THE EASTERN REFLECTOR O. j WHICH AN MRS I p If D X. a- n upon PP -1 , . i and adjoining ,.,. . all. P, unties. his hum looked for Whether ii is whipped world . I- iced. Contributed t I r. On u the 29th i f M tho men- of death arid to hi the beautiful I the spirit of my beloved wife, Tucker. She was years of sue and had been a i r I ii ill months. Ii a hush ml, three child- , ,, i v .- , r a I her, sisters fold i. Si i brother, a boat of mends to their loss. At years of Tl IS DAY, to Loafing Bays. One does not far to see away their time being engaged in some wholesome employment, fl matters not what or is wise Ms boy some regular duties, kind of employment. It is worth much to And is u most excellent example for others. In some respects it seems that the old time i lea i f regular employment for passed out. There never bas been c a truer saying than that is the Sin to Sleep I., AGNES G. the I n he the route lain of i J it inscribed i in an , n . faith inC brim devil's i and if fathers Virginia i In her latter and mothers would have their lays of such intense suffering trained in the best way, they will T. . , stronger and stronger, give them work of some kind. ,;., and for many weeks before she left be sure, they ought not to be treated knew she and was will- as slaves, but it is well for every boy when he told that , She was to meet stern duty; and the way to . for ward to meeting their . .,.;,,;. impulsive, always do it is to make out some duties and Senators in the of others even till the I see that he meets One some e a j ,,.,,,, . times feels that the go-easy plan of In, s sad to say good bye life is taking too strong hold upon , . r and win . . ,; , , ,, Lord giveth and He taketh away, the people of this time, t life e the ram, of Lord, to , easy. their early admission to Her remains were taken to the boning ground and there . laid to rest by i he bide of her sister, between n l res of tin ,. preceded her to the grave only University Ge in and the months ago. Burial services u N lb Carolina, held were conducted by her uncle, land Nook Commonwealth. If the . lid v the while me i Athens, Ga. Fred in, Every lent stop. his journey th -1 tit S Dearest wife, you have led mo There is s ; in a contest of Here this wide world alone, ,. , , r. Hut I to ray Redeemer and is far more credit- meet around His able to ilk- c than the base- s throne. wills Mr again, as days ball and f ill the schools Sigh not, wife, not by on for a reputation. . ., . ,, . i nu came on earth to bloom; God's own will that placed looks cruel any reporter you here , , , i r i To breath sweet perfume v. I a fake story as the one a few a purporting is While the seal without a pres usual There I beheld delight The blessed three in one; And strong affections fix my sight On I. incarnate Son. squire . , bas started the ball against vagrant and bagged a bin.- ; work The to be. i a put into The was held in Asheville, and the antis won by. . campaign was a warm The Democrats earning Chicago u Tuesday, and electing their candidate r r, shows Elects Offices. At the regular of the class last Sunday the fol wive President, Z. H. Vandyke; Vice- president, O. K. Secretary, E. B, Thomas; mi, r, B. Reporter, C. F. Commit- K, F. Belts, K. Asa W, P. Edwards. l he l u class is h work in Greenville, it having bean months and h i- a thirty-three win an average attendance of twenty, and DOW that the has he Kan to get warmer It i Sunday is the fortieth earnestly hoped of the surrender of the Army will to f Northern Virginia at Greenville e of the in the Stan-; April. was on Sunday just as however it is the desire of each is the 9th of April, 1905, and be- the la a of S r of Cur. . . I been found. The grief of the family over the disappearance of their little boy j His promise stands forever firm, should beta i sacred to tamper with in way, and there ought to be some punishment for the who started such a story. disgrace shall ne'er depart; binds my name upon His arm And seals it His heart The immigration this year in ex break all records. One steamship alone, the Celtic, coming across with over one. thou sand Irish people. Fifty thousand immigrants have arrived in weeks. i j . . . I last only to go hack to his mother's house. He was gone long, and Margot grew pale and thin, but she utter- ed never a word. you have no are as cold as a old Jane burst out y one day when came that David never return to lit- fishing village, hut lie instead in the lonely sea Still David's wife would not speak, but at night stood by her window and looked up the clear stars with a white think I must have a heart, for I ran feel it she .