lit
Mayor's Court
Mayor H. W. h
posed f the follow
from March SI to a pi
inclusive.
Julius Moore and Jim
affray with deadly we i in
over to Superior emu.
Cox, simple
fined and costs, 17.75.
Jim Steagall, simple assault,
fined and costs,
drunk, lined
and com.-, 13.95.
Ed. Fleming, engaging
business without
and costs, total 113.15.
Tom Wiggs and Wiggs,
setting tire to guard home, bound
over to Superior co
J. J. Button, drank and down,
fined and costs,
Frank Forbes Charlie John-
son, using vulgar and profane
language, lined each and costs,
Peter Bullock, drunk, fined
and costs,
Noah Hardy, carrying concealed
weapon, bound over to Superior
court,
Noah Hardy, larceny
to Superior court.
Noun Hardy, selling liquor on
Sunday selling without license,
bound over to Superior court.
Mack Fleming, running market
without license, fined MO am
Appealed to
court.
Pollard, simple assault,
10.1 .
i Gay, simple assault,
fine I I costs, W
, i. t, drunk, fin d .
K. L
;. A.
J L. -t
of tin-condition
The Bank of Greenville
Greenville, N- C-
At close of business
Discount
Overdraft 1.030 OH
Furniture Fixtures
Due Banks 183.023
cash items 1,002.32
Hold Coin
Coin
hound
Capital Stock paid in
Surplus,
Undivided Profits
Expenses Paid
Deposits
Cashier's cheeks out-
standing
125,000.00
20,000.01
327,756.15
NOTICE
Is hereby given that John J.
Jones enters and claims the
described vacant lands,
Situated in Bethel and Green-
ville townships, near town of
Bethel, in Pitt county, and
g n dug in creek,
the Briley Patent
u the Briley the
North, the lauds the
West, and Louis Highsmith and
Sam Edwards on the Fast, con
acres, more or less.
This April 1904.
Any n, or persons, claim-
title to, or interest in the
above land, must file
then protest, with me, writing,
within the next thirty days, or
they will be barred by law.
R. WILLIAMS,
Entry Ex for Pitt
Popular Shapes
1888,466.12
State if North
County of Pitt.
I, James L. Cashier of the
above-named bank, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is
true to the best of my knowledge
and belief LITTLE.
. bl .
Subscribed .
this Nil of
JAMES
Attest
;.
If. A. TYSON,
I or,
t.
county, d-H
NOTICE
Real
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Clark and L. A. b I
aC with , deadly weapon
1.1 d to Superior court,
i. it drunk,
and . -0.
J drunk and dis
orderly, led Ci 81.211
Boss ion, using profane Ian-
ed and costs,
I j, re Patrick, simple
n- rad cods,
Jane and Bailie I
affray with deadly
weapons, bound over to Superior
King and Mag J
fined and
M. SCHULTZ
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and Gail Ax
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Gives Health o the Rick and
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Prepare by B. C. DeWitt Co.,
Partition of Valuable
Pursuant to an order of the
of Pit county rendered on the
22nd of March, 1904, iD an action
therein pending entitled C. T.
vs Langley and C. D.
tree ad Li tern for
Langley, for partitions of the lands
herein after described, ordering a
resale of the said lands. The under-
commissioner will offer for
sale to the highest bidder for cash at I
the court house door Greenville,
on Monday the 25th
April, 1904, at o'clock, M; it .
tn day of u term of r
court of Mid county, the following
described lands to wit. t
stake on the i
In No. in the Daniel division
south W W. i poles with
p , to u in the
. . then port line
-j s t a. pine on
the D
line is poles to
thence with said North
id poles a pine stump on
I south edge the Tarboro Road,
. up North W. Hi poles and V
in j. to
s . more or
March
L. i -lines, r.
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Pitt County, i
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f ETCHING
It is not enough that a Shoe should be
easy and well made, it should be handsome
Oxfords
are all three. The shapes are especially
attractive this season, and all styles are
sold at a price never heard of Wore for
High Grade Shoes. The p ape
is a special favorite. Made in i an
with light soles, and or
button. Very graceful, very comfortable
and yet snug fitting. Sold exclusively by
T II H MA N S T
co on. as eh
R. J.
C. V. York.
L. Render.
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mini S . ,
T i . John
King and A K .
A . Helen V
Watkins,
The defendants, L
Watkins and wife Helen V
named, will take notice that an
as
-d in the Superior Court of Put
relating for the
of, teal property situate
In Pitt county, North Carolina, and
known the
The said defendants will further
they are required to
ii, a. next term of the Superior
I of Pitt com to be on the
Mi the I Ml
i day of
Lumber Co.,
Contractors, Constructors and
MANUFACTURERS
i-
t i louse in -aid
Factory the railroad N
i K
Girt North Carolina,
demur to the con plaint
In action, r the will
apply to the court the relief de-
in ed n s i complaint,
This the day of Ml.
H. i MOoRE,
Clerk or the Superior t
HOME TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
All kinds of
scroll work.
All machinery v.
make.
Plans furnished an
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NOTICE.
of the Superior Court of
Pitt this issued to
me of administration upon the
M. M. Galloway, deceased,
I i-, hereby given to all persons
In t said to
them in touted,
the day of March,
i. i, or this notice will be plead in
heir recovery Ail persons i
said estate are requested to
i unit. Immediate payment to me.
7th day of Mai eh, 1904.
JOHN U. GALLOWAY,
M. M, Galloway.
low, Attorneys.
Dental
Surgeon
Greenville,
William Fountain, n.
and Surgeon,
N. C
one door east of post office,
Phone
T folio
he reached
this
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HI AND OF
Grain, Cracked Corn,
Bran, Cotton Seed
Meal and Hulls.
Ga
Halt more
Tenn.
Pity. Va.
O, III.
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Colombia, t. c.
e, Va
Tenn
New York N. Y.
New Orleans, La
Norfolk. Va.
Petersburg, Va.
Philadelphia, Pa,
Richmond, Va.
St. Louis, Mo
Va.
BLAND
FIFTH STREET. ONE DOOR
FIVE POINTS.
And all other important and in
points east of the Miss-
River.
F. O.
Gen. Manager.
Many new are
in
Prints. lie
lo that
om- are i d pretty.
They from e man
duality w
fully to All
the Dress in
Lawns, I are
shown. The patterns are y,
the colors rich and the
prices are wonder worker.
BLAND
No.
Get our prices -and see our stock be-
fore buying. We want to buy your
Corn and Peas tor cash.
P- R. L. Can
Dentist.
N. C.
The Only Way
To get the confidence of the
people of Pitt county by
Using is through the daily and
semi-weekly editions of
THE
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR.
D. J. WHICHARD, Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOL. No.
GREENVILLE. PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY, APRIL 1904
No.
KILLING NEAR WASHINGTON.
Greenville Young Man Fire the Fatal
Shot.
Special to
Washington, N. f. April
John Bet, a young man or
years of age, was killed yesterday
afternoon about miles from
town, on the Cow Head road, as
the result of a difficulty between
him and James Moore, of
Reid, of
ton. Moore tired the shot.
lived a few minutes.
After being shot he placed his
baud over the wound in his breast
and said to John a by-
stander me to town, I am
These were his last
words.
Rue was a married man whose
home was in City. He
came lo a few days
ago to visit his parents.
Moore and both came back
to town surrendered to the
sheriff. They were placed in jail
to await the preliminary trial.
The following particulars of the
tragedy were obtained from one
of those Maud Mai tin
and Mamie Hill, two women of
bud reputation, bad gone together
a buggy out the direction of
Cow Mead Spring, were
soon followed by John Kin ion,
who is doing
a In re. and Rue ill
in buggy. Later a these
were leaving the spring, met
Moore and bicycles and
all in Rue was
e of the women
and was so she be-
crying. Raid ti Rue
cursing the woman alien
Rue picked up a club and made
on Dim
two blows across the lead. Moore
went up to separate them and
the trouble when Rite turned
on bun with the club
him several blows. Moore re-
treated and Rue followed him
still striding with the club, when
Moore drew a gun and shot him.
Later A. the preliminary
trial before Justice Mayo,
hi, the warrant
as lo Hied, an I Moon- was
over the Superior
in the
NEW BANK IN NORFOLK.
A Pitt County Young Man
The stockholders of the newly
organized Mercantile Bank met
this afternoon and elected officers
and directors and issued a call for
half the capital
stock of the bank.
Mr. C C. Cobb was elect-d
president; Mr. J. O. of
Garysburg, N. C, vice president,
Mr. R. B Thompson, cashier.
The of directors of
Messrs. C. C. Cobb, J. Leon Wood,
E. Wilcox
and L. L.
The Mercantile Bank
has its quarters in readiness for
immediate occupancy, and
open its doors for business on
Monday, April The bank will
occupy Atlantic reel
of the building,
which was formerly occupied by
the offices of Cobb Bros.
and Company. It will conduct a
general of a of
discount and deposits
The capital stock of the new
bank is held by stockholders,
among whom may be pointed out
some of the most influential
men in this community and
North Carolina.
The officers of the Mercantile
well known in Nor-
folk and in Tidewater Virginia
and North Carolina. Mr. C. C.
Cobb, the president of the is
a young man, a native North
Carolina. He came to Norfolk
about years ago and engaged in
in the commission and brokerage
business under the name of
Cobb Bras, In 1892
Mr. withdrew from the
and a years later the
firm, then as Cobb
and Company, dropped Com-
mission feature of its business
engaged in a general stock broker-
age
By conservative and
forward business methods
I grown and influence
and is today upon as one of
j the
slate.
The ii entirely
mi the firm Cobb
Bros, and Company, and
ITEMS.
