargains come early to
W. Q. Store,
Farmville, N. C.
The I'm; Branch in
of K. Bradley, is to any
the paper in territory
if
N. C
After thirty years of successful business I -an-
banter than ever prepared to supply all the
needs of the people with a complete stock of
General Merchandise
lean furnish anything wanted, a cam-
needle to a
Do You Eat
Good, Fresh Groceries
If you do come to see us, We keep every-
thing in the grocery line and sell it to our
at the Lowest Possible Price,
Johnston Bros.
GROCERS
N.
Slept on a Trestle.
Charlotte, Feb.
Use train
arrived in Charlotte this
he front of the engine
was besom with human
blood and portions of a
man's brain, while strips of
clothing hung to the running
gear of locomotive. The train
ran over and killed an unknown
man at what is called the second
trestle at South Forks, about
miles south of this city.
Court.
The following cases have been
disposed by Mayor H. W.
W bed bee from Feb. to
William Anderson, violating
chap. sec fined and costs,
Joe Stocks, drunk, fined and
costs,
Will Moore, drunk
Ac, sentenced days in jail.
Louisa Bryant, drunk and dis-
orderly, sentenced days in
jail.
Frank Forbes and Sam Brown,
affray with deadly weapon, bound
over Superior court.
Sam Brown, carrying concealed
weapon, over to Superior
Frank Fleming, simple assault,
fined and
i.
I handle fertilizers and gin cotton in season.
The manufacture oft the Davenport
Fertilizer will begin Aug.
15th. It is the boat invention of the century.
Logger with, some experience, with two banks
wagons and one ox cart.
Is the place to get Clothing. Goods, Notions, Shoes.
I Hats, Groceries, Hardware, Crockery, etc., at
IA line of Drugs and Medicines Highest prices paid
for all kinds of country -prod
-an a
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
Letters of administration upon the
estate of N. deceased,
having this day been issued to the
undersigned, and having duly
as such administrator, notice is
hereby given to all persons holding
claims against said estate to present
them to me, duly authorized, for pay-
on or before the 5th day of
February 1905, or this notice be
in bar of recovery. All persons
to said estate are
to make immediate payments to me.
This the 2nd day of 1894.
Jarvis Blow, Jas. H. Cobb,
Attorneys, of N. Hemby,
D. W.
DEALER IN
FARMVILLE, N. C.
MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS,
Leaders in Full line of
trimmed and untrimmed hats, flowers,
ribbons, Cheaper than ever.
Convict Speculator.
Dispatches from Jefferson City
pay that W. Law
former clerk at the West
End hotel there, now a convict in
the state prison for embezzlement,
has j made by opera-
in the cotton market.
Lawrence secretly placed
with a Kansas City broker when
he saw that the cotton boom was
coming. A few days ago he
offered his brokers to
Hi profits amounting to
Via next day
and the
broke. Lawrence it M years
J- H-
FARMVILLE. C
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hats,
Fancy Groceries, Crockery,
Glassware, Fruits, To-
and Cigars. Everything cheap
for Highest price for
produce.
A Golden Rule
of
Be good to your land and your crop
will be good. Plenty of
Potash
In I
and quantity in the
vest. Write us and
we will send, you,
fret, by next mail,
our money winning
books.
WORKS,
Groceries
And Provisions
Cotton Bagging and
Ties always on hand
Fresh Goods kept con-
in stock. Country
Produce Bought and Sold
D. W.
North Carolina.
IS
i. ;. U . S
Z e i
s y St
O in I -r
, 1- r m. n
Lady
or to manage business
in this county and adjoining
for house of solid financial
standing. straight cash
salary and expenses paid each
Monday direct from headquarter.
Expense money advanced, position
permanent. Manager,
MS, Bldg., Chicago.
Retire From
Mr. James Long, one of our
longest established grocers, has
retired from Last week
he sold his stock and reined his
store to Mr. J. Q. Latham. Mr.
has been in the same bus-
here for more than twenty
years. As yet he has no definite
plans for the future, and says be
felt like a rest would do him good.
Mr. Latham will make a good
successor to the business and will
keep it hustling.
The man the shovel
the man gels
J. J. Satterthwaite
Bro.
Invite you to make their- store
headquarters and While to
inspect their complete of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
and learn their low prices. We
can supply all your needs in
any line of goods.
are selling Lawns other
summer dress goods at about
half price, to make room for
goods.
habit
will derive great benefit by taking one
of these II ye by keen
DRINKING TOO
they will t ha nausea.
SICK
Mows, roster.
the appetite a ad gloomy feel-
Take No Substitute.
pRANK H. WOOTEN,
Attorney-at-Law
N. O.
LEI
St. Vincent's Hospital and Sanitarium,
NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.
PF BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT, HALF-MILLION DOLLAR
CAPACITY, PATIENTS. ,
climate on Atlantic coast; salt air tempered proximity of
Gulf Stream. Fully equipped with every modern Improvement for Xe treat-
of disease. A full corps of Specialists In every department. Special
department for of confinement. Most approved X-ray apparatus Thor-
system of Turkish and Russian Baths.
Ward Rates, per week; Private Room Rates from per week.
For ate., address old
Kit .,,,, ,. .
Come and see us hying i
your Wei
will handle fancy Maine stock.
Bros.
A strong, healthy, active
depends largely on the con-
of the liver. The
little pills known as
Little Early Risers not only cleanse
the system but they strengthen
the of the liver and rebuild
the tissues supporting organ, aw i m
Little Early Risers are easy to ad,
they never gripe yet they
absolutely certain to produce re-
that are satisfactory all
cases. Sold by J. L.
Its ice factory in
I Greenville. Watch the prediction.
DEALER IN
American and Italian Marble
GREENVILLE, I. C.
WIRE AND FENCE SOLD
First Class work and prices reasonable
sent upon application.
