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I n i KEEPING IN TOUGH. the of Times. Bargains Never go Bilging Our bargains never go k begging, always a prompt, heart response when the news abroad. Tin- reason is v always careful to use the word ii broadest tulle sense. Bargains this store ii not mean special merchandise, bought for the pose of advertising low price but our offerings c of prices. lot fail y , ; an iv ion. note the p , offered. They are all of a wanted -limn i stocks to tit tin needs v , is have their orders to leave. Note the Offerings B-cw and Tour Purse Strings Will Slacken. for the Seashore Gents Furnishings, or Mountains. Colonial cravats, price J i club lies and long four in A VERITABLE WONDERLAND OF ASTOUNDING ATTRACTIONS K. to W . r I my them, waists worth cleared up at Shirt Waists Collars. all style an I col and . Corset Specialties. a little R G. C H four d d . . ply Linen Link cuffs Whir pro hand r Black hose Tan an i Shirts. -hie- in b and black worth ties which we are ,.,., up day Sun Exclamations of Surprise, Delight and Satisfaction and of Bargain Offered Were Ex-pressed on all Sides by the Thousands who have Attended the Preceding Days of This SALE DON'T WAIT A MINUTE will be a Red Letter Day The Magnet will again draw the Crowd when Bargains are Best and Biggest. Come early for the Work of a Million Hands melt away Power of the low PRICES like the dew the Mid- The Wreckage of Values is complete. It will Pay Ton to make Your Purchase ,. son you buy is a Bargain. Bilk. Too many shirts in a and D, season, all reduced patterns usually clean , th future needs. our Sincerity by the I noes Quoted Below. silk- forth i. Plain in all colors as at as they last special in linen and Silk Ribbons in all Colors, white clean up i clean in th s II suspenders the ma gibbons we th m one half. Neck in all won IS clean op i Summer Lawns. All have been ordered m and have beet severely knifed AH I lean up i Girdle frames the wanted kind La ii and I Handkerchiefs. and M niched L d n chiefs, worth a; each Bary Caps. Umbrellas. nm b, . . and G ti cl n I Mill End -a a-. i- d iv, All low i in in bias Op at in black an up at in Pate I tan n at kind up price Men's Low Cat Shoes Patent Kid Oxford and all given . by B-n -r K II Special Men's Straw Hats. straw n m shapes ha be . mo Ii ii that is labeled. K V p I I ; d v.- ; A Big line of matting all is in- in the great sale, yard wide leaching go in tins sale large Rugs go . i us . ; tan clean and -c Hamburg value at this price, sale regular Sc Checked oxfords i no Homespun must go at J Beat Apron gingham while it lasts prices in lawns A nice Rue Umbrella only in this sale e m s if tins Wash Fabrics. . . s, worth . . . , Dimities, values up .- 12.0 . , Trunk. . ii I . i are i ii I a . . . . to Hie 12.00 suit Cases. I. ;. re S, wards c i Night shirts. Nun k n Ii all i. c clean up a Patterns. The i terns are the best, allowance, all at one pi ice i i i I, see lent fill price Silk and Velvets. , yard wide , now . nil i . th Corsets. . all the i . i KC . line per put- in military and straight front including the R ; C B Beauties lie Laces go at an Embroideries to I now higher now loner. Sheets and and i price Corset Covers. dean up at clean up at India Lawns. inches wide quality clean up at and Misses Hose. All the new toes arc oxfords and slippers we lire show at to for now yours for the asking powder box, why pay more shoe Polish, black and tan box Men's canvas shoes and cut's at t off the regular children I pries 1.00. Per people shoes, clean up a Handkerchiefs. handkerchiefs, regular sale price mo dozen men s bordered handkerchiefs sales price, eat ii men's handkerchiefs same as above only finer extra line grade white and colored men's handkerchiefs, regular and hie valuer; on sale specially at pure linen white hand kerchiefs, neatly ed regular grade for l-c Linens, Linens in. Bleached Dam- regular value, sale . Satin Damask- would sell regularly for price ;. . I Satin Dam- ,. ;. regular to in a price i s Napkins, . 11.10 a lo Ii Tor Hath Towels, sale price i i Crash, reg. . price White Bed Spreads, real Marseilles for pairs of lied Towels res. sale price Men's Hats Men's and Hats in desirable shape, worth up lo at l Men's tine felt Hats, in- values ranging from and ; exceeding low in Men's Hats Denver shapes, and nutria price 81-5 All the shapes well as staple styles in Hats that are sold every where for 18.51, marvelous sale prise Staple Department yards Hope Bleach yards Red Seal A P C Toll de Noon Apron Checks, extra worth Best Calico American Indigo Carmine Red, all Dress Goods Crape and Voile assortment Coverts and Damask suitings All value Novelty Suitings and fancy Mixtures. Voiles and Lite Spring desirable shades Black Cheviot in. wide, worth i i yard, price, yard The imported Mohairs, Sicilians Mohair Serges and silk warp to sale Men's Pants Se. II, Men latest and Fancy Worsted in nil shades and -i ripes, all reg. Ladies Shoes and Oxfords pairs of vary finest of this seasons goods, hand lace or button, ill weights of sole. French kid. patent Russia calf act They are fare the best of any shoe brought to this market, and they come all sizes and widths, worth from to and pick them out from down to Ladies tine kid shoes, button and lace, too and patent tip wort 11.48 of Ladies Oxfords, in all popular leathers, also while canvas, worth to 1.20; sale price to 91.10 Hose, Hose, Hose Ladies fast black seamless hose, price now A line cotton last black hose reg. now line plain and stylos hose, worth now ladies beautiful fancy hose, worth choice, pair Children's black rib- bod hose, reg price at Children's fast line, regular price at Children's French ribbed hose, regular at Men's good fast black SOCks, regular made, price at Men's good fast black and plain sucks, log at Suits two piece suits, single and double breasted jackets positively worth 91.50 during this Bale only The novelty styles is and that were always sold all go la this sale at Thirty distinct in Ultra Fashion able Knee Pants Suits, in all the swellest of novelties Pants price s-J; all go OH tills Side ill 91.49 Fine Fancy and Plain Pants that regularly sold for 88.50 and I; sale pries Fine Pants that always sell for and 96.00, stripe. cheviots fancy worsteds all in this side at only 93.98 Men's Pants of In regular 91.75 sell sale price 91.19 Knee Pants pair of Knee Pants worth up to sale price Boys Pants reg. sellers; sale prise A consolidation of several lines of Long value sale price only, pair and staple styles, . l- THE AMERICAN SALVAGE CO. Must sell C. T. Entire Stock Tans, Black and White special clean up at pr low cut clean up AH most first class or money I Men's tine pants, redness back. out fur hit excursion, to Norfolk, W. Aft. to Digest all of food, tones and strengthens the stomach and L. Wilkinson Go. One bout pounds, side and head y I'll back nearly black. to Sharp. give reward for leading to recovery. Berry Bryant, 7-22 d i w Bethel N. C. organs. Cures Indigestion, Stomach and red blood, health strength. Dyspepsia . i ii tissues. or Mia at O. W. of W. Va June, 1000- ., have used B number under flank and on sad tail, bottles of Dyspepsia ore and have found it to be n very effective, and, indeed, a powerful end r with lo ear and in bar light . left, yoke. remedy I it to my Sold aw . C. I by Jno. L. No Pity Shews. years was after me con- writes P. A. Verbena. Ala. had a terrible of Piles tumors. nil failed me. for Burns and all ache and pains. Only at Drug Store. Was Her Terror. would cough nearly all night Brutally Tortured. A case came lo light that for Bale Desirable property fronting on avenue and feet on railroad. Contains good residence and ten tenant houses. J. B. Moore. 7-18 aw one Chas. Apple- and unmerciful torture of Alexandria, perhaps never been hardly get a sleep. I had Joe of Calif, For I endured gate could hardly gel a sleep. so bad that if I writes a block I would cough from and spit blood, but, and nothing relieved me when other failed. I tried three 91.00 bottle of Dr. King's I came across Bitters and cured me the on for that A few bottles of New wholly and I gained .------ guarantees to cure Coughs, it completely and cured Grippe, and SB good for and all Throat and Lung Troubles. Price and 91.00. Trial bottles free at J. L. drug New lot white slippers, just received at L. Wilkinson For lets on Dickie-eon 7-18 St It J. R. Moors. Kidney troubles and general Only Satisfaction guaranteed by Jno- L. Wooten, J. K. Moore is offering Horns valuable town property for sale. THE EASTERN REFLECTOR IV X. WHICHARD. Editor and Owner. and Friday. ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR IN ADVANCE VOL No. GREENVILLE. PITT COUNTY, CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JULY 1905. No. COMING. Bat There Will Be a Goad The of the Ayden bate hall team u that it ha to his team tomorrow, but there will be a game, and a good one. Harry White and said give them E. Jack Smith, aid they would defeat team. will get above so job may look out for some hot ball. The line up of the flirt team will be Jim Turner, c. Alex Blow, lb. s. s. Km tie Dick While, p. Boots Anderson, f. o. f. Prof. Jarvis, r. f. wilting Harry and Hugh have not fully decided line up, but they say they have the goods. . get out witness last game of the Ad- ladies free, grand stand seats TWO LADIES MEET ACCIDENT. Both Kurt While Craning a gad Bridge. Tuesday Mrs. M. A. Which- ard, Whichard and Mrs. J. B. Davenport, of were rid- along road to visit They to a bad Bridge in tbs road Mrs Whichard alighted to lead the The horse got one foot the bridge and making Mrs. Whichard run one wheel of th bogey aver At the Bane time the whet-Is one side ran off the end of bridge Mrs. was thrown oat of the buggy into the ditch. Roth the ladies were in accident but serious injury. Mrs. lest her hat. A DEAD ONE. Want 200.000 Immigrant Mr. E. W. V. Lucas, holding Governor Glenn, has been conferring with here with the object of diverting immigration to North The government to in such a movement Mr. Lucas was referred to the New York officials. An interview with Mr. quotes him assay- that North Carolina can take immigrants, want these people all at Mr. is quoted as saying. couldn't place them all in a single take h number If are to work and anxious to better their condition, in the next few yearn. We them in groups and neighborhoods, companies if so that shall not become lonesome homesick. We have a number of such the state now unit they doing well. There is DO end opportunities and possibilities of the state fur such and we need them. The whole Booth needs them. The labor question there grow more even and this appears to be solution of Charlotte Observer A Bridge. New Bern, a meet- Morehead day, the proposition of the Atlantic At North Carolina Railway Company to a bridge Newport river, from Morehead to was formally The plan discussed at length, but there was no adverse comment, all to be in favor of building the bridge. Work will he commenced on st once and it will be completed in about six months at a cost of The bridge will be two and one-half miles long. Charlotte Observer. Yellow Fever Taken Hold, New Orleans, July board of health made known tonight for the the of the yellow fever and the number cases and deaths in this city. The was discovered here July several suspicious cases were found. It was not actually proved to be yellow fever July autopsy showed it to be yellow fever question. Daring the time between July and July the health made a to house investigation to how many cases of fever and how many bad occurred up to that time. The reached was that there had been one and deaths up to July Since then the record has July one new one death; July sixteen new three deaths; July St, new eases and two deaths; July nine new cases and one death; July eight cases and two deaths With two or three exceptions all tbs cases and Italians. The fuel than the disease broke out among um lower of Italian laborers accounts for the failure of the board of health to locale the disease, as these Italians do report sickness and rarely employ a doctor. Breathes there a man with soul so dead, Who never to himself has trade of late is getting bad; I'll try another ten-inch If such be. g mark him well; For no bank account shall swell, No angel watch the golden stair To welcome home a The mil, who never asks for trade By local line of ad displayed, Cares more for than worldly gin. And patronage but gives pain. Tread lightly, friend; let no rude sound Disturb his solitude profound. Here let him live calm repose, except by men he owes. And when he dies, go plant him deep, That naught may break his dream- less sleep; Where no rude clamor may dispel The quite that he loved so well. And that the world may know its loss. Place hi grave a wreath of moss, And on a stone above, lit A who M. L. Carey. Bargain