THE EASTERN REFLECTOR Editor a k d . D, J. in the post t K. C, as second class matter, rates made upon application. A correspondent desired at post office in Pitt and adjoining counties. i to N. C, Friday, April 1904. It looks more and more like Parker will be the man. W. A. Turk, general traffic manager of the Southern railway, died suddenly in City Saturday evening- The remains were brought to Raleigh for inter- Col. Turk's home in Durham is sending greetings to , Carolina, and this state and Concord. The latter town also has railway lose a useful a smallpox scare and the whole man was a stock in going down about as fast as Parker stock is g nag is being vaccinated. Atlanta wants the weather man to take it bark and warm it over. Just wait a little and you will want some and a straw in it. thorough railroad man and his ad- in the service was rapid. Just suppose Durham and Con- were to lock arms. It would rough on the SUMMER SCHOOL AT The Maple Judge Neal returned a few The prospectus of the summer school a faculty of forty fur ; ego front where he had been members including officers and an , holding He spoke of the ma- Republicans are having are. The lecturers include the m It seems that leading of the state, the maPle thrives in high slate superintendent, J in North Carolina and if the Chief Justice Clark and other I was given some attention by professional men. The i merchants, it is probable that a fun in the western districts of the state, at least they are making much fun for other folks. Congressman Small loses no opportunity to get in a word congress in behalf of his measure for an inland water way. His col leagues may some day awake to the realization that the proposed inland water way i one of the great needs of the country. teachers will also have an to hear Hon. John. Temple Grave, of Atlanta, on Century Mr. Graves is as the South's most eloquent platform speaker- Polk Miller, of Richmond, with hi banjo on Times Down and Dr. of Washington Lee, on Divine very good business could be ed in the production of maple sugar in this state for the markets. Judge Neal saw a on in boxes of maple sugar for sale at very cheap price and said that it was a common thing for the people about Boone and Blowing Rock to make maple syrup for their own use. Attention was called some time ago to the ex- tent to which buckwheat raised in the mountains of North Carolina. The buckwheat and the maple syrup would naturally go to the same markets There are probably a great many people who don't know It pears that Senator With not a house now for rent in Greenville, how do you think the that he is himself again. situation will be next fall when more people will be moving here .- j there ought to be more houses, such as are suitable for will be reelected chairman i small families and will rent at a of the state executive committee. A , . . ,. i reasonable price. If the town had better selection could hardly be, ,,,,,. a good building and loan j there would be more people l-- Loon their homes and fewer want- scarce as vegetables tune been ; e and with cabbages selling at cents j to rent a pound and rutabagas cents a ,.,.,., r i The recent suit the state of it looks like close to j ,, ., . , , North Dakota against the Hate of market would see the profit in put- North Carolina is about to lead to suits of a similar character A man in New York who owns a lot of repudiated illegally issued bonds of South Carolina, has offer- ed to give worth of them to the District if the latter will bring suit for the pay- of the bonds. It will require act of for the District of Columbia to accept the bonds. ting in more truck These people who invested cents per share in Mr. Fife's gold mine, with the expectation ting for it in days, are letting the public know h w . they are getting rich. When the two dailies have nothing else to about they fall on each other and thus waste much space. What each thinks of the other is of little con- to the reading public. JURY REFORM NEEDED. The faculty is composed of spec- editor of the Nash- educated at the leading ville Graphic, suffered a stroke of of this country and paralysis Saturday, and for some , . I he course of I practical hour in a serious condition., The Raleigh His brethren of the press are glad s,. opportunities that maple sugar, maple syrup and to know that when the change for i teachers never in the state i buckwheat are common farm pro- better came his recovery was rapid j and at such low rates that all in our and if a , afford attend, knowledge of the subject could be A copy of prospectus will be dominated our own mark- ; to any one upon request. It j. might be supplied with purer A touching incident that en-; handsomely illustrated and is well articles than we import from other worth reading. It states, and a good business might ; be developed these . .,,. i products. It would be very They Wont Be Satisfied. , . advantageous to the of the late I. E. Avery, and It is out of the question for Mr. population, if, through the acted in the court at Morgan ton Monday morning. Miss Nancy of Birmingham. the who was to have been married to him on the 28th of this month, filed a petition in court for leave to change her name so that she might assume the name of Mrs. Irwin Avery. The court granted the of his enemies, f or a year they demanded that he breaks his and take himself out of the of the presidential nomination. When he did so he was told he needed not to have troubled Cleveland; by either speech of Lenoir, Mowing Rock, silence, to command tho the for these