My had BO bad
its bead solid
Ira hair all some
I rented tee none
seemed ti do soy I
S. M. SCHULTZ
Wholesale a . and
Dealer. paid
Escaped an Awful Peat
Mr. H. of
Fla., writes, doctor told me
had arid nothing
could be done fur me. I was given
up to die. The offer of a free trial
bottle of Dr. King's New
for Consumption, induced me
to try it. Results were ,. , .
T . , . and shipments
I am now on the road to recovery I
and ewe all to Dr. King's j
Discovery It saved
great Is
teed for all and lung
Drug Store.
Price and
in
f. PERRY
Norfolk, Va.
Cotton Factors handlers of
Bagging, Tics and Bags.
N C.
Dear Clothing is like
paint; It fits or it it wears
or it weather and
water not; goes out of fa-h-
ion
What do we wear clothes fort
Did you ever think of it Differ-
persons have different i w . i
no doubt, but one paints Farmer, Bluff City, I High K West Che-
for beauty, to be in the fashion, In buying Wit.-h II j Henry George Can-
and keep out water. Salve look out for counterfeits . . ,
and the Apples,
only one pure Syrup, Milk,
Hazel. E. C. floor Sugar, Coffee, Meat, Soap
every box. Sold by J. Lye, Magic Food, Oil,
L- n
Deed witch Hazel Fur. Cotton Head, Oil Bar-
is cured, Turkey I-, Egg, etc. Bed-
I are gone, and the Mule one's steads, Oak Ba
is perfectly dean and and v.,, D ,
,. .; . ,. Carriage-, Parlor
s hair is growing J., , , , .
again. I cannot give too much Safes, P.
keep
Fashion says paint; e all
paint. There is beauty la paint,
we paint a good deal for that.
buildings costly and fashion-
able; or
three coats of paint, and your
buildings last as a you keep
them dry. It nothing to placed,
paint; it your buildings not
to.
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men are those
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H. L. Can sells
A woman is never as young as
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and
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lays;
and Tablets are, my
superior
of anything in use
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Stocks, Cotton, drain and
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causes its expulsion the r
cells of Hie lungs, a free
expectoration and opens
secretions. A complete cure soon
follows This remedy will
severe cold in time than him
treatment d i leaves i h
and
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toward
I. I.
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The efficacy of Chamberlain's
Pain Balm in of
icing demonstrated daily.
Parker Triplett, Va.,
says Pain
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from in the buck i en
failed, and he
be ii.
by Drug Store,
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Cotton Seed Meal and Hulls, Gar-
Seeds, Oranges, Apples,
Dried Apples, Peaches,
Currents, on, Class
China H are, Tin and
Cakes ;
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A runaway almost ending fatal-
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drove, III. For four de-
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and prices low the.
Highest market prices
produce.
from Baltimore and Merchants,
and Miners Line from Boston.
Sailing bond subject to change
without Notice.
T. H. Myers,
Washington, N.
J. J.
N. C.
H. B. Walker, President
Traffic Manager,
Beach Street, N, Y.
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Horse Goods,
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in one minute, It
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the mucous membrane causing
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parts.
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lungs, wards off it. Sash Doors, Blinds and
and is a harmless and never failing i .-very kind of Interior and Ex-
curable cases Coughs,
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material
money In
bone town unless you cm get
butter returns for it elsewhere.
respectfully,
Greenville
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THE REFLECTOR
AND
Greenville, N. C, a elm
upon
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Pitt N. C, Friday, 1904.
THE DISPENSARY BAR
ROOMS WHICH
The questions now be-
fore the people of Greenville and on
which they must pan on the day
March, briefly and to-
. liquors bu sold
mi an i
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had for the home. That within
portals the is
profane sad tad and
that bad for the young. In short
thoughtful man must know
that every influenced exerted upon
the community by the bar room is
bad. We say every thoughtful man
knows this. He is obliged to know
even to it. He
i.
mi-, ii every day.
knows open bar
possible
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other by fire, the
other day. Fire broke in Greens
Female College, but by timely
it was out say
great was done.
The state
f Molding their state
and adopted
Russia and Japan been talk-
RESULT IN
Our neighbor has
had a dispensary in a lit-
tie more than a month, and the Free
Press, in speaking of the change
bar to she
to the of
tit
drunkenness in to a
extent. Daring the
peat month it bat been for
the police to lock up only firs or six
persons for this offense. The police
war so much that they may ac- marked
in tin number of that
bar to a little order
to their self respect.
passed the senate a few days
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tow
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sell a to th i ii ii that can be mode of
Shall it b old to the who in With this
as well as to the man who with these facts staring
i him in the face, we repeat we can-
Shall it be sold at night as well as how he should prefer the
by day
Shall it be sold Sunday as well as
Monday
Or
it be sold at one place
and that in a sealed package to
be drunk on the
Shall it be sold only in the day
and never in the night
Shall it be sold only to and
to minors
it be sold only to sober
and never to the intoxicated
Shall it be sold only on the week
s and never on Sunday
One is way of the open bar
room. The ether is the way of the
dispensary.
Which will ye choose, ye men Of
Greenville Those who believe in
selling it by the measure and by the
drink, at various and sundry
to drunken men and to by
night a- well as by day, on Sunday
as well Monday will rote against
the
Those w ho believe in limiting the
sale t. place, to sealed packages,
to sober men only and never to
drunkards, to men of full age and
newer to minors, to the day time and
newer in night, to the week days
and never on the will vote
far she dispensary.
Just how a man who i
ad in selling liquor and wishes
his fellow man well can prefer the
ways of the open bar room to the
of the dispensary
lad way
are ton
unprejudiced Mass
For He moat admit
an evil. Thai the
sea rooms encourages and promotes
i That
liquors is a habit that grows
its victim. That bar rooms
men who are afflicted with this
That social treating often
to drunkenness. That the
furnishes a convenient loafing
fer the idle, the thriftless
and that is had for the
That the bar room
i the young away f mm the
of home then to
open bar room to the dispensary.