Sale Pa., July stampede of women at a bargain sale in Fifth avenue afternoon resulted In several women being knocked down and trampled while several more seriously hurt. Men's overalls lit cents; The above sign in the window of the Wool worth stores at today caused the stampede. Right women seriously hurt in a rush to secure overall or shirts for their better halves, and the reserve force of police had to he called out in the town dis- Ambulances and wagons backed up to the door of the big store, and for a time it as there would be a great loss of life. As a result of the trouble it is likely there will be a rule issued by the police against bargain day sales in Pitts burg. Family The family of Mr. R. Wicker, of himself, wife grandchildren, wore all poisoned yesterday in a very peculiar man- Mr. Wicker decided yesterday that he would have an old time vegetable soup for dinner, so, going Into his splendid garden, he gathered several varieties of beans, squash, cabbage. carats, beets, egg plants, spinach, corn, etc , etc, could not find any onions. He remembered, however, where some had been planted and recently dug up, so he delved into the ground and found what be supposed were four small unions. Three these added to the other vegetables, an at dinner a soup lit for a was planed on the table as course. Within a after eating all the of tin were taken violently ill. so III in fact there was able to go a They shortly began to recover, however, thanks to violence of no d milt, upon Investigation, it j was supposed I which Mr Wicker had gathered i were in fact narcissus Observer. Died- Clarence, aged mouths, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Kennedy, died Saturday afternoon about o'clock. This is the second bereave meat to fall upon them in the last few months, their oldest sou dyeing ii, The of Clarence was held Sunday afternoon at o'clock, the later- being Cherry were conducted at the grave by Rev. J, E. The pall hearers were L. T. Smallwood, T. W. W. E. and W. Pruett. at N. C. Ayden played a bl at this place, the score being to It was an interesting gaunt from to finish, at so limn did it look like either side would win. the pitched for Ayden, and it goes without be is a good pitcher. Berber Helton, of Hill, pitched for boys, and Herbert didn't fail to pitch With exception of on both Hides, teams of boys. proud her team, and with tome little now, we expect to have a bettor team, a three games re to be played b and this being the first of the series. The next i be played the third at vi lie. Line up was as follows Turner, Mi K Roy. Gardner, L. Gardner, Fell Out the Deer. Ms. Dupree, who is vis- Mrs. L. H. Rountree, was about to go out the door for the purpose of attending the funeral st the cemetery, Sunday afternoon, when she made t and tell the to the pavement. was right painfully hart, though it is hoped there will be ho serious results. Te be no While washing July Ike Bonaparte, when asked far a statement on sub- of disaster to the tea, public that there be as whitewashing, that so far as the itself was ha would make a scape- goat of one. tor white shoes at M. Died. F. B. Tucker, constable of died at o'clock Tuesday at his home near of typhoid fever. He was an upright citizen and a good and his death is to his . Rogers Out on Bail. Policeman I. W. Rogers, of Raleigh, who four weeks ago shot John C. Dockery has since been to jail to await the result of the wounds, was on Mon- day permitted to give bail in the sum of pronounce him sat of danger. Umpire, Time of game two hours. At Marriage Licenses. Register of Deeds has issued license to the following couples last report. WHITE. A. S. Jenkins and E. S. Button and Lillie R. L. Lillie Mamie V. Gal- and Cherry Henry M ion- and All Sylvester Chapman and Eva Chapman, John and Mabel Smith. Thus, William- and Ada Brown. Mad Narrow Escape. N. Y . July Alton ill, Million of Alien B, Parker, had n narrow escape from while swimming in the Hudson j with his K He rescued Edward of Judge Parker was swimming the little on his luck when the boy became and I father. By the lime bis grandson released bis bold and tell into deep water, Judge Parker was I thoroughly exhausted from want breath and could do little to j assist the lad. who was on a wharf with his family waiting a boat, threw bis coat jumped the river. The boy was out of sight, but caught hold of his baud about six feet under bringing him to the surface and to the shore. Judge Parker reached the shore without assistance. was taken Parker's home, supplied with dry clothing and heartily for his timely assistance. AND SOCIAL Monday, July J. S. Higgs co today. Roy is ill with fever. S. D. King left Sunday morning for Island, N. Y. B, S. went lo Kinston B. E. returned this morning from Winston. Mrs. H. T. King went to Se Springs evening. Zeb Johnson, of came Sunday evening. District Attorney Marry Skin- em to M, T. J. to evening. C. B Mayo returned Sunday evening from Beach. Miss Bettie of Bethel Is visiting Mrs D. Little Francis Bowen Sunday evening from a visit lo Scotland Neck. Willie Wolf went to evening to Install plant there. Miss Emma Tucker, of Ply. is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. A. Bowen. F. M. Hodges and Panacea Springs. C. C. King left Sunday for New Indiana, where he will make his home. Misses and Myrtle W sou returned Saturday from Virginia Mr-. J. R. Pender and children, arrived Monday to visit Mrs. J. W. Perkins. Miss Annie Jordan, of Kinston, who has bean visiting Miss Katie Tunstall, returned home evening, Mr. and Mrs. L A. Cobb, of who have been his father near here, returned home Monday evening. Mrs. G. B. King and children, of Washington City, arrived Monday evening to visit her parents, Mr. Mrs. W. M. King. Miss Lucy Parker, of Oakley, who has been visiting Miss Maud Lanier, homo Monday. Misses Maud and Lillie accompanied her for a visit. July E. am J. Turner to Hob- good today. C. W. returned this morning from O. W. Harvey Tuesday evening from II. W. W bed bee family went to Virginia Beach today. returned Tuesday evening from Virginia Beach. Miss Loraine Home returned I Norfolk. Miss returned from evening, John Smith returned Tues- day evening from Virginia Beach. E, A. Move, Jr., and little went to Virginia B today. H. A. White and family return- ed Tuesday evening from ville. M. little brother, Lit, went to Morehead today. Mis. Charles children returned this morning from Morehead City. Mrs. II. and Mrs. O. Q. Bessie Patrick returned i, evening from Virginia Henry, Va. Miss Bettie Jones, of J- Mn. has been visiting Mrs, Brown, returned home mis morn. today in town. Mi is of Kinston. I Mrs. W. F. Button, of who has been her sister, visiting her mother, Mrs. R. W. Alice Harper, returned home Saturday evening, I of the Richmond branch of the Foundry, Mrs. Bettie Mosley who has been visit her daughter, Mrs. W Brown, to Hooker- ton Sunday Miss Clara who has been visiting Hen- and Essie Whichard, returned home Sunday evening. Mrs. H. and child, of New Bern, who have been visiting relatives here, home Saturday evening. Tuesday evening. Col. Jan Toes- Jay evening from where he h id be n attending oft as one i he stall Governor Florida Quarantines Against New Orleans Fla., July state and boards of health today ordered a quarantine against New Orleans. Freight will be permitted to pass after fumigation, but inspectors are stationed at with instructions to allow no New to pass. Col Daniel Dead. X. Y., July Col. Daniel Secretary of war under President Cleveland, this evening at his country residence, at Duchess county, X. V., alter a Mrs. H. P. of Elizabeth brief illness. Heart failure was City and Miss of cause of death. Bethel, who have been visiting ,.,,. were Mrs. J. S. Keel, left Sunday. driving this afternoon Col. Misses Georgia Lena appeared to be enjoying son and Sallie Cox the best health. After dinner Forbes left Sunday morning to he complained of feeling ill and to spend a few days at Virginia Dr. Stewart, of New York, who is Reach. j a guest at the house, immediately Tuesday, July 25th. went to his aid. The physician . . . . diagnosed the case as an attack of Miss Bessie Joyner, of Littleton, ,, ,, in of is visiting Miss Alice Lane. Mr Rev. W. E. Cox Mon-, passed away within half an hour, day evening from Hamilton. Scott was born There are many cases of typhoid at N. Y. on fever throughout theory 1851. He began life in county. journalism and from 1886 to 1819 Mrs. J. L. and daughter, secretary to President Miss went to Grifton Cleveland, by whom he was day evening. pointed secretary of war on March 1892. Mr. was vice The colored base ball team went to New Bern Monday to play in that town. Miss Maud Evans, of the Northern Pacific railway and a director and trustee in many railroad financial corporations. He leaves a widow came in Monday evening to two He was a mother, A. M. Evans. member of many New York

., items and Company We ii a Rule to use every legitimate effort to carry over no goods from to Season. UP Recently and find we have too many goods in some and in order to cleat t out have, arranged table;, in the aisles in prices. J L U U L 1905. O aid played n of her- last Friday but much M. Hardy, at Norfolk, came hi Saturday is with relatives friends. Mn Effie of Hill, is her Heath. After and Sunday at J. T. Mb-s returned to her home in union, V. C Nannie Mrs C. F. Moore and Hill, visited her Mrs. Frank Heath, last Saturday Sunday. Mn, Allen Bowen has the sick list for several days we hope -lie In now improving. Bowen who attempted suicide last week is bur hie condition is very serious. wound on the neck will prove filial Inn In- mind is entire- ed. Our friend Mai to know just the proper ii tie to purchase a new buggy. Mis. lie and Mrs. Smith and grand daughter, of Florida, are visiting it the Dome of her brother, Mrs. left Kinston only a girl and nut seen bet mother for near thirty years. Jim Jones, Lenoir county and ville, succeeded In running away from her parent yesterday mom- Ins and were married. of Greenville, round la-t Friday that takes lo bat his balls. However, In- baa this to his credit be did what was lone Ayden boys It only If Ayden plays alone they will be strictly out of it. Oh How sad our boys seem many fair bid adieu and have gone to homes. We think the boys made it as pleasant us possible the visitors. But seem to leave the boy with ease for you The Attempt on Sultan's Life Mutual. Legal Reserve. A Home Company conducted on a safe, economical basis in the interest of its policy holders. Why we can nave you money. The have, been on a i per cent, reserve basis for many years Several of them have recently changed from a per cent basis to a per cent or per cent basis, on account of in interest rates Probably BO cent of all the out- standing business is now on a per cent, only the new business being on it X per cent, or per cent, reserve. Following are the rates of a few on the old and new Twenty-Payment Life. Age New York Life Equitable Penn Mutual . Prudential. Mutual Benefit . Mutual North Western Security Life it Annuity Old Rate per ct. in NEW Kate per ct. iii New Kate per ct. The variation In rates of companies on the same reserve basis is due to difference in the amount added for expenses. Every policy is registered and the full legal reserve deposited with the insurance Commissioner. F M. Agent, Greenville, N. C. WHAT MORE Could Yon Ask Than to drop in James Brown's Furniture Store, next to post office, and have your Standard Sewing Machine Ad- Free Always Hand. Stock of Priming II i ft also Hiding, and Partition and all kinds dressed lumber necessary tor building a house complete Bills cm to or en short notice. Greenville lumber Veneer Co- of cost. Oilier machines re paired and adjusted at reason- able Call and bee Id's talk the machine business over. James Brown. LANIER N. C. MARBLE MONUMENTAL WORK OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Iron Sold Institute for Women end Music. Th E t PUs-c Your College Com s TAT ; SPECIAL RATES via ATLANTIC COAST LINE. BUFFALO, X. Y., and return 820.80 Annual meeting it k N. Y. July 11-15. 1908. Tickets on i and filial limit duly Tickets Will be restricted to continuous passage in each direct Extension of ii limit lo maybe obtained by deposit f ticket special and payment of lie l STOP Kit . re and i Philadelphia mi tickets reading j -e will be ah Ion on i transit . and on return fun ii, July 15th. It tickets i Ii ii extended, stop can he i lo ten d not August Colored Lawns, S Patterns White Goods. Laces, Black Z red Dress Linen, Ladies Fast Black Hose, values for p ii Vests Ladies Belts. dies Misses and Infants t a. The c appointed to Inquire into attempt the life c the yesterday has ascertained that tin the bomb death and wounded In mi- horses Injured. The preliminary Invest sat tend to show tit i was by two are n m this Offering. IT WILL BE TO YOUR ADVANTAGE TO LOOK THROUGH THESE BARGAINS BEFORE MAKING YOUR PURCHASES. J. B. CHERRY CO. Explosion on Gunboat. San Diego, Cal July night's summary of casualties due to a boiler explosion yesterday the gunboat in Diego Bay, gives a total of mi dead and injured, is prob- ably fatally. A men are dill of these be dead, and probably a doses I the injured will die their D. W. IN Groceries And Provisions Cotton Bagging and Tics always on hand Goods kept . In Country Produce Bought Sold GREENVILLE North As-. an. Una Urn. and return Educational , J. I on sale I, July and July I n. Tickets i passage ii I.