THE EASTERN REFLECTOR V J. An Act to Create the Office of of fire Department and flu R the Fire of the State. MM in the post Office at as data matter, Advertising rates made A correspondent at every post office Pitt and adjoining counties. i U i k. Pitt K. C, THE MATTER SETTLED. The dispensary muddle that existed here some day h a been settled. From the standpoint of topping the strife and restoring peace to the community all are glad that the come to a close but are many who do not approve the com- promise. The lo-i who engaged in conduit an dispensary went at the with their eyes knowing full well how the Watts law read on the subject, and having been warned that they were acting contrary to law. Having de- resisted the efforts of the town authorities to make them close their illegal business until a higher court and them, there are not a few who think they should meet the consequences of such conduct. The board of alder- men held an opposite view, however, which was also advised by many others, and accepted the proposition made by the other side to abandon their position, deeming this the best and quickest step to restore peace. matter is thus settled, argument over it can ac- i lab no good. Though there different opinions, it is per- under tin circumstances to pm these aside and let the con- Taking issue Kith ii j. can do no good. The action of the aldermen in withdrawing the prosecutions only affects the matter so tar as the town is concerned. The bench warrants are already before the state court and will to be determined there. The solicitor for the state had no part whatever in the coin promise, Let Pitt come in line with a Park- and Glenn It is time to let have a rest now. lie earned it. Another good thing about the can- for vice-president is that he has a barrel. Good bye to the boll weevil. The ant has been tried on him and cleaned him up in short order. AND DAVIS, TOO. This is the time of year when lightning gets in its deadly work. Saturday night the St Louis con- cation nominated Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, for vice president. At this dull season of the year all who can should pay their debts so as to help make is beginning a war on saloons. Let the good work go on until they are entirely wiped out of the State. The announcement is made in New York that Sully will soon be in business again. Perhaps he will hare a hand in making the next cotton season lively. All the nominations are in now except for congress and the county ticket. We all know that Small will be re-nominated for congress, and the county nominations will be made in due time. The democratic ticket so far, national and state, is all right Let observe the same high plane when the county nominations are reached. It is a time when good men are wanted. No paper in the state is making more rapid progress than the Times. It is now preparing to go into new quarters with an proved plant. Continued success to such an excellent paper. the They had just been married. She was very pretty and lovable, but very fresh to the household duties, and the husband was a very patient man. One night, however, she had a great surprise in store for him, so, putting her arms his neck and kissing him, she said and look, darling; I have Another Cleveland Parker's gold standard gram has him. much approbation Sena- tor Daniel, of Virginia, said that he was a foot before he sent Gel. the Pennsylvania The i Assembly North democratic leader, is the . . exhibition We have been requested to pub thy ., i n Section I. That there is hereby created in cities and towns cf the State where not already established by their charters the office of of Fire Depart- It shall be the duty of said of Fire to do and perform the duties prescribed in chapter Public Laws of and acts thereof, and such other duties as are prescribed in the charters and ordinances of the cities and towns of the State. Sec. That where it is not fixed in the charters of said cities and towns, it be the duty of the Board of Aldermen and in each city and town to elect such officer, and to fix the term of office, prescribe the duties and obligations and compensation of of Fire and change the duties and compensation from time to time, not inconsistent with the duties as prescribed in chap. Public Laws 1899, and acts thereof. Sec. That where said duties not prescribed by the charters of Board of Control of incorporated cities and towns, it shall be the duty of said of Fire in addition to the duties prescribed in chapter Public Laws of 1899, to preserve and care for the fire to have charge of the fight- and putting out of all fires, to make annual report to their city or town governments, to seek out and have corrected ail places and con- dangerous to the safety of the city from fire, to look after buildings