We do not that the
a complete remedy for the
evils of the whiskey but we do
claim that it a vast improvement
on the open bar room. It breaks
up social treating, It gives the
chaser his sealed package and says
go. It will not permit the drunkard
nor the minor to enter. It
no loafing place for one. It
closes its doors at sum down and
and opens them no more till sun up.
It the Sabbath and will
not for love or money violets it. It
greatly law
it baa
fairly tried it has Savor as
compared via. bar room. Let
us establish it and it a lair
trial in Greenville.
can be traced directly to the free
diligence in the beverage.
all in all, we made
The provision for a loan of decided in the establish-
for the St Louis exposition of dispensary, with it
and restrictions. The tern-
to become a drunkard has
vastly lessened and moral con-
are on ill
The abundance of evidence from
have dispensaries ought
to convince the peopled Greenville
that are much than open
saloons Whatever reduces drunk-
i to a town.
THE EVIL
It i almost as for a- rich
man to stay in an Aim 11- an jail as
it is him to enter heaven.-
i real Star.
When brick and stone turn
melt like tinder, as they did in Hal-;
Sunday, it looks like
proof buildings are such in name
only
The report mads by
government giving the estimate of
the cotton crop for this season, places
it at bales. This was
higher than was expected, an-
other slump in the market followed
the report.
Russia and Japan are moving
their fleets and it now seems that the
peril of war is immediately at hand.
Russia has vast resources of her
own. Japan thinks she will help
from outside. Russia is in-
revolution the moment she
stretches her military arms abroad.
Japan is finely equipped and
drilled, bars to he
be shot to pieces before it would
fifing to is
war. The last message pases has
seat by the Benin a to the
government, which was
doubt war will
ha few ears.
-guild ad
to to
by the leaden the
a high
naming newspaper at scans city in
this state. That is the same old
talk that has cropped out at every
meeting for years, but the
vesture has never yet shown
Senator Hanna, of Ohio, who
been ill at the Arlington in Wash-
D. C., ever since his return
to that city, has typhoid fever and
seam to be greatly
The fire that visited Baltimore
Sudsy appalling. It is worst
less of property that ever
curred this even exceed
great Chicago Are of 1871.
Every with the
city.
Diplomatic between
pan and Russia broken,
the clash of is momentarily ex-
And the ultimate result of
war between these countries cannot
be foretold. Most of the world may
become involved before it ends.
In the face of the great in
it is in order to ask the
of Greenville two questions.
First is tire apparatus in good
condition the
water to fight with if a fire should
occur These are important
not fall
The last issue of the Marat Caro-
Baptist, at
was a
edition its
paper aid
is vary toe
It is a goad
paper, a
by tome.
The Mississippi no-
with horror. Near
that state, two
a man his wife, wore on
Sunday burned at stoke to
avenge a doable murder
by the man. Ia all eight lives
sacrificed in connection with
tragedy. Such crimes a
country are horrible.
THE REAL QUESTION.
There are
in Greenville who would readily and
gladly their influence of
absolute prohibition, who do
look with special favor upon a dis-
Bar room and their
allies know this to be true, they
are no means slow in taking ad
van tag of this fact, and are
to use it the interest of their
unholy business.
That bar room men their
may not gain
by this the water,
deluding honest voters, 1st it he
constantly in mind that the
question before the of
is not whether or not they look
with special favor upon a
but which we a
ton trolled by law, or grog
ignoring law.
This being the real question be-
fore us, we cannot understand how
any friend of temperance can
hesitate even for one moment as to
the position he should
If on March the 2nd a majority
the votes the people
are cast against the dispensary,
it will be considered a defeat for
a victory for bar
recant by friends and foes of
everywhere.
before pro-
or bar rooms. It as
prohibition dispensary, bat plain-
simply dispensary bar
rooms, and fox toe
of mast
as d mm has
The French government employs
1,550 workmen and women
in the state
and makes a profit
ovary veto to hi
toe Tea
sot be lured by toe grog shop,
it may bars special fer
yen, yet you are
for you have loved
that may fall to
you; tor
know,
Your boy next to to
the foe,
Then up and be doing, lest deeply you
rue
That ever you thought it was nothing
to you
civilized nation is
a cure of liquor evil
United States is net
fight against liquor dealers.
kw everywhere
sale to
the as a great evil It
is regarded a a to toe ate,
liberty, every
man, woman and child. Ia
try today the sale
Wherever
is least by law,
by police force, there its
foulest work is dons in
and degrading the people, on the
other hand, wherever the greatest
care is exercised to limit restrict
the business, there the least amount,
of evil is teen to follow. Sines no
state can or does permit unlicensed,
unrestricted sales of liquor, the more
completely it can be hedged
about by the state, the it is for
the Observation and
teaches this.
The Watts law in North Carolina
providing for a restricts
and hedges about the sale of liquor
as much it can be by law.
The business
in daylight only, while open
saloon thrives at The dis-
breaks up the home of
gambling and rowdyism. It
no parlor nor loafing place. It pro-
hiding place for those who
will only secret. It removes
the temptation, in, let's have
a from those who seek rs-
dispensary drives out
that class men
from its vary
them to corrupt veto and
holders town and
The open saloon, a
school of crime and enemy of the
home, society, the church, should be
closed. That fountains head of all
the great evils that afflict the land
be closed.
The whole world stands
at the enormity of the
more fire, the greatest in the his-
of the world. In truth the loss
is well nigh incalculable running
into from two
to three hundred millions. The blow
a bad one for Baltimore and will
be felt ever the entire South. South-
bay assay goods there
they will have to go elsewhere,
doubt cresting loss to them. Yo
with such terrible devastation a
was last as far as now known.
Thin is be
fee
It looks to us like any person who
wants to see less drunkenness in
Greenville and moral conditions
proved should favor a dispensary Q
rather than saloons. Telegram, u
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Ma that be put
to statute would be ample
fer the fiend who the
crime on Shield's family in
so maddened men
eon and take the law Late their own
hands.