- ion. of i In ma be obtained by of ticket Special Agent me ii e of cents at Ii Ni if Ii Ii it. A Y no a U on c H . . i Slop over at ilium trip may ticket by joint ii y Park and is Joint Agent New a it than one day . i. i i el i e of i deposit. iii over at New i beyond, Angus Washington, i d Philadelphia will Hie trip k it mi limit of the ticket d July and on I he trip final limit i , if tickets have In en d -lop over may be taken I u id of ten days not in exceed A STORE. Best Lighted House in the State Best for our Customers and their team. Brick Warehouse, Greenville, N. C. Farmers bring us your Tobacco The Brick. will always work for your guarantee full market price. P S Hardy Floor Manager BRINKLEY Calculator. The following Gentlemen Constitute our Working Force who are Always glad to see you D. S. Spain Bookkeeper B. T. Bailey EARLY ELECTRIC ROADS. QUEER FRIENDSHIPS. Lin. In Baltimore Our First On. Daft began work on the den branch of the Baltimore Union company in Au- gust, 1885, at first with two and a year with two more dummies, which pulled regular street cars. A central and the running rails were for the normal operation, but at crossings an overhead conductor was installed, and connection was made with ii by a transversely ed arm carried on the car and press- ed upward against it by a spring. The driving was by a pinion on an internal gear on one of the axles. was. I think, the first operated electric road in this country, conditions under which the contract was taken, in- waiting a year for payment conditioned oil satisfactory opera- finally, even on these on- terms, secured only in the face of an opinion by a well known sci- no one hut knave or a would undertake any- thing but encouraging. Fortunate- for Daft, however, T. Bobbins, the general of the railroad company, was strong iii the faith. This equipment was followed by a more ambitious of a action of the Ninth Avenue ed railroad a distance of two miles, where a of experiments was carried on during the fatter part of the 1885 a locomotive called the Benjamin Franklin. The motor was mounted on n pivoted one end, and motion was communicated from I ho armature to the driving wheel through grooved friction gears held in close contact by the weight the machine and partly by an adjustable screw device. This locomotive, pulling a train of cars, made several trips. But the experiments were soon pended, end they ways not re- until lime years Inter, when during several weeks n rebuilt and improved Benjamin franklin was frequently run between the steam on the section between Four- mid Fiftieth streets, attaining at times n speed of twenty-live miles an hour, and on one occasion pulling an eight ear train lip the maximum grade of nearly per cent at a seven mile Th. Way Play To- In Australia. Children and snakes appear U get on well together in Australia. A writer in Magazine, who lives in Sydney, be never heard the bush of a snake biting a child, nor do children show any fear of snakes. The bigger the make the greater the joy m gelling near to it and the stronger the de- fire play with it. The bright eyes and sinuous motion probably charm, and snakes, even the most vicious, respect the At ii little set- in Victoria, a woman heard her child, eighteen months old, laughing as if she was having great fun. The child was supposed lo he asleep in bed. The went to the room found the child scram- over the bed after something she could not see. That happened several times. Once, however, the mother went in suddenly and beard something drop off the bed. Look- hurriedly under the bed. she dis- saw a large snake that turn- ed upon her with evident intention lo light. When the husband came home he pulled up the boards of the door, but there was no sign of the snake. Next day, however, snake and child were discovered lying together the floor, the child asleep and the snake apparently so. That night the band tried a plan. He placed a on the door alongside the child and inked his wife to play a slow air on the harmonium. Movements of the snake could he but the rustle, was all he vouchsafed. Next night the child was similarly posted, and the mother tried the effect of working her sewing machine. The found was too The snake wriggled to the child with alacrity and was promptly dispatched by the father. It was a tiger snake nearly five feet in length and when killed was fondled by the child as an old acquaintance. THE NEW Sleep Comfortable -BY- SLEEPING ON THE BEST. Elastic FeSt to all others. arc s j- Our piece Iron Beds are Ii as the best Had tO Get Mattress and Be i bed is Id under guarantee-If not the best, p t funded. News In the Old Way In the old limes had to from to h-use to tell the news or meet, at the cross roods store, once a week find out what was going on. days It Is Not So Now Bin in this day of numerous and rural free delivery mail you can gel the n-w every day. This is the leading age no i complete a good newspaper. Every man ought to take his county know what is going on. The Reflector can supply you with news. We print two editions, Daily and Semi-Weekly OUR STOCK IS I EVERY DETAIL Floor Covering of every description, Sideboards, Closets, Book Cases, Parlor Suits and Chairs of all kinds. WHEN NEED Springs are perfection in making. Try a pair. A. Tho Deadly Cobra. deadly of all snakes is the cobra, or cobra It in- habits India and Ceylon, Burma, the southern China. china and the peninsula and archipelago. To the west it ranges Afghanistan, northeast Persia and south Turkestan as far as the cast coast of the Caspian sea. Cobras are most active at night. They feed on small animals, eggs, frogs, fish and insects. They attack hen and swallow the eggs whole. drink n great deal of water, though they can live for weeks, even, mom Its, in captivity without food or water. As a rule, arc not aggressive, and unless interfered with or irritated they crawl along the ground with neck undiluted, looking like some harm- less snake. Views of It. is the secret of asked the magazine. said the pen. said the euchre pack. exact arid on said the clock. careful not to break your said the typewriter. he afraid to strike when find your said the lamp. said the door. firm and said the flagstaff. change with every wind that said the weather TUM. become dull and said the hoe. steadily said hill. bright and don't mind the clouds, said the sun. a calm exterior, but he ready for said the in- flower; always carry a Manson in Success. THE DAILY is a page paper and costs only a year. THE EASTERN REFLECTOR is a large page paper, a year. NEXT DOOR TO SAM WHITE'S. Don't be without a paper when you can get one so cheap. f you are not a in order today. The Job Department H. A. White OF THE The Hard Part. is a trying said the entomologist. it replied the second. world never realizes how- hard we fellows it world never gives a thought to the days and nights of study we put should say of it. Sometimes we work and worry for years to decide upon the habits and manners of lite of sonic obscure bug. Think that's the hard part How about the nerve rack- and mind wrecking task of 111- venting scientific names for the Tribune. Old The Ostrich inn at Middlesex, has had an interrupted existence since the far- away days of King John. was do- a thriving business before Mag- was signed and had as a veteran before was fought. The Seven Stars in Man- chester was a licensed house the year of two-thirds of a century before tho cathedral was and it bouts today a staircase clock which began to tick ever so long before Dr. Johnson was two centuries ago. Tart. A lady entered a railway station not a hundred miles from Edin- burgh the other day. and said she wanted u ticket for London. The pale looking clerk asked. ain't any of your business, she replied. might have been d a dozen times if I'd felt like poor, shiftless Wreck at a man like Advertiser. Duration of The times of digestion of differ- foods are about as follows an Milk, rice, about an hour or less; whipped eggs, barley soup, on, trout, about one one-half hours; peas and fish, about two hours or more; sago, one and three- quarters hours; barley, boiled milk, raw eggs, cabbage with vinegar, soup with fat and bread, about two hours; raw milk baked eggs, ox liver, two and one-fourth hours; lamb, beans, potatoes, cab- hash, two and one-half hours; beefsteak, white bread, hum, beef, Bah, mutton, three hours; poultry, veal, brown bread, lour hours; salt pork, hard boiled eggs, five and Dean Hole and Hi. Dean Hole was famous as a joker. His chief verger at Rochester was B gentleman named Miles, the original of who bad been connected with the for seventy-three years. Mr. Miles was the youngest of twelve. Said Dean Hole one what a pity you eldest did. sir, Miles. you replied dean. not, queried Mile-. said the dean, wore ten miles between PRINTING HOUSE IS BETTER EQUIPPED TO DAY THAN EVER BEFORE To Produce Printing. SEND IN REFLECTOR PRINTING HOUSE, Greenville, N. C. ANOTHER OFFER. FREE To All Our Subscribers Greenville, N. C. W Prompt and attention given to all ATLANTIC CHRISTIAN COLLEGE, WILSON, N. C. For Male and Female. in and Music, Art, and Bookkeeping, stenography and A complete m Modern Languages and Literature Three courses leading to A. I-. of opens September 6th, or other information, Address, J. J. LL. President Wilson, N. A One Sided It is said that n recently couple of a nearby n good their , would be debate SOW question freely every morning. Tl e first subject fur debate was a woman wear a hat two seasons husband taking the affirmative and the wife the The last seen of the man he was climbing up i . the hayloft of the ladder fl I have h i o ed Walden Herald. -THE GREAT- AMERICAN FARMER, Indianapolis, Indiana. Tho Journal of tho Nation. Edited by an Able Corps of filers. Within the Next Thirty days We Offer Two for the Price of THE EASTERN REFLECTOR and THE AMERICAN FARMER. Both One Year For Think of It. offer to all now and all mi an and within thirty days. SAMPLE COPIES BAPTIST UNIVERSITY FOR WOMEN. one hoar each, and of Bible taught a fall graduate of Wake and Newton Thee- Business Course, m m and of two men and six women, unsurpassed In the South. f looked after b, a Physician and Nurse, Board, Heat Lights. tor I , J a N. C. CLEARANCE SALE Beginning Saturday July 18th, and only we will Sell stock tor Embroideries. values w l values c c, v. Harry Jr. f. CO. Norfolk, Va. Cotton Factors and handlers J and We hereby that we with us, In the Bags. and shipment. . . . La January H, values reduced Colored Lawns value, A big reduction in all dry goods and notions. SHOES. SHOES. Oxfords and Kid. values values Go values 12.75 J values v 1.50 value 1.11 James F. Davenport. t- Subscribe to THE REFLECTOR. POOR PRINT