being erected with a view to their safety from fires and to do and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the governing boards of the several cities and towns. Sec, This act be in force from after its ratification. In the General Assembly read three times, and ratified this the 14th day of March, A. . lion. Henry G. Davis, the demo- nominee far vice-president, is years old, yet a strong, vigorous man. Greensboro is getting throughly warmed up in the prohibition cam- Go it, good people, and drive the saloons out. Hearst got plenty of advertising while It was going on, even if it did cost him nearly a million and a half. He had the money to spare, and it may be worth that ranch to him. Odd Power of Russian Miss. An account of a phenomenon ob- served in a girl of residing at in the Caucasus, has been communicated to the The girl is the daughter of a workman named says the Chicago Inter Ocean. It is stated that every object which begins to move. If she goes near a dresser with plates upon it they begin to dance, washing hung on a line flies off it, a bottle standing two big in , j, A in your j falling down, is broken in pieces, lie then kissed her to hide the on ground leap look which came over his face, called her a busy little woman and went out and groaned. She had sewn up his coat tail pocket age I have ever seen in a candidate. Parker shows himself a much man than those who managed his The Washington Post, in- dependent, says it was timely display of political courage amount almost to adding that was a bold, courageous stroke, and will do much to dispel the opinion that the party's candidate is without firm convictions upon the issues before the and con- that Parker's bold stand on this question made him many thousand vote stronger than he could possibly have had he accepted the nomination upon a platform that ignored the money While The Philadelphia Record says that when there was no occasion for speaking. Judge Parker has spoken the decisive because the occasion arrived. He has proved himself the man and the patriot that his friends knew him to be, and, rising above person- ambitions, and what was believed to be party expediency, he has stat- ed with absolute clearness his on the currency question where the silence platform invited misconstruction and was liable to compromise Indeed it was a brave man who could renounce a presidential nation rather than preserve a silence which might have been misinterpret- ed and who last Saturday sent this telegram to the convention which had nominated him. regard the gold standard as firmly and irrevocably established, and shall act accordingly if the act- ion of the convention to-day shall be ratified by the people. As the platform is silent on the subject, my views should be made known in the and if it is proved to be unsatisfactory to the majority, I re- quest you to decline the nomination for me at once, so that another may be nominated before Has the Democratic party another Cleveland It looks a little that Cupid's Strategy. Two young men of this neighbor- hood were rivals for the hand of a pretty girl. One-el was poor and handsome, and the her was a slow witted fellow mopey. The capitalistic. con- the idea of buying off his rival. He offered him to go away for six months. The poor man said he would consider the matter. And be company with the girl. They agreed to take the money of the young man, get married and go away together. The deal was completed, and the poor young man got his money and started for But he stopped at the first station where he was joined by his lady-love, and they were married by a justice of the peace. The rich young man consulted a lawyer and was told that he had no grounds for a suit; that it wasn't stipulated that he should go alone. And the local paper says the town is laughing at the expense of a Kansas Enterprise. Alton Brooks Parker. Born in Cortland, N. J., in 1852. in the public and at the Cortland Academy. school while studying law and graduated from the Albany Law School. First public office was of Ulster county. Managed Democratic campaign that made David B. Hill governor of New York. Declined nomination for ant Governor in 1883 and 1886. Appointed Justice of the Supreme Court in Declined Democratic nomination for governor in 1891. Elected Chief Judge of. the Court of Appeals of New York in. 1807. Lives as near Kingston, on the Hudson Married Miss Mary L- maker early m his career. daughter, to Charles Mercer Hall, of King- Pointed Paragraphs. Many a truthful woman travels under false colors. A woman's idea of a rich man is one who bus everything she wants. No man enjoys kissing a girl who has her hair done up curl papers. A man thinks long and speaks a woman thinks short and speaks long. If there is anything a man detests more