The Almighty smiling on the
Normal. This is permit-
the work of building to go right
and in a few days all outdoor
work will be completed and only a
short time will be required to com-
everything, It is thought
session will be resumed by the 15th
WINTERVILLE
is in charge of J. M. Blow, who is authorized to rep-
resent, the Eastern Reflector in Winterville and territory.
M. O., Fell
crowds have
been in town nearly day for
the pest of us may
he afraid of robber-, but
there are seem-
a little more nerve. The
brave are by far in majority,
full-blooded American-, you
Guy Taylor, of Kin-ion, has
bought out A. D. Johnston and
will conduct a grocery business in
the store formerly occupied by
Mr Johnston.
This season A. G. Cox
Co., will sell by far more cotton
than ever before. The
demand for them is very great.
A. Co. are buying
immense quantities of cotton
Seed are price and
add much to the income of, the
farmer.
If in need of seed potatoes
northern grown or see
Q. A. Kittrell Co. they can sup-
ply you.
Wm. Darden, of Greene county,
was here on Saturday.
Samuel Mumford, of den, has
been to see us.
Henry Manning and wife and
Mies Julia Smith, of Ayden, came
upon the train Sunday Burning
and spent the day with the family
of Elder T. N. Manning.
For Bent or and
lot located between Josephus Cox
and A D. Cox on street.
Apply O. A. Fair.
A. P. Lunsford. Ayden, has
been a visitor to our this
Just received oar load of flour.
Harrington Barber A Ce.
Seed oats and cotton seed meal.
Constantly on baud. Harrington
Barber On
Large crowds went out to attend
preaching m Reed;. Sun-
day.
The world in conceded to be
made up of all kinds sorts,
hut the must contemptible is the
the
Dr. B. T out to Green-
ville Monday.
B. G. Chapman, wife and little
Clyde, weir ;
day and Monday.
D. after mush
i, tooth,
about r.
T. K. Washington,
pent night with J. B.
Cox.
Mrs. B. F. child
sen,
here for several days,
their home Monday.
G. A. Kittrell Co. will give
you lbs cotton seed meal
exchange for a ton of
or give per bushel.
If in need of seed
meal corn, hay or anything the
toed line see G. A. Kittrell ft
Car load of shingles expected to
arrive in a few days. Use them
baying.
our next door neigh-
is industrious beyond meas-
Not satisfied with tapping
the anvil all day he must
weds tap his Iron way in the
hours of night. He deserves
A, G. Cox Mfg. Co. have
i another load of wire
and can furnish you fence
to high at prices
ranging from to i eta.
per yard.
now have a lot of porch
column timber. U you are need
of them why not let us fit you up.
Prices are light. Winterville
Co.
Muses Ives, Lyda Rob-
Mollie Bryan and Lena
all of whom have schools
in toe country, spent Sunday with
friends here and to
respective char, es Monday.
W. F, Carroll and wife were i-
town Sunday friends.
Elder X. now ,
. . . . good satisfaction when you
the Fair cm Main and I . . .
Bail road streets.
to see or write Winter-
A. O. and Miss Carrie
were married Wednesday
at home of J. J. Haddock,
father of the
All who doubt what we say
i bout buggy harness
laking the lead, both in price and
quality, are kindly asked to
and see for themselves. Several
sets in stock all while.
The other day a party bought
some wire fence from A. G. Cox I
Mfg. Co , Baying that he wanted a
fence which would torn his
bogs as well other and I
only fence that will j
do it is your make with barb wire;
A plow beam manufactured
the Winterville Mfg. Co. always I
A. .
goto them to have one put in
your plow can also furnish
j handles for your plow.
The yellow front can famish
you with drinks that are as
good as one can. Do not
judge the drinks by the fountain,
hut try one, and be convinced of
the fact that it is not always
finest looking instrument that
makes the beat
O. A. Fair and family have
moved to Ayden where Mr. Fair
will engage in the buggy business
have bad a home them
for mote than two years and to us
their leaving is a source of
We think and cannot now
feel we shall ever be thrown with
people so kind and true. Mr.
Fair is a high gentleman
and lira. Fair a most excellent
lady. Two sweeter little children,
never a
were
favorites with everyone. their
we miss friends whoa
pluses cannot be filled and we
wish them happiness that
prosperity may be theirs in every
vicissitude of life no dark
shadows ever cross the thresh-
hold of their peaceful home.
When you go to the yellow front
to buy your grocers you can always
be satisfied that have bought
HAPPY IDEAL SPRING BUGGY. J
MANUFACTURED BY
COX MANUFACTURING COMPANY
WINTERVILLE, N. C.
ville Mfg. Co. your house
trimmings. They ear. furnish you
with good wort and low prices.
Always bear in mind that the
Winterville Mfg. Co. manufactures
a good wash board of good
and will quote on same
upon application.
A good article is better if yon
have to pay a little more for it
than a cheaper article at a
price, so try one the Carroll
singletrees manufactured by the
Mfg. Co.
Dr. B. T. Cox wishes to
chase lbs goose
For beet grade of chewing
smoking tobacco go to the drug
store.
School books, pens, pencils
best quality of stationary always
for sale at the drag
If you want your horse shod
if your harness or your own shoes
reed repairing, and for general
blacksmith work call and see W.
L. House on Main street.
G. A. Kittrell Co.
We have a line hats for j,,,,,,, a
both old and young, also trunks,
valises, at prices I ,,.,
, vi While in town stop at the
we think very reasonable and I, ., , , , .
, i low Front and look through our
always glad to serve you save;,. , , , ,
your money if possible. line of dry goods. No charge
Harrington Barber Co. made for looking.
If there is a class of men that this store strives hard
to please with good dependable Clothing, its the
and
We have suits made especially for workingmen
made from stout, serviceable mixtures that will not soil
Put Together to Stay.
Scams sewed with the best of silk and put on with the
strongest linen thread.
Our suits cut to be roomy and
still retain tin appearance of style and gentility
Workingmen who have given these suits one trial,
are ever afterwards our steady patrons. Moderate.
FRANK WILSON
THE KING CLOTHIER.
K J.
C V. York.