mm THE EASTERN REFLECTOR J. Entered in the post office at Greenville. N. as second class matter, made upon application. A correspondent desired at Terr post office Pitt and adjoining counties. IT in tn i r. Pitt H. C, Jilt 1905. ITS EAT from las p. of a Kentucky Mil Figure it cot an leaf With typhoid fever in sections of the state, and yellow fever developing is Maw Orleans, the hot people that they be too their health. and writs with th brew of a lily that the great blue dense If so , J a She. prettier just let . get together than an evening star a song, be witching as a fawn to vine, of a roses Bass oar hop., oar vine fig tree- the whisk, to see mile, the North Star With th. girl on his Mini and the inspiration of three or we are not surprised shore Capt. B. A. a must interesting letter the Financier, New York, which he gives the history of th. repudiated North Carolina special tax bout., about so bat beau said months. Capt. Ask. show, under what cir- bonds ware leaned, sold, and that th. state never received lb. slightest them. There has been a as papers in City, the Tar Heel and lbs being con- under the management of the Carolina Publishing Company Col. it B. the of the State will a. editor in chief. It means better papers for Elizabeth City. op th. of snapping tad a had as wall be death, We that the butter growing mighty and in boarding a. treat. a i I That a horrible explosion of boiler, on the gen beat while in the barber at Ban Diego, Many of the their lives and over a hundred This slate i. fast growing a and i. not far distant this stats will rival th. New in taring enterprises. The Manila bank been forced to the wall will pay forty tents on the dollar. on t idea of pretty Of coarse they will finally down l tea per cent and in then they will have America down Times have The Button of Turkey ago to figure on nil the front pages of the leading daily M era the name Hut in days it is necessary to drop a at heels to gel hi. even mi th. pages The . . has developed with the t of water pleat in Charlotte, reads like the C had been after tho in Philadelphia u Washington City. We had hoped the South would escape graft business. The salaries I seven state have raised owing to increased receipts This shows development and lot- I- iii business these towns- It kiln indication that the Cassia is sitting an Ohio prison thinking of what a terrible mistake she made i not the little Ohio banks. W. thought it was time for Judge Parker's summer in the to be heard from, and the of that he still st it. a He sot have a might eat himself. It occur, teacher, that how to so use the knife so he the theory a man be allowed to have money for that he might get the habit of Issuing and gambling It is com sight to see an old young a wager on that thing. They bet at a baseball game, they bet on thing. When quite a lad we recall half a dozen engaged in betting en the time a train make to its destination Wag were this a bans, them they bet it would net arrive at an time. It was bat wee there anything about the Sunday school going en a picnic en a These men bed never been taught it we wicked and to bet, but way very good people train them a to learn them net to ride on s train- the bey the man right and if they not de right it is use to try to remove the that give him a chance sin Illus- of this are every practice is growing fast that after a while any big a man will some to the that be must no will power, but that k. must b. protected and is, he must not be subjected to say temptation what ever for fear he might fall. With such people this we have a II to be Hut we are teaching almost, altogether along this The Value The Thoughts of kindness of Mr Rich- ard A. Ricks, of but new residing in mend, we have had the privilege of inspecting what a known the The rare old in the family, in It passed out of family in 1790, but was finally purchased by Mr. B. of who it to Mr Ricks. It in a fair state of ratios, although of the pages are torn. is called from use of the ward verse chapter of the Hock of which eyes of both were open, Th. doing and that they were naked, such injury to crops, an the pros- fig loaves together peel points to s much shorter than had been anticipated. hue dived into grafter It seems things other beer yet her famous. mads themselves In St. Mums, version, the word is used, instead of es The fly leaf contains tho fol- lowing Bible that is the Holy Scripture contained in the and None translated to the and and conferred with the divers with most profitable annotations upon all the hard places and other things of great importance, hear ye not, stand still behold the salvation of the I lie will show you today. It is to say that old style type is need Following this inscription a representing two armies about to engage battle, with those sentences surrounding the are the troubles of It it a high old they are hut Lord them of having ever the for governor in all The Lord shall light for We will be glad when the United Stales lots on the of Jones. has the reputation being blind, but it Lads people most where it wants to. Since has been turned loose it is possible Bernard will his time. at the Wrong End. you, therefor., hold your xiv 1-1. Imprinted at London by the deputies of Christopher Ma- printer to the Most We have often wondered how long. Then really good men would have live before they at The is otherwise stage of wisdom and common sens. I an the Geneva being It daily translation from Geneva trying to cure this and that evil in by several English divines, y going at it from the rear end. They are no doubt actuated by of but the panaceas they .-Her will never cure anything better off j are at the wrong do hit the mark or any where it. We never quits understand this way of trying to remove B to do of taking a course that would fortify the man against the evil- Teachings of this kept up for totally unfit a man for any- thing; he is he was The daily has progressed far enough to mi e Ii chief and a is made that the paper will make its about the first who had lied thither to escape of the reign of Mary. It was first complete Bible to appear in type, the to omit the and tho first to the division into verses. This translation anal common use in until the version made by order of King James was introduced in hill. In addition to the Old and Scriptures, it con- the the Collects the of verse Nothing is more impressive in proving th. vales thoroughness is one thing, than when n specialist must be employed to do that thing. Great lawyers, who have spent years in solving intricacies of s special line of greet surgeons their to the of a knowledge of a portion of the anatomy, in other walks of life and to b women whose time and services to be valued as put the price, fer the world has or market prise it can place the specialist. of is to be gained by effort. incentive to every young person to an education that shall be exact thorough, only by hard and never en- may find it difficult to make the effort to concentrate its the purpose besom- thorough in at least thing, which shall make its sought by th. but it worth the effort, toil end its only from gain, way of pay, but also from self of th. power, which a fully equipped mind gives its There to be gained by and a further in making the possessor to some of special work shall bring its doable re- ward, good to the world, goad to possessor every day tells story of value knowing and being perfect the knowledge of once special Bern Journal. I i ii When priest sits down to read mass the people lie down to hear it. When the thunder teases the to cross himself. A man only not to be a cripple a hunchback to be ac- counted a handsome fellow by the women. Even an man can win a man's love and keep it, if isn't When a woman goes to heaven the wants to lake her cow with her. Over the woman from afar the devil pears honey. When the devil cannot arrive i lime he scuds a woman on before your not three after the wedding, but years after it if you can. All Christendom in Lent the dogs and the is nut a sin, but it is the cause of many. At home a is judged by his dress; abroad, by his wit. Fallow-travelers and fellow know sack other well. A lie told may be truer than the truth told foolishly. cornea by the hundred- weight and goes by the ounce A Cure for There are several reasons why our railroads kill and maim thousands sack year, while English railroad traveling is us safe as sitting at home But the fundamental reason is that our courts, especially our judges, regard a railroad smash-up as an whereas the Eng- courts regard it as deliberate and always. If your arm is broken or your thumb smashed in a railroad of any kind in you get dam- ages which American judge, always of would set aside But is not the English practice both juster and wiser, lines not absence f prove it Our officials our are most respectful of a spirit con Bat do we not carry our respect too far we respect rights more than those possessing them. a man show the most reckless of his own disregard that should sharply he mounts them end rides them the el others The cure invariable heavy for victims.- Saturday Peat A LOW GOT SHOE SALE. It's between seasons now- late for Spring Shoe early for Fall We have too many Shoos. We want the room for Fall so we have decided to reduce our by an Unloading Shoe Sale We'd sooner sell daring profit making times, to bat we are anxious to out each stock, bargain to accomplish object. Here ore of oar price Read MO Pat Colt to 4.75 5.50 Pat Celt reduced to 4.75 a K. Tan Fifth Ave. toe 5.00 Tan Calf Tuxedo Toe 5.00 Tan Calf Toe 4.00 reduced to All 3.51 in all and leathers to 3-06 All 2.50 and in all and reduce to l. Tl All in all stylos and reduced to 1.10 All white and Lit grade reduced to We invite your of extremely low pries. pair are guaranteed to be Be on hand early and get your You have to pay more for later Frank Wilson, THE KING CLOTHIER. Scientifically Constructed. ULTRA, A Shoe for Women. for women made with to the moat details and perfected in its numerous styles there no other on the market soil in- at the price the-Ultra its if lie equal. Here fundamental basts of a perfect We employ our own expert and every Ultra Shoe is made over v constructed to meet the variations of width and footwear. The Ultra Shoe every requirement of the many of for men, in Tani, etc. Pulley Bowen, THE HOME OF WOMAN'S FASHIONS. Hardware. For C Stoves Heaters Pumps, Guns, Am- munition, One and Two Horse Steel Plows, Heat Cutters and Staffers. In fact anything in Hardware come to H. L. CARR Child Has Diphtheria. The doctors Tue-day pro- that the child of Mr. W. B. James, who live on Barest, has diphtheria. The house was The Summer Girl Will be in Evidence Next Few Month Hint v j for Maker A Called. The pulpit committee of the Baptist church made its rep rt the church, Sunday night, that Rev. J. E. cu of Henderson, be called to the the church. Mr. ha- I wen supplying for the church daring this month ban a DOSI impression the church and congregation. Tin- i a c con m i. cull to Mr. N, WINTERVILLE This department Is in A. D. Johnston, who is authorized to rep- resent the Reflector in Winterville and territory. Monday Chap man from near whore she been She lime, and her many friends are lad to her back a jam. look e Mr. him you interested Cox from Seven where aha her peanuts fer at T. Willie Well, bow patting electric is at present encased lights tidings. We nave been that X. W. Co. pay highest far country pries. Car lead floor Harrington Barber A Green, of after some time her sou, J. E. Green, left for Grifton night to visit her daughter. We handle T. W. Wood Sons and millet T. Bro. Edith and ford, daughters of W. J. lord, were visiting at A. G. Cox's Monday. The A. G. Cox Mfg. Co., has been rushed with orders for trucks and floes ibis week. Miss Ethel of a former of the ville High school, up Toes- day morning and went out the country to Miss Minnie Just another shipment at men and children shoes Barber Manning has gone to Baltimore for special his eyes. People have already become aware of the fact, that the Hun- buggy is the best buggy on the and cannot be passed. J. A. Wilson is rapidly proving in health Bed is welcomed back to his old stand. Don't eyes feel like there grit Do they pain you and feel tired on Do hey become mattered while That denotes paired and should be by wearing eye B. T. Cox and carry a full line of spectacles and can fit your with the proper Mrs. G. F. Parrott, of has given live dollars to the High School to be used as a loan fund. school is rapidly becoming one of best high schools In state. or men to solicit orders for stock in Pitt county. For particulars enclose stamp. Box N. C, Miss Miriam and her little sister, Dorothy, returned home Sunday a very pleasant visit to near Ayden. Nice lot of glass ware and crock- always on hand. Harrington Berber Co. Miss Annie left today for Jones county where she will spend several weeks at home of Mr and W. B. White's Black Liniment, spec- recommended for the human fine for perfectly balanced, For sale by B. T. Cox Bro. Early Tuesday morning fax was making his daily visit to A. G. poultry yard, he was treacherously way-laid who tired four shots into f mortal frame and IS -II ch --d i . a rising yule of Mr. and Mrs. and For Holt time Tyson den bore pipe at A. W. A lot of and A. W. A Cc. They are When la need of or a see A. W. Aug. The next of the ville High will Sept The poets are brighter than before. Several rooms have already There is reason why Pitt Co. farmers should have to cl-ran h. Q. Chapman a Co. Highest price for ., . by County Oil Mill. At the drug store there we think she most can be sable jewelry. at A Co. i- at O, For hardware and mill supplies and feed amble, raise their wheat Mfg. Co. is thoroughly tor making splendid flour A i of paint, and yellow each re at Harrington Barber Laos and cheap the cheapest at A. W. A. Ange a Co. We on bead a lot nice gents straw hats that will now go below Don't fail to sec them. We will sell you at some price. k. G. Chapman A Co. For Pine Tar hooey, Walkers tonic, Dr. Bell's Pain killer, Dr. Bell's Eagle Bye salve, and a sure care for all heart troubles, T. N. Manning A Paint your house how time, have the old reliable Town and Conn try Uncle, where are you I am to A. W. Ange a Go's, they are selling goods way down now. Try a bottle of Dr. sure for indigestion at drug Don't worry over that little lot high prices