PITT COUNTY'S SHOWING.
N. C. 1904.
C. H. went to Green-
ville Saturday.
Misses Cora Grimsley, Carrie
Rouse, and Ellen Parker, of Liz-
spent Saturday night and Sun-
day in the neighborhood.
Charlie
of Winter-will, were in the neigh-
a shirt
afternoon.
Miss Clara spent Sunday
afternoon in the neighborhood.
E. E. and son, Harvey,
went to Greenville Monday.
Miss Annie spent
Friday evening with relatives in
R. E. and Jessie Hardy, of Snow
Hill, were the neighborhood
Saturday night and
Mrs. is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eli Craft.
R- I. Corbitt, accompanied
by J. E. Sawyer, tilled his
regular appointment at Bethany
Sunday.
Mis. Tucker and child-
after spending days
with her patents, returned home
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, of
Winterville, spent Sunday the
neighborhood.
Smith was over awhile Sun
day.
White Men Who Have Not Paid Poll Tax.
Under the state law every man
subject to a poll tax who fails to
pay it by the of May is denied
the right of voting. The time for
paying this tax expire a
few days, and order to know
just how many white men Pitt
have not paid their poll tax
for year and were by this neg
about to disfranchise them-
selves, the
sheriff, has gone over the entire
lax list of the and
the number of delinquents
The of white men in
each township is as
Beaver Dam
Bethel
Carol
Falkland
Greenville
Pact us
Swift Creek
Total
While this shoeing is Letter
than many counties are making,
yet it is bad. There is no doubt
that some of these will pay before
the time expires, but the outlook
is that about will be
failure to pay.
Any who becomes
Some of our farmers are most fled this way can blame only
ready to set out tobacco. himself for it.
Oscar and Trunk
were here Sunday.
Leon of Ayden,
was over awhile Sunday
is visiting
at Standard ibis week.
BLACK JACK ITEMS.
Young Moon-is well
and son Mr.
Moore who lives f
Greenville. He wan always quiet
peaceable. The people gen-
here sympathize wit him
and his parents In the trouble
into which he has fallen. His
father went to Washington today.
Experience With Robbers.
Brothers, men
Of this County who are conducting
a retail stoic In South Norfolk,
Va., have lately been having ex-
with robbers. Three
times in the last few weeks their
store has been entered. The first
time the robbers not away with a
large quantity of goods without
leaving any of their identity.
The other times the tables were
turned the robbers ired.
At one these there was an
encounter with guns and the
robber got much the worse of it.
i tin; two will nave no connect
each
patch, 19th.
K Jack, N. O. Apr.
Miss Annie While spent
day and Sunday her sister,
Mis. Buck.
J. Smith spent last Friday
Washington.
Miss Eva Wilson, Greenville.
who has been visiting Miss C x,
has home.
Mrs. W. L. Smith, continues
very ill.
Miss Annie school will
Friday.
Mrs. Mills continues very
ill.
Walter Buck Saturday
Greenville.
Dixon we ii i to Washing
ton Tuesday.
L, Dixon went to Greenville
Saturday.
of
t Saturday
Israel is all smiles,
New Paper.
The did a
paper devoted t the interest of
of the Methodist
made it's today.
I Rev. J. A. o. ad r , r of the Here's a Pointer.
j Church, is editor. paper will Poll tax, order to vote, must
published quarterly. The e on or before the first day
number is interesting and Hub a j May. The custom has been to
liberal advertising brush in on the day, which is
May 1st, and pay up, but this year
the day comes on Sunday, so
that this tax must be paid by Sat-
Miss Lacy Married.
Mi.-s Mary L. Lacy, of South
Mi
The unseasonable weather and
late frosts have made the truck
planters somewhat blue.
Boston, Va., who was once a teach-1 night, which is the last day
of a female school In Greenville,
was married on -1st to Rev
W. C pastor, the
church at Nashville, this
state. The many friends of
bride here best wishes.
of April. If this is not you
cannot vote.
On the trial pf C C. at
Goldsboro, on the charge steal-
the Godfrey bonds at Jones-
brought in a verdict
of not guilty.
Other Body Found.
The steamer Myers while re
turning to Washington Thursday
the body of the
colored man who was drowned
with young Whitley on the
near Red Banks. The body was
floating and was almost
from its long stay in tie
water.
Daughter's of Confederacy.
Reported for Reflector.
Mrs. R. J. Cobb was the easy
affable hostess at a delightful
entertainment given to
Chapter of the Daughters of
the racy, at handsome
a id on
Fifth Thursday afternoon.
large hill and parlors were
beautifully decorated with a pro
fusion of tropical plants, and the
unusually band-
some and capable set of Women
in their spring attire were
in perfect, keeping
lovely surroundings
The president culled the chap
tor to order nun the were
prompt and cheerful. Among
other a donation
Pear Chap-
aid in the erection of D
monument Hon. George
of the
Confederate cabinet from North
Carolina.
An was rent to Super-
Hove asking him to
adjourn the public school at mid-
day on May that the child-
may lake part the
The business over Mrs. Cobb
submitted a novel and exceedingly
interesting geographical puzzle
which led to a spirited contest,
Mrs. Arthur the prize.
Ti e refreshments
were indeed delicious.
A number of visitors were pies
among them Mrs. Robert
Jeffreys and her interesting
tors, Miss Rosalind Rountree, Mrs
Kitchin Scores Roosevelt.
Washington April
Claude Kitchin gave the
an unhappy hour in
the house today by a speech at-
tacking the president, during
which he quoted liberally from
Mr. Grosvenor's published opinion
of Mr. Roosevelt the New York
Journal in 1900.
He also extracts from the
president's own publications show-
that Mr. Roosevelt bad not
only but had advocated
lynchings, and he also quoted
from Mr Roosevelt's writings
civil service
in which he spoke with disdain
disparagement of
Grosvenor, calling him by
name.
The speech was the most not i hie
of the present session of
and excited the democrats lo con-
which on several
occasions took the firm of cheer-
most remarkable variation
In the decorum of the Mr.
Kitchen was good humor, while
be lashed the republicans relent-
squirmed r bis
critical analysis of the man
which it is declared on all
sides is the truest picture him
yet portrayed. Mr. not
only did himself credit, but
his state as well. Every demo-
in the house, the leaders in-
rushed to grasp his Hand
when he had
Post.
Crops And The
State Biologist Gerald
has sent following letter an
concerning the i
of the on early fuck
regard to the in-
of moonlight grow-
crops, permit me
the
an all
to S. Parham, Mrs. Cleve, Mrs. Dr.
Mrs. Mis.
Fleming.
The club will hold its next regular
meeting with Mrs. B.
following remarks
dead world. It has her at-
life. Its -called
light is merely the light
It n fleets no appreciable
heat. The Only direct bill
of the moon upon mundane affairs
is that exerted upon riles of
ocean, due to the
gravitation.
Moonlight nights are ii
apt to be nights. la
early springtime temperature
of the lower air after
near the frees
lug point. cloudless
earth radiates the sky much
of the lieu absorbed during the
day.
radiation and loss of heat
may reduce the temperature of
lowermost stratum of air to
below the de
we nave which
may kill tender vegetation. If,
a clear sky, had a
sky overcast by clouds, the heat
radiated from the earth would be
reflected back again from the el lids
by this means the
of the lower air be kept
above the freezing point. We
thus see that the moon is not the
real or efficient producing
or warding off hosts. It merely
records the presence or absence, of
the true agent, which is 1-lank let-
like covering of cloud
Massachusetts democrats have
Gen. W. R. Cox has accepted an their delegates to the
invitation to deliver the memorial national convention for for
address in Greenville on May 10th. president.
POOR PRINT
The
BY WHICH IS MEANT
GOODS OF QUALITY,
I PERFECT OF FIT,
Department
The Branch of Reflect is in charge
of C. E. Bradley, it to transact any
for the paper in and territory.
B SUBSTANTIAL OF MAKE, b FASHIONABLE IN CUT. i
SHAPE AND SET ARE NOT HAD EVERYWHERE.
WE HAVE SEVERAL LINES OF
CLOTHES
that practically embrace the highest class Clothing made in America.
For absolute perfection in all details, there's no other comparison.
As for prices, we have an endless variety to show you
at the different figures from to
Our Boys and Children's Department.
IS THE LARGEST AND IN THIS SECTION STATE, WHILE OUR PRICES ARE RIGHT
A kin
TUCKER CO.
THE HUSTLING CLOTHIERS.
Groceries
And Provisions
Cotton Bagging and
Ties always on hand
Fresh Goods kept con-
inst ck. Country
Produce Bought end Sold
D. W.
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North Carolina.
Fruit.
Its quality influences
the selling price.
Profitable fruit
growing insured only
when enough actual
Potash
is in the fertilizer.
Neither quantity nor
good quality possible
without Potash.
Write for our free books
giving
GERMAN KALI WORKS.
St. New York City.
Norfolk,
Cotton Buyers and Brokers
Stocks, Cotton, Grain and
ons. Private Wilt to New
Chicago and New Orleans.
J. C. LANIER,
DEALER IN
American and Italian Marble
n. c.
wine and iron fence sold
First work prices reasonable
sent upon application.
J. H- CO-,
FARMVILLE. N I.
Goods, Notions, Shoes, Hals,
Fancy Groceries, Crockery,
Fruits, To-
and Cigars. Everything cheap
or cash. Highest pries for country
FARMVILLE, N. C.
and FANCY GOODS,
ii Pall Una
bate,
Do Yon 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.
Greenville, N. C.
Effect of Temperance Laws.
W. H. Osborn, of Greens-
gives valuable testimony to
the effect of temperance
This remark was made yesterday
by Rev. Livingston Johnson. Mr.