L H,
as.
Mm.
mm
Bearding J. D.
Oar. Board per day. Best
in town.
The Building
and
Lumber Co.,
Contractors, Constructors and
MANUFACTURERS
Factory situated by the railroad just North of the
Imperial Tobacco Factory.
All kinds of dressed lumber, turned and
scroll work.
All machinery new and up and of the best
make.
Plans furnished and contract taken fer erection of
buildings.
Tinning, Slating, Guttering and all kinds of sheet
metal work. Our in shop is on fourth street, opposite
marble yard. Mr. K. L. Wyatt has charge of
our tinning and slating department. You will find him
a master of his trade.
We ask for our share of the patronage and
will do our best to give satisfaction.
SALE Oh SILK AND CORSETS.
. . ., .--------. , ,.
C. Corsets, Always
to close them out now at sOc
AH Silks reduced one-third off from
regular price
Silk waist patterns at one-half price.
One more week odds and ends
in Laces and
C. L. Wilkinson Co,
IS
V-.-M
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Department.
J. Proctor Bros
SUPPLY HOUSE.
and
If you want lumber to build a house,
furniture to in it. clothing
family, provisions I
for your or for i
your can supply your needs. II
Our mill and fire now
in lull blast and we are
pared to gin cotton, grind corn,
and, do all kinds
of turned work for balusters
Trimmings. We also
do general repairing of baggies
curls and wagons.
The man who wants the earth is
the very one the can pet
along without.
T. F. PROCTOR,
N. C.
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
Anything wanted In the way
of Dry Goods. No-
Shoes, Hats, Groceries
and Hardware be found
here, whether is some-
thing to eat, something to
wear, or some article for the
house or farm, you can be
supplied. Highest prices paid
for cotton, country produce
or anything the farmer sells.
Notice of
The firm of Tunstall Potter
was this day dissolved by mutual
consent, A. L. Potter having sold
j his interest in the business to W.
J. Smith. The firm will
be known as Smith,
who assume all liabilities of the
I old firm, all accounts due the
; old firm are payable to the
; firm.
This Feb. 2nd 1904.
CD TUNSTALL,
A. L.
BETHEL
jOY C. FLANAGAN,
Attorney at Law,
Greenville. N. C.
H. C. VENTERS,
ST. C.
Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy
Tobacco and Cigars. The
only Soda ton o, All
the popular Hot Peanuts
every day.
William Fountain, H.
Physician and Surgeon,
GREENVILLE, N. C-
j Office one door east of post office,
street Phone
E.
Cold Comfort
we are after, and the possession of one of
our it will insure sweet milk, cream and
cool drinking water and many dainties that
would be unattainable without the Refrigerator.
.
BETHEL ITEMS.
Bethel, N. C , Feb., 1904.
Hon. Dewey Cherry was in
today.
Lon Parrot, of Goldsboro, spent
the day in town. We are glad to
see him with us.
Miss Cornelia manning was in
town today shopping.
L. F. Whit el dim, ii
was in town today on business.
Joseph Andrew,, and Ben
fin left this afternoon for
lbs. each.
Used a Gun.
There was a shooting scrape on
Fifth street, Sunday, between two Henrietta Taylor, of Rob
colored men. One of them
Cow Ha Two Calves.
M. B. at
has a cow that has two calves,
Miss Mollie Manning passed H weighing
through town today.
Mrs. W. J. Carson left Wed-
for Rocky Mount to visit
relatives.
Mr. Braswell, of Tarboro, was
in town today.
W. S. France, of Rocky Mount,
has been here a few days.
M. O. Blount is having bis store
moved off Main street on Rail-
road street for furniture.
J. R. Ward and R. D. White
returned this from
i pistol but no one was hit.
the men were locked up.
used
Both
HAVE YOU A LAWN
have you will want a Lawn Mower pretty
l, and we've made it easy for you to own one.
Th Is no need to borrow a lawn mower when we
we sell a good machine with best steel knives at such
a and guarantee it to do the work.
Water Coolers, I i am rs. and
thing i the hardware line.
c.
X .
industrious
persons in each slate to for
hi use established eleven years and
a large capital, to call upon
I merchants agents for success-
and profitable line. Permanent
engagement. Weekly cash salary
of and ail traveling expenses
and hotel bills advanced in cash
each week. Experience not
Mention reference
self addressed envelope.
Caxton Bldg , Chicago.
is here visiting her son,
Herbert.
Lawyer left this p. m.
j for Greenville attend to some
j business.
Institute.
in-Mute held here
today was well farmers
being in attend all
of the Bounty. Professors
. d Butler from
the state
were present and
addresses. They cave
on different of
fit to the tanners.
1- K. L. tr-
Dentist.
GREENVILLE. N. C.
DR. R. J. GRIMES.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
BETHEL, N. C.
Office opposite depot.
DR. G. F. THIGPEN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
BETHEL, N. C.
next door to Office.
Folks Must Eat
how low the price
i tobacco, we
to supply
Seasonable Eatables at
Prices.
AND BUNTING,
j BETHEL, N. C.
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Complete Line Clothing, Dry Goods, Hard ware Furniture Groceries.
. v
Prices tor
d and Produce
, ., ea,,, Pure Goods
j . s v. i ire We r
ion s hams. Everything
honest
AT
; r ounce . v. e . .
and . Di
lit
I Harri ons; id, P.
.-.
Five Points.
Colors. Varnishes and mid
is no the Id .
behind it a j
i w i res and hi
If you use tin K Paints you
never worry about quality.
We trust you will favor us with your
orders whenever you want good for any
purpose. Have just received a car load and
can give you Special Prices.
Baker Hart.
GREENVILLE, N. C,
opened in
store from coiner, under Hotel
Bertha, a complete line o
Staple and Fancy Groceries.
you can at living prices. u
largo stock he tore you h i om
purchases.
Suits, Cloaks, Dress Goods, Shoes, Hats, Under-
wear, Crockery Ware, ire,
t i yo i w Everything in
everything -in
.,. Millinery Goods a Specialty.