for their they ,,, W. L. Hon. o a T. N. fee candies, ants, raisins and We carry sample, over five of wall paper. We are prepared to J a the and examine before buying elsewhere B. a Bro. A few the area bit in arrears. I have the Winterville list the list on all the route, Winterville of all oar and am prepared to give receipt for the paper. Come see me and pay make me happy, make the editor happy, get Lapp yourself. I've got a good all those who pay for a year advance. A. D. Johnston. The Greatest Reduction in Dress Goods Known. Poplin De for Suiting that was now Hamburg that now of cotton you had left over when Ladies Hose now He SEA MONSTERS. yon got through ginning your last . L. Th- mi, oil now The Pitt Oil Mill, White Dress seed cotton in any quantity the, now best market price paid everyday- Also a great reduction in all For Sale-Pure Plymouth Summer Eggs, per dozen. Fob orders filled fast the hens lay. H. Jackson N. C. Farmers who raise their bay be supplied the well Mowing machines and rakes by Co. call and see them. The Pitt County Oil Mill is Cotton Seed. They pay the highest cash price or will ex- change for meal. When yours are ready write for pi Our spring and summer stock of j notions ladies gents slippers and our Block Come and be convinced A. W. Ange Co. ARNOLD'S BALSAM e CUBE. Cholera L Woolen and Coward Woolen BETHEL ITEMS. K C, July 1906 V. E. Status of ladies dress goods trimmings Mount to resume his work. AC is more complete than ever W. R. Britten, of Texan, before. Consisting of in last Wednesday to visit bis suitings, batiste, weather proof, batiste in; We are glad to know that little all the designs, c. Alice has recovered from The are respectfully invited illness. She returned to her so call ad inspect our home in Mount this t Barber Co Have now on hand nice line H. V. anent Friday and glass and crockery all very I Saturday in Mt. Olive, Harrington Barber Co of Tarboro, spent part of in town. Mr, Tuttle came in Saturday from Norfolk to see girl. E. L. Mayo left Monday for to accept a position with F. Royster. sales made on white goods and O. Chapman a Co. the kidney medicine for stock and a sure colic cute. at the Drug Store For hay, corn and oats, go to Harrington Co. new corned herrings, just Unfamiliar Giants of Aspect. Of all the of the deep sen have been taken tin- cuttlefish are the most diabolical in and general tho Metropolitan have bandied and one that feel in length, a weird, creature with two arms thirty feet in of caught in the captors fighting them with ax. ratting arms which mid held the bout. Off the there is n deep ally of this big, pus that haunts the banks, preying most es- it it found off the on bottom, and at times the fishermen haul in their lines thinking they have foul- ed a stone or rock, so heavy is the weight. But when the is reached king, livid arms shoot above the water, the and the men are forced to fight with knives and hatchets the weird, uncanny game that has a radial of feet, its eight tin lined arms being feet in length and of extraordinary A specimen taken off the Island of San Clements had a spread of about twenty feet and gave the boatmen a hard to sever it flying anus. Nothing more diabolical lie conceived than this giant of the deep sea, living mining the rook to feet below the surface. An individual of moderate kept alive, displayed the greatest pugnacity. The mo- I it would literally hurl at arm, winding its long tentacles about it in a manner suggestive of what a large individual might do. Indeed Dr. A. S. Pack- ard, professor of at university, Indian man at Victoria, Vancouver in 1877 was seized and drowned an octopus, probably of this species, while bathing on the shore. Smaller specimens on coral reefs sometimes seize collectors or natives and, fas- to them with their relentless puckered arms, tire and frighten to death the hapless Worship of Walls. Worship of wells was everywhere common in and Ireland before the days of Christianity. Even yet, in spite of the canons of St. in HOT against well worship, relics of it are found in some English and Irish neighbor- hoods. The third Sunday in May is known as Sugar and Water Sun- day, it having been the custom for many centuries in the north of Eng- land to meet on that day at the wells in the neighborhood to drink sugar and water, a ceremony at which the village girls were supposed to be the hostesses of the young men. When this had been done, the party gen- went to the nearest inn, where the young men returned the had received with ale and punch. Exasperating Punctuality. Tin re am people who believe themselves to be the of punctuality because they are always live minute before the prop- time. They ore ready in the drawing room a quarter of an hour it is time to go the din- room for luncheon. is the the host who is attacked by brain fever and who sends his guests to wait twenty minutes or more stamping up and down u country station plat- form so as to prevent them from missing the train. To be always live minutes ahead of the clock is surely one of the most exasperating forms of to called punctuality spectator. A Winning Bluff. do you mean by say- that the thing can't lie done says it can he done, and is the Is-st authority in the whole world. I suppose will ad- that A PICTURESQUE SIGHT. It is rather sad looking to see i come to town, for all of us know their situation. Such will Ii life. Lizzie Brown Stokes and Oh, of If received Harrington Blanche Mayo left last Wednesday Corned J. A. and V. K. Staton went as POOR PRINT When in need of In with the crockery and glass ware line Wednesday. They returned be sure to see us before baying R. Q. Chapman A Co. left to Some try to meet spend it Mount, buggies in prices. A few try to Gardner left this morn- them in quality and finish, for Not folk. But undertake to do N. spent few days Another of -hoes n s a -V. . i. s i,,. , .; Mia Grimes been at for a days She reports a Ii time. it can done, have nothing more to say, Henderson's is this Gouger, and is he such an authority upon the Never heard of him in my life. Don't know there is such n person. Probably them isn't If there is, don't know- whether he is an authority on this or any other question. Solved Servant Problem. Tired Housekeeper employ- dear wonder if ever lie solution the servant girl problem. Employment yes, mum. My wife solved it long ago. got ml of the hull did the work Sew York Weekly. The Odd Promenade That Ii a Custom In All Mexican Cities. can boast of her and s hand. In the afternoon,, of Sundays and feast day.- usually Wednesday even- the belles and of the place gather and promenade. They have in. more curious custom limn this, i- a that u has a parallel anywhere else in the world. The men a long line of two abreast and circle around the outer edge of the park, and the in a ring, revolving, as n wire, within the oilier. slowly around in an opposite In even Women will sec Juliet several timer in the course of the evening and exchange with her, may even find opportunity for a hurried It is a sight, for all classes are Io Is- found in the procession. For most part the men wear the national em- jacket breeches of leather, great cloth sombrero and high heeled boots or shoes, with pointed toes. The ex- of custom must lie in the equestrian traditions if the country. At -I o'clock the crowd fa-gins to line she sides of the de Sun Francisco and other streets leading o the and wail for the car- which at this hour form in and proceed a slow past along a never varied route. They are filled with the glowing beauties of the mixed Span- Indian blond. To see them their highest perfection they say- one must journey to la it takes its name us much from its beautiful women from its profusion of or- growing in the public streets. The belles of the city are wondrous- beautiful in their dark and grace- fashion as they wave their fin- in salute to their Mailing ad- on the curb. Lee W. ill Obeying the Orders. we get queer orders now- and then in the cigar said a manufacturer who has a retail store. have a customer who has been dealing with me for years and who never discovered that smoking ten cigars a day between breakfast and dinner disagreed with him until he was fifty-three years old. For a mouth I have missed him. week he came in again and bought the biggest and blackest cigar made for stock trade. Then he gave me an order for cigars made from his favorite tobacco. But he want- ed them five inches long and one inch in diameter at the center, close rolled. don't manufacture that except for I said. know what I am lie replied. doctor I lulls smoke only one cigar u day. and I mean to obey him. Hut I want one cigar to run the York Press. The Barn Owl. Tin- darn owl richly deserves a conspicuous place the gallery of feathered criminals. During the daytime he hides himself in the darkest place In he found, but when the .-mi bus set he spruces up out mi ii The barn owl strikes terror into the rank.- of rats and lakes a keen delight in torturing hi- one idea of a comfort- able home i realized in a gloom, knot hole of mi old live, mid In- only occasion on which he i- known lo any temper is when I he young are disturbed, If ii were not for killing nils he docs in- tend to eat, the could he classed a very mild and petty criminal, or be never at- tacks poultry or birds, London Mail. Singular Discovery. English author says that s man of middle age with whom he is acquainted found one his affected, as he thought, by reading small print night, and applied Io a famous oculist for advice. The doctor examined him n-n carefully, and presently inquired whether lie had ever suffered any inconvenience from the other eye, right one. was r said the dryly, is vi you serve the sight of your left eye, in- as nevi r with her since wen AN OLD SAYS. ADAGE light purse Is a heavy Sickness makes a light purse. The U the seat of to the root of the whole mat- tor, thoroughly, quickly safely restore the action of the LINER to normal condition. tone to the system and lid flesh to the body. No Substitute. The Cotton I a, N C , July About twit years am I was confined to my bed with rheumatism for several weeks, and no treatment I tried afforded f I was affected in my arms, hags, neck and different of my bod v. I was not able to walk at nil. and when I would out of bed the pain was Indescribable After rinding doctor's treatment did m good, I to try Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy After using half dozen bottles I was to walk with I soon able then to walk with- out crutches. I continued the Remedy until I used bottles, which made a perfect cure, and I have been well ever since. cannot recommend Mrs Joe Person's Remedy too highly. It is u wonderful medicine. R. W. GRAY. A recent letter from Mr. says his cure permanent. Mrs. Joe Person. N. , July 1901, Last year I was taken with muscular rheumatism in my arm shoulder. I could not it at all without great pain After suffering several weeks, hoping nil the time it would get well, I concluded to try Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy as so many of my friends urged me to do so. I bought half dozen bottles, commenced to improve on the second, and the six bottles cured me completely, and I have never been troubled with it since. have the utmost faith Mrs. Joe Person's Remedy MRS. JNO. F. LOVE. The The Laboratory Mills, N. C , July US. I A year ago last March I taken with muscular rheumatism in my right arm. and the pain was so severe the physician would have to resort to injections of in the arm to give mo relief. I was unable to dress myself or comb my hair, in fact I could not raise my arm to my head I had heard of Mrs. Joe Person's wonderful Remedy and determined tony it. It did mo so much good, I was glad when the time came to take it I took eight bottles and it made a perfect cur.- of me I recommend ii to everybody and I cannot say too much for it It will CURBS, so try ii MRS. L J. RHYME. Poll light the eye, the cheek with Nature's bloom, tension of life, brushes the from the brain, Mountain will cents, Tea or Tablet Drag Store. Take Hollister's Rocky Moan- Tea Set- it on. feel it revitalize Hit Mood hack Imp,, bygone days cents, Tenor Dru Store. to Be the Case. can't , II mid the halite in reply to the question of his w neighbor, when the train goes, can tell you what your i catch- ii an- inquired the new neighbor if you run a; hard as you said the experienced resident, have fifteen to wait, slid if you merely walk you'll find the train just pulling feet womanhood depends on perfect health. Nature's rarest physical beauty come- lo all who Mountain Tea. Bright eyes and cheeks follow its cent-. Store, Witch Salve Pen- strata the Hie skin, and by Its antiseptic, and heeling it m and Bolls Burns, Oats, Ring all skin A for blind Plies. The original ml Witch la V. C. Di-Wilt Co. -old I,. Woolen, i-i. Km lots on 1-18 J, k. Moors.

DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU CAN REACH TELEPHONE BY The Number is Constantly being Added to Call OUR AND E A TELEPHONE LINE IS DOORWAY THROUGH WHICH TO REACH THE WHY NOT OPEN IT For Rates APPLY TO LOCAL or Home end Company, N. C Not Quite How often yon el thing done I mil or driver or Have a good prepared for emergencies I Mr line . ,. . j mil lack article. Of Course You Harness, Horse Goods, State of North Carolina, i . In the Superior Town i against t of. K, attachment. u nil tool J. P Corey S. M. SCHULTZ Wholesale furniture Denier. laid Hide. For. Cotton find Oil rein. Turkeys. etc. tends, Mattresses, Oak Suit. rs Carriage. Go Carts, Tables, Lounges, Safes, P A Ax , Life Tobacco. Key Weal Oh. roots, Henry George Peaches, Apple, Pine Syrup, Jelly, Hill, Meat, Food, Matches, Seed Hen and Hulls. Seeds. Oranges, Apple, Candle, Dried Applet, r Raisins, Glass i Ware, Cakes and Ham rum, Cheese, Beet New Royal Machine no Duality . i for dish , .-. Central Academy REV. M W w H HINTON. Associate . A Christian home and High . fur buy a and men S i located in Warren depot, on s. A I. road in a i i . of or IS acres . ; farm. lAir further information nil i pal Associate ton, N. C. COBB BROS. CO. K. J. Pollard, will lake notice, that on the um of June, a summons was Issued him, la abort entitled no- lion, undersigned clerk the Superior rut county, return- to the term, 1806, convenes on Monday after tin in September, it being the day said month, which summon, van by the sheriff executed with thin endorsement. Defendant B. J. Pollard to purpose by Hie plaintiff to recover of the defendant the aura of three hundred for breach warranty of a certain deed executed to the on Hi. day January. 1880. for a certain land on in the town of and fully In in I took ii. pace the office of Pitt county. The R J, Pollard, defendant will that u was by the on the day of June, the Pollard, the of lit ard r- the term of Superior it the t ire and place where the returnable. laid K J. Pollard will take u- la to appeal within the Ural day of U the of the plaintiff or me relief demanded will he mi office In the town of tin Ii-. the 14th day of June, l. Clerk of the Sup. Court. OF DISSOLUTION. The firm of i n ii m. in the t i-f Greenville, keen All per- sons the Arm can sett e with either i arty and are requested at once and their . i Am one the can them to either v. M. J, S. This June NOTICE TO CREDITOR. qualified before the Superior Clerk of Pitt county of the Will and of it hereby all to the to make to the all the estate present the same twelve months from date notice will in bar of recovery. lay of July. 1808 B. Brooke, of Martha A. LOW KATE On ale via. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. low Rates are announced by the South- Railway from points on Its lines for follow- Special Denver, Pueblo, Colo . National Grand Anny th T. white. to T, DIRECTORY. J. Chairman, W. R. Home, J. R. Spier, J. R. Barnhill J. W. Page. Clerk Superior C. Moore. W. Tucker. Register of llano. National to Bible I i July Irv. 1905. Tenn., School July r, 1905. Tens., i to Pa. Mill taut Grand Lodge I. . O. K , to IS, 1906. Portland Ore., Ban flan Diego, Lewis Clark and on JUDO 1805. Richmond, Va . National September to 1905 Kite- for the above open to public. Picket he to points from all on Soul ii Detailed Information can lie had application to any Ticket Agent the Southern Railway, of or by the R. L. VERNON. T. P. A. Charlotte, N. C. J. H. WOOD. D. P. A. N C. S H irk, Traffic W. B, Tayloe, Agent. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CO Steamboat Service. Announcement William D. Cox. Hoard of Q. Cox, Chairman, B. M. L. Arthur, Education H. Standard C E. town . S. Congleton, Chariot J. H. W. A. Bowen, A. H. Tuft, S Carr, T. E. Hooker, J. C. Lanier. Mayor- F. M. Woolen. J. L. Tax Collector -C. D. J. T As J W. H. Chief Fire Department Ola Forbes. , Bryan, J. N. Hart, J. L. Sugg. Prayer meetings each day night. Sunday schools I a, m. Baptist W, H. of Sunday School. No pastor. H. H. Moore, pastor. Bur day. R. Parker Super- Sunday School. W. E. Cox, rector. Services every first and third Sunday. Brown of Sunday School. We beg leave to announce that we are Wholesale and Retail for r s White Lead, Paints, Colors, and and v Ready nixed Paints. There is in the world better than the Harrison line. It behind it a cent reputation for honorable wares and honorable dealings. If you use the Harrison Paints you need never worry quality. We trust that you favor us with your orders whenever you want good paint for any Have just a car load and can give you Special Prices. Baker Hart N. C, a . NEWMAN At the Old Stand. I have the Hock J. bus- at his old Five Point. I will u the stock K- K demand of the trade and will at time carry a complete line of Heavy and Groceries. Fruit, Tobacco, Call me when you want tor price it which he J. J. TURNAGE The Five Grocer. I,. Will ii daily j h. No regular service J A day Services every Sunday Q S Pritchard dent of Sunday School at ti a. in. for Greenville daily for Connecting at Washington with Norfolk Railroad Norfolk, Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York. Boston and all B Dove tap North. a Norfolk School with all points No pastor. order their freight via Norfolk, care Greenville Lodge No. A Balling hours subject to change. F A M, meets 1st and notice. T. H. MYERS. Agent. Washing ton, J. J. CHERRY, Agent, ville, N. H. C. General T. and f. Agent. Va., Rocky Mountain Tea Nuggets Ban Noah i-i . . Re fur Lire ind K in-. Pimple. ml. . Hi I . Hi.,. ,. i -ii In T.-. f cant mud. by U . SaLLOW Central Barber Shop. Fleming, Props. Located la main section the town. Four in each one ever by a barber. pi ice our clean. thank you for ask you when service is wanted Neuralgia And Other Pain. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE BANK OF GREENVILLE. GREENVILLE, N. C. AT THE OF BUSINESS 19th. 1905. All nerve pain Norfolk, Va. Cotton Buyers and Brokers In Stocks. Cotton, Grain and on. Private Now Tori f Barber Shop I Orleans. k j a co. Work NOTICe A SPECIALTY. one Ton l-i I ill pie- to private con- ft- to and depot for i . s town at tor J each person The will J then only inn iii Si depot and fate on . that ill lie J W. J. TURNAGE pa tn and hoping for Your-, w S. Prop. HARNESS REPAIRED and SHOES the H. in Mill. MB A T I . in any disease is the result of a condition of the nerves. The stabbing, lacerating, darting, burning, agonizing pain that comes from the prom- nerve branches, or sen- nerves, is neuralgia, and is the of all the other pains. Dr. Anti-Pain Tills rarely ever fail to relieve these pains by soothing these larger nerves, and restoring their tranquility. Dr. Anti-Pain Pills leave no bad after-effects, and are a reliable remedy for every if pain, such as headache, backache, stomachache, rheumatism and neuralgia. They also relieve Dizziness, Sleeplessness, Nervousness, Car-Sickness, and Distress eating. m an I b a eon- i . .-ti-. r I mi r. l.-f from . and I n B . n. Nab. Dr. Pill, art by our who will that -r will benefit. If It ha will return money. -45 cent. Never told In bulk. Miles Medical Co. Elkhart, Ind 3rd Monday nights in each month R Williams, W M; Wiley Brown, Sec Covenant No. F Meets every Tuesday night. T R Moore, N W F Evans, Sec Tar River Lodge K of Meets every I night E G Flanagan, Ci T J Moore, K of R Tribe No I O R M, meets every Wednesday night J II Harris. Sachem; W wards, C Pitt Council M, meets every Monday night E H Evans, Conn H B Tripp, R S. and Discount secured Overdrafts, Stocks, securities, etc. A Fixtures All other real estate Due from Banks Cash Gold Coin Silver Coin dot notes 2,500.00 3.647.32 2,000.00 1,109.84 9,871.00 Stock paid 126,060.00 Surplus, 28,000.0 leas Expenses 7,260.73 Deposit subject to 181,484.441 oat- North Carolina. county, i Superior Court. v. Robert The defendant above named will lake that an action entitled at above has been commenced in the superior of county a degree of absolute from said defend- ant, upon the ground of abandonment and adultery, and the said defendant will further take notice that he is re- quired to appear the next term of Superior court of Pitt county to be held at the court house III Green- on the Monday after the 1st . ii September. 1806, it the of September. and answer or to the in action, or the plaintiff will apply lo for relief in said Thia of July, D. C. Moore, r. S. I North Carolina, County of Pitt. J I, James L. Little, Cashier of the bank, swear that the statement above is true to the best of my knowledge and belief JAMES L. LITTLE. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 7th day of June, 1905 J. C. TYSON, Notary Public. J. G. MOVE, A. It. W. KING, The North Carolina STATE NORMAL AND INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE Literary Commercial Domestic Scientific Manual Training Pedagogical Music Three leading to degrees. Training for Board, laundry, and for use of text books, eta., a year For students For non- of stale, annual session begins September To secure board in the dormitories, all free-tuition should be before July 15- invited from those desiring teachers and For catalog and address CHARLES D. President, GREENSBORO. N. C R. L. V i LU, V C. WOOD WOOD Dry, Split Wood, cut every length, delivered at Phone Km. Von- f JOE JENKINS. Littleton Female College Splendid location. Health resort Over hoarding pupils last year. High of work. High of and social life. Conservatory advantages in music. Ad- courses in Art Elocution. Hot water heat. lights and other modern improvements. Remarkable health record; only one death among pupils mi years. Close personal attention to the health and social development of every pupil. High standard of All pupils dress alike on all public occasions. CHARGES VERY h Annual mi 18th, 1905 KEV M A M- Littleton, N C OUR AYDEN DEPARTMENT. M. BLOW, Manager and N. C. s. N. C , 1904. Mrs. and children, of alter a week with Mrs. H. M. Burton, left for their home Friday. As for Daily and we lake great pleasure receiving script ions willing receipts those in arrears. We have a list all who receive their mail We take orders for job bliss Mary Kinston, is Miss Blanche Cannon. Charles has gone to Ashe- villa to rusticate. If yon need in the way of Crockery, Tin ware to see Hart Miss Mary who has been visiting the family of min near here, to Tarboro. M. h. Tripp Bro. are no to make wooden legs cripple horses or males. Their late-t was F. Carr and wife came from and left at once for their home at Willow Green. K. B, Co. win do all they to please you with new line of heavy and fancy groceries Harrington has come borne from a visit to ft at received, fine of and can lit you up in any style or price. who has been fir some time with friends in Hyde, Sun- day are re- l daily new and confectioneries tight from the J. Sines, B. V. Cox and M. Blow drew the lucky that entitled them lo a trip to mid from next Tuesday, The numbers being and I Carlos Harris says Harrison Town Country paints far the best goods that he ever used that it knocked several other leading brands in a tit List summer. Tins paint is sold by J. K. Bro. and Mr. spent Fancy candies, oranges, apples and bananas E. K. ft Is certainly gratifying to his host of friends learn that the Condition Mr. Ferd. Tucker is very muck better, we re that the situation is yet right set ions. All our people are inter- Mr. tor is popular with everybody who knows him. Simplex guano distributors, Cox cotton planters and repairs at J. It. Smith Bro. Misses and Beulah Mum- are visiting friends in Win- Thai rock salt at J. K. Smith Bro., is the best I can get for stock. They eat what they want of it at a time. Miss Nina came up from Washington Saturday and Sunday out at T. Doc. and returned home yes- She was by Miss Nannie Ladies mi-he.