-aid when there was none to hear her. Mm the rumor was a lie. and he back. done well and has come ; right, said the woman. She looked at her with uncompromising eves. could give you lino clothes now and the best looking in Then for the first time was Mar- calm broken, and she was moved to speech. will never back to tried fiercely. She threw down her work and left the room. How was to know that in North Carolina at Appomattox hear much from the f of the old soldiers the board of aldermen ville made such a dona- Court House and the collapse of the for their entertainment at Confederacy. The 9th of coming reunion on May board of county commissioners a. that you i a in always tell thing is mill; the storm to come by was killed near i- S on cause this anniversary is on Sunday a recent meeting also a liberal attending the unveiling donation tor same Carolina's monument will honor ourselves whenever we all be held next day, on the This possible for the old veterans toward monument is the and only one making their remaining days historic a place. . and it is right and proper among us. the coining reunion . , ,, , ,, , North have ought to he the mos. successful yet ,.,.,.,.,, ,. first or memo- held, and we hope old soldier Without disparaging the bra- in reach of Greenville will be here I very of any other Confederate on May 10th. they were all brave North i Carolina proudly beasts that she in was the at be- Lettuce shipments from this are now very heavy, l- Major- mated General Bryan Grimes, planned the day were fully baskets, there last battle fought there and corn- having b i vi r v the infantry . by ex i pan of which were I I member that we it the est in the So we in every young man in Green- ville to out Sunday moraine and join with this great work. class meets Sunday morning at o'clock. Dr. Bryan returned Thursday from Raleigh where he hat been attending the convention as a from great lo tell tic class Sunday and each member is urged to be pus C. F. Reporter. have come to fetch Margot he said quietly. There was a silence. you hear. said Greet The other woman did not reply. But for the moving needle she might have been from stone. The old woman looked from the to her son, from one dark face to the other. They were alike, those two faces, both showing the impress of s and stubborn will. They were curiously unlike. too, the varying Urea in the girl's eves leaping OUt to meet a sober practicality and steadfastness in those of the man. are you said David lb- waited again, and again the needle went in and out, In- only re a pause, says she is not going back to said Jane unwillingly. has said that to mo, said David is to say, I that moment heart was stolen she has written it. She wrote it in from her, and she fell in its place a hard, cruel letter, which she left but a lump of heavy gold that tore for me to read w hen came her breast Wherever she went she himself his voice shook, felt it there, and it hurt sorely. He paused for a moment to steady When she passed David in the street it. shall not believe that letter, her lingers shook, but that weight in Margot. It Was unworthy of you. I her bosom pressed, and she shall not believe that you mean to I bored his gold and passed on. Oh, do anything so cruel and it was ill to be a heart and The word- came out with a jerk. I have only a lump of gold that must am waiting to take you always stand between herself and the l I she loved She would not answer. is rich said Margot, With a quick stride he crossed and she was careful that she did not the room. shall speak to meet him again. She spent much he cried. am not a dog that time in planning that her ways I do not deserve a i might not tomb his. yon arc not a woman, but a In the evening she sewed still, or you would not -it there and re-1 and she was sewing when Jane Greet fuse to utter it Speak Arc to her with the news which or are you not coming she thought ill, Without raising her eyes. am you were a wise woman, Mar- not said Margot she said, keep away from David turned away, breathing such a fool. No one but a fool heavily. the weakness of would lose all his money in going strength and the weakness of weak- for such a man as John Stan- he said. can give in to ton is. David is a rub man no more, a because you're stronger i Every penny he brought back than her, and that's the way went with i frittered away and all ;,; mi it with Margot. But else that he had besides. Be thank l. . it was the other kind of fill. Margot Greet, mat you are not . way. and had my son's wife in anything but to learn different. There are times when a man must show himself a She went away, a red eyed and man if he's to remain furious old woman, but Margot sat lie strode away, and Jane Greet on like one stunned, brushed the tears from her Then she arose and put away her she's with m, his mother sewing. She did set it on the anyway, can't talk any little table, as she always did, but