Osborn, who is president of the
Keeley Institute at Greensboro, was
in the city yesterday and Mr. John-
son had talked with him.
did he I asked Mr-
Johnson.
this, have had fewer
patients at Keeley Institute since
Christmas than has been the
record, and I attribute this to
the number of temperance towns in
North That is what he
asked.
He told me that he would
be glad to see the day come when
he could go out of business. His
business is to reclaim men from
drunkenness and he would rejoice
at this being done at
There is a volume of good news
in the words of Col. Osborn. His
work is such that he knows what
he is talking about, and his
is that temperance laws are
doing work in men's lives in North
News and
tasteless Castor Oil. Tastes as
good as Maple Syrup. per
for sale by John T.
Druggist, N
J. J. Satterthwaite
Bro.
Invite you to make their store
headquarters and while there to
inspect their complete stock of
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
and learn their low prices. We
can supply all your in
any line of goods.
We are selling Lawns and other
summer dress goods at about
half price, to room for
all goods.
C. E. BRADLEY
We carry a general line of Mer-
Dry Goods and Notions.
Nice line of Shoes, Shirts and Neck
wear etc. Fresh Stock of Fancy
and Heavy Groceries. New line
Tin Hardware, we
make specialties of Furniture Sew-
Machine and Cook Stoves.
We do not claim to have any
better Goods or Prices than other
merchants, but we do claim a fair
and honest deal for nil, we sell for
cash which enables to do a safe
business we give our
the benefit of it, Cash Sales,
Small Margins and one price to all
is our motto.
X. C.
Is the place to get Clothing, Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes,
Groceries, Hardware, Furniture, Crockery, etc., at
full line of Drugs and Medicines. Highest prices paid
for all kinds of country produce.
IN
If.
Norfolk, Va.
Factors and handlers of
Ties and Bags.
Correspondence and shipment
solicited.
, Now that the middle of
haw passed there should not be any
i more frost or cold weather.
OLD DOMINION LIN
Not Quite
How often you can get a
thing
nail or screw driver or
lacking. Have a good
tool box and be prepared for
emergencies. Our line of tools
is all you could desire, and
we will see that your tool
box does not lack a single
useful article.
Of Course
You get Harness,
Horse Goods,
of
J. R.
Corey
RIVER
Steamer R. L. Myers leave
Washington daily, except Sunday,
at a. m for Greenville, leaves
Greenville daily, except Sunday,
at m. for Washington.
Connecting at Washington with
Steamers for Norfolk, Baltimore,
Philadelphia, New York Boston,
and all points North. Connects at
Norfolk with railroads for all
points West.
Shippers should order their
freight by Old Dominion Line
from New York and
Norfolk Southern B. K.
Old Dominion Line from Norfolk;
Clyde Line from Philadelphia.
Pay Line and Chesapeake Line
from and Merchants
and Miners Line from Boston.
Sailing hours subject to change
without Notice.
T. H. Myers, .
N. f.
J. J.
I IT.
H. n. Tics A
Manager,
, Beach Street, If. Y.
POOR PRINT
N. C, April, 1904.
G. D. Stephenson, clerk for W.
M. Edwards, left for Cary Wei-
morning in to a
telephone message announcing the
illness of an
W. C. Jackson Co. want your
poultry See them be-
fore selling.
We were at W. C. Jackson
Co's store the other day, and was
surprised to u that car-
such an extensive Hue of
clothing. The man, youth or
child who cannot get suited in
there, either in a suitor a pair of
pants, is hard to please.
J. A. A.
E. J. E. Spier, The.
Worthington and Wm. Edwards,
of Ridge Springs, were in
dance upon the masonic meeting
here yesterday.
We wish to call especial
to the public, that we have
established a Carriage Buggy
factory, modem respect,
only skilled labor employed,
the best material obtainable, used
in the construction of our work.
Machinery of the latest inventions
have been procured by us and no
means are being spared make
work first class In every par-
E. V. Cox went to
yesterday.
just after
services in Disciple church
Sunday was taken exceedingly ill
at last accounts was
We this he is much
proved.
Ayden Milling Mfg. Co.
Mrs. Hugh Brooks spent
day in our capital city on Tar.
Canned goods of every
at Hart Jenkins.
E. E. Co. do all tiny
possible can please you with
AYDEN DEPARTMENT.
J. M. BLOW, Manager and Authorized Agent.
The trains are back in
the old rut.-. Keeping late
Services will be held in the
Episcopal church next Sunday
conducted by Rev. W. E. Cox.
A nice new line of ladies and
Misses slippers at J. R. Smith A
Bro.
Just received spring suit cloth-
for boys. J. J. HiDes.
Several new streets have been
added to the and things
about here are assuming
an appearance most gratifying.
It would be more so if we could
get that Button seed oil mill.
Fancy candies, apples
bananas at E. E. u Co's.
P. H. G. A. Kittrell, of
were here
day.
Confectioneries, tinware and
everything in general
at fair prices be found by call
lug at store Hart Jenkins.
There were a very large number
the Masonic
handmade shingles at
U per Gannon
We are headquarters for cotton
seed, hulls, hay, oats.
Tyson,
Mrs. Edwin Tripp spent Toes-
day night with her in
You will do well to go to Sum-
ft for fancy
groceries.
Our neighbor,
Free Will Baptist has added a new
new Hue heavy and to printing
Tins paper has always been
I lie print and long educe eon
ceded to b.; one of the -i in the
r . , . I
stat. Its circulation are
has nearly doubled in
year.
B. W. Grand
of the Lodge Mason
state, expo led to deliver a
private here in
groceries
Henry
bill, to
1- in i i
Seminar; here Li. A
in stole i
Mrs. Ann Coward, who has been
vising her daughter, Mrs. Dr.
Dixon, returned to Greenville
Monday morning.
A full assortment of ladies and
gents shoes at reasonable prices at
our Jenkins.
There Is nothing better
Armour's lard and
smoked meats. the
hams. R. F. Diet.
Ayden, N. C.
Mies Fannie of Greene
county, after spending sometime
with Miss Ida M. here,
is now on a visit to friends in
Greenville.
For CM peaches, apples, corn
to ma toe-, apply to E. E.
ft Co.
Elias of
is here.
Anything you while
goods at M. Co's.
J H. Cobb W. H. Elks, of
Standard, were here business
Wednesday.
Lookout for ell
horn, the Ayden hustlers.
Cox Cotton planters and Sim-
guano distributors R.
Smith A Bro.
Is there another town with less
than 1500 population in North
Carolina, other than that
has five Sunday schools, all well
attended The morals of our
town are far par.
J. J. Edwards went to Hooker-
ton one day last week.
Our line of Devon's ready mixed
paints are best.
B. C. Pearce. of and
John Peele, of Rosabel, were here
Tuesday night.
Millet and garden seed at J. R
Smith Bro.
Fresh butler and cheese on ice
at
Miss of Mae es-
field, came on the train Monday
and is stopping with the family f
her Levi
The best quality of flour as cheap
as the cheapest at Hart Jenkins.
Miss Annie L. Smith,
just replenished
all the latest of
ladies millinery and dress goods.
A first class milliner is my employ.
Give me trial.
Bobbie Miss
Josh Mills and Joe Nobles, f
Greenville, passed through Wed
with a wedding party.
If you are troubled with your
eyes, have J. W. Taylor, the
graduate optician, to examine them
Just received another lot of boys
and clothing at W. M,
Edwards.
The little daughter of J. M.
Dixon and a little son of J. R.
Smith are very sick.
Carolina f-1.50
per day, near depot on West Ave-
Transient custom solicited
B. F. Early, proprietor.
W. M. Edwards A Go , will sell
you pair of pants for fifty
cents.
W. M Dixon of Scotland Neck,
has been this week selling
books.
Don't fail W. M. Edward
Co's. new line of dress goods.
First Class made brick, by
wholesale retail large
Nannie, of Greene county, spent on hand,
Saturday night and Sunday with
E. G. Cox family.
We invite ladies to call and
inspect our new spring dress
goods, laces, insertions
ribbons, etc. Cannon
As authorized for Daily
and Reflector we take
great pleasure in receiving sub-
and willing receipts for
those in arrears. We have a list
of all who receive their mail at
this office. We also take orders
for job
Mis. D. G. Berry, Miss Olivia
and Mrs. left Sun-
day to be sometime visit-
in Scotland Neck and Hertford.
solicited.
J. A. Griffin.
Wilson, -1
his lam n- j
iii j
Try Pan-y ll mi hot
Si
t lore.
We i e I dies to n -I
examine mil I. n
g elsewhere. Hit e.
Lime, plastering hair, windows,
doom, blinds side a
J. K. Smith Bro.
The Ayden Mfg
out i the neatest mu
i hi. . r u h
seen,
ii-.
Cannon Tyson.
It H. of Winter
ville,
w smoked meats j teed.
try ham, It. F.
Johnson, N. C
has
, mi where he his
I mm hi work sometime.
Goto K. E. C's
When need any repairing
of buggies, carnages, wagons
Harts Ac, call
x Mfg. Cw.,
line f are the
and prices light.
i Tyson.
new
market beef, fresh meats, him
A. P. and F.
went
,.,. , .; . ; Porn nine d ink to Sum.
May.
beautiful I'm-
. is
J. smith it
o.
spent night with Mrs.
W. , and returned borne
next
to
Four nice hogs, implored stool
r . Smith A
roll Me Law born fountain.
brick up
B. S.
A a .
The are invited
to our
have It
in bolts a is in patterns of
This Coupon
Worth cents
on the Dollar.
On the purchase of worth
any of the
in my store, I will give you
cents for this you will
cut out and sign your name and
correct address And present
at the time of your purchase
This offer will expire April
M. SAULS,
P I i A R M A T,
;. c.