articles could be made by orders sent to the home producers instead of having all orders seat to Vermont, or other distant The probabilities are that any mer- in one of the mountain towns could take an order execution for any one or all of. these things. Charlotte Chronicle petition and she took the name of . since he con I a not have him whom death plucked from her anyhow. When almost at the altar. What is more i a few days his opinion beautiful than a true woman's level -of Judge Parker as a presidential he said in effect, Parker is an able, serious- From remark we have recently heard farmers make about the con- of public r ads, it is be-1 dent. Whereupon they say that is more sentiment in I his endorsement will do Judge this county for improving the roads P good and The Relations of Boys and Girls. In the May there is a good candidate end a good paper by Lillie Hamilton French. Thai was a novel idea of some folks up in a New York town, ill giving all the guests at a party a spring chicken as a souvenirs Wish that fashion would spread down way and party invitations come often. The Durham Herald says are good men but of course the man who wins will be the Not Haven't you heard the old jingle. are just as good fishes that Swim in the sea as ever we manage la take Mt. Roosevelt is nothing in the republican record to Bight there is where he and many other I people differ. If there ever was a party on the it looks like the republican party is now in that position, with many department frauds, and such on its hands to explain. The Raleigh Times condones the fact that arrangements with the to take the North Carolina Press Association to the St. Lou is ex- position are about to fail. In that the brethren stay at home, walk, or the beet. If any the to walk be Mr. J. J. wrote a strong letter to the Raleigh News and Observer in which he called attention to some reforms needed in our jury system. Ho says of the greatest obstacles to tho proper execution of justice in capital cases is the unfairness of allowing the defendant twenty- three peremptory challenges while the state or prosecution only has Further on he each side the same of peremptory challenges in and you will see notable changes for the better in the of juries, justice would also be promoted if the unanimous verdict was not required to convict, One juror for any notion of his own can prevent a verdict with the result that nothing is accomplished except heavy expenses payed by the of the county. It is not right that justice should be thwarted or defeated because twelve men should choose not to be of the same mind. matters are now the defendant has to get only one to disagree. The has to get all twelve to agree. This writer believes it would be a wise step to change the law ho that two-thirds of a jury may convict, though there are many people think tea out of twelve ought to be the required number to make a Mr. position is a sound one and it is evident that a great many people are of his way of thinking. The legislature would de the a good service by as that ii be dome. than there has ever been in the past. It is remarkable that people, in this enlightened age, can sat- to go on with such miserable country roads as we have, and it is that he had better have kept his mouth If he had done so it would have been said that he sulking, and cherished a lingering hope that he would be nominated himself. If he cause for congratulation that had expressed an unfavorable in this particular is changing, j ion of the New Yorker, it would May it continue to increase until the people see that it will be economy to tax themselves to build better roads. NEW RULING REGARDING LI CANTS TO ASYLUM. From now the ruling of the two boards of directors of Morgan ton Hospitals for the insane to the effect that an applicant who resides in territory of the Eastern or Western asylum cannot become an inmate of the asylum located the opposite sec- will not enforced. At a meeting of the two tors, held at Morganton Thursday And Friday, which was also attended by the superintendents of the two institutions named, it was decided that in the future should there be room for inmates in the Western asylum, while the asylum at Raleigh was full, and application for the admission of an inmate came from the eastern portion of the state, the applicant shall be admitted. It so happens that at this the Eastern asylum is filled almost to overflowing, while at Morganton there is room for a number of pa- in the female wards. There are likewise several pending in the eastern district for the admission of women patients will be serried to Ti-ea. have bee said that he is a chronic kicker and that he is fixing to bolt again. He cannot satisfy them, no matter what he does or does db. Yet the fact remain that neither Judge Parker or any other demo- can. be elected president if he lacks tie endorsement of Cleveland, and the person who doesn't know that doesn't know to come in out of the Observer. Philosophy. Opportunities are hand- made-. The small tree often hours the best fruit. No job is impossible to a willing worker. It's too late to spar when granary is bare. If you want to get at the first crack the shell. If all work was as easy as everybody would kept busy. The best time to read a or a mortgage is before you sign it. To stand upright a man, like a sack, must have something in him. It's a thrifty farmer who drives his work and is not driven by it. In searching for knowledge a man frequently finds out something he care to Life. much to which mothers of marriageable sons, to