- children black tan and white slippers all sizes at J. It. Smith Bro. W. E. Patrick pet last week With friends Edwards. He returned by his sister, Mrs. W, J. little Miss Lila Boyd, who will some time here. During the past week Mr. in the road near K H. of gold rimmed lasses a felt case which the can have by properly same and paying this lot ice. There is a certain family in town who are for Christina piety and the manner in which they train their children. Among latter is a youngest, five who i- very anxious for a new little and has often express- ed herself. The other day at the father was tailing hie alls of the doctor having can a nice little fellow th. by the little tot ii indignation and with flashing eyes spoke up and th. devil didn't he The look of consternation around that table can better be Imagined described. Cotton king cultivators, plows extra blades at J. K Sin i Hi Bro, Misses Helen and May have been Delia Smith up until last Sunday, Call on Hart St Jenkins for bar rel of Columbia Flour, none better to be hail anywhere. A young lady came lo see La layette last Sunday and the are cudgeling their brains as lo the name of fair miss. For can peaches, apples, corn tomatoes, etc, apply to E. B. A Co. E. Honks returned Saturday from Greensboro where he baa been in attendance upon a banquet a general the Security, Life and Annuity Com- He will the news later on, watch. A large plaining outfit and latest I improved tools with which our work. Satisfaction teed. M. l. Tripp a Bro. Green Case, one of oldest Citizens in the county, from near Beaver Dam, was here Saturday. The freshest loaf bread right the oven at -lie Miss Georgia Joy who taught the primary department in tin graded school here last session has accepted a position in Winter ville High next session, Is certainly be con- have moved into their new brick store on south side Main street. That last ear choice bay that I. B. a Bra, received ii flea The soda fountain A will he service from now to the end of the season. The newest latest drinks will e there. If yon something nice try them. Something in J. R. j Smith Bro., have bought a whole oar load of cooking and heating you can get your choice by coming at once. Say neighbor save you seen Simplex fertilizer distributor at J. K, Smith Bro. It put it n any quantity you want and docs not waste any at the ends of row it is a cheap machine. a neat house with gar- ten and all out houses located on main street in a good for rent by J. K. Smith Bro. Slippers, lawns and straw hats being sold extremely cheap cash by Cannon it Don't forget that Caution can supply wants in anything in furniture. Old man What you always go to J. K. Smith i Bro., to do your I can always gel any thing I warn from the boys. We keep Furniture, Mattresses. Bed Sprints, Cook Stoves, Baby etc, up J. R. Smith Bro. gives me more for my hams, shoulders chickens and anybody else. Go to B. E. Go's market for beef, fresh meats, sage, and fresh fish. Bay, oats, ship stuff, heat brand, cotton seed hulls meal on hand. Cannon . Tyson. Those art squares, that Cannon Tyson have just received are bean ties. A. has first class brick fir sale and is burning new kilns constantly. When in need of see him or write K. C. Oranges, apples, bananas all fruits kept by horn. Cannons Tyson are guilty of selling their bed steads cheap. They are daisies, Royal Mattresses that Cannon handle are the equal of anyone the market. We will beginning on day June 21st offer fur cash our I stock of clothing, dry goods I ions, hats at prices of in the town of Our stock is i,, i mid we take this means of reducing same. We have just gotten a large lot plaid j we are ti- per yard, white sheet PHARMACY OP THE BANK OF AYDEN N. C.-- At the close of business 29th, 1905. Ayden, N. C. RESOURCES. Loans and Furniture and Fixtures Demand Loins Due from Banks, Items, Silver Coin, notes and other U. S notes Dr. Joseph Dixon AND Office Block, Railroad, Ayden, N. C. NOTICE. There will be an institute held at Ayden, X. C, colored teacher.-, all teachers are requested to attend this institute, the first Monday in August 1905, for two weeks and more if desire. The school will be taught Prof. G. W Smith and B. K C. ward. Committees on p. Ed Ellis. 500.00 1,622.00 Total, Capital stock paid Surplus Undivided profits expenses, Deposits subject to Cashier's 1911.82 Total new Working Night and Dav busies, and mightiest little thing that ever was made i- New Life Pills. The e pill. Change weakness into strength, list into energy, brain fag into mental power. They're in building up the health. Only per box. Sold by L. Woolen. GET YOUR SUPPLIES Now Everything you want in the way of nice Groceries, Goods, Pickles, Fruits, Candies, Nuts, can be had at our store. We carry a large supply of the Best Goods JOHNSTON BROS. The Cash Q THE MILL FACTORY SYNDICATE SALE The following named qualified M. Blow. i day as board trustees graded school for ensuing S Jackson and M. For sower- see M. it The lie. A Narrow Friday while Carroll, a three-year old son of W. E, Ho ks, was sitting out In the streets, just Id front of his home. the bank between the wheel track and horse two men came driving rap- idly by a buggy passed right over the little fellow and didn't even hurt a hair on Ins head. A Wonderful escape. Kill they do say there were some badly frightened ladies that neighbor. hood just at that time, some screamed, some cried some did both. The ladies say that Cannon at Tyson have the prettiest line of dress goods in town. D They say variety is the spice of life. Suppose we could have our streets cleaned up, ditches cleared out and a general all around turn about, we would have right much variety and spice too, wouldn't we manufacture seats for the trade, that are simply the smoothest seat on the market We made a mistake our last items ton was the It should have been Cannon. We beg Mr. pardon. Tobacco twine, thermometers, for sale by Ayden and tied, and Get Cox cotton planter the be.-t on market at J, Smith Bro. Did you know you could gel one of the old time Gophers any blade yon want J. K Smith A Bro. My office will be closed one month I shall be in the purpose of taking a special in j copy. J. W. Taylor. Don't fail lo see Cannon Ty- son's new crockery both plain and decorated. Prices are cheaper than formerly. Those white and Ian slippers at J. R. Smith St Bro., arc the for children I have seen this season. do know that U. Smith Bro., have the prettiest and cent calico and ginghams town. Lee lime is good for any Crop and should use it freely, J. It. Smith Bro. h. A. E. TUCKER V-4. Will put on Sale To-morrow yards China Silk all the Different shades regular price per yard OUR PRICE BEFORE THE HOUSE BURNS. if you contemplate insuring your property wait. you are wailing your house or bus- house may be destroyed by fire. The Time to Act ii Now while the properly is valuable and when yon get a the lire its too late. I write that insures. Let me explain to you. W. E. HOOKS, I CENTS PER YARD Down at A. E. Tucker

KEEPING IN TOUCH. Abreast the of the Times. ting Bargains Never go Our bargains never go a begging, always a prompt, hearty response when the news gets abroad. The reason is that we are careful to use the word in its broadest and fullest sense. Bargains at this store do not mean special lots cheap merchandise, bought tor the pose of advertising at a low price, but our offerings consist of regular goods from regular stock at reduced prices. The buying public will not fail to note the difference. You make an investigation, note the prices and quality of the goods offered. They arc all of a wanted summery nature, picked from various stocks to fit the needs of now. All summer goods have their orders to leave. Note the Offerings B low and Your Strings will Slacken. for the Seashore or Mountains. Newest in men's y to th Colonial new you bay them, at half price club lie. and long four i., band, neat patterns and plain an., won , on Shirt waists hats, worth Of, cleared up roar-ply Linen collars Shirt Waists Collars. Ion shirt o all and colors, w up at Corset Specialties. We a little of R It G. C B corset, some four t r dozen dollar ties which are selling Silks. A of Ton many Bilk- for season, all i. Plain ill all S Jon it an they hi-I Silk Ribbons in all Colors. To make In ribbons we reduce them about half. Neck ribbons in all colors worth clean op . Summer Lawns. All summer Lawns have been ordered sad Severely knifed All reduced I i and Girdle kind Ladies c and v I, ; Mrs in and frames In ll- Ills I . I at o White i Men's half hose Tan Black Negligee Shirts. Soft shirts In white ind black post dot, worth and clean up at Special dollar soft bosom shirts in n of an patterns usually I clean at tier special in and white clean up 1.90 S A II suspender the kind clean up price Men's Low tit Shoes and Ha I sum calf, calf and I Kid Oxfords and all good-bye prices Bun n oxfords no Shape R II Special Men's Straw Hats. hats sail i- . i en haw be-i ii .- . lo vein Clothing that in Labeled. ; i P v is th. I I I . I I WONDERLAND OF ASTOUNDING ATTRACTIONS T. Gigantic Marvel of Surprise, Delight and Satisfaction and of the Bargain Offered Were on all Sides by the Thousands who Have Attended the Preceding Days of This SALE DON'T WAIT A MINUTE will be a Red Letter Day The Magnet will again draw the Crowd when Bargains are Best and Biggest. Come early for the Work of a Million Hands will melt away Power of the low PRICES like the dew the Mid- day Sun. Anything you buy Ls a Bargain. The Wreckage of Values; is complete. It will Pay You to make Your Purchase for. both present and future needs. Judge our Sincerity by the Prices Quoted Below. M I I to . i . i -i, r at. i j C . Trunks. I. I i. hi i . i h in kink, cl an Been Up fell Mill End ask u up at shoes. All low in while p clean at I'm in and tat., r up at in an I tan deal in leather tan clean up at Laces Embroideries ii go at i and J price Corset Covers. cl-an up clean up at India Lawns. Inches wide good quality clean up at lie Ladle's and Misses Hose. Tans Black and Whit, special up at pi All most Iii-t class or money back . . I. Si is, are I it n re tin II . ill land j Suit Cases. r ll . foil at . i ii in s . ti Night Shirts. i's N .- j I shirts ill cm lest, regular price i in Patterns. The Demons paper pat- terns are the best. team all at one price now higher now lower. Sheet for August now ready yours for the asking Talcum powder lite box, why pay morel and tan box Men's canvas and cut's at oil the regular rice shoos, clean up at doc low cut's, clean Men's fine pants, from Boo A line of all is in- in the great yard wide bleaching must go in sin Hags go- a. tin c Hamburg price, this sale k regular Be Checked tin t Beat Apron gingham while it S h out in . Umbrella only Clark's Cotton in tins i ire must go, prices cut I a this Fabrics. . i i -ii; price i worth . I UP sine price i-l ma sale i Silk and Velvets. ii, in silks e ill pi . ti I i I wide I ll silk, all colors velvet, n I shades, north I ii in. i worth I Corsets. i and form Corsets, in all tho i in military and sirs . Lit front including the U I r ll- t-i express the those clearance no the tees are in the lino of oxfords slippers we are showing at to Handkerchiefs. regular sale price So dozen men's bordered handkerchiefs sales price, each Be doe men's handkerchiefs same only finer ho grade white and colored men's handkerchiefs, regular and valuer; on sale specially at Be pure linen white hand neatly ed regular grade fur Linens, Linens in. Bleached Table Dam- ask regular value, sale price in. White would sell regularly for price in. Satin Dam ask a regular I to quality; price large see Napkins, worth salt price Extra large Turkish Towels, sale price I 1.1 reg. White Crochet Bod Spreads, real Marseilles II value for of i value; sale b Men's Hats Hats in desirable shapes, worth up to at rum Men's line fut. I hits, in- value ranging from Mat the exceeding low price of lo Men's lints bis and Denver shapes, come in black and nutria price 91.50 All the shapes well as stylos in Hits that are sold for 18.51, marvelous ale prise 18.48 Staple Department lie yards lie yards Red Seal A C Toil de Noon Apron Chocks, extra value, worth Be Heat American Indigo Red. all Goods and Voile English Coverts and Damask suitings All wool value lie Novelty Suitings and fancy Mixtures, voiles and Crashes, late Spring desirable --hades Cheviot in. wide, worth l I a yard, sale price, yard Tin imported Poplins, Mohair.-, Mohair Serges and silk warp net in sale price Men's Pants Men's latest Worsted In all shades and pretty stripes, all sizes, reg. price ail goon this sale at Fine Fancy and Plain Wore Pants that regularly sold for and sale price punts that always sell for and fl cheviots a.