Name
Address
. i. war U C
i air ;
To my friends rod
have just returned from Baltimore
and have opened u new line of
pretty millinery goods. Please
call to pee me next door Smith
Bros. Mr J. A.
Just another case of
men's at W. M. Ed-
wards Co's.
salt for stock, at J.
Bro.
George Worthington Bro,
work in this Hue
Knotting a specially. Work
Guaranteed.
In an item of st week we re-
lo George Blount and
another We have since
learned Mr. Blount is a man
and we most humbly beg Mr.
Won Hi's pardon for stake.
The latest styles in straw h its
and caps see J. J. Hines.
Jasper i
,.
fir Tuesday a .
trade.
ti mu ;,
country
i,,
W. M. Ed-
den, c
la
it
oats.
K.
Safe, Strong. Liberal.
meal a rolls
large
minor, v. i-h stand,
III
Hi;
or
.
upon gel I in; An. ma oil
wards have most com- apply toO. A. Fair, Ayden, N.
line of men's clothing in . , , . , .,
. wife went to
Greenville Wednesday to attend
This is the season for canned the reception of Robert Forbes
meats. If you want the best buy Miss Delia who
Armour's. K. F. Dist. were married near that
, Ayden N. C morning.
,. . its in by an con
clippers,
cent.
CO
OF
THE BANK OF AYDEN,
AYDEN, N. C-
At the close of business March
It. P. Johnson
Ayden, X. c.
Dist,
.,,,. r
A r,,. J I ,.; ,
t In- to it policy
The is liberal
Hooks,
Special v
Dr. Joseph Dixon,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Office Brisk Block, Best
Ayden, N. C.
RESOURCES.
Loans and Discounts,
Furniture and
Due from Banks,
Cash Items,
Cash in Bank,
Total,
LIABILITIES.
Capital stock paid in,
Undivided less
expenses,
Deposits,
Total.
We want your hams chickens
and eggs. J. K. Smith Bro.
A new lot of men's i
shirts just received at W M. Ed-
wards Co's.
When yea want we
have them, Ayden Milling Mfg. Practicing Physician Surgeon,
Office Motel Annie,
class brick Ayden, N. C.
ply to E. S. Edwards Sou,
N. V. A lull always
oil hand-
Dr.
We have a full Hue of furniture
bust quality, the puces you are
looking for. Tyson.
We have several second hand
sewing machines that we will sell
cheap at J. K. Smith A Bro.
E. V- COX,
ATTORNEY- AT- LAW,
Ayden, N. C.
W. B. ALEXANDER,
Tonsorial Artist,
Latest Styles Hair Catting,
Sharing and
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR
AND FRIDAY.
Q. J. Editor and
the post at Greenville, N. C, as matter,
Advertising rates made
A ear desired at every post in Pitt and adjoining counties.
in to
DISTRICT SECRETARY.
Pitt N. C, April , 1904.
Mr. may remember that
he wanted it.
Oh, may it b the
weather turns warmer.
The petrified gentleman is in the
public eye again, some of the parties
connected with his career getting
into court at Asheville.
Every month of this year Be far
made for itself a record.
Next Saturday is the last day on
on which you pay poll tax and
save your vote.
The jury did not try to take from
Mr. Godfrey the money that was
to him for the stolen
bonds.
The voting population North
Carolina will be cut off consider-
ably if all the persons who owe
poll tax do not pay by the first of
May.
Report from Washington say
the Parker is worrying the
in congress. Let them
worry, who cares
The republicans of the
Carolina district nominated II, G.
their candidate for con-
on first ballot.
The Tarboro Southerner wants
the next legislature to repeal the
crop lien law. The
should with it if it g
The Smoot investigation has been
returned and the public again gets
some of it on the installment plan.
It is said the Russia's war ex-
average a day. If
that rate keeps up a long war will
bankrupt the
By the way, in the face of other
sensations that keep bobbing up it
seems to have dropped out of mind.
But what has become of Dewey
Somebody asked that the original
Parker man come out in the open,
whereupon the Lexington Dispatch
arises the claim that it was the
first newspaper in North Carolina
to advocate his nomination.
Some of us can rest n y
Milwaukee gives t. i
information that the war ;.
East has not affected the price of
ilks.
Rumor has it that the
Coast Line, instead of the;
is the real of the Norfolk
Southern railroad which was
sold a few ago.
On May 20th the Charlotte
Chronicle will issue a special
for the benefit the Thompson
orphanage. Prominent Charlotte
women will be in charge of it.
Senator Simmons has expressed
the opinion that the delegates from
North Carolina to the national con-
should be instructed, lie
thinks the delegates will be in
favor of Parker anyway, but deems
it best to instruct them.
There is hardly a doubt that the
government will have enough to
keep it busy for if all the
scandals and frauds that have been
unearthed are investigated. It is
likely that most of them will
with a whitewashing.
You can't when
he wants to tall;. In Chicago he
hired a hall, and paid all the ex-
himself, in which to speak
on the New platform. The
platform will hardly be injured by
whatever he may say about it- But
it looks Mr- Bryan would do
better to ally himself with the party
and stop trying to create dissension.
Having been appointed district
missionary secretary, by
Presiding Elder, it is my earnest
wish to be of to the
of the in any every
way possible. Blanks have been
out to the different
and most of the In et hi en have seat
in reports. The brethren are hard
work, and we confidently loot,
for an advance in the great work
committed to the church by our
ascended Lord.
Bro. of
and Vanceboro, is planning for a
missionary mass meeting at Salem
church, in his charge, Saturday
and May
This is the date for hie 2nd Quart-
Presiding Elder
Bundy, the writer other
speakers will be there Two
vices will be held each day.
Can't others of our brethren In
the district arrange for such meet-
t We will gladly do all in our
power to aid them, and it seems to
me such meetings can not. fail to
accomplish good. Fraternally,
J. A.
ONE REASON FOR LYNCHINGS.
The fraud practice on the govern-
by a collusion of revenue
official and the whiskey rectifying
concern at Milton grows worse as
it is looked into. The Greensboro
Patriot says the government has
been swindled out of
instead of as first stated.
Let the lights be turned on and see
who got this money.
That sounds more like it. Rev
J, A. editor of the
Charlotte News and Mr. W. I
city editor of the Charlotte
Chronicle, have published a joint
in which they mutually agree
to withdraw all personal strictures
made upon each other the col-
of their respective papers.
This is respectfully referred to die
editors of the two Raleigh morning
dailies as a good to em-
Every Town Has.
A liar.
A sponger.
A smart
A girl who giggles.
A weather prophet.
A neighborhood feud.
A woman who tattles.
A man who-knows-it-all.
One Democrat.
More loafers than it needs.
A boy who cuts up in church.
A few meddlesome old women.
A that stares at women.
A stock law that is not enforced.
A widower who is too gay for his
age.
Some men who make remarks
about women.
A preacher who thinks he ought
to the town.
A few who know how to run the
affairs of the country.
A grown young man who laughs
every time he says anything.
A girl who goes to the post-office
every time the mail comes in.
Scores of men with the caboose of
their trousers worn smooth as glass.
A man who grins when you talk
and laughs aloud when he has said
something.
We all think the cool weather
and frosts in this section the
few days is severe weather for the
time of year, but when it is
pared with the snow storms and
that prevail in the North
and West we yet have much to
thankful for.
If the diamond is an in-
of an advance in education-
methods at
must be shaking off illiteracy at a
rapid Observer.
That's it exactly. And the
loges get reach more reputation for
the young men are doing an
bell games than for what thaw
in the class rooms,
Information came from Washing
ton that the suggestion of Senator
Simmons, that North Carolina send
an instructed t the
national convention, of Senator
Overman nor of a majority f the
congressman of this state.
say it has been the
of North Carolina to send her
delegates uninstructed to the con
end they see no
for departing from the long
especially as it is
practically certain who the
the convention will be.
came from various a
the that has beta
The Greensboro Record
I abiding citizens who some-
times have to work like Trojans to
prevent a lynching get very little
thanks it. When the
Alfred was arrested for the
brutal murder of the Sen-
Simmons it was a plain case
and the people were in the humor
to him, but Senator Simmons
plead with the crowd and finally
saved the wretch to be tried by-
due process of law. This was done
and he was quickly convicted-
Then his attorney went to the
Court with it, where the
verdict was approved. Now his
attorney is making efforts to get
into the Supreme court of the
States on the ground that there
was not a name in the box
from which the jury was drawn.
The incident moves The Washing-
ton Poet to
now, by the way of dis-
adherence to orderly
processes, and, to the same ex-
tent, stimulating mob violence, this
attorney comes to Washington seek-
the delay if not the total denial
of justice. It is not claimed that
the accused is innocent or that his
crime is open to the of
circumstances. The plea is that
the jury was composed exclusively
of white men The false
inference sought to be
is, of coarse, evident enough.
It is that the jury would have been
more honest and intelligent and
virtuous had it been constituted in
part or in whole of And
the underlying proposition equal-
impudent and
that the as such, has an in-
right to representation in
he jury box. The com-
plain with bitter when
a law or a custom differentiates
them from the whites in the matter
of social privileges. Now they com-
plain with equal bitterness because
the law does not treat them as a
race apart when to the
impaneling of juries.
pass this silly and offensive
issue, understanding, as we do, that
the has been encouraged to it
by his own devouring vanity and
the incendiary advice of so-called
leaders. What we wish to point
the perilous folly sf discouraging
the law abiding spirit and suggest-
to the mob that the only way
to make sure of punishment in
case of crime is to inflict it then and
there. There will can
one result of convincing
any community that it cannot de-
pend for its protection upon the
Be Careful What You Say.