than another it is a speaking portrait of his wife's mother. An old bachelor says that young ladies who study law expect to lay down the law to their husbands after they are News. in air and fall again. The girl is perfectly healthy, and laughs at the called forth on her appearance. No one can ex- plain them, although a number of doctors and professors of physical science have consulted. At present money is being collected to send the child to Si. Petersburg in order that her marvelous magnetic may be examined by cal r. And now a man in Texas has got- ten out an injunction against the bringing into Texas of the ants which are expected to administer the solar plexus blow to the boll weevil. But then it is re- membered that there are still, some folks who oppose vaccination and a few who do not believe that a flying machine will ever be Observer- The effort to protect Texas from the ravages of the cotton boll wee- which threatens to destroy the cotton crop of that state and to sweep across the entire cotton belt if not arrested, is accompanied by many suggestions to stay the ad- of the plague. Professor Cook of the Agricultural Depart- has brought from Guatemala to a large number of ants peculiar to the fauna of Central America whose function and pleasure it seems to be to attack and destroy the weevil A corps of ex- has at Vic- Texas, where, under direction of Dr. Cook, they will release the carnivorous ants into cages covered with mosquito netting inverted over infected cotton plants. The result of these experiments will determine whether this lively exotic is an effective antidote to the bane from which Texas has for ten years been a sufferer. Another hopeful remedy is proposed in cotton which grows to the hight of forty or fifty feet, multiplies very rapidly, is immune to the boll weevil and will yield from twenty to twenty- five pounds per tree, including seed. If difficulty is found in gathering the crop, the tree is easily dwarfed, so as to bring the cotton within reach. At an average yield of y pounds of cotton per tree, the yield would be sixteen bales to the acre. The expense of planting is no greater than that of corn, and it is able to withstand droughts eight months of the year. It planted only once in twenty-five years. This tree comes to us by way of Mexico. The most beautiful volume in the congressional library at Washington is a Bible which was transcribed on parchment by a monk in the Six- century. general letter- is in the German text, each letter is perfect, and there is not a scratch or blot from lid to lid. begins with a large illuminated letter, in which is drawn the figure of a saint, some incident in whose life the chapter tells. The book is in a perfect state of preservation. Ex. a picture of is the title of the newest song by Al. and Lee Smith- a picture of is a lad, on the order of is enjoying an immense sale. One co- of this ballad has been sent to every music seller in the United States and so that all of music may have an opportunity of securing it at any music store. i . HEALTH INSURANCE The man who insure his Me Is wise his family. The man who insures his. health is wise both for his family himself. Von may health guard it. It is worth guarding. At the first attack disease, which generally approaches through the LIVER and tests Itself In Innumerable way a TAKE Pills A. Anal em health. This department Is in charge of A. D. Johnston, who is authorized to rep- resent the Eastern Reflector in and territory. C, Dawson came up from Grifton Saturday and returned first of the week. G-A. Kittrell Co. will pay you highest market price for potatoes. Oar load Mo Timothy hay just received. Harrington, Barber A and Valley tin. ton, A Co. Car load of flour just received, lowest prices. Harrington, Barber A Co. Misses and Gertrude of and Miss sou, of hare been visiting at H. L. John- son's. in our store cheap for B. O. Chapman Co. Stop at Kittrell A Taylor's for a cool drink. Kittrell A Taylor will pay you highest market price for spring hick ens- Carry your beeswax to Kittrell A Taylor. Miss Kittrell is visiting Kiss Miriam Johnson. Don't forget Kittrell Taylor carry a fall line of horse and cattle medicine. time for listing town taxes has expired. All ons who are law to list taxes in town of Winter- will come and do m at once and save Green, tax lister. H. L. pays highest prices for eggs and chickens. J. B. Cooper went to Sunday moraine. Mis. Cooper re- turned with him the evening train. If in need of a good of floor see Kittrell See those nice shuts at H. L. Johnson's. milk cows and one heifer for . Apply to F. O, Cox, Win- N. C. Mr. and Mrs. William Mum- ford, of Ayden, spent Sunday with F. O. Cox. Some people talk about this; the of year when there is nothing to do. i This may be true some places but it