Our goods are here and we ire to
Everybody pees buys, and everybody tries
our goods becomes customers. Just give up trial
and save money.
BLOUNT BROTHERS.
article in
in new and
in
B ETHE L,
C,
Me Sugar, Can
Is. Gen a .
etc. I fa can r
i .
; . it d
owes
can
prices. We also
of All
TWO PREMIUMS HAVE BEEN PAID IX Till
i . ah
rs i and delivered prompt-
i here in town. ill
ink.
it
COWARD PATRICK.
NEWS.
An will be
limit at Normal and i
College, Greensboro, to take
place of the one recently binned,
During a at Charlotte,
the at
gr on lids was demolished and
horses were beneath
the falling timbers.
Charlotte people lost a above
by the recent failure of
Baxter Co.,. the shop
OF NEWARK, N. J., POLICY HAS
Loan Value,
Cash Value,
Paid-up Insurance,
Extended Insurance that automatically,
Is Non
Will lie re-instated if arrears be paid within on month while yon
are living, or within three years after lapse, upon satisfactory
of of arrears with interest.
A after second No Restriction-. Incontestable.
Dividends are payable at the beginning of the second and of 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 as an daring the lifetime
of insured.
J. L. SUGG,
Greenville N. C.
.
Wilson. N C. 1904.
Ai election will
come off in your live and
town on th id it
may be of to your
of tn effects
of in Wilson,
it has been i i operation
thirty day. To gather some
fact concerning it, I made a cir-
of the stores and business
houses this morning, the result of
which is in part a-
Mayor one of its most I
strenuous opponents. Bays the
indications are fiat it will be a j
great his j
is SO smaller than
in January of las year, and crime j
seems to be on the decrease.
The police t say arrests are
few, no one a
chance tor the banter is very no-
Mr. Farmer, the gentlemanly
superintendent, is
working he Las had no
trouble of any kind except an
accidental fire, the place is as
quiet and as any business
in town.
The and
men, the gr say I
the effects are apparent in j
every direction.
f found pessimists, but,
every else e I
many who voted ; the dis
its good
effects Lave reversed their j I
There are two o dispensaries
in the county, one of which ha
been in operation two years
is an and
The fact that our county
commissioners e refused and
have the to refuse
to grant t sell any
where, is of the growing
sentiment of the s to re-
the of the liquor
curse as near a possible.
It needs to be firm, to be
honest the people, with a
sensible, polite end straight super-
to make a dispensary
all that is for it.
T. C. Davis.
Organize.
A s Held in the Pres-
Sunday afternoon,
to the ladies in the inter-
est of the movement
in the town meeting was
presided over by J. A. Horn-
and he. Rev. W. B. Powell
and ex-Gov. T J. Jar vis made
addresses all the ladies
present joined movement and
w f id electing
the following
President, Mr-. F. G. Hartman,
Vice Mrs. H. C.
Hooker, D.
Secretary, Mrs. G. B. Harriss.
Fire in Baltimore.
came today that a
great fire is raging in the heart of
the wholesale business section of
Baltimore, th report being that
so far eight blocks have been
destroyed. The fire started Sun-
day and is not vet under control.
Telegraph wires were burned
down so that
the is practically oft. The
loss is estimated about
-000.
Jam Called Home.
San Francisco, Feb.
-e has issued a
all ordering immediate return
all J for military
service It came through the
consulate and the two
pa here issued
extras last night containing the
It is
seated t hat there art over
in California to
WATCH THIS SPACE.
St
GREENVILLE,
North Caroling
.,
Bad Coughs
had a bad cough for six
and could find no relief
until I tried Cherry
Only one-fourth of the bottle
cured
L. Hawn, Ont.
Neglected colds always
to something serious.
I hey into chronic
bronchitis, pneumonia,
asthma, or consumption.
Deal wait, but take
Cherry Pectoral
just as soon as your cough
begins. A few doses will
cure you then.
Tb-et Mb,
Jan. P, greatest of nations.
. low up Iowa yesterday and
Smith went to K
today I Herald and Broiling telegram by
M. H. Tucker, of Norfolk, In i the largest printing pie.- Use
town. world. comparing II
Jean Cannon, of is In press and the
a was one to
.,, ., low. More OM thousand
to J
folded ready
TOO If mt take It.
then u he . If ;
t . i don't It.
C. T. went to i
Monday evening.
iT. it. King led to
Monday evening.
i.
J suppose in another quarter
a possibly the
city navel will be
improved upon, and
tunes will be the node
when a man can leave at
the Battery and get to
. A. returned to Tar-1 park before he . starts, counting
the difference in time. I shall no
be what will
any rate lam coming up to
New York hen and see.
When I first came N
j this morning.
Mi- i. J. Cobb left Ibis morn-
I for a visit to Norfolk.
.;. v. little daughter
Greenville's Great Store
Dorothy Dodd
SHOES.
PERSONALS SOCIAL
Hobday, Fan
IT. went
L. Tyson i a to
this morning from Kins- stewards town
ton. the wonder of the day. It
Mayo Sieves, of I was seven stories high and
meat Monday in town with ; the every-
friends. body. It is the smallest i-ow
, . ., city. Almost
Mrs. J. Barr, of Weldon, is .,,.,, business place
Mr. a ; stories high, and
V value of is so u
. eel
.-. ii be. t-
vent to
ti. an left Sunday
E II .
Joyner returned
. j; from
v Lena Matthews and Ferrell
ch went to Washington
and Mr-. W. E. Moore went
. Sunday,
Hedges and son,
it to Sunday.
B. A. has been quit
m grip.
i Sal
B. Forbes and Fred Forbes
; h
. . Tl i.
, . . .
. r e
iii. n visit to Kins
, and Josh Mills
,. Sunday t fr m
;. ., v . , returned
n a trip up I
, ; mi
. and ed
. and i
. i i
I I;
I .
I ii
i Wash
O.
who has been
turned b
.