The tongue of a tattler contains
ten times more venom than that of
a rattlesnake. One slighting re-
mark about a neighbor will have a
stigma on the character for a life-
time. Be careful what yon say. It
is just as easy to speak a cheering
word to a weak brother as it is to
give him a kick. The kick may
send him to the dogs and disgrace
his family and friends, while the
word of cheer may lift him out of
the mire and hint to set
his feet on the solid rock that leads
to good honor.
Black Mountain
Secretary W. D. of
the North Carolina
Assembly, has that tie
this year will be held, be.
Jane
The year 1904 is remarkable for
the prominence of its Fridays. To
begin with, the year started off on
Friday. All Fools day came in on
Friday. There are five months in
year in which Friday gets in
the extra day. January, April,
July, September and December,
There are Fridays in the year.
The anniversary of the
burg Declaration of Independence
falls on Friday, May 20th. St.
John's day will be on Friday, June
24th. The month with the glorious
fourth in it comes in on Friday.
Autumn begins on Friday,
23rd. In 1781 Lord Cornwall
surrendered on the 21st nay of
October. That is a Friday this
year. St, Simon and St. Jude's
day is on Friday, October 28th,
The greatest meteoric sheer
ever known was on
1883. That day is a Friday in
1904. And during there
are Friday Ember days.
Let hope that a year in which
Friday such an important
pan a year of happiness,
peace and prosperity.
News.
Judge Parker's Tastes.
A of the New
York World says while the con-
in session at Albany,
friend called on him at his Dome
in and Judge Parker read
to him from the life and times of
Jefferson a description of
the cattle between North Carolina
patriots and Governor
for years before the Yankee
faced Pitcairn's mus-
at Ho will go in-
to the White therefore, with
Tern splendid pen-portrait
of the courage and early devotion to
freedom shewn by the North Caro-
Its a fine story and
a tree one, if same North Carolin-
have failed to give full credit
to the noble pioneers in the
for liberty, and Tom Watson
has told the story with the touch of
genius. We do not doubt that it
thrilled Judge Parker, as it
thrill any genuine man who reads
it. Judge Barker's tastes are
best sign in the
future News
Observer.
A Man Surrenders Himself fer Crime
Committed Over Three Years
A strange case of conscience
stricken thief was before United
States Commissioner Hill
day. He was James Wiggins, a
young white man and on
1900, he stole a wheel belonging to
the late Sam Biddle, which was on
property, having been
placed against the post office
building at the time.
A few days after the theft he
was captured at with
the bicycle in his possession, but
before the papers could be served
on him, ho escaped and ever since
been evading arrest. United
states marshals and their deputies
have been searching for him
be foiled them many times. He
has been in Florida mot of the
time since the
He voluntarily surrendered
himself to the authorities
stating he was tired dodging
officers.
After hearing the case, Mr. Hill
required him to give n justified
bond for to for trial in
the United States court next week.
He gave the
Journal.
One of the North Methodist
ops, having expressed a desire to
know why more young men do not
study for the ministry. The Wash-
Post reason
is that their faith is shaken by the
ministers who are preaching on the
inaccuracies of the Bible, the myths
of the Scriptures, the uncertainty
of religious creeds and like
topics The Richmond News
Leader says that is no
joke, although it appeared in The
Poet's facetious The fun-
seen sometimes get off
solemn
Chronicle.
w of
New York physicians are
over a young woman who has
been laughing for weeks and can-
not control her mirth, She has
probably been watching the
officers who have been running
conventions, when Pres-
Roosevelt gave it. out that
they must not be too much in
in such
San.
Keep n stiff upper lip and a close
, lower one and your in life
i will be Vs. Ob-
server.
The physicians of Pitt county
U Contention assembled announce.
I that their i.
placed in the hand t
by May 1st. y
indebted a far med-
ha their
prior tats s and
hire Hue III.
POOR PRINT
WINTERVILLE
t is In A. D. Johnston, who is authorized to rep-
ale Reflector in and territory.
N. C, Apr.
We have a lot of
timber. If are in need
of why not let u it yon up.
are
e.
His many friends are glad to see
Fred out again.
O. A. Co. will pay
highest prices for peas,
geese, etc.
Our old friend B. O. Pearce was
here Tuesday.
pens, pencils and
best a. of stationery always
sale at Drug Store.
David Dudley was here Friday.
Nichols was here Wed-
Light and heavy groceries B. O.
Chapman b Co. is the place.
Don't
Mr. Lane no tins been tinning
the new brick Mores, left Wed-
The A. Q, Cox Mfg. Go. are
lots of buggy seats to
to the coach in
and of this state.
Mr. of Kinston, U here
painting the new stores.
H. L. pays highest
prices for eggs and
Mr. Archie is selling hard-
ware.
Dr. B. T. I tog, when not, the
he line ladies dress in
the store of B. O. Chapman A Co.
is attractive. Call
see.
Sam Taylor went the road
Harness as well as baggies
Don't go somewhere else to get
your harness when you get
when you can get any
style just as cheap
just as nice
right here from the
man buggies from.
Mrs. F. O. Cox and Mrs. Sarah
Taylor went to Greenville Friday.
To our friends and
Having very near lost our entire
stock of merchandise in the recent
fire, we are now making arrange-
as rapidly as possible to
open again. We earnestly
a continuance of your valued pat-
Thanking you one
all for past favors, remain
Yours to serve,
Harrington, Barber St Co.
Samuel Boss, of Robersonville,
is visiting his brother, Joe Boss.
Ber. A. T. King, of Greenville,
was here Friday night.
A plow beam manufactured by
the Mfg. Co. always
you go to
them have one put your
They can also
handle fur your plow.
We bus of to in
supplies, dry goods, notions,
groceries, drugs etc. Come
us one all all.
Harrington, Earlier Co.
Prof. was here Friday
night.
wish to notify the
public that I grind
day at my mill one mile south of
Frog Level on Sam place.
Purnell Tripp.
Tee A. Q. Cox Mfg. Co. wishes
to purchase 1900 cart
hubs.
For corn, oats, cotton seed meal
see G. A. Kittrell Co.
For the best grades of smoking
and chewing go to
Drug Store.
Don't forget Dr. Cox now
his office in the residence of J.
C.
B. G. Chapman Co. invite the
public to call examine their
stock of dry goods, notions etc.
Prices to suit buyer. t
A good article is hotter if yen
have to pay a little more for it
than a article at a smaller
price. So try one of the Carroll
singletrees manufactured by
Co.
Cox has purchased one
half interest in the store
here. The name of the firm will
bi known us Dr. B. I. Cox Bro.
J. II. will in lie as sales-
THE
Kev. R. T. The
Baptist Female University
country, can lie found either at an chapel last man for the firm. The drug
the store of R. Subject now Hearing and
highly entertained his until completed the rear end
of B. G. Chapman Co.
Mies Dome who has
been visaing sister, Mrs. J. F.
to Greenville
this
Bust puces and tip top goods can
be bail ii H. i j. St
ac the lowest
mat set puce.
little
to Greenville mis
G. A A Co., the Win
e egg dealers, are still pay
The beet prices fr the host
can be had at H. L. John-
son's.
store will be the depository for
all drags, chemicals, inks, school
stationary, brushes,
sponges, and in lace a full line of
Boarding J. D.
ox. Board I per day. j by
house town. I
We are now occupying W. L.
House shop on street and are
in the position to furnish our
as heretofore.
Harrington, Barber Co.
The A. G. Cox Mfg On. reports
that this hits been best
the for to sell cotton planters and guano
lid chickens. distributors that they have ever
and The company will soon
a trip tins morning,
at H. L.
begin to make tobacco trucks
again. Their truck is the best on
. market. Receiving orders
from other States, but
Oar load of ceiling came Tues- expect our home demand will
urn stores. large
are
Sf In
.-.
style and very
H. L. Johnson's.
Dr. Cox wishes to
lbs nevi feathers.
G. U are expect
Mil Nitrate of Soda. Far-
. i do well to see them. It
-ruff t-. make healthy
An; wishing to purchase
with boiler,
all erected and in run- j
log order, with two grists
and e dour mill complete,
and Also
large Wink above it. I
Will do well to see or
A. G. Cox Mfg.
that
mineral J
and i-. n most splendid let f
business. The A. G. Car Mfg.
Is offering the sale with the view
building a brick
L. Johnson fer hoary a a
if gut
in the on
perfectly
Tasteless OIL sold.
Taste as good as Maple Syrup.
Six Carolina Cities.
The Moans department I as
issued bulletin No. which consists
of a of estimates of
of the larger cities of the
United Slat fur the years
I only
cities having in a Mp-
of or more. With
a criterion six North Car-
cities are
Charlotte,
Raleigh, Wilmington and
has, during
the pa-t three j ear
Raleigh
Wilmington
MAN.
CLOTHING
GUARANTEED
WANTS HIS SPRING SUITS READY TO PUT
ON THE MOMENT HE FEELS LIKE WEARING IT
The forgetful man waits until the warn are here an
then worries about his suit and often, h hurry, selects
a suit that never pleases him. WHY K. T skip all this worry
and hurry this spring and make your selection now The
new Cheviots and Worsteds, in single and Breasted
styles are here. Cut with the long roll, lapel, shaped
and formed as well as the best makers build them
FRANK WILSON,
THE KING CLOTHIER.
MEN AND
. to
It U to pick out pro-
of a by
per bottle at Dr. B. T. j looking over advertising col-
Cox, Winterville, N. C. J of local paper.
BY
A. G. COX COMPANY.
Grimesland Department.