mothers in law The following paragraph on- that is between girls ill is worth quoting. like a or like a one or the other is perpetually told, and always the way of re- When the boy displays-an undue feeling, some one to mother ought to put you in the little girl try to throw ball, she is- told that the boys will laugh at her. The war of the sexes and and goes on. Why should these things be so- and girls are in this world to grow up. together, to take-their places-tide by parents and as guides generations coning after them. You are to say so to children; afraid of putting into their You it to leave them to he taken wares by newly emotions, which plunge them they even know what its re- leaving then as unhappy people, to flow away, as best they can, cut their When n man gets stuck on plaster the parting n painful. If a young man has money son girl is sure think him The man who thinks every man is a liar is most generally liar himself. The Baptist Female at Raleigh, now being out of win be formally to i of Hay It's a good that , , , . will to his a fig to a fee. i. . This department is in A. D. Johnston, who is authorized to rep- resent the Eastern Reflector in and territory. m m i ft. C, Apr. P. of. Q. K. Lineberry delivered T. U. in the Baptist The was at bis best and hi was well We hare a nice lot of porch timber. If you are in need of them why not let us fit you up. are Mfg. Co. G. A. will pay John Fields, Les- lie Smith several other gentlemen were here Sunday. The line of ladies dress goods the store of R. G. Chapman Co. is unusually attractive. Call see. Harness as well as buggies Don't go somewhere else to get your harness when you can get when you can get any style just as cheap cheap- just as nice here from the cash price for corn, peas, . geese, etc. Augusta, from Black Jack, of Elder T. K. Manor, g. Harrington, Barber Co. We Hues of farm supplies, dry goods, groceries, drugs etc. Cunt- and see us one all all. Harrington, Berber Co. A. F. from Ayden, was here Tuesday. No politics stirring here. Our people are too busy to talk politics Fred came up from yesterday mi important bus- He went School book.-, pens, pencils best q of alway- Drag Sore. Light and groceries R. G. Chapman Co. is place. Don't forget. The A. G. Cox Mfg. Eleven carloads of Guano at Win man you get your buggies from. I in two days means hustle The brick work is done nine fr somebody. Young men want Suits with worked right into them. IT TAKES SKILL AND ARTISTIC stores. J. W. Moore left last night for to start on the new church there. To our Having neat lost our of merchandise the recent lire, we are no making arrange- as rapidly as possible to Notice--1 wish to notify public that I grind every day at my mill one mile south of Level place. Tripp. Mr. Mm, H H. spent Mr. and Mrs. A. West, at A. G. Cox Mfg. Co- wishes are has a lit lie excite- no and then. On Saturday Vincent's mule ran away I open again. solicit a continuance of your valued pal-i cart applying lots seals you one and bub to the ill a past We remain and out of Yours to H. L. Prof. G. E. Lineberry will de- prices for us. j liver address at close bit. seriously . ,. Mollie damage. W. B. Will- Dr B Cox, not ,. . , can .-- g same residence or at score of it. G j A plow beau, manufactured by j H- up a cart. ; , . ,, Mfg. Co. always For com, oats, cotton seed meal ow I gives A, v. Miss Abrams, , CLOTHING to and have one put in join i came Greenville, ho La, ; and MM Ml. j . ,,. ed Monday, rs. J- F ii y went to go to h- be a. it. U. IV h. and wile GD t fret Dr. mm ton Every . U ., lb- J. II. I The h-st ;. c. ,, . , t, , . be had at H. L. John K. G. C . invite the A. o., Win- e egg -e pay nail examine the. log the Mamie Urn of dry Me. Oxford last Price l- suit the buyer Boarding J. Dane Cooper and John Nichols Cox. Board per day. went to Us Sunday. Mrs. Harvey The makers of obi Clothing understand their s perfectly, and we just the Suits men Deli Wear. Suits as swell, smart as it is n The Single Double Breasted styles are i The well formed shoulders, long narrow collars and It.-, and who has been a pal i i,. Vincent's last lie ii been for house town. We are no W. h, IS an . w on street and are glad b i- in the furnish ,, ,. ii i I tin t. The C.-x C. John- I . I VI- this I wen best have visiting mis and article U better if you nave to it tot . a t Bo try tine Carroll by . the trousers and the correct kinks very Reasonable prices WILSON THE CLOTHIER. j . H. U and from that have ever Mfg known, will mu A. A. Forbes I ox to to make was here tell go., Their truck is best the in the on perfectly .----- G. B are expect- from but ii Far- j our home do well to them. It. lie this is tin- -lull Miss Le returned from ; J Tasteless OIL sold. The tin is being rapidly put on i Taste as good Maple By rap. the store, and the carpenters are; per bottle at Dr. trying to get then before c-x, the tinner's get through. Winter-1 , ville is hustling. Any wishing to purchase I a with boiler, shift.-, etc. all erected and order, with two coin grists and one flour mill complete, with sunnier and bolt. Also the build- and large lank above It, Will do well to see or correspond with A. G. Mfg. Co. This is tut plant that contains the supply mineral water and m a most splendid lot business, A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. is offering the sale with the view building a brick factory. L. Johnson for and light groceries. organ grinder is liable to neon us at A of will to any against con- KING COMBINATION MANUFACTURED BY A. i. COX MANUFACTURING COMPANY.