- fancy worsteds all go in this sale at 18.08 lien's Pants in patterns, regular 11.76 sellers; sale price 81.19 Knee Pants Knee rant worth up to sale price He pair of Knee sellers; sale prise A consolidation of several lines of Long Pants, value II and Bo Ladies Shoes and Oxford pairs of very of this hand sawed or button, all weight of French kid, patent lather Russia They are fare the host any shoe brought to market, and they come is all sizes and widths, worth from to Dome and pick them out from down to soc line kill tuition and Harris toe and tip IS 11-48 pis. or Ladles Oxfords, in all popular leathers, also white canvas, worth up In Bale price to Hose, Hose, Hose Ladies black seamless hose, pi Ice now A line i- fast price now tine plain and lace worth now i Ladies fancy worth choice, pair Children's fast black rib- bod hose, peg price at Children's fast black lino regular price at i Preach ribbed hose, regular price at good black regular mads, price at fail black and plain tacks, reg price at Suits tWO piece and double breasted jackets positively worth Si no during this sale only Tho novelty in styles Untie and that wen- always sold at all go this sale at Thirty distinct of facts in Fashion able Suits, in all the of novelties He I Be sale price only, pair and staple styles, sale pries. 11.29 THE AMERICAN SALVAGE CO., Must sell C T. Entire Stock W nil want a pleasant is take to act, Chamberlain's and tablets. For l Joe L druggist. No Pity Shews. Night Brutally Tortured. G. L. Wilkinson Go. hound, fill bead yellow, back nearly to name Sharp. Will give for to recovery. Berry 7-22 d s w H. C. UP tune, red inner on end tail, i m slit in light, her light U Ian, Mills, M. G Digest all classes of food, tones strengthens stomach and digestive organs. Cures la, red blood, and Strength. Cure rebuilds tissues Got, Q. W el W. Va. of Dyspepsia and have found it to be a very remedy tor I it to my Bold by Jno. druggist was after me coo- writes V. A. Ala. bad a terrible of Piles tumors. When all failed me. Equally for Burns and all and pains. Only at Drug property fronting no Dickinson feet railroad. good residence and I have used a number of houses. J. B. Moore. If you haven't bought of Kicks A groceries, try them, the best. would cough ail night A case came to light that for writes Mrs. Chas. Apple- persistent and torture gate, of Alexandria, has perhaps never could hardly get a sleep. had doe of Calif, so had that if C writes, IS I endured walked a block I would cough J pain and spit blood, hut, me when all other medicines failed, though I tried three 11.00 bottle of Dr. King's I came Bitters New Discovery wholly cured mo it's the greatest on earth I gamed for that A few of guaranteed to cure Coughs, it completely and cured Colds, Grippe, Bronchitis Just as good for all Throat bung Troubles. Kidney troubles general Price l Trial untie- free at J. D drug store. A a of all give a call fer basis sod tides. Only guaranteed by druggist. Li. If warn tut best to THE EASTERN REFLECTOR. D J. WHICHARD, Editor Owner. and Friday. DOLLAR IN ADVANCE VOL No. GREENVILLE, PITT COUNTY, CAROLINA. TUESDAY, I. 1905. No. COTTON ACREAGE AS VIEWED NOW. A MAD STRUGGLE. New Make. Cut Over Pr j ind Washington, July the Negro. Secretary Hay l.-day made the j N. C, July report lo Secretary . the acreage of cotton Mrs. Mack Southern Stales in 1805 at the her husband, compared with that miles east of city, crop estimating board t was his the Department of Agriculture considered report by ; g employed in Bureau of Statistics on June city as a driver, was seat to relative to the in i after some meat. Southern Slates in 1905 a, hall some compared with that planted l ha went into the 1901 and I house and asked Mi. lo First a new estimate to A be made on acreage planted her that the ii. Mr- Hyde's , hands When making hi.-anus around behind should be u-ed as basis. to drag he- an Thai Mr. Hyde with j adjoining room. The woman Mr. Holmes at the elbow, prompt- breamed loudly put forth him, made estimate lower efforts herself, hut than the at his hand from the j, not j hie criminal AND SOCIAL Thursday, M. J. went to Miss went to this Miss Lena lb s reports from seven classes of reporters employed by bureau ranted. purpose. Mrs. continued her of help and was heard by a Mr. who was working The hoard finds, upon I nearby. As Mr. started careful toward house Of all classes of agents, that the acreage planted j Mrs. was found on thin year, including half her clothes Season, have been I were badly tart and an estimated at cent, phi n I lull year, ton reduction in planted acreage as Compared with last year per per or the total acreage planted being acres BY estimated the decrease each of the cotton grow log is as A HUGE Tips at Pounds is a baby my remarked Court Clerk C. Moore to in.- morning, twinkle in eye as he spoke, you bad retired from morning for s vi-i to Baltimore, kind of replied the Ma reporter with a bit of astonishment, j f but this weighs W p he added. The was still great-, of until judge went or. to ex is Lena plain. He referred B, Farmer, I f Wilson, who is visiting him, J W. II. Mr. Farmer ii. a giant in left to curies of in city their home. with him. all- r . ., , Harper, president I Hi I -ii College at is large. Mr. Farmer is of the dispensary at Wilson ml Mr. Farmer is manage. f shoved several aim aid the had arm a red Hie lady was he told graphically and -ave a good description of whom sh- had known machine, is. makes an excellent one. Robert Wingate In Jail for Attempted Assault. N. ., July vat up lo a high this afternoon when a became current that Robert representing the Rocky had attempted S criminal upon Mrs. an estimable lady of her the heart n i Wingate D In b in Mis. Knight's the third time an effort to sell Mr-. F. James and children this morning from More J. B. Farmer, of Wilson, and today with D. ;. Moore, Attorney Harry remind trust T day evening. R. D. of Sanford, came in Thursday to how things look at his old home. Blow, of who hat been Visiting bit Mis W. B. Wilson, this Mrs J K. Pander, who has been W. returned ibis mom Hiss returned home Thursday evening from a visit to Asheville, Bethel. Missus Pink who have been Ms. v. Moore, returned noun sometime. Hail arrested ab nil ten miles scene his this lie was lodged in jail. will Hi; South Alabama, II; Arkansas, Missouri, lA; Iii; tut Hi lie by each of the of small lug, and above results art fully agreed by each W mew- her hoard. Submitted D. Iv. Holmes, Lung, Board, A Marked Improvement. July The weekly of the Bureau Although improvement iii nearly all of Hi. cot ton states, it is neither general marked, staple bus grown rapidly, ant s generally fruiting well to of complaint of I lug are received the Alabama, Ten and Oklahoma, shedding front all sections. In- I sects are eon-id era hie dam- findings and In Togas, made my supervision have generally there is no m The is open K. Hays, In portion of the in is under way Tex is. has rapid growth Of and is generally crop is weedy and Let Us Wake. some has beau drowned out The local life insurance torn Kentucky, locally by Virginia, is poor on light soil in Topping avers he had been guilty of improper upon previous had been ordered lo leave be house. the preliminary hearing was that Wingate a., aim around Waist and a handover her mouth and attempt lo force her lo H in room, lier screams frightened him away. A was and lie given a Justice Pander and was in-ill I'm 1-11111 default of U him he unable lo give, W, -1. Wow. to h s Mis. B. of Washing ton, came in Wednesday evening this morning. to visit Mrs. Wiley Brown, ,, , . , . Lincoln has moved Miss Mary Bragg, of Baltimore, lo who has been visiting Miss Lena building on the college properly Matthews returned home near depot, Miss Myrtle who came Mrs. It A. and home a days ago from j daughter, Leonard, Beach, la with fever. Miss Annie Perkins went to i I J I I Mi. L, Friday truing Reach B. P Kiss M an- i is ling father, J. C. B.-ave, township. win, has been Miss ml home this Mi.-.- O 111- Dunn, has l. en her ; , ;. home day, Mrs. I,. and Mary, arid -11 ll la,,, lo . I Mi- Fannie end Misses mil B iii. Aim have Been I a. , his II ruing I'm II. .-1111 lie-1 In morning, having lb hi m In-1 had of Dr. went with HI ill In ml her. Mrs. ii.-,. and Bessie visiting Mis, D. r. Moire. Miss Addle Johnson, of and are Mrs. Mrs. M. U who been visiting her son, loft this morning for Hertford, W. Allen to Wednesday g lo tin- j Mi- of who nil been visiting Misses and , fl i ii is home. Ml. Mi-. Bin, P, j spent I isl an . today with Mr. am A Mr- Ban, Mi-. P. i J o i an I .- returned II evening, Mi-- a in d telephone system liters view in ii. July Webb, of Ten lie M s in Tuesday evening lo visit bis J. A Webb , y , ,,,,, p, , , , Mrs, II. iii an null, It it A. would have in give I Portsmouth, In had ii been w-s lo hi- Mi. lo jail. Mrs. A. A gathered In streets and hearing in large and n Iii iii.- panics are increasing their materially we are pleased to The Smith will go tor ward leaps and bounds when we thus learn to keep our money at home. How many northern do you suppose carry policies Southern companies No you could count them on the fingers of one wake as good in is in progress in New and Ohio curing is becoming with good results in North Carolina. i possibility of H lynching but the people of are not bind to -o under a hunt of and Hie e is no i- a looking full He has in in Inn n only a day-. He no of at the hearing he bad not consulted he would not be released upon Mrs. Knight's Misses an I m -la -on Sallie a ll Fin i. sum Virginia Reach. Lawn Party Near Kt. John's and will lawn party in L. grove, near as of the country Wednesday evening, August want to d, from K to o'clock. The I nil l The leading home North is the Security Life and of Greensboro. It is in by F. M. Hornaday. In New Store T. K. Hooker , have moved into their new store, opposite the attendants expected to the number of that they are years old. Manipulators. Hatch excursion train reached about o'clock Wednesday on the Not folk. The big crowd was handled well all a line of which has j trip. Hatch Bros, will to Norfolk the have a well store. latter part of August. Mis. H. H. and of have been Mrs, U. A. II iv en, left this Mrs, Flanagan, Mrs, lie Hooker, Mrs. II. I., Mr. Mrs, K. Ii. Flanagan and Misses and returned hone Wednesday even from Beach. July b, J. Q, went lo Louis is hi T. went lo Accepts Call Pastor, The committee appointed by the Baptist to notify Kev. J. K. of his call lo pastor- evening. ate of church, lo church at service Wednesday that he had accepted call. Mr. will Miss Elite to regularly upon his pastoral to visit first September. He will Miss Bagwell be away during the mouth morning from Morehead. August and H. B. Flaming . ., . . Miss Maud Nixon Miss Ursula Singleton, of Roper, Is Mis. V. York. y Entertains, ball range, N. July was , Mis w. Had. who gave a and hum, The u pa I won by James tun a and presented by Glenn Forbes. The ii ii a h slick of study, .- oil loll. in.-i- vi, Higgs, Carrie . . Belle i .- Helen I I. Kell- h mi. Wooten, Jno. Burke, Mm J Al. -in, Leon Fields, ll. Wilkinson, Mi-. W ll. Taylor, Mi, and Mn , I I. Mutton, in- Allen aid See Dr. E. ii;,, A I tier that in i in a, aged -Ti years, i i I died Slates Marshall i, a of as in a i ,, i ad meek l j. Hi. U Has well known i. having lived in prim i when be went in live, Hi- body be brought to for by his Charles returned William evening a up road, gone to Colorado . I fill J. W Higgs slater, Fannie, went morn Mrs. i T. Vincent went In today for a visit to Miss is Misses Annie and Nellie w. it. Brown Md family return. ed Friday evening from a visit in Virginia. Ben Joyner came Friday eve- Mount to visit relatives. A. J. Moore i from Nm folk. s. j. in ii t in H evening Henderson, l. Hall returned evening from I. M. ,. ii.-iii Ml sou I, null I day evening from Mrs. H. Windsor today to friend k, ii Iii Job Painting. July master has painting the rural letter boxes in the will be done by The he painted a to be furnished by de- will serve mouth. as supply for that returned I from Miss Mary has re- turned home from Virginia X. representative of the Post, was in town Urge Tomatoes. A. A. Andrews is the tomato raiser in this section, no yet showing larger ones. brought Tub Dr. Mrs. William today, two of them weighing W of today ounces. here. Accepts Pastorate D. of has the call as of J. L. Carper returned Friday the Presbyterian church here. Ho from a visit lo bis old j ha bit but home in will not Installed until Prof. W. H lo he Presbytery today to attend union meeting. T. H. Walker Friday evening from to lie ready two miles for the of the tobacco town, lost a ham tilled with market, tobacco Saturday POOR PRINT