., Fan
Mr, and M
, who
Mrs W. ion
borne jay evening.
H.
graded school, spent
the day here and took in
the work of the Greenville school
Miss Mable of Bethel,
arrived Saturday evening to visit
her J. H. in
South Greenville.
.
. T.
Charles Skinner went up
road this morning.
i this
you will t t
moat the
i-u market. It may
occur before Thursday, but
there is a sky performance
being arranged and the
heights will be started as
as the report is read out.
t-- . I know some people are saying
j. W. Brown went to
Tuesday evening.
This is about as disagreeable
weather as cornea
Rev. W. E. returned Tues-
day evening from
Mrs. J. Brown and children
where are those sky-parlor prices,
the market has broke cents
Well, it
one way all the while. The other
fellow's blood would
My calculations have all been
verified BO for and I am net
MK Tl .
given myself plenty of time to
all that I predicted
repeat again, war or no war,
on will sell much higher
cents, where touched
an t week Ago-
I, takes meritorious skill
price abnormal
but sentiment to
ii to tumble as it has the
-as, week. The scene yesterday
I market dosed
beyond and July,
., . t.-. at 13.48.
has gone to
I leave the
,,,, . the present
, by i
lie i- New and will be
from before this
I j to care to have than that
a r m roe, tr , , Ha, ,.;,,
. . , care either, but I i s . e . th is it i
, and when it is warm
rain .
A i hi- in
i . nil ; room o'clock d
.,. was a great throng,
, . few ,,, ,. ind gave
. and N . everything for
, . , little ,, v. was
, i v II not ho y slapped and
, , . . was ion be sch . years
,. . the
Everett,
, and Ella House,
ire visiting Valeria and
Fleming.
M of
visiting her
mother, Mrs. W. M. King, return,
ed home this morning.
Interesting Things Told by Col.
to His
in Cotton.
New
Bl i i.;
ii . I mind
i a
ears all i
. Then
earn railway that
l Id
I . is s, biles,
. . . . that A mi lies
b divine.
, .,, i ;,, can b to New
i here In the world so
many people came from, and as
I old Sheriff Tyson need to say
looked like court week all the
No one can come to this
city and see the thousand and one
things, gigantic in proportion,
almost out of conception, and not
feel of the met that he is an
American, the foremost and
The Shoe has
and style that means individuality.
, in the highest
to i or. In
for every from the i-i.
tin- sun. y winter street II
n. H i
They Fit
should always lit closely .
as to make it impossible f i
ward and crowd the toes, while nail and
have of room thus giving tree ,
This is exactly what shoes
Our new Spring Styles in ids and funds
here very shortly.
re
b,
KS
lie
or-
i.
be
, Association will
,., The program
interesting and pro
.,. . The library, con-1
one hundred
volumes, has arrived and Prof.
lie will be ready to
begin the lending of books by;
Saturday's meeting. We hope to
see all the teachers in the county
present.
No one in work can afford
to miss these meetings if he or she
desires to keep up with
school work In county.
Severn young ladies can get
employment operating sewing ma-
chines on underwear. The work
is light, neat and
Whole families can get employ-
to.
Weldon Co.
taken I have taken
p with V stock one male pig,
weight
boat Owner gel
by property and
N. C.
D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOL. No.
GREENVILLE. PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA,
No.
Some of the Great
The Observer is indebted to Mr.
Thomas Griffith for the following
record of some of the greatest fire
that have occurred in the country
the year of their occurrence, their
scenes and the
1835, New York
1838, New York
New York
1745,
1848, Albany
1349, St. Louis
1851, San Francisco
1866, Portland, Me.
1871, Chicago
1372, Boston
1901,
Charlotte Observer.
10.000.000
7.000.000
15.000.000
200.000,000
80.000.000
Party to N rs
After the last election the Char
Observer had a well considered
article on the subject of the unpaid
and debts which parties
and politicians owe to the
especially the country
which print the full country
ticket at their mast-head, and do
besides all of
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR.
IN TROUBLE.
Attempt to Land Repulsed. , Japan Torpedo BoatS.
Port Arthur, Feb. Cable to Reflector.
Japanese transports and six war reports
u- . ,. . j, confirm the information that Japan
ships conveying troops attempted . . .
K , three out of boats
to land at while the remain- j ,,.,
Japanese fleet
In Honor of Mrs. J. Bryan
A delightful afternoon was
j spent yesterday at the home of
OTHER NATIONS ABOUT TO BECOME
ville street, who entertained at
progressive six handed euchre in
honor of nit sister-in-law, Mrs. J.
Bryan having
been Miss
of
Thirty engaged in
f the afternoon,
fire being used The first
a book.
harbor,
of the
a tier t
The
i repulsed
hi of bald
War Risks Increased.
By Cable Reflector.
London,
I reports Lloyd's
with on both i. ,. .
raised re
to
n . , n. . . ; between
Russian Attack
By cable Io ave
too, P. It. The tie stock
lad Ha
Japan, doing great damage,
I i- r,.
U not jet confirmed and is ff, a
ed battle la now raging at sea
Arthur the
By Cable to .-.
t j m aM . west of the Peninsular,
London, Feb. report,
has just reached here, but is not
Russian Fleet Ice Sound-
F-b.
was won by
Mrs. Grimes per, present-
ed it to the guest honor,
was presented a hand
some bouquet of white
an I ferns by the hostess The
consolation was won by Miss Jen-
this Japanese
carved ivory candle-stick. The
score was kept by Ms. Palmer
Jerman and Mrs. Mary
Smith.
The residence was handsomely
decorated for the occasion, the
color scheme being pink aid white,
carried out in patted plants,
white carnations
The tally were
ornamented with beads.
credited, that Port Arthur has
booming of candidates for office to Japan.
directly or through the medium of . . Baltic fleet is still at i Dainty refreshments were served,
correspondence contributed by their The ice breaker of these being in heart
ed effects.
friends. It was pointed out that
hardly one of these organs printed
less than a thousand dollars worth of
such party literature gratuitously,
and the Charlotte paper thought it
was a foolish practice, but yet a kind
of folly which would long be
though probably in lessening
degree.
course, success
dates do their best to make some re-
Recalled.