i far from true at buggy shop. He been shipping buggies almost for a long, Time and still or- come more and mow. While a good many these buggies are old in this state be also ships large numbers to Virginia and South Carolina. Dry Goods, Hats and Notions at B G. Chapman A Co. Mrs. Hit tie of Ayden, Sunday to visit Mrs. A. G. Cox. have reopened my barber shop the store formerly occupied by Kittrell and Taylor. Will Worthington. Boarding J. D. Cox. Board per day. Beet house in town. See G. A. Kittrell A Co. for thing in the feed line. Mason's Fruit Jars at lowest prices. Kittrell A Taylor. Latest styles and very cheap at H. L. Johnson's. Work has been commenced the Pitt County Oil Mill. on The A. G. Cox Mfg. Co. have stock all the while a line of Fence and will be glad to give you prices and receive you orders. AH kinds of soft drinks cool refreshing. H. L. Johnson. T. N. Manning A Co. are carry the medicine that will cure diseases of the heart in any state. Fruit jars quart site gallon size H, L. Johnson. Wood Kittrell, J. F. ton, Chas. J. H. Brown- Luther Manning, W. L. Hurst John Hurst and L. C. left Sunday to take a trip down the Tar. Cooper with his factory seems to be alive. C-ill and see us either at factory or store. Our smiles will do you good- Mfg. Co. I am now prepared to furnish I brick at Lowest market prices. I O. M. Manning. i wish to notify the i public that I grind every day at my mill one mile south of j Frog Level on Sam place. Purnell Tripp. Mfg. Co has about finished moving into its new quarters. Say Have you neon Those buggies that has in his showroom. If not drop in town and take a look at them. It will do you We do not ask you to buy only stop and see them. If yon are in need of Tobacco Fines or Fine Iron you will do well to correspond with the A. G. Cox Co. and their prices. They have a supply of Iron on hand and make the bet fines that can he bad. They will give you best prices on is the on per feet Tasteless CASTOR OIL sold. Taste as good as Maple cents per bottle at Dr. B. T. N. C. 3-8 pair of shoes at a sac i-i h come and see for yourselves. Jno. Whitty A Son The ladies especially invited to see our line of Hamburg and Laces. Yours to Please A. W. Ange and Co. See H. L. Johnson for heavy and light groceries, The A. G. Cox Mtg. Co., are putting severe additions to their new factory. A well selected variety of drug- gists sundries also a stock of medicines kept at the drag store. Try a pound of Columbia floor best town. H. L. Johnson. Mrs. J. H. C. Dixon and Misses Bessie and Mamie Chapman left this morning for a visit to Ply- mouth. If you are not a patron of, store come and get acquainted with us, examine stock learn our prices, B. T. Cox A Bro. Miss Esther Manning is at Lit Shoes, Hats and Caps at own price at A. W. Ange and Co. D. S. Chapman has accepted a with Dr. Hardy at Wash- is the accepted to send in order Handy To- Trucks to be used in housing I this Crop of tobacco. Do not wait until the last minute when your tobacco is ripe and should be in the barn before yon attend to this matter. Be ready. Although the crop short there is a demand for our truck, have already sold more I we had ex- to sell and still the orders keep coming. If you have not ready bought send us before the rush comes. A. G. Cox Mfg., Co. John Harper and John Cooper have purchased Joe Smith's bar- outfit and will c n lac an in to-date white barber shop here. See those nice pants at H. I. Johnson's they cheap good stuff. Ernest Manning went down to Saturday night to vi U relatives see his better half who has been in that neighbor- hood a days. For shirts see A. W. Ange and Co. fountain pens a specialty at Dr. B. T. Cox drugstore. Miss Hem by of Beaufort count, is visiting Mrs. Thad Manning. There is a assortment ofT. W. Wood Sou's., garden seed at the drag store. Two Pieces by NO VEST. There's great comfort in wearing Coat and Trousers without the vest this warm weather. Yon get rid of the vest, the suspenders and the stiff shirt. You get a free circulation of air. There's no dragged out look to coats of our lightweight We've Mastered The Problem A little thing in the right spot make the garment hold its shape. You'll appreciate this as sour as you see the suit and as long as you wear it. snappy patterns. Real young stuff for men of all s, who fee they are still in it. Flannels, Homespuns, Serges and Cheviot mixtures, just the proper materials FRANK THE KING CLOTHIER. MRS. SARAH TAYLOR FASHIONABLE Main Street, N. C COMBINATION BUGGY. MANUFACTURED BY A. COX COMPANY. Great Clearance Sale. Beginning Monday, July we will start our Great Semi- Annual Clearance Sale. rule is not to carry goods or from season to season, G inducements will be entire stock of Dress G Trimmings Laces Clothing and Furnishings- W have space for our in