VB
J. Proctor Bros
SUPPLY HOUSE.
aim
If want lumber ti build a house,
furniture to go in it,
dry good far your family, provisions
for your table, or for
your farm, can supply your needs.
Our mill and are now I
in fall blast and we are J
pared to gin cotton, grim corn, i
law lumber, and, do all kinds
of turned work for
and house trimmings. We also
do general repairing of buggies
carts and wagons.
Mrs. Bettie Britt,
and Fancy Goods,
GRIMESLAND, N. C.
Best and latest
e me before buying.
T. F. PROCTOR,
Grimesland, N. C.
GENERAL
MERCHANDISE
Anything wanted in the way
of Clothing Dry Goods, No-
Shoes, Hats, Groceries
and Hardware can be found
here. Whether it 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.
DR. R. J. GRIMES,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
BETHEL, N. C.
Office opposite depot.
H. C. VENTERS,
N. C.
Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy
cent's, Tobacco and Cigars.
only Soda Fountain in town, All
the popular drinks. Hot Peanut
every day.
Greenville's Great
Department Store
North Carolina
A fin insurance man keeps
up with the records tells The
Chronicle that North Carolina
a greater proportionate loss by
fire during the first three months
1904 than for several years. Of late
years the fire losses in this state
have been below the general average
and the insurance companies have
made on North Carolina
risks, but the record has
started in to make In
all
The man who it
often sets knows mashed.
ts
i i
The Separate
WALKING SKIRT
i m
NOTICE OP LAND
By of a of the
court, in of land,
in re
of and W. i. the
undersigned will sell
at the c door on Monday,
the 2nd of May, that piece
or parcel of land lying Mid
being situated in town-
ship, county, and described
Best lining at he lust
corner of lot No. in division
between Joy nor and
i. King, and s
west to a knot,
at the public road, then north
east and to a light-
wood
north east Kin to
Una to the beginning, con-
o AM CO acres, more less.
Terms sale
April 1st
Isaac A
Commissioner
Pitt County,
In Superior Court
Little
Vs
Daniel Little.
The defendant Daniel Little will
take notice that an action entitled as
above has been commenced against
him in the court of Pitt
county by the I r the p
of obtaining a divorce from the
bonds of matrimony upon the grounds
of abandonment, the said de-
will further take notice that
he is required to appear before the
judge of our Superior court, at a
court to beheld for I he county of Pitt
at the court hone In Greenville on
the seventh Monday after the first
Monday in March, it being the 25th
day of April, and answer the
complaint, which win in deposited
the office of the Clerk of the Superior
court county within the first
three days of sad term, then and
there a i en demur
it r mill the time required by
la or the h to the
court relief in the
i i.
This in. Mi i
c f lo i ii ii i I I Cu
STATON AND BUNTING,
BETHEL, N. C.
DEALERS IN
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Complete Line Clothing, Dry Furniture, Groceries.
We Pay Highest for Cotton,
Cotton Seed and Country Produce.
you can honest goods at living prices, .-v.
large stockpile fore you buy and be with your
purchases.
Suits, Overcoats, Cloaks, Dress Goods, Shoes, Hats, Caps, Under
wear, Crockery Ware, Hardware,
and everything you wear. Everything you use in
your house and everything you use in your parlor.
Millinery Goods a Specialty.
Our goods are here and we are ready to you,
K very body that sees buys, and everybody tries
goods heroines our customers. Just give us a trial
and save money.
BLOUNT BROTHERS.
BETHEL, N. C.
TWO YEARS PREMIUMS HAVE BEEN PAID IN THE
North
u- ram j
III Si
i i
is an indispensable article, ii doesn't matter how
dresses yon have the SEPARATE SKIRT always come in for
its share of fact we have stocked
with a beautiful LINE OF PERFECT FITTING and HANDSOME-
LY TAILORED SKIRTS that we will be glad to show you.
Undershirt e
The i inch
nun , .
ill i
. Ill I
;,. tins,
I I I
; i Si
ill i the k
i. the plain-
v ii
. , .
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i ml . i ii ii ii. will
take that ho u i
in ii . I i r judge
Sup. nor i n i to I
for in the i rd Monday
after VI in pi . r,
ii ho huh day of September
OF N. J., YOUR POLICY HAS
Loan Value,
Cash Value,
up
Extended insurance that works automatically,
Is Nun
. Will he re-instated If amain he paid within mouth while too
living, or within three years niter lapse, upon satisfactory
of and payment of arrears with Interest.
second No Incontestable
Dividends are the the second and of each
year, provided the for the year he paid.
may he i. or
Increase the or
a. make payable as an the
Insured,
and we never had B prettier line to
lovely styles
Great Department Store
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Cold Comfort
what we are after, and the possession one
our will Insure milk, and
butter, cool drinking water and many dainties that
. without the
HAVE YOU A LAWN
It you have you will want a Lawn Mower pretty
soon, and we've made it easy for vim to own one.
There is no need to borrow a lawn mower when
sell a with host steel knives at such
a price, it to do the work.
Water Coolers, toe Hammocks and
everything else in the hardware line.
H. L. CARR
Stubborn
FACTS
Back up Our Claims for
YUCATAN
TONIC
Fact Tonic not
Fact vitalize and lends
to the
human system.
Fact Three h i not a drug, but
normal, s. for
Jill Malarial Complaints
Chills and Fever,
Rheumatism.
It nervous lad
v or
lo c in
lo Your will
TRY IT-Oar sow
with vary
THE AMERICAN CO.
IND.
, .
St. m
NORFOLK,
COST OF AND HALF-MILLION
CAPACITY,
Ml equable silt . by proximity
Quit pi with mi . r for tis.- treat-
full i I In
rt for cm i i . . . Thor-
i ugh Baths,
Ward fl per P. Boom Natal from pf
. i
The Vincent's Hospital arts,
The Only Way
To get
FINE JOB PRINTING
Is send it to
THE REFLECTOR
f be Heal Family Salve.
it'll Hazel gives
relief Burns, cure
Eczema,
and all
In Hazel Salve it
If only to see that yon
get he and a
.- certain. There are many
on the
all are worthless, and
sitting a are while
Salve is
leas and
Sold by L. Woolen.
Most men would rather be rated
low by a friend than berated high
by an enemy.
Here's the New
Tb.
fan
tin
by
Her
on .
A Cure for
man, woman or suffer-
or
I, feeling take
t Of DeWitt's Little
and m
little pills are
i they a as
pill. cleanse
-.-in they strengthen and
i it by their ionic, effect
Sold
I.
Nothing but admiration-nothing but praise is heard of the Hals and Toques we've
assembled. It s unique, this remarkable collection, first, because of the striking
and exclusive styles, since the world's most famed artists are liberally represented.
I he creation of cur workroom, in style and quality, equal to that any exclusive
would charge twice as much.
people to reach
.-ii without giving up anything
Dress Goods
EVERY WEAVE KNOWN TO WOMAN-
KIND IN WOOL, SILK AND WOOL.
COTTON FABRICS. THEM
Hill
by
foil
pa
n i
to
In
tin
on
CO
fobbed The Grave
incident, i narrated
tin Olive as
in awful con-
. My skin win almost
yea sunken, tongue coated,
in hack and Rides.
lie, growing weaker day
, Three had
up. Then i wan Vised
my great
.- decided
nm now
man. I know
.-. another No
fail In try I hem.
is, at
ore.
name is better than
the back of a
SATISFACTORY
Ii
to
p.,.
Mm
St.
th.
th
Cu
It
nu
is
are a in i
your friends lo
friends his
bis as well as
Dyspepsia
I only cure dyspepsia, in
and Hour but
, tonic
ant strengthens the whole
and
as well as I be
you take Dyspepsia
be food you is enjoyed.
assimilated its
properties appropriated
broad tissues. Health
result. Sold by J. L.
ii.
For Men of Particular Taste.
We have this lo my to man who been paying
n beck n lo his cur Cut-tun
and make you a from dis-
with just tis much as cm net good
lit, for to
id
is a great lottery in which
of the litigants draw blanks.
A Sweep
doing s,
th. if thoroughly. Of all
I is you ever heard of, Buck-
i Salves is the best. It
weeps away cures Rums,
Bruises, Cuts, Boils, Ulcers,
and Piles. It's
only and guaranteed to give
hi .-faction by Drug
Store.
Take Thought for Your Spring Footwear
And remember, while doing s-., at it is- but the beginning of a
long reason, aid t b t o yen I now be with a
long look ahead. Look us far us yon like, shoes are your
starting joint. and with, both Important
tors, and. in addition, the are em
by wear. Whether yon pay or yon
get any variation in sturdy durability, its mainly the used.
a OH I Reversible Carpet.
Br E k I Never before shown in Greenville. Sultana Carpet is unlike most
I I covering, in that it is with carpet effect en one
. rt w side for winter matting on the ether side for summer
Absolutely vermin and moth proof in
this carpet will wash, color fast, colors absolutely to run. Enough said. Challenge price.
241-243
W. Main St.
C.
North Carolina.
. a. I Mil Mm
.
PERSONALS AND SOCIAL.
K. L.
K. A. Vice-President.
J. L.
of the condition of
The Bank of Greenville
Greenville, C
At the lose of business
Mrs. J. Lanier is visiting in
Wilson.
K. W. Ward left this morning
for Wilson.
Cox went to Ayden
Friday evening.
E. M. Cheek left this
for Wilmington.
Miss Mary Stancill, of Hill, is
visiting Miss Mary
F. D. Foxhall and O. D. Hooker j g cash items
returned Friday evening. Coin
Mi-s Abrams returned I Silver
this morning from Winterville. bk 27,871.00
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Ross, of
Robersonville, are visiting ;
i-mm- and Discounts.
Overdrafts
i Furniture Fixtures
Due from Banks
3,618.57
183,023.70
ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE.