By Cable Io
i trying to Keep c open.
other Nations Preparing for War
tiding the Russian Heel sit . f
Port Arthur, bas been
Io the
feat Russian fleet by
Japanese.
hood British
Ad mini has seal out letters
officers to
readiness for
The social event was greatly en-
joyed by all the who were
delighted to meet the charming
d welcome her as a
; ; i tired .
ho
call it reported
that is a Is making prep.
I r war, It is believed
oil y Will
ii- bit
-1 .
of Neutrality.
By
-The ha
here from Cone
turn for gratuitous by giving to j
county paper that kept the sue- j
ticket standing all
through the campaign, much
public printing Gs the law author-
but that necessarily bills far
short of received, The
ingratitude and meanness.
den
News an Observer,
GENERAL
Colonel raised a
regiment of roach rider in the
war with Spain, is
raising another for
the service Japan in
Hampton Ag-
Hampton,
will by the
will of Hudson H H-land who died
there Jan.
The president ha- a
the United
will remain u in the
Russian Japan war
Atlanta h
a to funds to
of three d
among the Jews A with
to buy a war u tr
The war depart me r Wash-
has been t of the
departure of the Reg-
U.
en-route Tn- regiment
has the Philippines three
years.
As the ruins of Baltimore Are
cool v tilts and
safes to be opened it is found in
most every instance tut In val-
in are ii good
WHICHARD
C. Ft,
body
Sea Tower of and
The snow mikes
shiver to look at it.
W Feb. B.
Whitney, clerk of the to-.-i
mitt-eon naval affairs, hi-, com. People that sowed their
piled a careful statement showing before
fifteen the exact strength of the navies of b the pleasure of sowing them
the Kiel in t --It Is re nor Japan. Russia
many. is is considered here i here th-t Minister f . , ,,.,,,. .
the part has left and Miss Francis is very
v. departure. Bud Japan baa
in Cotton.
-ling a
of giving any portion of the wharf y e . r.
printing to papen that do not sap , ,,.
post the ticket was not averted to by
the Charlotte paper, no .,. of
cause ii could in r imagine that d n
g thing could occur. f weeks to m in
The subject is to which the market, A well known
newspaper fraternity in giving more
;.
t .;
At .-
Slid
We.
h hi
It . i
I . Ii .,
re .
v Mill ; ,
and more as the money
value of advertising is mid
more realized. The Baltimore
makes the contending politicians in
its for their
cations, and it is probable that it
receives a hundred thousand dollars
per annum from that source alone,
and hence is able to make a Letter
paper for the general
ville Observer.
The reading world is once more
up against jawbone breakers trying
to pronounce the names in the war
news.
George Bowell, democratic con-
from the Tenth
district, has unseated
end his place given to William
Connell, republican contestant.
fret over the It looks
follow is Liking care of
all right I
lessor to the conclusion
money to In- made by I
ting cotton, nit bey could
get Consent of their minds to
in futures, Bo Instead of
putting tip margins, they bought
outright, bales of cotton, when
the staple was sell log around
cents
When the price reached
cent-, the physician that it
was tune to sell, for Could they not
make a snug profit the hales
The professor did not look at it
that he saw no why
they should not wait for cents
and more money. The
carried his p for the
time being, but when spot cotton
reached the doctor sold
bis share and pocketed his profit,
in the neighborhood of
The professor held on to
bis share, expecting to double
profit of bis partner, but today he
acknowledged that ha was cured
of all desire to speculate in cotton.
Charlotte
Hi
a tr in
he v s ; d and
s iii of
candies. la-s de-
spent in playing hist.
The wan us charming us in
tie- suite day seven years u. and
is fair as a bride, was
assisted her Slater, Mrs. Joseph
P. Jr., of Washington,
D. O., Mi's Mi-s
Lottie and Mis James
served in ball
After several games of whist
delightful refreshments were
ed. center piece was a beau-
brides cake, decorated with
seven pink
Those present were Mrs, E. B.
Mrs. J. L. Fleming, Mrs.
Richard Williams, Mis. F. G.
James, Bottle Tyson,
Lena Hum and
Lissie Blow. Those from of
town were Mrs. A. B. White and
Mrs. A. Q. Hume, of Greensboro,
and Mrs. of Washington,
. 124.1,58 tonnage officers
and men.
Russia bus first
hat h ti ton-
, i second
I, -i . n,,,; . .
61.8711
VI J j . ; i
;. I
,,,.,.;
from
Oil
c e I
el.-- pro
ill
D. C.
1.1 I. . .
ton . . a
i-. h
first . of 2.861
fed
of tons, and
nice protected cruiser
of .
total of sin .
with a of
Russia's torpedo Heat consist of
one submarine, and she is cl-
nine and five tor-
bouts.
Japan has six first class battle
ships of tons, Other
battleships of tons, eight
armed cruisers of tons,
protected cruisers of tons,
seventeen other cruisers above
tons each, with a total
making a total of
ships with a of
Japan is building three
protected cruisers of tons.
Her lighting vessels
built and building is ships with
a tonnage of
Japan ha torpedo boat
destroyers, torpedo boats,
Mrs. W. in
Tuesday with M rs. M
Miss P
Mm J.
Tuesday here i .
sick.
. .
at
flopped her school
. . .
B. was
day.
Mm. M. A
W, W. Thomas
evening with T
mar here
; spent
Which-
last
i- right
been
. has
S on
and Mrs.
Daniel
E. R to Wash-
Wednesday and
m his home enjoyed their break
fast next morning of shad.
Cotton exchange will take
day tomorrow, it being lie
of Lincoln's bin inlay and
observed by some of the states.
Who is the king of the goober
trust time to give m great
a man
Constitution.
do you think, be asked,
men progress after
Well, she replied, if they don't,
it would almost seem useless for
some of them to