she thought, with a rolled it up and, with a curiously sigh. Then she went to the impatient gesture, set it away in old stubborn girl who was her wife. Jane's drawer. Margot was sitting where she had finished said she. left her, still sewing. I Yet the sewing was not nearly done. are you going to Afterward she put on her hat, and Baked Jane. A harshness had crept; the shawl which she usually put over into her tone. head when she ran she have already told you. I shall; upon her arm. She cast find something to do, and am not look the little room and to- said the younger ward the staircase where Jane bad Then she opened the are not going back you door and went into the street. shall find nothing to do. You must I That was curiously quiet, and stay here with said Jane Greet. I there as a fog. was but one have the whole of ear since Margot bad my son's with her husband and And so things went on. Margot worked for her mother-in-law only, i round her way through the and her ate into her very sir. i and around the corners just soul. But she would not go back to as surely us he had done, but she was not unconscious of the way she A North Carolina Hi l. ITEMS. The consciousness of that i-2 to . n ; by Ii. I . go and in the mun to whom she had not yet been wedded a year. There a day when Jane shook her through and through and Greet met with an odd look on have shaken her more her withered face. Iliad she but had a heart left with had not mentioned the name which to feel. NO., April . 1905. of the girl's husband that dark I David's pane mad, a little disk of ,. . i. i But to- light, i greeted kindly, yet R K H hurt, for H I I of returned Tuesday. . . . w gold in her breast. Vi . is visiting . But lie , I me in ;. r hat he i i. crop I be v ire hi u light, at I to . A detachment I North . to this territory, in the and 14th ling . -u , i I fighting any a a ti tin withdrawal lone at would the est rs. i per hundred bunches and . to a d ; i i. Star A Ki I sen i. I court use highly and filled orders any kind of a can. up. Japan and Russia have spent a billion dollars for one year of war, while millions of people in Asia are suffering from hunger and dying of the plague. All the other nations are going the same pace with top- heavy establishments, en- navies constantly increasing and all to gratify the human vanity for pride, and stance of glorious war. Who was it that wrote of the world us a place every prospect main body of the infantry. North Una a Rob of captured the last cannon that were captured by the Army of Northern Virginia. These four facts, which have been fully proved, make it most far North Carolina to the first State to commemorate and per- with heroism and unshaken fidelity with which her sons remained faithful to the end, even after all hope of success had Record, April Greenville, In a id day. Miss Stella Buck. after spending some time with relatives and friends here, return- ed home Monday. Miss Annie spent u of last week near Quite u number of our people attended church at Reedy Sunday. Lizzie spent Saturday and Sunday in Ayden. Mrs. spin. Saturday and Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Barn- bill, over the river. DEATHS. Matthew Hart, an aged man of years, died a few days ago. He leaves a wife, several children a host of friends to mourn his loss. Mrs. James died afternoon. She leaves quite a of friends and relatives to mourn her loss. him so that he I to morrow he go She trying to hide her it lad's wife -poke never a u ; I, Jane never knew that that night Margot wont to look at her old home. For a few short moments the stood in the darkness looking at a Is faithful, not i n true, In heaven or earth I you. Ii was not true, of She had not been true to him or faithful, but would be now. Tears came into her eyes, and as they ran down her cheeks something broke iii her breast and melted away. David's light smiled kindly at her I am your no long. I want you only, you and your Dark In life's love. In no doer; me no love, to Bleep. For a moment after the deep voice had died away she stood there, one ., . m, i mo red at she said simply, have and White. the windows of tho little house as she opened the door and stepped which had Keen her greatest into it, leaving the fog and gloom, end her passionate There DO light in it, and she thought David was out till him begin to sing. That was an old k of his- to sing in tho dark. And on the old harmonium ho could pick out the few notes he need- ed. well she knew the Bong He sang it with s little break in his voice, and she knew who had put that break Asking and Answering Questions. Mrs. Mr. If., who little son just ask- ed you a question, and you didn't even notice him. ought to be ashamed of yourself, and I shall Mr. didn't bear him. Mr-. no, you