The Clerk of the Superior Court of
Pitt count; this day issued to
me of administration upon the
estate of II. If, Galloway, deceased,
notice is hereby given to all persona
holding claims against said estate to
present them authenticated,
or before the Mb day of March,
or this notice will be plead in
bar of their recovery all persons
to said estate are requested to
make immediate payment to me.
This the 7th of March.
JOHN B. GALLOWAY,
of M. M, Galloway.
blow, Attorneys.
883,466.13
here.
W. It. Parker, who has been
sick for more than two weeks, is
out again.
Mis. Ann Coward, who has been
visiting the II. L Coward,
left Friday evening tor Ayden.
Rev. A. T. Prof. W. H. j
went to Winterville last
night and returned this morning.
Rev. and Mrs. F. G.
and Prof. W. B. Dove returned
this morning from the Presbytery
at New Bern.
Misses Annie Perkins and Mat-
tie Moore, teachers Farmville
graded school, are in town to
spend Sunday.
Mrs. A. J. Moore, of
and Mrs. G. T. Price, of Golds-
who have been visiting
L. I. Moore, left this morning.
Dr. B. T. Vann, president of the
Baptist Female University at
Raleigh, lectured before Winter
ville High School last night, lie
came to Greenville today and
preach in the Baptist church Sun-
day morning.
Capital Stock paid in
Surplus,
Undivided Profits less
Expenses Paid
Deposits
Cashier's checks out-
standing
125,000.1
837,786.10
1,834.94
6888,464.12
State North Carolina, .
County of Pitt.
I, L. Little, Cashier of the
j above-named bank, do solemnly
Swear that the above statement is
true to the best of knowledge
and belief L.
Subscribed and to
me, this 8th of
JAMES C. TYSON
J. O.
II. A. TYSON,
J. A. ANDREWS,
Street Needs Sprinkling.
The merchants suffer
damage to their stocks,
to ray nothing of the discomfort to
people, by the of
being sprinkled when it is
needed. We heard one merchant
remark that the only
that ever come to me from
paying town taxes was the
ling of the street in front of
store to protect the goods, but
that benefit cannot be had
half the time when is needed,
the town has three horses and
a street
Ill Years of Good Paint Making
Honorable wares and honorable
dealings have been the .
way since 1793.
That is the right way and the
prosperous way.
The few years have brought
a steady and enormous increase in ,
the demand by painters for Harri-
town and country Paints.
It was larger in than ever be-
fore.
Baker Hart, Wholesale
tail Distributing Agents.
Died.
Mrs. Susan A. Moore, of Grimes-
land, died last night at the hi
of her daughter,
in that town. She was the m
of Mrs. Dora Quinn and Mi .
R. Moore, of Greenville, and Mis.
W. M. Moore, of
The burial will take Sun-
day afternoon at the old id
about five miles Greenville.
Preparing For Opening.
A company of home talent is
new at work on a splendid play I
with which to the new opera
house in the Masonic temple,
is going to be good and there
should be a vacant seat in the
house. The play will be presented j
on the night following the
cation the temple, which will
be some date in the near future.
Cut Off Half.
Warden tells us he now
thinks the recent cold snap did so
much damage to strawberries that
there will be less than fifty per-
cent of a crop.
Sour
Stomach
No appetite, loss of strength,
nervousness, headache, constipation,
bad breath, general debility, sour
and catarrh of the stomach
all to Indigestion. cures
Indigestion. This new discovery
the natural Juices of digestion
as they exist In a healthy stomach.
combined with the greatest known tonic
and properties.
Dyspepsia Cure does not only cure In-
digestion and dyspepsia, but this famous
remedy cures all stomach troubles by
cleansing, purifying, sweetening and
strengthening the raucous membranes
lining tho stomach.
DIGESTS WHAT YOU EAT
Gives Health o the Sick and
Strength the Weak.
Bottles only. Size holding times
th trial size, which sells
Prepared by B. C. A Co., Chicago.
North Carolina,
nit County, tin Superior Court.
W. Caraway and wife,
B. Caraway, and George M. Li nil-
administrator d- b. c- t. s of S.
V.
vs
Godfrey A. Stancill, S V Joyner, ad-
d b ft of B
L C King, Peyton T Atkinson. John
E King and wife, Alice Sam
A and Helen V
Watkins.
The defendants. King,
Watkins and wife Helen V Watkins j
named, will take notice that an
action entitled us above has been com-
meaner in the Superior Court of Pitt I
county, relating to. for the
cry of, real property situate
in Pitt county. North Carolina,
known as tho
The said defendants will further take
notice that they are required to
pear at the next of the Superior
Court of Pitt county to held on the
Monday after the Brat Monday in
March, it being the 26th day of
April, Court House in said
county, at Greenville, North Carolina,
and answer or demur to the complaint
in said action, or the plaintiffs will
apply to the court the relief de-
in complaint.
This the 83rd March,
D. MOORE,
Clerk of the superior Court of
The Hay Grain Co
AND OP
Hay, Grain, Cracked Corn,
Bran, Cotton Seed
Meal and Hulls.
NOTICE.
hereby given that John
Jonas enters and claims the fol-
lowing described Vacant
IO
Situated in Bethel and Green-
ville township, near the town of
Bethel, in Pitt county, and be-
ginning in creek, ad-
joining the Joseph Briley Patent
on the South, Briley on the
North. the All pi lands on the
West, and Louis and
Sam Edwards on the Kant, eon
tabling acres, more or less
This April the Hi, 1904.
Any or claim-
title to, or interest in the
described must file
hen protest, with we, in writing,
within I he next tinny days, or
will be by law.
B. WILLIAMS,
Entry for Pit I
county, K, O. d
HOME TELEPHONE AND
TELEGRAPH COMPANY.
The following points can now
be reached
this company;
C.
Chan it-,
field,
Ore
Littleton,
. I
Sen -i-ii.-,
Mt.
Won e
over tho lines of
Atlanta,
Baltimore
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Chi , ;
Chase -j
III. H
Ohio, i ii
Columbia, s. c.
Nashville, Tenn.
Jew York N. V.
New s. La
Norfolk,
Va.
Pa,
Va.
St. Mo
Va
Popular Shapes
f ETCHING
It is not enough that a Shoe should be
easy and well made, it should be handsome
Oxfords
are all three. The shapes are especially
attractive this season and all styles are
sold at a price never heard of before for
High Grade Shoes. The
is a special favorite. Made in Hack i in
with light or heavy soles, and In or
button. Very graceful, very comfortable
and yet snug fitting. Sold exclusively by
THE MAN'S OUTFITTER
R. J. Cobb.
C. V. York.
L H. Pender.
The Building
and
Lumber Co.,
Contractors, Constructors and
MANUFACTURERS
Factory situated the railroad just North of the
Imperial Tobacco
All kinds of dressed lumber, turned and
scroll work.
All machinery new and up to-date- and of the best
make.
Plans furnished and contracts taken for erection of
build i
Tinning, Slating, Guttering and all kinds of sheet
metal Work. Our Tin shop is next door to
Mr. R. L. Wyatt has charge
our tinning and slating department. You will find him
a master his trade.
We ask for our share of the public patronage and
will do our best to give satisfaction.
And all other Important and in
I points east of the
FIFTH STREET. ONE DOOR FROM
FIVE
Get our prices arid soc oar stock be-
fore buying. want to buy your
Corn mid Peal for cash
f.
Dentist.
GREENVILLE, N. C.
River.
F. C.
Gen.
William Fountain,
Physician and Surgeon,
N. C-
Office one door east of post office,
street,
Dr. ID. Hi. James.
Dental
Surgeon
Greenville.
C. FLANAGAN,
Attorney at Law,
Greenville. N. C.
CRANK fl. WOOTEN,
y-at- Law,
GREENVILLE N. O.
I . . ,
I attest
mm
Many new and pretty styles are
in the gathering of Lawns
Prints. Indeed it would
more correct to say that
one of them are new and pretty.
They are from the leading man
and their quality is
fully equal to their beauty. All
the Dress
Lawns, Percales and Prints are
shown. The patterns are
the colors rich and lasting, th.;
prices are wonder worker.
BLAND
No.
The Only Way-
To get
FINE JOB PRINTING
Is send it to
THE REFLECTOR,
POOR PRINT
THE EASTERN REFLECTOR.
D. J. Editor and Owner.
and Friday.
ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
VOL No.
GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. APRIL
No.
TESTIMONY IN MOORE CASE.
Trial Held at Washington.
From the Washington Gazette
Messenger we get the following
report of the preliminary trial of
James Moore and John Reid iD
the killing of
John
The first wit new was Mamie
Hill who testified, and Maud
Martin were on our way to the
dress makers, we were in a buggy
and we were over taken by John
the deceased John
Maud got the buggy
with John Hue witness in
went in the Country.
Maud and I took two drink.
The men had a pint of
whiskey. John Rue said he
ed more left OS
nil and returned to town for more
and Rue said he would stop
at the race track and ball
with the boy until return
ed. was
witness got in the buggy
Maud Martin and John Rue.
We all went down Lover's Lane
and took another drink. We all
drove back and about one
died yards beyond the red
and then drove about mile
further down the towards
the country. Rue got out of
the buggy and said to Maud
have not treated me Rue
then picked up a stick about the
size wrist and three
four feet long. About this
time James Moore and John Reid
came up. Reid paid to
have treated me and
long and part of the right. The
ball ranged upwards and lodged
in his shoulder blade. In order
for the deceased to have
wound of this kind the person
who shot him must have been
standing to his left the ball rang-
upwards obliquely; as n suit of
the wound Rue bled to death.
Fee how he could walk eight
feet, could not have but
short distance. The ball I think
was My opinion is that Moore
was evidently lower than Rue was
for the shot to such a
wound.
Reid one of the defendants,
next placed on the Stand
Among other things he stated, that
he and Moore went to the
spring on wheels. After loitering
around the springs they started to
return and the owner of the
told that the road was butt r
the other way came
Maud Martin, Mamie Hill,
John and John Rue on tin-
road. MoorS was in the lead and
after passing Maud, who was in
the buggy, he Witness
then came up to where Maud was
and said you have acted
nice, out here with John Rue.
Witness caught hold of her and
started get the buggy with
her. Rue ran me on
the side of head with a stick;
the blow eked me down my
knees. Witness looked around
and was struck on the arm the
third time. When came
to hit senses, being groggy from
effect of blows received
In aid the report of a pistol.
went at once to Moore
thinking he had been shot. Rue
Maud by arm, Reid
had one foot on the stirrup and was lying cress-ways of the road.
other foot in the buggy. Rue
up and struck Reid on the bu-k
of the head with the stick. In
of I tie blow Reid
his balance and fell in the buggy.
Reid then turned to
It was and was met the
time with lie stick, being
on the forehead.
this lime James Stepped up
and said friend, I
anything like Hue then
attacked Moore and him
the club. Rue made a seem
attempt Io strike Moore
warded off ill blow aim.
Moore all the while was
retreating attitude. As he was
retreating from Rue his foot
and he slipped on edge of a
ditch While position
Rue again drew tho club In
lug attitude with his left hand
and threw his hand towards his
hip pocket, Moore then drew his
pistol and fired one time.
after Rue was shot heard
him say to John me
Witness then placed
handkerchief to her face. This
was ail she saw. On cross ex-
said that Rue was
under the influence of whiskey
and Maud Martin. Hue
ii I o said after he had struck Reid
the first time dam it I'll
kill you James Moore
was sober and under the in-
line; re of liquor at all.
The testimony of Maud Martin
and was similar to
that given by Mamie Hill.
Dr. D. T. Tayloe stated that he
found no evidence of bruises on
the body. He found the wound
ii the upper the left chest,
the ball entering between the
After he was shot he walked
or fifteen and Moore
and witness then d
on the side of road
and witness put the stick
Moore said to witness,
hail Reid
lets go to town and
to the sheriff. The
cum to and
I beg leave to announce to the
of Pill n
have associated my-
self with the warehouse
for the coming
I assure you of my appreciation
large patronage and ski-
port yon have so kindly given me
during the past eight years. The
I will be
to serve y on well and look
after your Interest at all times.
Hoping to see all of my friends
and patrons at the House,
I am,
Very truly your friend,
4-24 ltd w J. O.
Dr. Vann,
The large in the
Baptist church Sunday morning
with the sermon
Dr. Vann, president of the
Female University. Dr.
Vann is greatly beloved by
people here, and they are always
glad to hear him. His sermon was
on the trials of Job, from which he
drew many comparisons that were
helpful While bate
Dr. Vann was the guest of Mi.
and Mrs. M. Allen.
A singing blind man has been
furnishing entertainment to
along the street the
rib going through the left last day or two.
PERSONALS AND SOCIAL.
MONDAY, APRIL
H. A. White went to Hamilton
today.
J. G. Sunday in
J. M. Rents left this for
Jessie left this mot mug
for
J. S. Campbell, of Washington,
was here
H. II. Wilson, of Kinston, came
over this morning.
K. G. Flanagan left this moil-
for Baltimore.
Mrs. left
evening for Kinston.
O. O. Bland came in
evening from Washington.
J. B. Higgs left this morning for
Baltimore nod New York.
Miss Ethel Lincoln came home
this morning from Kinston.
H. W. has taken a
with Tub Reflector.
J. O. Bobbitt, of
Sunday here wit I friends.
L. A. Cobb, of Ayden, spent
Sunday here with Ola Forbes.
Miss Minnie Quinn returned to
her school near Washington today.
J. S Norman came home
day evening a trip on the
road.
District Attorney Harry Skin-
Saturday evening for
Ne
Ill HOC Sugg, of Rocky Mount,
came in Saturday evening to visit
his father, I. A. Sugg.
D. S. and
Sunday here with
friends, aid returned home today,
Mir. Hat tie Harding, of Wash-
who has been Visiting
P. Harding, left tins morning,
Mrs Fulford and children,
of Washington, are visiting her
parents, Senator Mrs. A. L
Blow.
Bessie r,
who bus been Miss
Helen home
today.
Nannie Wilson,
Starkey, Smith and
Warren, and Car and Willie
son wen to Kinston Saturday.
Lee and Ed. Stewart, of Wash-
came in Saturday to spend
Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
and home today.
TUESDAY, APRIL
J. F. Brinkley went to
Mount today.
M. Lindsay, of Snow Hill, is
here at court.
Mrs. Frank Tyson left this
morning for Bethel.
Miss Pat Skinner returned this
morning from Ayden.
Miss Lula Tucker is
Mrs. H. V. Edwards.
Miss Brown, of Hamil-
ton, who has been teaching this
section, left this morning for her
home.
Miss Nannie little Miss
Susie Warren and Willie Wilson
returned this morning from Kin-
Hilliard and Miss Maud
son went to Washington today on
the gas boat.
I. Dudley left this
morning for Danville to bring
back Paul Webb, who has been
arrested there and is wanted here.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL
B. C. Pearce left this morning.
Julius Brown, of Bethel, spent
today here.
S. L. Peel, of Bethel, came in
Tuesday evening.
G. A. left this morning
for Washington.
A. M. Moseley vent to
Tuesday evening.
Ah Clark came in from Durham,
Tuesday evening.
of
left for Littleton.
District Attorney Harry Skinner
returned this morning from
L. E. Fountain, of
spent last night here and returned
this morning.
Dr. D. L. James went to Ayden
Tuesday evening and returned
this morning.
Mrs. W. M. King Mrs. J.
returned Tuesday even-
from a visit to Wilson.
Mrs Peter Reeves and Mrs. D.
A. Out bridge, of Martin county,
arrived Tuesday evening to
A. J.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. W. Hadley,
Of w ho hive been visit-
Mr. and Mrs. A. Forbes,
returned home Tuesday evening.
L. Parker, of Raleigh,
is here to take of Hie steam
laundry th t i hying installed.
He is an excellent young in in and
Greenville o comes that kind.
the Meeting.
There
at the Tuesday
night. The pastor from
the have Moses
the prophets, if I hey hear not
them her they hear
one s inn Id rise from the
the con-
l the rich man
that there
was record . in Heaven, and
that God's plan salvation was
and there was no
one from the dead,
as he called men ti preach
Gospel.
Back After Six Year's Service.
Walter Render, who a
more than six years ago left here
to join the United States navy, re-
turned to Greenville Monday
Only once during his
enlistment did he come back on a
visit. In his service he has been
entirely around the world. On
account of his health he was
given an honorable discharge a
few months ago. At that he
was in Japan. From there he
to San Francisco and then
crossed the by rail.
His many friends are glad to see
him back Greenville.
Mrs. R, Mrs. H. P. the afternoon.
Bought a Boat.
R. Greene has purchased the
gas boat and will run a
regular schedule Green-
ville and Washington, leaving here
in the morning and returning in
SUPERIOR COURT.
The April Term in Session.
The April term of Pitt Superior
court began Monday with
Judge Thomas A of
ton, and Solicitor
L. I. Moore representing the
The f r term is as
Jesse Cannon foreman,
W B Tucker. J L Home. W C
Jackson. J H Briley, Sr.,
Byrd, M H T J Thomas, W
P Clark, R h W E
Parker, J A Mills, W J
Faithful, Cherry,
Dudley, Edwin Tripp.
In his charge to the grand jury
Judge went briefly over
the most important portions of the
criminal laws of the state to which
he deemed it necessary to at-
His explanation of these
laws was clear and thorough, and
the jurors were plain y
as to their duty.
W. B. was made
officer of jury and L. W.
Lawrence is court crier.
This is Judge first
visit to Pitt county and those who
heard his charge and observed his
manner of conducting the curt
are most favorably impressed with
him.
John failing to list taxes,
judgment suspended
on payment of costs and taxes.
George Bunch, failing to list
taxes, pleads guilty, judgment
suspended on payment of costs
taxes.
Will Smith, failure to list taxes
pleads guilty, judgment, suspended
on payment of costs.
tiny Smith, gambling, pleads
guilty, fined costs.
John assault, pleads
guilty, judgment suspended upon
payment of costs.
Lee Hopkins and Mack Ward,
plead judgment
suspended upon payment of costs.
John Harmon, with
deadly weapon, pleads fined
and costs.
C. II. Stokes, assault
weapon, pleads
and costs.
Waiter with
deadly weapon, pleads guilty,
fined and costs,
Janus Dark and L. A.
affray with deadly weapons
guilty, Clark fined and half
lined half
Costs.
guilty, end months on
roads.
Mack Fleming, failing list
taxes, pleads guilty, judgment
suspended on payment and
taxes.
Frank Davis, larceny,
Noah Hardy carrying concealed
weapon, guilty.
Noah Hardy, larceny,
Smith and Ed. C.
Smith, peddling without license,
judgment suspended
upon payment costs
Mary Tucker, slander, not
guilty.
William Faison, carrying con-
weapon, pleads guilty,
fined and
Joe Warren and Howell White-
gambling,
Mary Jane Langley and
Ferguson, affray, guilty, judgment
suspended upon payment of costs
G. W. Pittman, Jr.,
guilty.
Fez Grimes, guilty.
Ernest Rasberry, assault with
deadly weapon, pleads guilty.
.