never hear when a member of your family speaks to you. You are deaf lo very ones you should love and deaf to Mr. docs he want to know Mr. my son, i man who loves pence mid quiet. London WINTERVILLE This department is in A. D. Johnston, who is authorized to rep- resent the Eastern Reflector in Winterville and territory. WINTERVILLE ITEMS. in prices. A few try . mini tin in in quality . , April S. up Mr. and ask him i i Me i i Spill o fol seed at T N. A We vol. the Winter- Mi- o day re cent i- surprising, the many the he plainer was bumming a merry tune as rough lumber was being smoothed. Two in mi were making a nice lo. of and we never many different kinds, Two lath- were doing beautiful turn work. Hand rip steam . ,. select tons augers were busy in there. Another batch of men were at work lit wood in hubs. A. O. Cox Mfg. Co Borne try to meet your in. o , Mill. .- hubs to A. O. Cox , i ii l i-i be kind none undertake to do ; I. Pit. Comity Mil i-. now i v r that Ii lot of cotton yon bad over when buying Cotton Seed. They pay ginning your last the highest cash or will ex Pitt Co. Oil Mill, buys FOR THE LITTLE ONES. for meal. When yours j for prices. i The Masons held their meeting Friday night. A. O. has two car loads of different styles of farm to date in style, quality fence and their prices low. cotton in any quantity the price paid every i-a line of dress goods It. ;. i in Co. are selling season. Strictly up Whistle Buff la a Marry Game at a Party. Whistle buff n blind a ii. e over I i . t the romp i i- n . r or pie.-c .--.- . which dot .- i ; if y I IT I iii . . L , when, mediately to lie hi. el h H Vs th. . i . ind nit one whistler another a .-., s tin until i oils than i st is can Hi had liefer go and make your hundred of wall buggy kitchen safe-, desks. An-. . ,,.,. ,.,,. was merrily paint the while the anvils the Mack smith shop sounded as if something was mi , before buying elsewhere. ii. T. Cox Bro. Colic Kidney Cure, doing there. While Calvin K j,,,, your meal or flour, and he is the ,. . beat we know. Walk In at the Drug Store. look around, but don't gel in , . T. x Mm- the nay for the men are M s. Charlie and Mi.-- of Woodland and the Go toT. X. Manning Co. for fresh candies, nuts, raisins arid I We samples of over five , . Mrs. Smith k. at street. For tobacco, groceries, dry goods to us we've and noting them every day. K. Chapman Co- and of is lo i. in slippers has arrived . I our stock here shopping. Try a Dr. sure for store. W. wen- letter from H Virgil in Arm to A. Cox Mfg. Co., stating that their buggies were the shipped there. would lo sec the number carts that is being -hipped and soul by A. Q. Cox ., we were in their shop yesterday they bad a nice lot of work being com their timber as fine. mixed paint- and at A . w Ange Do. in. are still carrying the trimmings I medicine that sill cure ail hear troubles and coughs. before. Consisting of mohair F. B. Tucker returned suiting-, Friday evening, from i trip down in the load. all designs, voiles, to. A few subscribers the Eastern i.,,,,.,,,, respectfully invited urea bit in arrears. f the Winterville list and the list on all th routes from our am to give receipts for the paper. d see inf and pay tip, make me happy, make I the editor happy, and u in call inspect our Barber Co. . through nu freight, to c. The In--, in to buy is,, drug store. Keep your left warm and com- yourself. I've got a ;,,, avoid colds, all those who pay for a an,, by buying your year in advance. A D. Johnston. The place to get wire fend d have a trig lot of the American fence Pittsburgh a staples and bard wire. Be sure lo than shoes. All men stock at A. W. Ange and Co. J. It, Smith, of Ayden, spent Wednesday here. The A. ti. Cox Mfg. Co. expect get their prices before buying shoes at A- They carry the shots at most reasonable prices. Winterville is well represented at i teacher's There were . many their mimes separately. A natch free Who will to reduce the p ice of their CO truck fort lie season until it is In easy reach of all to- growers. have moved into my new store the depot. I keep hardware. Have a black smith and repair shop and livery stable connection. W. L. House. -V. O. Cox Co. are your soring supply of fence. , u , at A Ante A large bear passed through how long they town Friday. I repair Shoes and do good work. Bring them to me either at my home or at shop. Henry Nelson. Corn, hay, oats, lime, salt, and ready mixed at A. W. Any Co. Clothing for your body. shoes for your feel, hate for your Mowing and rakes for we Harrington; Barber Co. cull them. At the drug store there we think the most can be pleased making shipments of cotton , jewelry, ground hunters r you need in that line you had better order at once. Harrington Barber Co. John of Ayden. Mrs will and children here a shun . Idle Friday. t , J. your like there, w in the in Do they pain yon j there Is no why Pitt headquarters. It. G. Chapman Co. Professors W. H. of and G. B. of delivered addresses fie of sun's school, near Beady Branch, night. By Jokes iii., i t are more nu- than twin Pot f all tin re need be no hesitation in repeating a joke in at least one section of tin used to live over on -aid the t who told the couple twin- named Dan and Abe. moved away since At the time I r they were grown men, but were as near like them two gallon jugs. The only difference was Dan had sound teeth and Abe he'd lost most his o the front part of face. only way to know which was which was to stick your finger in Abe's month. If he bit ye ii was Companion. Pertinent if she said, realize that have every in as you say, but I must it would be a great satisfaction to in, if would tell me he said anxiously, as she paused. you would tell she re pea it is yon it necessary to put your hoe letters through a copying Then he instantly recalled that she once been a stenographer in a business house and was his little measure, so to Press. A Whistler Story. r as in Paris at the time of the coronation of the king of England, one evening a re- the Rita a duchess Paid to you know Edward, Mr. Whistler V said the painter. She looked surprised. that is she murmur- ed. met the king at a dinner hist year, and he said that ho mew said Whistler, was only his now S and j.- a shoulders. .- with all tho cut, If you . I . you're mis and U I in the brown and gray -or in t .- The Our ; display will certainly b the man who and durability at a n cost. THE Ft Mr. Sags. mid feel tired on reading f.,,,,,,., s lure m such A man prominent in financial cir- am. adhere hi, ,,,,. , ,,. flour N i ,.,,,,,. ,.,, and l should . by s . nil g I. B. T. n I. Ci . v a full line of , ea, your eyes . per lees in ., i orders nursery stock in Pitt eon . For particulars enclose Stamp. Winterville; N. C, who raise their hay can Winterville Mfg. Co Is thoroughly equipped tor d flour return -1 f om . a mil line up I a millinery. bargains ever saw d collars. Laces and dress specialties. Ladies are cordially be d with the well to can and see me. Mrs. Osborne. j Taylor. Hem. Blount, of Standard, was j w Smith, el Beaver Dam, town We handle T. W. Wood and. Sons and millet Black spec ally recommended for the human family, fine for perfectly balanced, sub-cutaneous com For sale by B. T. Cox A Bro. Sir. Morrison, of Ayden, was here Fl The door with iron rails is the place t and save money. a Specialty. A. W. Co. The I. G. Cox Mfg. Co. have n a lot of excellent n d had ii ed lo the veteran II always in in r -aid i i from t rule h in . not in Sew . I r sir, you on Id so out at yo i wen . with per- sons who ill A f CLOTHIER. bran; Car lead of just in Barber A Co. A large crowd from hue. attend- fence, in need closing exercises Miss of any v. and see it. school, at Reedy u;. Bock Branch. They report a Ann nine. fob orders We are over on spring ed fast a- the hens lay. H. goods, prices way down at Ange N. Co. A Mark Twain Story. Mark Twain tells a story that in Germany o man sitting next to him at a dinner in a hotel ordered n bottle of Johannes- burg wine. When it was till he saw mi the bottle a label of and called to it the tent ion of the manager, who what ii stupid donkey I dis- told him to put on the Jo- A Ons A remarkable dinner was served I o r near Co. The table set for twelve, and tho menu consisted of one five a half pound potato, one fifteen . I turnip, one two i i . and three made and pound Got Beyond That. One of the principal in a promising gold mine was ex- on its merits to n capitalist and prospective investor. He de- scribed vein in which the miners were working, showed him mens of the ore and backed up his statements with tho written opinions of i admitted the capitalist, looks as if it be a good As my old Uncle Hiram would my, it Ira I m the r. mi n . we're quartz ti i . pi lie and i .- fan Ll . that om n pi i present, it-. II to him i being, but sure had i he him to am . end. e have left no way u n turned to hoof tho utmost to in your in your sum- mer skirts rig price, in th, of s i hi The sty Ki as Collars . , , . r am ml to ti by the Try the Literary The mo i i point in our inter course with t. i- I i be fill ourselves. ether ill i ought to he sacrificed to that of truth. Mrs. Caller is in Literary I If for motel o t of town. I stationery i . any we not . set a i likely to lose our influence over I him The Reflector, I Bookstore. Carries ledgers, Day BooKs, Books and other blank books, Box Paper, Tablets, Slates, Pens. Inks, Mucilage, Legal and Abstract papers, Carbon paper and numerous other things m SOLE AGENTS FOR THE FAMOUS PARKER FOUNTAIN- POOR PRINT